Organizations

Organizations

AIGA

The American Institute of Graphic Arts, the professional association for design, is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.
www.aiga.org

AIGA NH/VT, the local chapter of AIGA, brings together designers of New Hampshire and Vermont committed to furthering excellence in design as a broadly-defined discipline; a strategic tool for business; and a cultural force.
aiganhvt.org

AAEC

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is a professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in the United States. The AAEC sponsors a Cartoons for the Classroom program designed to aid educators at all levels in teaching history, economics, social studies and current events.
editorialcartoonists.com

The Boston Comics Roundtable

The Boston Comics Roundtable is regional cartoonist network dedicated to building community, sharing and discussing creative work, exploring development in the comics medium, and facilitate professional advancement among its members.
bostoncomicsroundtable.com

CAA

The College Art Association promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art. The CAA fosters career development and identifies and develops sources of funding for the practice of art and for scholarship in the arts and humanities.
collegeart.org

Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon

New York advertising executive Erwin Swann established the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon in 1967. Mr. Swann’s original purpose was to compile a collection of original drawings by significant humorous and satiric artists, and to encourage the study of original cartoon and caricature drawings as works of art.

The Foundation’s support of research and academic publication is carried out in part through a program of fellowships.
loc.gov/rr/print/swann

CBLDF

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund exists to fight censorship and defend the first amendment rights of comic book professionals throughout the United States.
cbldf.org

Graphic Artists Guild

The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, surface designers and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.
graphicartistsguild.org

ICAF

The International Comic Arts Forum, the longest-lived refereed conference in comics studies, is the only academic conference explicitly committed to the international study of comic art.
internationalcomicartsforum.org

NAEA

The National Art Education Association (NAEA), founded in 1947, is the leading professional organization for art educators. Their missions is to promote art education through Professional Development, Service, Advancement of Knowledge, and Leadership. NAEA is a non-profit, educational organization.
naea-reston.org

National Cartoonists Society

The National Cartoonists Society is the world’s largest and most prestigious organization of professional cartoonists. The primary purposes of the NCS are to advance the ideals and standards of professional cartooning in its many forms; to promote and foster a social, cultural, and intellectual interchange among professional cartoonists of all types; and to stimulate and encourage interest in and acceptance of the art of cartooning by aspiring cartoonists, students, and the general public.
reuben.org

Prism Comics

Prism Comics is a nonprofit organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) comics, creators, and readers.
prismcomics.org

Society of Illustrators

The mission of the Society of Illustrators is to promote the art and appreciation of illustration, as well as its history and evolving nature, and to encourage high ideals through exhibitions, lectures, education, and by fostering a sense of community and open discussion.
societyillustrators.org

Trees and Hills Comics Group

The Trees & Hills Comic Group formed in 2005 with the goal of uniting cartoonists and other comic creators in New Hampshire, Vermont and western Massachusetts. Creators of all ages, ambitions and styles are welcome.
treesandhills.org