House of Illustration Proceed to checkout Expand navigation Current & future events Select a date Select a date Calendar << June 2019 >> MoTuWeThFrSaSu 12< 3456789< 10111213141516< 17181920212223< 24252627282930< Filter by event type All (37) Exhibition (6) Special event (1) Education event (1) Workshop (9) Talk (1) Family event (10) Late opening (3) Fair (1) Course (6) Summer school (3) Live drawing (4) 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 An embroidered satire on Brexit by our Illustrator in Residence. Detail from rabbit exportation artefact © collection of YiMiao Shih, photo by Justin Piperger South Gallery exhibition YiMiao Shih: Rabbrexit Means Rabbrexit Until 14 Jul 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 Current and former Children's Laureates discuss inspiration and creativity. Charlie and Lola © Lauren Child copy copy Talk and Q&A Anthony Browne and Lauren Child in Conversation 19 Jun 2019, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Make a giant collaborative comic strip from found materials. Salvage Stories © Grace Holliday 2 Family workshop Family Workshop: Salvage Stories with Grace Holliday 29 Jun 2019, 2:00pm - 5:00pm Delivered in both British Sign Language and spoken English; both hearing and Deaf families welcome. Family Illustration Workshops in BSL and spoken English © Christopher Sacre 3 Family workshop BSL Family Workshop: Quentin's Inky Characters with Christopher Sacre 30 Jun 2019, 11:00am - 1:00pm A fun-packed session introducing very young kids to the gallery. Creative Fun for 2-5s 3 © Paul Grover Family workshop Creative Fun for 2-5s: July 3 Jul 2019, 10:30am - 12:00pm London's largest free illustration fair is back! House of Illustration Summer Fair dog © Harry Woodgate Fair House of Illustration Summer Fair 13 Jul 2019, 11:00am - 5:00pm 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 Painting the petals and buds of high summer. Botanical Illustration © Elaine Searle 2 Adult masterclass Adult Masterclass: Botanical Illustration with Elaine Searle 24 Aug 2019, 1:00pm - 5:00pm 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 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 Introduction to Creating Picture Books Summer School 26 Aug 2019, 10:00am - 4:00pm 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 Ground-breaking graphic design that has transformed children’s learning from the 1940s to today. Cover for The Wonder World of the Seashore 1955 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 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 Pioneering infographics from turn-of-the-century America City and rural population 1890 ink and watercolor (710x560mm) © 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
