The festival brings together illustrators, graphic designers and artists from Estonia and abroad. There will be workshops, presentations, talks and an illustration fair.

This year marks our first-ever theme year – and it’s all about book illustrations! Whether it’s zines, poetry books, or children’s literature, we’re diving deep into the art of visual storytelling.

As a prelude to the one-day festival, we will open an illustrators' exhibition at the Tunnel Gallery of the Aparaaditehas on the Night of Galleries, on August 29th. All illustrators who applied for the festival market have been able to submit their work to the exhibition, which will also create an opportunity for those illustrators who are not part of the market this time. There are over 50 illustrators works and they all showcase a character drawing.

On the day of the festival, on October 4th, in addition to the illustrators' market in the Armastuse hall, several workshops and presentations will take place.

In the workshops, visitors can learn and discover zine creation as well as, for example, riso printing or character drawing. We are collaborating with Aparaaditehas, Kogo Gallery, TYPA Center, and Plantarium Café, who are kindly opening their doors to be filled with festival culture, creativity, and art.

To take a look at the full festival programme, visit our social media pages:

https://www.facebook.com/tartuillustratsioonifestival
https://www.instagram.com/illustratsioonifestival_tif/

A limited amount of tickets to all workshops are available in Fienta.

The event is supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment for Literature and the City of Tartu.

This years awesome visual has been drawn by illustrator Kristina Tort.

The event is free to visit and is suitable for everyone.

See you at #TIF2025!

Tartu Illustration Festival 2025 Arhiveeritud