House of Illustration Proceed to checkout Expand navigation Current & future events Select a date Select a date Calendar << January 2020 >> MoTuWeThFrSaSu 12345< 6789101112< 13141516171819< 20212223242526< 2728293031 < Filter by event type All (47) Exhibition (10) Adult education (9) Course (2) Family workshop (13) Family Illustrator in Residence (3) Masterclass (7) Professional development (1) Mini Change-Makers (10) Late opening (11) Sketchmeet (3) Pioneering infographics that challenged racism in turn-of-the-century America. Distribution of Negroes in the United States, 1900, ink and watercolour © W. E. B. Du Bois South Gallery exhibition W.E.B. Du Bois: Charting Black Lives Until 1 Mar 2020, 10:00am - 5:30pm The first ever permanent space dedicated to the UK’s most celebrated illustrator. Mouse on a Tricycle, from QB Papers © Quentin Blake cropped Quentin Blake Gallery exhibition Quentin Blake: From the Studio Until 31 Oct 2021, 10:00am - 5:30pm An introduction to creating picture books for 0-6 year olds with author and illustrator Claire Alexander. Elephant © Claire Alexander 10 week evening course (SOLD OUT) Short Course: Introduction to Creating Picture Books Until 31 Mar 2020, 7:00pm - 9:30pm Celebrate your identity through cartoons and characters at the first of three family workshops with illustrator Ben Connors. DTG Comic © Ben Connors Workshop for 5-12 year olds (SOLD OUT) Magical You: Cartoon Strips and Characters 25 Jan 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm The first ever retrospective of the Polish-Jewish émigré who brought European modernist aesthetics to British graphic design. Bottle labels for Schweppes, 1960 © The Estate of George Him Main Gallery exhibition George Him: A Polish Designer for Mid-Century Britain 31 Jan to 10 May 2020 Tackling big topics for little people through image-making, storytelling and play. Blind Man's Buff - Greece, greetings card for Unicef, 1954 © The Estates of George Him and Jan Le Witt Workshop for 2-5 year olds Mini Change-Makers: February Workshop for 2-5s 6 Feb 2020, 10:30am - 12:00pm After-hours gallery opening on the first Friday of the month. Value of Household and Kitchen Furniture Owned By Georgian Negroes, c. 1900, ink and watercolour © W. E. B. Du Bois Late opening First Friday: February 7 Feb 2020, 5:30pm - 9:00pm London's original and best live drawing event. Mill Jones Square Eyes 5 © Anna Mill An evening of live drawing (SOLD OUT) February Sketchmeet 12 Feb 2020, 7:00pm - 9:00pm A full-day workshop with picture book expert Claire Alexander. Amanda Fry © Claire Alexander 1 day masterclass (SOLD OUT) Masterclass: Make a Mini Picture Book 1 Feb 2020, 10:00am - 4:00pm How to present your work effectively to children’s book publishers. Nursery, The Boy Who Loved Everyone, written by Jane Porter, illustrated by Maisie Paradise Shearring 1 day course Professional Development for Children's Book Illustrators 3 Feb 2020, 9:30am - 4:00pm A full-day workshop with graphic novelist Rachael Ball. Graphic Novel 1 © Rachael Ball 1 day masterclass (SOLD OUT) Masterclass: Graphic Novel Your Life 15 Feb 2020, 10:00am - 5:00pm Express yourself with costumes at the second of three family workshops with illustrator Ben Connors. Comic © Ben Connors Workshop for 5-12 year olds Magical You: Creating Costumes 29 Feb 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm The UK’s first public exhibition dedicated solely to gay cultural icon Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen) on the centenary of his birth. Untitled, from Sex on a Train, 1974 © Tom of Finland, the Tom of Finland Foundation South Gallery exhibition Tom of Finland: Love and Liberation 6 Mar to 28 Jun 2020 A full-day workshop with animator Shaun Clark. Animated iPad © Shaun Clark 1 1 day masterclass Masterclass: iPad Animation 7 Mar 2020, 10:00am - 4:00pm A full-day workshop with illustrator Sion Ap Tomos. Expressions © Sion Ap Tomos 1 day masterclass (SOLD OUT) Masterclass: Illustrating People 21 Mar 2020, 10:00am - 4:00pm Make sculptures and props relating to your identity at the last of three family workshops with illustrator Ben Connors. Mural © Ben Connors, Photo by Michael Pheasant Workshop for 5-12 year olds Magical You: Making Sculptures and Props 28 Mar 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm London's original and best live drawing event. Sketchmeet 2 An evening of live drawing April Sketchmeet 1 Apr 2020, 7:00pm - 9:00pm A weekend discovering the joys of illustration – back by popular demand! Pleasures of Illustration4 (c) Merlin Strangeway Weekend course Weekend Course: Pleasures of Illustration 4 to 5 Apr 2020, 10:00am - 4:00pm A full-day workshop with botanical illustrator Elaine Searle. Botanical Illustration © Elaine Searle 6 1 day masterclass Masterclass: Botanical Illustration 18 Apr 2020, 10:00am - 4:00pm Lifting the lid on the untold story of illustration in the criminal justice system over the last 200 years. Harold Shipman trial © Priscilla Coleman Main Gallery exhibition Forensic Art: Illustrating Justice 22 May to 20 Sep 2020 An afternoon workshop with medical illustrator Merlin Strangeway. Stress © Merlin Strangeway 1 day masterclass Masterclass: Illustrating Mental Health 23 May 2020, 1:00pm - 5:00pm A full-day workshop with illustrator Sion Ap Tomos. Horse © Sarah McDonald 1 day masterclass Masterclass: Illustrating Animals 20 Jun 2020, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Experimental comics and found poetry from House of Illustration’s sixth annual residency. Park Bench 2 © Peony Gent South Gallery exhibition Peony Gent: Illustrator in Residence 3 Jul to 18 Oct 2020 The first ever retrospective of one of the most important author-illustrators of all time. Detail of illustration for Ethel and Ernest book cover, 1998 © Raymond Briggs, published by Penguin Random House Main Gallery exhibition Raymond Briggs: A Retrospective 2 Oct 2020 to 24 Jan 2021 Large-scale drawings and embroideries exploring family life in London and Saint Lucia. Before the Last Time © Olivia Twist South Gallery exhibition Olivia Twist: London/Fond Gens Libre 23 Oct 2020 to 14 Feb 2021
