Member of the Week Encore: Maddie Baker
Maddie Baker graduated from the Illustration and Visual Culture MFA at Sam Fox School in May, where she made a hand-painted autobiographical comic for her thesis, starring an animal filled cast filled with the humor of everyday living. For her experimental portrait work, she received the SILA Bronze Award and Bill Tara Scholarship earlier this year. Post graduation, she is continuing her work in St. Louis in children’s books, comics, and experimental portraiture. She loves using her work to...
October SILA Sketch Lounge
Wednesday October 28, 2026 7pm – 9pm PT Relax, sketch, fix yourself a drink, and toss it around with other illustrators on Zoom. To get the Zoom link (will be sent an hour before the event starts): RSVP info@si-la.org
Member of the Week Encore: Maddie Baker
Maddie Baker graduated from the Illustration and Visual Culture MFA at Sam Fox School in May, where she made a hand-painted autobiographical comic for her thesis, starring an animal filled cast filled with the humor of everyday living. For her experimental portrait...
Illustration West 65 Judges: Tom Richmond
Tom Richmond is an award winning cartoonist, caricaturist and humorous illustrator, whose work can be seen nationwide in numerous publications, Films, television, products and advertisements. His list of clients includes the National Geographic Society, Time Digital,...
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The SI-LA Newsletter Issue Number Seventeen
The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles Newsletter #17 June 2026 © no artwork displayed can be used without permission of the artist, Jeff Soto Illustration West 64 Website Exhibition has launched! See the exhibiting artists' work that was judged and accepted -...
SILA’s Position on AI Generated Art
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a means of producing fully rendered artwork through the use of unauthorized data collection without respect to artists’ rights is a very real danger to the livelihoods of artists everywhere. The artists’ copyright is their best protection against abuse. Our belief is that both artists and the creative industry need to strengthen their protections against such abuse. We do not at this time intend to promote AI generated artwork. Additionally our annual competition Illustration West will not accept nor make space for AI as a category until protections for artists’ rights are built into its adoption and usage. The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles seeks to uphold high standards of professionalism and ethical practice in support for our members.
