Ms Louise Weir

Senior Lecturer in Illustration

Louise Weir
  • School Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries

  • Department School of Design

  • Location London

Research activities

Illustration

Publishing, Design, Advertising, Editorial, Observational Drawing, Life Drawing, Children's Publishing, Creative writing and Poetry


Current Teaching

Programme leader Illustration

Module Leader:

ILN3101, ILN3201, ILN3202, ILN3102,ILN1004,ILN1005,ILN1006,ILN1007

Teach on: ILN2102,2101,2201,2202


Biography

Louise has worked internationally as an  award-winning Illustrator/Educator for 25+ years.  Experienced working for a wide variety of  commercial clients across publishing/design /advertising/editorial sectors and  community/outreach groups and prestigious  Universities. Working within different disciplines  allows each to inform and enrich the other.  Recent work “Expectations of the Past” (ACE)  enabled her to move from a commercial  background to one more authorial.Exhibitions  were well received with much exposure press/TV /online. Louise presented a paper about this project at the 7th International Illustration Symposium  Edinburgh. Louise enjoys working with hard-to-reach  groups/individuals facing challenges who  wouldn’t normally engage in workshops and visit galleries. Recently  selected for Foundation Programme For Future London residency developing participatory  workshops around sustainable/creative outdoor  practice for audiences in urban spaces  associated withcreative need. Regularly work  collaboratively/across disciplines ona wide  range of briefs and for those with diverse needs. 

Publications