Bologna was a great success for ITSme Learning and the ITSme Society Agencies, with over 500 people visiting the ITSme stand for portfolio reviews! Next year we plan to have a bigger stand, and more ITSme staff ready to accommodate the demand for portfolio reviews. We look forward to meeting you at the show in 2025!
We also had our agents on the stand, and hosted publishers, authors, and award winning represented artists from our ITSme Society agencies. You may have met some of these people at our on stand Aperitivo on Monday or Tuesday night!
Vicky, Ed, and Emily enjoyed reviewing your portfolios and have been meeting with our agency managers to determine which agencies each artist would best fit following our in person reviews.
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