Susan Marcus
Austin, TX
Susan Marcus has 40 years’ experience as a designer, educator, and creator of programs, products, and exhibitions for children, their parents, and educators.
In 1970 she co-founded the Learning About Learning Educational Foundation, a nationally recognized organization based in San Antonio with a focus on research into creativity, individuality, media, and play. While engaged there, Marcus developed “Imagination Works,” a retail line of interactive educational products.
Marcus lived and worked independently in New York City for more than a decade, consulting on projects involving the education programs of major museums and publishers. Her clients included The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Scholastic Corporation.
In 2007, Marcus designed a summer program for Texas museums called “New World Kids,” which has grown into a year-round after-school program in creative thinking and literacy for young people. Three years later she established a non-profit organization in Austin called The Foundry. Both programs are ongoing and serve thousands of young children in Texas.
Books have been another interest. As designer and co-author, Marcus has been involved in the creation of: I See a Child (Doubleday, 1974); Everychild’s Everyday (Doubleday, 1980); When I Was Just Your Age: An Oral History of Growing Up in Texas (UNT Press, 1992); and The Missing Alphabet: A Parents’ Guide to Developing Creative Thinking in Kids (Greenleaf Press, 2013).
Marcus holds a BFA from Southern Methodist University.