House of Illustration Proceed to checkout Expand navigation Current & future events Select a date Select a date Calendar << July 2019 >> MoTuWeThFrSaSu 1234567< 891011121314< 15161718192021< 22232425262728< 293031 < Filter by event type All (34) Exhibition (6) Workshop (3) Family event (9) Late opening (2) Course (7) Summer school (3) Live drawing (4) Education event (2) Special event (1) The first major UK retrospective of the celebrated comic artist and graphic novelist. Tamara Drew makes her first appearance in the revised graphic novel, 2007 © Posy Simmonds Main Gallery exhibition Posy Simmonds: A Retrospective Until 15 Sep 2019, 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 Dec 2019, 10:00am - 5:30pm Ground-breaking graphic design that has transformed children’s learning from the 1940s to today. Selected book covers, with permission of Otto and Marie Neurath Isotype Collection at University of Reading South Gallery exhibition Marie Neurath: Picturing Science 19 Jul to 3 Nov 2019, 10:00am - 5:30pm The whats, hows and whys of using maquettes for illustration. © Jeff Crosby 8 Adult masterclass Adult Masterclass: 3D Maquettes for 2D Children’s Illustration with Jeff Crosby 20 Jul 2019, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Playful posters and illustrated biographies inspired by Marie Neurath. Information, Illustration and Inspiration © Mark Oliver 2 Family workshop Family Workshop: Poster Design with Mark Oliver 27 Jul 2019, 2:00pm - 5:00pm After hours gallery opening on the first Friday of the month. Cover for Cassandra Darke, 2014 © Posy Simmonds Late opening First Friday: August 2 Aug 2019, 5:30pm - 9:00pm Painting the petals and buds of high summer. Botanical Illustration © Elaine Searle 2 Adult masterclass (SOLD OUT) Adult Masterclass: Botanical Illustration with Elaine Searle 24 Aug 2019, 1:00pm - 5:00pm London's original and best live drawing event. Sketchmeet © Paul Grover 59 An evening of live drawing August Sketchmeet 7 Aug 2019, 7:00pm - 9:00pm An advanced intensive weekend for those who have completed Claire's Intermediate course, or are working on a book for young children. Advanced Picture Books © Claire Alexander 22 Short course for adults Advanced Picture Book Weekend Course with Claire Alexander 10 Aug 2019, 10:00am - 4:00pm From initial story idea to dummy sample for publishers in five days. Drawing 1 © Rachael Ball Short course for adults Graphic Novel Your Life Summer School 5 Aug 2019, 10:00am - 4:00pm Up your game in illustrating the human face and figure. Illustrating People © Sion Ap Tomos 2 Short course for adults (SOLD OUT) Illustrating People Summer School 12 Aug 2019, 10:00am - 4:00pm An intensive five-day summer school for adult beginners. Introduction to Creating Picture Books 5 © Claire Alexander Short course for adults (SOLD OUT) Introduction to Creating Picture Books Summer School 26 Aug 2019, 10:00am - 4:00pm Celebrate summer through colour-mixing, mark-making and paper sculpture inspired by the sea. Summer Watercolours family workshop © Joanna Layla 2 Family workshop Family Workshop: Interactive Summer Watercolours with Joanna Layla 31 Aug 2019, 2:00pm - 5:00pm A fun-packed session introducing very young kids to the gallery. In the Clore 1, Creative Fun for 2-5s © Rachel Stoplar Family workshop Creative Fun for 2-5s: September 4 Sep 2019, 10:30am - 12:00pm Delve into the world of mid-century classroom picture books and the pioneering women who created them. If You Could See Inside, 1948 © Otto and Marie Neurath Isotype Collection, University of Reading Study day Women in Print Study Day: Marie Neurath and Her Contemporaries 16 Sep 2019, 11:00am - 5:00pm Create a limited-edition print from your own design. Woodcut © Guy Allott 2 Short course for adults Woodcut Weekender with Guy Allott 14 Sep 2019, 10:00am - 4:00pm For everyone who loves the idea of keeping a sketchbook but doesn’t know where to start. Sketcbook training 1 © Merlin Strangeway copy copy Short course for adults The Art of Keeping Sketchbooks with Merlin Strangeway 22 Sep 2019, 2:00pm - 4:30pm Get the inside scoop on the world of editorial illustration. Indigo Environmental Impact Denim © Joanna Layla Adult masterclass Adult Masterclass: Editorial Illustration with Joanna Layla 21 Sep 2019, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Delivered in both British Sign Language and spoken English; both hearing and Deaf families welcome. BSL august 1 Family workshop BSL Family Workshop: Earth and Life with Christopher Sacre 29 Sep 2019, 11:00am - 1:00pm An unprecedented exhibition of original Cuban propaganda posters and magazines Poster Main Gallery exhibition Designed in Cuba: Cold War Graphics 27 Sep 2019 to 19 Jan 2020, 10:00am - 5:30pm A professional development day designed for recent graduates, MA students and early-career illustrators. Audience Professional development day Professional Development Day 21 Oct 2019, 10:00am - 5:30pm Pioneering infographics from 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: Activism by Numbers 8 Nov 2019 to 1 Mar 2020, 10:00am - 5:30pm A weekend discovering the joys of illustration through a series of mini creative projects. Composition © Merlin Strangeway Short course for adults Pleasures of Illustration with Merlin Strangeway 7 Dec 2019, 10:00am - 4:00pm
