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[[File:New River Head in Islington.jpg|alt=Photograph of exterior of industrial brick buildings|thumb|The Engine House and Coal Stores at New River Head, the site for the future Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration]]
'''Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration''' (formerly House of Illustration) is the only public arts organisation in the UK dedicated to illustration. It was founded by [[Quentin Blake]] in 2002 and is based in [[London]], England. From 2014 to 2020, it was located at 2 [[Granary Square]] in the [[London Borough of Camden]] and called House of Illustration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://qbcentre.org.uk/about |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Inside Stories at House of Illustration.jpg|alt=Photograph of a display case containing an ink pot and pen with an illustration of Quentin Blake and the words "What does an illustrator think about?"|thumb|Quentin Blake: Inside Stories exhibition at House of Illustration, 2014]]
In July 2020 it was announced House of Illustration at Granary Square would close and that the organisation would relocate to industrial heritage site [[New River Head]] in the [[Clerkenwell]] area in the [[London Borough of Islington]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edmonds |first=Zoe Paskett, Lizzie |date=2020-07-28 |title=House of Illustration to launch new gallery named after Quentin Blake |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/house-of-illustration-new-river-head-quentin-blake-gallery-a4386596.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> The site's 18th- and 19th-century buildings will be restored according to a scheme by [https://www.timronalds.co.uk Tim Ronalds Architects] as part of a £12mn capital campaign.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-10-12 |title=Drawing on ghosts of the city: a new home for House of Illustration |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/590cfe27-aca9-40fc-ac91-3cddceca34bc |access-date=2022-10-18}}</ref> The site will open in 2024 and will be named Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. It will be home to exhibition galleries, education studios, events space, a shop and a café<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration |url=https://qbcentre.org.uk/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration |language=en}}</ref> Until the site opens, the organisation is touring exhibitions of original illustration,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exhibition |url=https://qbcentre.org.uk/whats-on/categories/exhibition |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration |language=en}}</ref> hosting creative workshops<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adult learning |url=https://qbcentre.org.uk/whats-on/categories/adult-learning |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration |language=en}}</ref> and working with schools and community groups in Islington. A 2021 project in collaboration with The Peel Institute and [[London Metropolitan Archives]] was called ''Clerkenwell: Now and Then'', and resulted in an alternative guide to Islington written and illustrated by local residents.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-08 |title=An Illustrated Map Of Clerkenwell - Scattered With Local Memories |url=https://londonist.com/london/maps/clerkenwell-map-illustrated |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Londonist |language=en}}</ref>
Previous exhibitions have shown a diverse range of illustration, including [[advertisements]], [[animation]], [[comic books]] and [[manga]], [[children's literature]], [[propaganda]], [[political cartoon]]s, [[scientific illustration]] and [[fashion design]]. Subjects have included Cuban graphic design,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Designed in Cuba: Cold War Graphics review {{!}} Museums in London |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/museums/designed-in-cuba-cold-war-graphics-review |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Time Out London |date=October 2019 |language=en-GB}}</ref> feminist comics<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-29 |title=Comix Creatrix: where women artists and stories are the big draw |url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/29/comix-creatrix-women-graphic-novels-comic-art |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> and retrospectives of artists including [[Enid Marx]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Aimée |date=2018-05-25 |title=The remarkable prints and patterns of Enid Marx |url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/the-remarkable-prints-and-patterns-of-enid-marx/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Creative Review |language=en-UK}}</ref> [[Tom of Finland]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=AnotherMan |title=Inside the UK's First Tom of Finland Exhibition |url=https://www.anothermanmag.com/life-culture/11143/inside-uk-tom-of-finland-love-and-liberation-exhibition-house-of-illustration |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=AnotherMan |date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Jacqueline Ayer]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-17 |title=The groundbreaking children's books that drew on life in Thailand |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jun/17/the-groundbreaking-childrens-books-that-drew-on-life-in-thailand |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.qbcentre.org.uk/ Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration] - official site
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