Date/Time
Date(s) - 28/09/2017
Location
Half Moon Theatre
43 White Horse Road - London,
PICTURES AT PLAY!
The first ever SCBWI Biennial Illustration Exhibition 2017
6 September – 22 December 2017
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators presents some of the best of a wide range of genres in children's book illustration from across the British Isles at the fabulous new space of the
(open Monday to Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-4.30pm)
A limited number of fine art giclée prints* of the exhibits, and books by exhibitors are for sale at Half Moon from the Grand Launch Party and Talk on 28 September, 2017 until it ends on 22 December, 2017. First come, first served!
*Prints will be sold at a fixed price of £45 unframed or £65 framed. 10% of each print sold will go to the charity War Child.
Grand Launch Party and Talk
28 September, 2017, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Come along with your friends, partners and kids, meet publising industry professionals, view diverse and fabulous art – and get your books and prints signed!
We'll raise a glass to the artists, and around 7:30pm we'll move to the adjoining theatre where our brilliant guest artists and publishing panel will discuss the different ways they work together to make great books.
Meet the Illustrators!
From left to right: Pam Smy, Leigh Hodgkinson, Tim Hopgood
Joining the work of our guest illustrators and former SCBWI speakers, Leigh Hodgkinson, Tim Hopgood and Pam Smy you will see new work by SCBWI members from all over the British Isles – established professional artist-authors as well as some new names:
Jan Barger, Sam Boughton, Joanne Byatt, Ted Chaplin, Jenny Duke, Louise Gardner, Robert Glenny, Howard Gray, Rebecca Elliott, Sally Kindberg, Rachel Lovatt, Layn Marlow, Bridget Marzo, Leila Nabih, Vanya Nastanlieva, Polly Noakes, Anne-Marie Perks, John Shelley and Julia Woolf.
Free Artist Mini-Meetings
Throughout the exhibition there will be short free sessions with exhibitors (for times see list below) who will be happy to chat or draw and sign their book and prints.
Watch this space for more info including artists to add to these times below!
Sat 30 Sep, 12pm & 1.15pm: Bridget Marzo (Tiz and Ott’s Big Draw)
Sat 14 Oct, 11.15am & 12.45pm: Jo Byatt (Busy Little World series)
Sat 28 Oct, 12pm & 1.15pm: John Shelley (Magic for Sale, Will’s Words)
Sat 11 Nov, 12pm and 2pm: Julia Woolf (Lazy cat; Giraffe on a Bicycle)
Sat 25 Nov, 12pm & 1.15pm: Pam Smy (Thornhill) and Polly Noakes (The Very Long Sleep)
Note: Many of the exhibitors will also be running drawing and story sessions at the Half Moon Winter Arts Fair on Saturday 2 December
Pictures at Play runs from 6 September – 22 December at Gallery @ Half Moon during the theatre opening hours: Monday – Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-4.30pm.
Meet our illustrious industry judges!
From left to right: Ness Wood (David Fickling Books) Peter Marley (OUP ) Louise Jackson (Walker Books)
Ness Wood is a book designer and art director, lecturer, published author and student of design history. Her wide-ranging accomplishments in both practical design and academia serve as a solid foundation for all her work. As a freelance art director of many award-winning books, she has worked for major publishers including Faber & Faber, David Fickling Books, and Penguin Random House. Ness gives lectures on book design, how picture books work, and what a designer does and she used to teach at University of Brighton. She is a portfolio consultant for the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, where she also runs the Summer School and Conference. Ness is known for her encouraging, straight-forward and collaborative approach with both illustrators and students.
Peter Marley
Peter Marley, commissioning editor at Oxford University Press describes himself as a creative and strategic publishing professional with fourteen years’ experience in commissioning and editorial roles; with particular expertise in picture-book and pre-school publishing, licensed-character brands, novelty formats, and IP development.
Louise Jackson
Louise Jackson is Deputy Creative Director at Walker Books, and has worked in children’s publishing for over 25 years. She works across the illustrated list at Walker designing baby books, picture books, non-fiction, fiction and pop-up books.
How did this exhibition come about?
With the tremendous support of the Half Moon Theatre and Gallery in East London, three SCBWI volunteers invited members in the British Isles region to submit sequential narrative illustrations for books or projects aimed at children and young people created within the last two years.
All work was judged anonymously by top industry judges and the Half Moon Director Chris Elwell. Judges aimed to select 2 narrative illustrations reserving the option of choosing only one – from a maximum of 2 books or projects per illustrator.
Key considerations were a high standard of execution and for the exhibition as a whole to achieve a diverse spread of work with strong and original narrative content.
Our sponsors
SCBWI would like to thank the sponsors for their support. SCBWI is a non-profit organization
and does not endorse any products or services provided by external companies.
The exhibition has been kindly organized with the support of Chris, Stephen and everyone at Half Moon, Adam and Nick, the fabulous fine art printers at Jealous, and all the volunteer illustrators who took time off their own work to make this a reality – and make it possible for SCBWI in turn to support War Child.
SCBWI reserves the right to include accepted entries for further possible exhibitions up to October 2018. Exhibitors will be informed if so.