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Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association IVLA 2026 Virtual SymposiumRegistration Now Open Registration is now open for IVLA's Virtual Symposium, taking place this March 11, 2026. The day will begin with a plenary session, "Visual Literacy at the Threshold: Reflections from JVL's Special Issue on Generative AI," from Journal of Visual Literacy editor Maria Avgerinou highlighting the new special issue on AI, along with the issue's guest editors Irene Karayianni and...

Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association Call for EntriesLogo Design: IVLA 2026, Charleston, SC Deadline: March 9, 2026 The International Visual Literacy Association is pleased to announce a Call for Entries to design the official logo for the 2026 IVLA Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. We invite designers, artists, visual scholars, educators, students, and creative practitioners to submit conceptual logo designs inspired by the conference theme, “Seeing Through...

Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association IVLA 2026 Virtual SymposiumRegistration Now Open Registration is now open for IVLA's first annual online Virtual Symposium, taking place this March 11, 2026. The day will begin with a plenary session, "Visual Literacy at the Threshold: Reflections from JVL's Special Issue on Generative AI," from Journal of Visual Literacy editor Maria Avgerinou highlighting the new special issue on AI, along with the issue's guest editors Irene...

Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association Reflections from IVLA 2025Ricardo López-Léon We concluded the 57th Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association in Aguascalientes with great joy and with the satisfaction of having held a truly successful event. Thanks to the participation and enthusiasm of all attendees, the conference became a space for reflection, dialogue, and the exchange of ideas, as well as an opportunity to encounter diverse perspectives...

Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association Selected Artists AnnouncedIVLA 2025 Art Exhibition This year’s IVLA online exhibition, Art and Memory, features work by twenty-seven artists working in a wide range of mediums. These mediums range from photography, painting, textile, sculpture, and ceramics. This year’s first-, second-, and runner up winners utilized photomontage, acrylic painting on a wood panel, and drawing. The twenty-seven works of art in the exhibition were...

Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association Call for ProposalsIVLA 2026 Virtual Conference SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 30, 2025 The International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for a one-day online conference, taking place on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. We invite proposals from researchers, educators, designers, media specialists, librarians, museum professionals, scholars, students, and artists that explore the practices,...

Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association Call for ProposalsIVLA 2026 Virtual Conference Dear Visual Literacy Colleague, The International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for a one-day online conference, taking place on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. We invite proposals from researchers, educators, designers, media specialists, librarians, museum professionals, scholars, students, and artists that explore the practices, theories,...

Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association Visual Literacy and Research-Creation: Toward a Configurative Paradigm of Knowledge LIVESTREAM KEYNOTE - MARK YOUR CALENDARTHIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM(US CENTRAL TIME) (UTC -5) GO TO EVENT Melissa Ballesteros-Mejía is a Colombian researcher, educator, and product designer with a PhD in Economics and Business. Her interdisciplinary work explores the intersections between visual communication, research-creation, and...

Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association IVLA 2025: Pre-Conference Keynote Speakers Announced First Live Stream: August 13, 2025 Dear Visual Literacy Colleague, We are thrilled to announce the first keynote speakers for the IVLA 2025 Conference, hosted by The University of Aguascalientes. Although our conference sessions will take place on the ground in Aguascalientes, Mexico. from October 31-November 2, we will be featuring speakers and events through online offerings...