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	News Island Illustrators is now on ! Click here to visit and "Like" the page! UPCOMING/ONGOING EVENTS: Fantasy Realms: Illustrations Inspired by Fantasy Literature is now making the rounds of the Greater Victoria Public Libraries. January - Juan De Fuca Branch February - Bruce Hutchinson Branch March - Nellie McClung Branch April - Saanich Centenniel Branch May - Central Branch Branch June - Central Saanich Branch July - Esquimalt Branch August - Emily Carr Branch Island Illustrators Society Meetings: Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month, 7-9:00 p.m. Please join us: Wed, May 15, 7 to 9:00 p.m. Wed, Jun 19, 7 to 9:00 p.m. Jul & Aug (Cancelled for the summer ~ See you in September!) Wed, Sept 18, 7 to 9:00 p.m. Wed, Oct 16, 7 to 9:00 p.m. Wed, Nov 13, 7 to 9:00 p.m. Wed, Dec 18, 7 to 9:00 p.m. Unless otherwise noted, all meeting are held at "The Barn" 1885 Lansdowne (access from Watson). Map available, please email. All Island Illustrators Society meetings are open to the public and are wheelchair accessible. We ask for a small donation at the door. Click here for an updated list of meeting times for 2013. Portfolio Deadline: Spring 2013 AGM Results - ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: President: Lorne Miller Vice President: Position Vacant Treasurer: Kathy Cameron Secretary: Allegra Vernon Past President: Joanne Thomson Members at Large: Jenus Friesen, April Caverhill and Marcia Semenoff PRESS: * Times Colonist Article on the IIS Travelling Alphabet: Click Here * Times Colonist Article on the IIS 25th Anniversary: Click Here * Saanich News Article on the IIS : Click Here * "Naughty Bits" Show: Monday Magazine * "Naughty Bits" Show: You Tube * Check out January 30, 2010, Page C1, in the Times Colonist! Awesome article about the Bloom Show at the Moon Under Water Brewpub! * 25th Anniversary Show: Article and announcement by Amanda Farrell-Low at Focus magazine! See page 24, click here. Public Lending Rights - See: http://www.plr-dpp.ca/PLR/default.aspx Landmark Google Copyright Infringement Settlement affects Canadian Creators. See this link: http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/r/view_notice Or see Canadian "Access Copyright" http://www.accesscopyright.ca/docs/WhytheGoogleSettlementMatterstoYou.pdf We are a society created by artists, for artists. Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you have about the society, or any particular member artist. contact@islandillustrators.org Feature Artist Introducing "Coastal Moments" from the Island Illustrators Society An undated journal full of art and poetry from the west coast of British Columbia. Available in select bookstores now. Be sure to check out IIS member "Raymond St. Arnaud's 25th Anniversary Photo Project" featuring photographs of Island Illustrators in their Studios.
	For further information email IslandIllustrators at contact@islandillustrators.org or Lorne Miller (President) lorne.p.miller@gmail.com The Island Illustrators Society was established to foster a greater interest in the art of illustration. The society exists to benefit its members and clients through shared information regarding illustrative techniques, business ethics, and standards. In order to achieve these goals, the society makes partners of practicing illustrators, students, clients, and other interested parties. Definition: Illustration is a piece of visual information, either drawn or photographed, which usually illustrates an accompanying text. The purpose of illustration is to enhance the ideas presented in the text, or simply, to transmit information or concepts visually. The Island Illustrators Society does not act as an agent, but as a venue for you to contact any one of its members. You are invited to write to us at: P.O. Box 30037, RPO Reynolds, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8X 5E1 For information on how to become a member, click here. Web design and hosting kindly provided by www.BethDunlop.com