The biggest change has been to move the Jewelry studio in proximity with the other art studios. We only have to walk across the building to get from one art room to the other. We have much better faculty contact with one another due in large part to this remodel. It is also proving important to the students because they see there is a connection between the areas. It also creates an impetus to try other things. The jewelry area has major ventilation and safety improvements due to this move. We will now be able to do small scale welding.

The rooms themselves are more open because we have removed still-life material to the prep area. We have much more natual light in the Drawing/Painting studio. It is now positioned on the southwest corner of the AS building where biology used to be. We now look out on the central courtyard and students can watch out activities. This can be good or bad depending on your point of view.

Sculpture and ceramics remained in the same rooms as before but now have new woodworking tools and a different arrangement for the glaze mixing area and new ventilated kiln room with windows. We had lots of up grading in the ventilation systems throughout the building and now all rooms are 100% ventilated air, in otherwords, no recirculation of fume bearing air.

Darrell Norman is Selected as Alumni of the Year, 2007

Darrell Norman (class of '82-84) attended the graduation ceremony of NSCC where he was honored as the the Alumni of the Year for his artistic activities and community involvement.   Darrell has very  instrumental in the promotion of native American arts and  culture on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana where he operates a bed and breakfast and a gallery. He has produced and sings on recordings of native American songs.  His native crafts and cultural knowledge have been utilized by German film makers and tourists.  He has also been active in the saving of the wild mustang herds in Montana.  See more about him here.

Lodgepole Gallery & Tipi Village