The Illustrators

The Illustrators, an exhibition of contemporary children's book illustration curated by Julia, and organised by The Park Gallery, Falkirk and Artlink Central is due to start a tour of the UK in August. The first venue will be Shetland Arts’ Bonhoga Gallery, who will host the exhibition from Saturday 20th August until Sunday 25th September, coinciding with Shetland Arts’ book festival Wordplay

The exhibition brings together a diverse range of original work by artists who have worked with Julia over the years, including Jonathan Allen, Deborah Allwright, Debbie Boon, Anna Currey, Thomas Docherty, Karen George, Emily Gravett, Paul Hess, Sam McCullen, Lydia Monks, David Roberts, Axel Scheffler, Nick Sharratt, Pam Smy, Joel Stewart and Charlotte Voake. As well as finished illustrations, the exhibition includes sketches, ideas and a unique display of illustrated envelopes by Axel Scheffler, who always decorates his envelopes with his distinctive illustrations whenever he writes to Julia!

Julia is Patron of Artlink Central, a charity in Central Scotland which puts artists, musicians and storytellers into schools, hospitals, prisons and community spaces to work with children and adults and help them develop their talent and creativity.

Find out more information about visiting the exhibition on the Events page, and watch this space for further details of tour venues, coming soon!