March 26 Committee meeting – minutes

Last night (31 March 2026) your committee gathered to share ideas and plan out the coming year ahead for Graphic Recorders Australia. This was also my first committee meeting as the new President, so I was fully pumped to help us all maximise our intent and gain momentum to sustain us through the year. Here’s (more…)

Drawing Visual Metaphors with Eva-Lotta Lamm

We’re stoked to be hosting Eva-Lotta Lamm for a free online session on using visual metaphors in more creative ways, happening at 12.30pm (AEDT) Wednesday 18 March. Eva-Lotta is a world-renowned visual thinker, speaker, teacher, designer, and author. She’s been publishing her sketchnotes since 2009, and is especially acclaimed for her YogaNotes books and dynamic teaching. This online (more…)

GRA AGM 2026 – minutes

Quick recap The Graphic Recorders Australia (GRA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) covered updates on the organization’s activities, financial status, and future plans. Debbie reported on membership numbers and VizConf 2025, noting a small loss despite efforts to reduce expenses. Matt presented the financial report, revealing a significant negative balance due to overbilling by a web (more…)

Thank-you to Graphic Gear for supporting VizConf 2026

We’re excited to welcome Graphic Gear as a sponsor of this year’s VizConf 2026 conference. Graphic Gear is the official reseller of Neuland® products in Australia and New Zealand, and a familiar name to many in our community. If you’ve ever topped up your marker kit, replaced a well-loved nib, or stocked up on visual (more…)

Welcoming Neuland® as a sponsor of VizConf

We’re delighted to announce Neuland® as a sponsor of the upcoming VizConf 2026 conference. If you’ve ever picked up a marker at a visual thinking event and thought, “Ahhh, this feels good,” chances are it was a Neuland® marker. Neuland® has been a long-time favourite in the visual facilitation and graphic recording world, known for (more…)

Get Shiz Done coworking sessions

If you’re anything like us at GRA HQ, you might have a to do list as long as your very tired drawing arm! Our monthly member-only GSD sessions give you a couple of hours on the last Monday of the month as time and space to tackle that list and get it done! The sessions (more…)

GRA Draw Jam

Draw Jams for Members

Our members love to get together for a chance to work on their craft in a fun and relaxing Zoom call! This year our NZ Committee member Issie Loseby is running these sessions.

Masterminds for members

Graphic recorders often find themselves stumbling on conundrums in the work they do and this is where we solve them! The awesome Ben Crothers leads these sessions every couple of months where we jump on Zoom and talk about our work. These sessions are for our current members only. Access is via Zoom which is (more…)

Keeping Your Receipts: Protecting yourself in your practise

Member only event on Zoom Date: 14 April 2025 6pm SA / 6:30pm ET Description: In this session, we’ll pool our collective resources about how to put structures in place that keep client work friendly, clear and safe. Whether you want to know about keeping a legally protective paper trail, setting professional boundaries that stick, (more…)

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…)