WELCOME TO THE MENAGERIE

Hi there!
We are Artist Educators who have been running our Design, Art & Storytelling classes for children, teenagers and adults for over 14 years.
Our classes for and teens seek to develop both creative design thinking alongside foundational art skills.
We occasionally run workshops for adults and are available for running art activities at children’s parties on request.

Lorna

Lorna Gallagher is an Artist Educator who works across many disciplines including animation, printmaking and paper cutting.
Lorna has extensive teaching experience; as well as The Menagerie, she works freelance in many contexts including regular work with the National Galleries Scotland and is a school’s artist-in-residence with Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.
She has 7+ years experience in the primary classroom and has General Teaching Council Scotland recognition for Expertise in the Arts.
Lorna recently completed a Masters of Education in Teaching the Arts at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland, with a focus on how children understand artworks, experimental animation with children and inclusion in art education.
You can see her current art practice and freelance art education projects here: www.lorna-love.com

Susan Roan

Susan Roan is an artist/illustrator and lecturer in Communication Design at Glasgow School of Art. She is a graduate from Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art, where she studied Communication Art and Design. She was awarded a distinction in her PG Cert in Learning and Teaching from the University of the Arts, London. Her practice-based research explores historical and contemporary representations of childbirth. She was recently short-listed for the Jerwood Drawing Prize.