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3 X 3 Magazine, a very important publication in the field of contemporary illustration, is putting on a conference. Called Nuts and Bolts, it is designed to give students a leg up. Editor and organizer Charles Hively writes,

One of the reasons I want to do this conference is that I don’t believe young illustrators get off on the right foot. No school has time to adequately prepare a student illustrator—or designer or fine artist for that matter—for the real world and as a result the illustration industry remains static. Fees haven’t changed in forty years. Illustration has lost much of the respect it once had among art directors, editors and advertisers. But I feel that can change if we provide young illustrators with a better set of tools and that’s why this conference is so important.