"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Projects, projects, projects...Projects drive me! I immensely enjoy working on all aspects of projects: envisioning, creating, and seeing projects through to completion. Getting to the finish line with a fantastic, completed project is a reward in itself.
From school creative projects to science fair recognition, from arts and crafts to fine arts, from fun haunted houses (never too scary) to professional exhibits, from museum edutainment to my science outreach business, from spectroscopy science to my new art business endeavor, ... there is always fun to be had! |
Please take a look at
my portfolio. |
My Accomplishments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Divided into the following categories:
• Concept-to-Completion Works • Written Works • Art/Design Works • Marketing/Branding Works • Presentation/Teaching Works • Project Management Works • Personal Works |
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Concept-to-Completion Works ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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• LilianNorris.com - created fine art shop with original artwork;
designed art and marketing collateral • ScienceFestivalResources.com - created and curated website devoted to science, STEM and STEAM. • Ocean Optics - envisioned and designed brand new look of technical marketing document from scratch: took scientific measurements, analyzed data, summarized results, researched subject, wrote comprehensive summary, designed logo, layout and finished product • Pinellas County, Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center - Brooker's Barn interpretive brochure created concept as well as all art and written work • League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF) - 25th Annual LEEF Conference program and registration booklets • Science Safari Educational Company - envisioned and created business, designed education programs, props and Mad Scientist stage show sets • Freelance - designed and built haunted house exhibit rooms and props • Florida Aquarium - public education program and scripts • MOSI - many K-adult education programs |
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Written Works ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Work Agency Projects:
• Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art - communications and marketing; printed and electronic newsletters, marketing collateral, press releases, social media marketing • Pinellas County, Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center - email and social media marketing, event postings, press releases, brochures, event fliers, signage • Ocean Optics - research projects, technical marketing documents, video scripts, technical tutorials, quick start guides • Pinellas County, Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center - press releases, grant reports, event fliers, subject research • League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF) - 25th LEEF conference program and registration booklets • Science Safari Educational Company - education program curriculum and activity packets and science show scripts • Florida Aquarium - public education program, scripts and props • MOSI - Bioworks curriculum/program book, BioWorks supplemental activities book, education programs and science show scripts, activity instructions Science Publications: • Mattley, Y., Norris, L., & Rathmell, C. 2012. Raman Spectroscopy as a Quantitative Tool for Industry [Special issue]. Spectroscopy, 42-50. Also available from: https://www.spectroscopyonline.com/view/raman-spectroscopy-quantitative-tool-industry • Norris, L., Mattley, Y. (2012) Fluorescence of Cutting Oils. Ocean Optics, Inc. [cited 2013 April 8] Available from: http://www.spectroscopyonline.com/spectroscopy/author/authorInfo.jsp?id=57840 • Mattley, Y., Norris, L. (2012) Modular Raman Spectroscopy for the Discrimination of Chemical Alcohols. [cited 2013 April 8] • Norris, L., Rathmell, C. (2013) App Note: Q65Pro for UV Absorbance of Sunglasses [Ocean Optics eNewsWire] January 2013. Accessed 2013 April. Available from: http://www.oceanoptics.com/enews/012013/index.html |
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Newsletters:
• Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art - LRMA quarterly newsletters (curated, managed, edited, designed and wrote content, 2.5 years) View newsletters I curated from 2016 through Summer 2018 here. • League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF) - quarterly newsletters for statewide organization (3 years) Education Program Design Topics: • Pinellas County, Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center & Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center - weather, natural history, and art public programs; summer art camp • Science Safari Educational Company - school programs: cryogenics, energy, entomology, paleontology, environmental science topics; teacher workshops: physical science, energy, magnets, venomous snakes • MOSI - environmental science, ecology, wetlands, marine science, paleontology, astronomy, rockets, physical science, and general science topics for school ad public programs • Florida Aquarium - wetland public education program • Busch Gardens - conservation and ecology related zoo camp |
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Art/Design Works ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Photos/Digital Art Published:
