ICON12 Poster Illustration by Asahi Nagata
JULY 10 – JULY 13, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
ICON12 The Illustration Conference brings the illustration and graphic arts communities together for four full days of impact, insight, information and inspiration. ICON is a nonprofit organization run by a board of volunteer illustrators, art directors and educators. It is produced "of, by and for" the community in service to the greater creative industry.

Featured Speakers

MAIN STAGE:

  • Braulio Amado
  • Rebecca Blake
  • Noël Claro
  • Mercy Correll
  • Mike Davis
  • DK Dyson
  • Sophi Gullbrants
  • Rudy Gutierrez
  • Vashti Harrison
  • Leeya Rose Jackson
  • Laura James
  • Caitlin Kirkpatrick
  • Aidan Koch
  • Katherine Lam
  • Gabrielle Lamontagne Bluteau
  • Dinara Mirtalipova
  • Tim O'Brien
  • Robyn Phillips-Pendleton
  • Nicole Rifkin
  • James Spooner
  • Ronald Wimberly
  • Loveis Wise
  • Kurt Woerpel

PRISMS EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM:

  • Louise Baird-Smith
  • Rebecca Bradley
  • Brian Cairns
  • Amy Chalmers
  • DB Dowd
  • Caitlin Downs
  • Mireille Fauchon
  • Jaleen Grove
  • Frankie Gutierrez
  • Ryan Hartley Smith
  • Michael Hirshon
  • Noah Jodice
  • Richard Johnson
  • Priyanka Kumar
  • Paul Laidler
  • Sandie Maxa
  • Catherine A. Moore
  • Jeremiah Nordholt
  • Joy Novak
  • Alison Nowak
  • Sigrid Peterson
  • Lucy Roscoe
  • Andrew Selby
  • Robert Young
  • Joel Zika

MORE TO COME…
INCLUDING OUR WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS!

Venues



Hotel + Rates

AC Hotel401 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55401

GROUP RATE
$169 + tax per night
(Double Occupancy)

Rooms Available
Monday, July 8–Monday, July 15, 2024

Link provided after ticket registration


CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

A limited number of tickets at various discount levels are available as part of our incentive pricing plan. The faster you register for the conference, the more you’ll save.

Click below for latest ticket availability and check out many other discount options for Full-Time Educators, University Students, Buddy Two-Fers, Groups and Local/Tri State discounts.

About ICON12

ICON is an inclusive gathering of illustrators, designers, educators, representatives, and art buyers exploring illustration today. Since 1999, we have produced conferences in Santa Fe, Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Providence, Portland, Austin, Detroit, and Kansas City.

ICON is committed to providing a diverse forum for an ongoing dialogue that serves the illustration, design, publishing, advertising, and academic communities. To learn more, check out the photos and archived websites from some of our past conferences: ICON11, ICON10, ICON9, ICON8

Board & Advisors

Board of Directors

President | Sara Barnes
co-Vice President + Treasurer | Grace Danico
co-Vice President | Sam Yates Meier
Secretary | Patick Hruby
Programming | Matthew James-Wilson
Workshop Chair | Maura Cluthe​
Prisms Education Co-Chair | Shreyas R. Krishnan
Prisms Education Co-Chair | Robyn Phillips-Pendleton
Events Chair | Steven Compton
PR/Communications Chair | Sara Wong
Stage Chair | Leif Parsons
Advocacy Chair | Sarah Walsh

Directors

Director | Mark Heflin
co-Director | Lily Smith-Kirkley

Advisory Board

Volunteer Coordinator | Terri Fry Kasuba
Design | Lydia Nichols
Bookstore/Roadshow | Jasjyot Singh Hans
Motion Commotion | Adam Osgood
Kaleidoscope | Don Kilpatrick III

LOCAL LIAISONS

Lucy Comer
Lisa Engler
Larry Fulcher
Ted Halbur
Jena Holliday
Leeya Rose Jackson
Erik T Johnson
Sam Kalda
Katie Kirk
Asahi Nagata
Amy Poburka
Rae Ritchie
Stephen Shaskan
Nathan Stranberg

With Support From Our Sponsors:

  • Patron
  • Patron
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Silver
  • Silver
  • Scholarship
  • In Kind
  • In Kind