The BIG – Guimarães Illustration Biennial is an initiative of the Guimarães City Hall and MOTOR - Produção Cultural, Cooperativa de Responsabilidade Limitada, CRL., aiming to dignify the role of illustrators in the cultural development in the fields of publishing, books, magazines, newspapers, posters, classical supports of mass communication media and in the domain of new technologies, together with the reference of Guimarães, as a territory of renowned national and international interest, in the movement of fueling critical mass and creation in the field of illustration.