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Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association IVLA 2026 CharlestonCall for Proposals Extended EXTENDED DEADLINE: April 15, 2026 The International Visual Literacy Association is delighted to announce that our 2026 conference will take place in Charleston, South Carolina, a city where art, history, and storytelling are woven into its people and landscape. The dates of the conference are October 6-9, 2026. Charleston’s vibrant visual culture is unmistakable, from its preserved...

Updates from The International Visual Literacy Association IVLA 2026 Virtual SymposiumRegistration Closing Registration Deadline: March 10, 2026 Here's your last chance! 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...

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,...