The Baltic Meetings of Illustrators is a cycle of events taking place on annual basis focused on the best Polish and foreign book illustration. Meetings have an interdisciplinary character – they consist of exhibitions, presentationts, meetings with illustrators, publishers, writers as well as workshops both for children and young artists.

The main subject of this year’s edition of the Batic Meetings will be the works of the Prince of Illustration – eminent painter, graphic designer, sculpturer and book illustrator – Józef Wilkoń. The artist is present in over 200 books published in Poland and abroad, mainly in France, Switzerland, Germany and Japan.

The fans of his illustrations will have an opportunity to take part in Wilkoń’s author’s meeting and opening of exhibitions of his illustrations and sculptures. We will also invite you to participate in a book fair of recently published books with his illustrations and a meeting with Wilkoń’s publishers.

To the readers interested in illustration of the Baltic Sea countries we can recommend a presentation of the Lithuanian Nieko Rimto Publishing House and two valued both in Lithuania and abroad illustrators: Sigute Ach and Kestutis Kasparavicius

In the final of this year’s edition we will invite you to a panel discussion Who should like a book for children? with participation of illustrators, writers and publishers.

P R O G R A M M E

time: 22 October
place: Baltic Sea Cultural Centre, Korzenna Str. 33/35

• 3.00pm – 7.00pm > book fair
• 5.00 > meeting with Józef Wilkoń > host Janusz Górski
• 6.30pm > opening of an exhibition of Józef Wilkoń presented in BSCC

place: Fine Arts Academy in Gdansk

• 7.00pm > opening of an exhibition of Józef Wilkoń presented in the Academy > music: Ikenga Drummers

time: 22 October
place: Baltic Sea Cultural Centre, Korzenna Str. 33/35

• 10.00am - 4.00pm – book fair
• 10.00am – Morning of the publishers – Who? Why? What way? publishes Józef Wilkoń > discussion with a participation of representatives of the following publishing houses: Bajki-grajki, Buka, Hokus Pokus, Media Rodzina, Nowa Era, Olszynka, Tatarak, Wytwórnia > host: Iwona Hardej
• 12.30 – Very important though not really serius issues > the Lithuanian books and their authors > meeting with Sigutė Ach and Kęstutisem Kasparavičiusem > presentation of Nieko Rimto Publishing House > host Małgorzata Cackowska
• 14.15 – Who should like a book for children?  > discussion with a participation of Małgorzata Cackowska, Iwona Hardej, Joanna Jung > host: Roksana Jędrzejewska-Wróbel