About the Workshops

Artist Lucy McGeown will be leading drawing based workshops for adults looking at 2D and 3D collections at UCL Grant Museum of Zoology and UCL Art Museum, inspired by THE HERDS and supported by Art Fund.

Participants will be working directly from a curated selection of prints, drawings, taxidermy and bones of animals, birds and mammals. In each class we will be using artifacts from each museum to show the interesting connections between artworks across time and in different forms. Lucy will guide participants through a series of observation drawing exercises, with a final imaginative exercise in which we explore the future relationship between humans and animals.

All workshops will share similar content but we are making the most of using two museums, located near Gower Street on the UCL Bloomsbury Campus, so that participants can respond to pieces in the collection that cannot be moved.

Other Activity Dates and Booking Links

Wednesday 4th June - UCL Grant Museum of Zoology

Wednesday 11th June – UCL Art Museum

Wednesday 18th June – UCL Grant Museum of Zoology

About THE HERDS

THE HERDS is a new project from The Walk Productions, creators of The Extraordinary Journeys of Little Amal. It is a groundbreaking public art and climate initiative designed to inspire action and renew our bond with the natural world. From April to August 2025, life-size puppet animals will sweep through city centres on a 20,000km journey from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle, fleeing climate disaster.

About the Artist

Lucy McGeown works with installation, drawing, painting and collage. She is a founding member of London Drawing Group and currently lives and works in Margate. Lucy believes everyone should have access to drawing and promotes creative play and ways that drawing can be used in all types of ways and contexts

Access

The Grant Museum of Zoology and UCL Art Museum are completely accessible to wheelchair users and those with limited mobility from street level.

Further information on museum access can be found here.

Please note: UCL Art Museum has recently changed location on campus due to continued major building works. Any changes to access routes to the museum will be communicated to attendees of the workshops on 7th May and 11th June.

Finding us

We are located in Bloomsbury, in the heart of central London. The nearest tube stations are Euston Square (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City), Goodge Street (Northern Line), Warren Street (Victoria Line), and buses 18, 30, 73, 134 and 205 stop 3-5 minutes away on Euston Road.

Drawing After Hours at UCL Museums