NORWOOD CREECH
Painter-Printmaker | Artist-Teacher-Student | Gallerist-Curator | Reggio-Inspired | Arts-and-WellBeing
Statement
I am a third-generation female artist, from a family of female professional fine arts painters in the American South, each well-schooled in the classical traditions of painting and drawing.
My artwork is spirited tangible evidence of the process of my attempt to visually understand, interpret, and connect with that which is directly in front of me. Through my practice of art, I seek to find a type of relational resonance with/in my environment. While I may not gravitate to painting portraits of notable people, as did my mother who worked in watercolors, or my grandmother who worked in oils, I still gravitate to portrait work. However, instead of portraits of people, the portraits I convey, engaging a wide variety of media, are of landscape and still-life settings.
When engaging in the design of educational experiences, I lean heavily into the pedagogical philosophies around the Reggio Emilia Approach in early childhood education; the methodologies of Visual Thinking Strategies; intentional critical visual interpretive practices; the foundation of the traditional principles and elements of art and design, and the seriousness of joyful play.
With my technical understanding of a wide variety of media and processes, in educational settings, I provide service as a facilitator of making, of wonder, emphasizing exploration of interpretation, buoyed by ongoing assessment/reassessment, discussion, and documentation.
Context
- M.A. Gallery & Museum Management, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO, 2022
- B.S. Studio Arts, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1985
- Emanating from the perspective of a Painter-Printmaker, skilled in Drawing (charcoal, pencil, graphite, pastel); Painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor & water-based media); Printmaking (relief/woodcut & linocut, intaglio, engraving, stone lithography, chine collé); Photography, and Collage
- Experienced with Curatorial Projects, Material Culture Research, Art/Object Handling, Condition Maintenance, Exhibition Installation, Narrative Interpretation, Engagement, Assessment, and Evaluation
- Strong history as an Educator in the Arts, Designing, and Facilitating Art Activities, and Creative Programs for Non-Profit Institutions
- Inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach in Early Childhood Education
- Advocate for Arts-in-Health, Arts & Well-Being
- Research, marketing assistant; condition care of 18th-century British goods at M. Ford Creech Antiques & Fine Arts, Memphis, TN
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