Call or write for further information. Members are drawn from the fields of environmental graphic design, graphic design, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, industrial design, research, education and manufacturing. Contact the office for membership information. CA SILA is the largest and oldest group of professional illustrators outside of New York. The group holds monthly educational seminars with top illustrators, has business information meetings, publishes a newsletter, provides student scholarships and mentor programs, and offers mailing lists, art supply discounts and more.
Membership is open to professional and student illustrators.
The society also sponsors Illustration West, an exhibition of work by national artists, and publishes the Illustration West Annual, a full-color book of the exhibition distributed nationally and internationally. Contact Alyce Heath for more information. The SPD was founded in 1965 and is a nonprofit professional organization for art directors and designers in the publication industry. Activities include an annual international competition, a four-color published annual, exhibitions, monthly speakers and newsletters, an auction and an awards gala at the New York Public Library. Call or write for further information.