Somerset House - Get creative with talks, workshops and screenings this summer

LEARNING AND EVENTS Join us for a bumper summer of activities this July and August. Learn more about the craft of fragrance creation, get drawing with the Association of Illustrators and be inspired by our Film4 Summer Screen programme with Behind The Screen. PERFUME LAB RESIDENCIES On selected Sundays throughout the summer an expert perfumer takes up residency within the Perfume exhibition Lab to showcase the art and science of crafting a fragrance. Drop by and ask your pressing sensory questions or simply observe an expert at work. Next up is perfumer, musician and olfactory storyteller Timothy Han, exploring his interests in pairing scent and sounds, on 23 July. DISCOVER MORE BEHIND THE SCREEN Delve deeper into our cinema season with talks, workshops and screenings for all ages this August. HIGHLIGHTS

Sat 5 Aug, 10.00 - 13.00 YOUNG CREATIVES: TRUTH BE TOLD Create your very own fanzine with a screenprinted cover with independent publishers OOMK. BOOK NOW Sat 12 Aug, 10.00 - 13.00 YOUNG CREATIVES: TRUTH BE SEEN Learn what it takes to turn your directorial dreams into a reality at this hands-on workshop with documentary film makers Dartmouth Films. BOOK NOW Sun 13 & Sun 20 Aug FAMILY SCREENINGS Join us on Sundays during Film4 Summer Screen for free afternoon screenings of Pixar favourite WALL-E and enchanting Studio Ghibli fable Ponyo. FIND OUT MORE Sun 13 & Sun 20 Aug, 11.00 - 16.00 FAMILY WORKSHOPS Get creative at two free drop-in workshops on sustainable futures and Japanese anime, Sustainable Me and Animate Me. FIND OUT MORE Mon 14 Aug, 19.00 - 20.00 MINIATURE MINDBLOWERS: RANDOM ACTS An evening of exclusive premieres and visionary new shorts from Channel 4's late-night TV show for brilliant, beautiful, bewildering, dirty, dangerous and disruptive art. BOOK NOW Tue 22 Aug, 19.00 - 20.00 EVERYTHING FLOWS Discover how movies inspire musicians in this talk with singer-songwriter Charlotte Hatherley and soundtrack specialists Summer Camp. BOOK NOW

WALKER BOOKS FAMILY PROGRAMME Fri 4 Aug, 11.00 - 12.00, Free NO, NANCY, NO! FAMILY WORKSHOP Join illustrator Alice Tait for the first in a series of workshops combining readings from celebrated children’s books and hands-on activities for the AOI World Illustration Awards 2017 Exhibition. SEE ALL EVENTS