Spring Time at the Ocean Campus

believes in their abilities. During his classes, he walks around the room inspecting each student’s work. He encourages them and gives constructive criticism. His teaching style leads to confident, capable students as well as parents who believe in Norris’ mission. He has created a “community environment that is inspiring to adults and children,” says Marie Autophen, a parent of one of his students while waiting to pick up her child from one of Norris’ classes.

Norris advises art students to take classes they might remotely be interested in in order to test things out and see what they might really care about. He believes trying out a specific art form is the best way to know if a student would actually be fulfilled in pursuing that art form. In order to develop as an artist, Norris insists that students must “pay their dues.” They cannot and should not expect to be able to jump in and expect immediate success. They must simultaneously set long term goals that are bigger than themselves, and set short term goals that they are capable of reaching in a reasonable amount of time.

If you would like to follow along with Norris’ career you can find him on instagram @sirronnorris and his website, www. sirronnorris.com. His studio and gallery can be found at 2860 24th St in San Francisco.