GLOBAL PROJECTS
Global Project: Honoring the Ndebele
Norgard Designs is hosting our fifth annual global project: "Honoring the Ndebele".
WE ARE ART'S HAVEN
Art’s Haven is a 30+ Year Dream Coming True.
Supported and hosted by Norgard Designs we deliver online lessons and lectures as well as on-site rendez-vous in St. Bernard and Belliveau Cove, Nova Scotia where you will meet the local artists and culture. We value supporting artists coming together to explore their passions through exhibitions, workshops and retreats. Our goal is to create space for gatherings, workshops, exhibitions, and retreats in a positive and supportive environment where your dream to learn and grow as an artist come true. Come grow with us!
WE ARE ART'S HAVEN
Big Blue Gallery
Our gallery, Big Blue, is a welcome space for Artists and Writers to attend workshops, come for retreats, enjoy exhibitions and find community. Big Blue is the hub of Art’s Haven. Housing our retail area, providing sleep spaces for guests and our Big Blue Gallery. We value supporting artists coming together to explore their passions through exhibitions, workshops and retreats. Our goal is to create space for gatherings, workshops, exhibitions, and retreats in a positive and supportive environment where your dream to learn and grow as an artist come true. Come grow with us!
The creative examination of ideas
The creative examination of ideas
The creative examination of ideas
Exploration
Tradition
Passion
Technique
Design
Interpretation
EXPLORATION AT Norgard Designs
The Creative Examination of Ideas.
Norgard Designs is dedicated to the creative examination of ideas. Ideas are examined through the creative process culminating in large and small scale works. The sharing of these ideas is manifested through the physical works themselves, educational workshops and global project work. Norgard Designs aspires to support itself by selling work, by ushering new beaders forward, and by developing creative paths by which they can sustain themselves. The creation of this website is a way for Sam to share her work and her love of teaching with you. We hope you will come in, explore, enjoy, download a workshop, find that special piece of jewelry for that special someone. Or maybe you would like to be part of Sam’s next Global Project?
PRESERVATION AT NORGARD DESIGNS
A Lifelong Adventure in Art & Design.
Sam weaves a rich mix of techniques learned from Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, African, Indigenous, French, and Victorian techniques. The dynamic process of combining techniques with artistic formats from jewelry scale works to immersive installation reveal new ideas. Her most recent focus results in global projects where she explores education, community, and largescale beaded works.
Sam is dedicated to preserving the tradition of handmade beaded art and conveys her passion to workshop participants and her students at The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, GA, where she and her husband, David Golden (a painter), live. She currently is a Professor at the Savannah location, served as an artist in residence at SCAD-Lacoste, France and helped open SCAD-Hong Kong. Prior to her teaching career she worked in a number of design-related industries. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking, and a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramic Sculpture.
Sam weaves a rich mix of techniques learned from Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, African, Indigenous, French, and Victorian techniques. The dynamic process of combining techniques with artistic formats from jewelry scale works to immersive installation reveal new ideas. Her most recent focus results in global projects where she explores education, community, and largescale beaded works.
Shop NORGARD DESIGNS
The Exit Is Located Through The Gift Shop.
Sam weaves a rich mix of techniques learned from Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, African, Indigenous, French, and Victorian techniques. The dynamic process of combining techniques with artistic formats from jewelry scale works to immersive installation reveal new ideas. Her most recent focus results in global projects where she explores education, community, and largescale beaded works.
Sam is dedicated to preserving the tradition of handmade beaded art and conveys her passion to workshop participants and her students at The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, GA, where she and her husband, David Golden (a painter), live. She currently is a Professor at the Savannah location, served as an artist in residence at SCAD-Lacoste, France and helped open SCAD-Hong Kong. Prior to her teaching career she worked in a number of design-related industries. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking, and a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramic Sculpture.
LEARNING AT NORGARD DESIGNS
In Learning You Will Teach. In Teaching You Will Learn.
Sam recognizes and is grateful for the brilliant work and workshops provided by members of the global bead community. Norgard designs is dedicated to preserving the tradition of handmade beaded art. We are pleased to offer free lessons and lectures as well as workshops to help improve your beading and knowledge. Learn technique through project focused work. Become informed about design basics and/or historical and contemporary bead knowledge. Enrichment through focused sessions on creativity and an exchange of ideas.
