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ILUSTRATOR – Illustrated Communication Festival 2026bilety / tickets: https://ilustratorfestiwal.pl/
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FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
📅 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
PRE-CONFERENCE – Dealing with Illustration (Free event)
Presentation of international initiatives supporting illustration
📍 Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Targ Węglowy 6, Gdańsk
Entrance from Tkacka Street
16:00–19:00
Speakers & initiatives
LARS DENICKE [DE]
Pictoplasma
MARTINA RUSSO [IT]
Andersen Magazine
ILARIA TONTARDINI, EMILIO VARRÀ [IT]
Hamelin Associazione Promozione Sociale
ISABELLE DUBOIS [FR]
La Charte
PATRYK HARDZIEJ [PL]
ILUSTRATOR Festiwal
ALEKSANDRA ARTYMOWSKA [PL]
Society of Polish Illustrators
AGNIESZKA DZIEWULSKA, KRYSTYNA RYBICKA [PL]
Museum of Illustration
🎬 Special screening:
Animations from the Pictoplasma Festival
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📅 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9
WORKSHOPS
📍 St. John's Centre, Świętojańska 50, Gdańsk
📍 Art GridHub, Niterów 3, Gdańsk
📍 Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
Targ Drzewny 9/11, Gdańsk
9:00–18:00
Workshop leaders
GOSIA HERBA, MIKOŁAJ PASIŃSKI [PL]
MARIA DEK [PL]
JULIA BARDZIEJEWSKA, MARTA SHUPRAKOVA [PL]
MACIEK ŁAZOWSKI [PL]
BEATA KUREK [PL]
LIDKA ZAJDZIŃSKA [PL]
🖼️ EXHIBITION
MACIEJ ŁAZOWSKI — Digital Plasticine (Free event)
📍 Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
Targ Drzewny 9/11, Gdańsk
18:00
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📅 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
TALKS – A full-day conference featuring outstanding illustrators from around the world.
📍 St. John's Centre
Świętojańska 50, Gdańsk
9:00–18:00
This year’s edition will be 100% international. Talks will be held in various languages and simultaneously translated.
SPEAKERS
ARYZ [ES]
KAROLIS STRAUTNIEKAS [LT]
LORETA ISAC [RO]
MACIEK ŁAZOWSKI [PL]
LESLEY BARNES [UK]
IGA ŚCIBEK [PL]
SOCIETY OF POLISH ILLUSTRATORS
ZOSIA DRZRŻAWSKA, ALEKSANDRA ARTYMOWSKA [PL]
🖼️ EXHIBITION OPENING
Spotlight on Polish Illustration (Free event)
📍 Old Town Hall
Korzenna 33/35, Gdańsk
19:00
🎉 AFTERPARTY
📍 Plot Social Club, Niterów 3, Gdańsk (Free event)
21:30
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📅 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11
PANEL DISCUSSION
📍 PURO HOTEL GDAŃSK
Stągiewna 26, Gdańsk
10:00–11:30
Speaker:
GOSIA HERBA [PL]
🤝 OPEN SPI MEETING (Free event)
📍 Art GridHub, Niterów 3, Gdańsk
12:00–14:00
✨ YOUNG ILLUSTRATORS PRESENTED – A showcase of emerging illustrators (Free event)
📍 Art GridHub, Niterów 3, Gdańsk
14:00–16:00
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organizers: Fundacja Karola Śliwki, Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury / Patryk Hardziej / Ada Zielińska
main sponsor: Medicine
partners: Procreate, Puro Hotels, Drukomat, Academy of Fine Arts, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Europapier, Royal Talens, Grid Art Hub, Leń, Ciekawi, Papier+Druk, PizzaCat, Masło Maślane, Umam, Grafmag, The Brief, Font nie czcionka, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Society of Polish Illustrators
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Event venue
Centrum św. Jana, ulica Straganiarska 22, 80-837 Gdańsk, Polska, Gdansk, Poland
Tickets
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