VizConf 2026 Returns To Melbourne

VizConf is back! After a successful and cozy event in November 2024, VizConf, Australia’s largest coming together of visual thinkers and doers, is returning to Melbourne on January 17 at the beautiful Kensington Town Hall, brought to you by Graphic Recorders Australia.  Whether you work as a professional graphic recorder or are just curious about weaving basic (more…)

Better Insurance: Professional Membership Just Got More Valuable

This time last year we made a big announcement that GRA Professional Membership would become even more useful—members would have access to both Public Liability and Professional Indemnity insurance, just for being a member. While this was a huge benefit for our members, the scope of the insurance at the time included a very narrow (more…)

Welcome NZ Neighbours!

You might have seen some changes over the last few months in our FB page or even on our website… A few sheepish posts here and there? In big news, we are very excited to share that GRA is expanding across the pacific to our neighbours in New Zealand. Tēnā koutou! It only feels right (more…)

Another year, another slog to the finish line…

It feels at this point, every year when the calendar hits November, my hand drops the pen and reaches for the sunnies. My legs stretch away from my desk and head towards the water. Holidays. The desirable December break – two weeks of guilt free, email and client dead zone. Yesssssssss. But it feels a (more…)

Insurance for Graphic Recorders: Free for Professional Members!

We know that insurance as a sole trader can be costly—especially when you land that occasional big client who insists on Professional Indemnity insurance. That one can be a doozy! Well, today we have big news: if you are Professional Member of the GRA, your membership now includes:  Public Liability insurance up to $20,000,000 (through (more…)

Hello Holidays, Goodbye 2021

It’s been another ‘unprecedented’ year as the pandemic continued to surge and disrupt the way we work and live. Despite the unending lockdowns, draining zoom meetings and all-day trackiedacks, our community has continued to thrive, innovate, and search for new solutions amidst the virtual landscape.   From our Lunch and Learns, we tackled all areas of (more…)

VizConf Becomes a Part of the GRA Family

When Marcel and I founded the VizConf conference series back in 2018, we had a vision to bring together the visual thinking community in Australia. We’d both attended big conferences in the USA and Europe, and believed that the timing was right—and the community was ready—to have a conference of its own. We knew there (more…)

Unveiling the New GRA Website

If you’re reading this, then the new Graphic Recorders Australia website is live, and that’s a pretty exciting milestone for our fledgling organisation—both in terms of benefits for you as a member as well as improving administration and operations for your hard-working volunteer committee. Yep, this is more than just putting a lick of paint (more…)

It’s our first birthday!

Happy birthday to us! GRA launched on October 19, 2019. Wow, hasn’t the world changed since then?! ? We are SO PROUD of what we’ve achieved during this time. We now have 45 members from across the country (and even a couple of kiwi cousins ?). An online professional member directory. A very active Knowledge (more…)

Looking Out For Keen Young Indigenous Illustrators

A great opportunity via wonderful GRA Associate Member @catfishcreative: Interested in Graphic Recording? FREE 6-month mentorship & training to get your drawin’ on.I’ve been waiting for Covid conditions to lapse a bit before putting the call out – there are a few places left to learn some deadly drawing and graphic recording skills, with a (more…)