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Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day on the 20 June. We're getting involved by sharing videos by some of the artists included in Journeys Drawn: Illustration from the Refugee Crisis, our forthcoming exhibition telling refugee stories, both observed and experienced first-hand. page banner - refugees week

The largest ever sale of Quentin Blake’s work will take place at Christie’s this July. (c) Quentin Blake

Ahead of our Illustration Summer Fair, our Visitor Services Manager shares her tips for illustrators selling their work at fairs... Illustrators Summer Fair on Sunday 9 July at House of Illustration (4)

Last week was Volunteers' Week. We thought it would be a good time to catch up with some of the illustrators who volunteer in the gallery - and to have a peek at some of the work they will be selling at our Fair on Saturday 30 June... DSC_0446_Edit small (c) Aurore Swithenbank

Join us for a day of illustration at the Hay Festival this June Hay Festival Wales (c) Elisabeth Broekaert

Many of the dedicated volunteers here at House of Illustration, fit their commitment to us around their freelance work as illustrators. Some of their talent finds its way into the Volunteers' Sketchbook. For Volunteers' Week (1-7 June) we take a peek at a selection... 2

Our Illustrator in Residence spends her life in London’s galleries. Here, we bring together some of the paintings that have served as references for the large-scale pencil drawings Christy has made over her six months at House of Illustration. Christy and Giotto

We recently co-curated an exhibition (on until 20 May) showcasing the results of a year-long, international illustration exchange run by Pop Up. Mehnaz Mia, a House of Illustration volunteer who is currently doing an MA in History of Art at SOAS, was Curatorial Assistant on the project which involved 150 young artists and 18 professional illustrators... Mez - Pop-Up 1

With our exhibition Gerald Scarfe: Stage and Screen now on tour in Winchester, our work placement student Rachael Kosinski revisits a Q&A we hosted with the political cartoonist in the gallery earlier this year... Orpheus in the Underworld - Act 1 scene 1 set design -® Gerald Scarfe

A recent talk in the gallery saw Nick Bonner, the co-curator of Made In North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the DPRK, who is also a filmmaker and founder of Koryo Tours, in conversation with Rebecca Wright, Director of the Graphic Communication Design Programme at Central Saint Martins. They discussed our current exhibition and Rachael Kosinski, a UCL Masters student currently on work placement at House of Illustration, selects some highlights… image 2

North Korean illustrators and designers use a range of symbols in their work. Icons related to Korean heritage, nature, architectural landmarks and political organisations appear regularly on everyday products. Listed here are some of the symbols and icons that can be found in the graphics on display in Made In North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the DPRK. Made in North Korea - iconography

Our Head of Education on delivering an INSET with a special science focus... (c) House of Illustration

We hosted the Design Museum's weekly celebration of typography on a theme, telling the design stories behind some of the food tin labels on display in Made In North Korea: Everyday Graphic Design from the DPRK. Our thanks to all who shared their own food tin favourites from around the world... House of Illustration 2

Ahead of our talk this month with comics expert Paul Gravett, we get up close to a North Korean comic. collection of Nicholas Bonner, courtesy of Phaidon

A year-long, international illustration exchange between the UK, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Two leporellos from Latvia

We get up close to some of the posters on display in our current exhibition. More variety and quality for consumer goods... Let's fulfill the People's needs! Hand-painted (2008) (c) Collection of Nicholas Bonner, image: Justin Piperger

Before her drawings left the studio to be framed, we visited our Illustrator in Residence to take a peak at some of the work on show in Christy Burdock: The People in the Gallery. Here, she explains some of the thinking behind it… Christy - studio

Highlights from a night of conversation with artist Lucinda Rogers Stallholder © Lucinda Rogers

Inspired by our current exhibition on gentrification, pupils used illustration to document their local market in Dalston. Our Schools and Families Producer, Grace Attlee, tells us about the project. Princess May Primary School pupils with Lucinda Rogers at House of Illustration

We have a winner! Plus an excellent shortlist and this year's People's Choice Award winning entry... Max - three (c) Max Löffler