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Norma Jackson - Painter and Sculptor

Norma is an active, award winning member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, a member of the Visions Art Studio Tours and an "Artist in Residence" for The Loft Gallery. Her creativity over the past 25 years has included professional marionette theatre and therapeutic arts, drama and puppetry to fine art. She works in acrylics, watercolour, mixed-media and sculpture. Her works have been exhibited in the Federation Gallery in Vancouver, Gallery 223 and Artisan Studio in Nanaimo, Sidney Fine Art show, Oak Leaf Gallery and Dancing Bean in Chemainus, Sandbar Cafe in Qualicum Bay, Station Street Gallery in Duncan and Loft Gallery in Mill Bay. She is a successful commissioned artist and her works sell internationally.

Norma had the honour of presenting "Sol", an Emerge Art piece to Jason Nett, the Composer in Residence for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She worked with over 40 teens when contracted to develop and implement a Vancouver Foundation sponsored youth suicide intervention program using arts, later defined by Health Canada Officials, as one of the "best practices" in North America. Over the years, Norma has appeared several times on BCTV, has appeared nationally on CBC's "On the Road Again", and has been interviewed by CBC's Sheryl MacKay on North by Northwest. Norma was featured as Master Puppeteer in the March 2009 issue of Senior Living Magazine and is the Feature Artist in the 2009 Summer Issue of Island Arts Magazine.

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