• Ocean Optics eNewsWire, Header Photo, December 2012. http://www.oceanoptics.com/enews/122012/index.html • Ocean Optics eNewsWire, Header Photo, October 2012. http://www.oceanoptics.com/enews/102012/index.html • “A Raman Spectroscopic Comparison of Xylene Isomers: meta-xylene, ortho-xylene and para-xylene”, Blended Image Composite Header, 2011. https://www.gmp.ch/htmlarea/pdf/raman_xylene_GMP.pdf • “Miniature Optical Fiber Spectrometer Extends to VUV”, Ocean Optics knowpack Blended Image Composite Header, 2011. https://www.gmp.ch/htmlarea/pdf/MayaVUV_GMP.pdf • “Transmissive pH Sensing in Microtiter Wells”, Ocean Optics knowpack, Blended Image Composite Header, 2010. https://www.gmp.ch/htmlarea/pdf/tranph_GMP.pdf • "Fluorescence of Quinine Sulfate" https://www.gmp.ch/htmlarea/pdf/fluquisuf_GMP.pdf |
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Freelance Art Work: • Florida Aquarium Contract Artist: art designs for educational carts and flags • Paintings for patrons • Art shows • Logos, CD covers, collateral Children's Books: • Personal Projects - Several children's books in progress (authored and illustrated) • Mother Nature's Princesses - Self-publishing soon! http://mothernaturesprincesses.com • Tekky Super Scibearbot - Self-publishing soon! http://tekkyscibearbot.com Graphic Art and Design: • Nationwide top five finalist of the USA Science & Engineering Festival Mascot Contest (April 2013) http://www.usasciencefestival.org/newsletter-volume-3-number-5/mascot-contest-finalists-announced.html • Moccasin Lake Nature Park - fliers and signage • Pinellas Chapter of Florida Native Plant Society - Landscape Tour booklets for both North and South County • Pinellas County, Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center - interpretive exhibit brochure (Brookers Barn), event fliers and brochures, craft template designs, t-shirt design • Pinellas County, Weedon Island Cultural and Natural History Center - event fliers, resource room brochure, craft template designs • LEEF - conference theme and logo design, promotional fliers and marketing collateral for conference, newsletters • Science Safari Educational Company - logo, craft activities design, t-shirt design • Florida Aquarium - art design for vinyl silhouettes for educational carts • MOSI - creative designs for class materials, design and layout of interpretive Back Woods trail map in 3 languages Exhibits and Props: • Moccasin Lake Nature Park - painted backdrops and created natural history exhibits, painted animal model reproductions, created natural exploration playground design • Pinellas County, Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center - oversaw interpretive trail signage projects and exhibit designs, directing artists on design elements • Pinellas County, Weedon Island Cultural and Natural History Center - painted palm boot masks for program • LEEF - created display board for booths and regional flag design on silk • Science Safari Educational Company - designed and built promotional booth exhibits and show and program back drops/sets, fabricated eight-foot tall 3-D song bird tree for the Florida Birding Festival event activity exhibit, program/class props, painted animal model reproductions, sculpted 3-D clay models for tactile adaptations exhibit, molded and casted models, and painted casts • Florida Aquarium - designed and built cart/educational program props and models • MOSI - designed, painted, and assembled fossil pit exhibit, painted and applied vinyl numbers to giant rulers for comparison to life size T-rex, assembled class and presentation props • Freelance - constructed haunted houses from inception to completion (neighborhood and Suncoast Hospital): exhibit rooms and props • Busch Gardens - assisted with creation of the Nairobi Village natural history exhibit window display; built 3-D trees and landscape features, arranged understory silk plants, painted background, assisted with window vinyl silhouettes; sculpted 3-D clay models for tactile adaptations exhibit, molded and casted models, and painted casts Website Design: • LilianNorris.com • MotherNaturesPrincesses.com • ScienceFestivalResources.com • TekkyScibearbot.com • Pinellas County, Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center - Watershed Community Grant Project: designs for 3 temporary neighborhood websites Website Management: • LeepaRattner.org (2.5 years) |
Brooker Creek - Created interpretive sign design basis and worked with artists for final project
Brooker Creek - Florida Friendly Yard Exhibit - directed artist for final design
Haunted House Prop -Magic Book of Spells
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Marketing/Branding Works ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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• Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art - managed all communications, marketing and public relations for the museum (website, social media, print and electronic newsletters, invitations, gallery guides, brochures, marketing collateral and press releases)
• Pinellas County Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center & Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center - executed all in-house publicity for the two centers: online event postings, email blasts, consistency of online public image and information, online survey development, evaluations; created event fliers and posters consistent with the look of the Centers; marketing/branding for Brooker Creek Watershed Community Outreach Grant project: designed look of all programs materials for participants (informational binders of documents, scavenger hunts, coupon books, surveys, etc.) reports, and promotional/marketing collateral items (fliers, mail-outs, postcards), reports, and three temporary websites for each targeted neighborhood • League of Environmental Educators in Florida - marketing/ branding for 25th Annual State Conference, designed all promotional materials and directed publicity • Science Safari Educational Company - marketing/branding for business identity, all business promotion, event publicity, and sales collateral • LilianNorris.com - marketing/branding for client projects and music CDs |
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Presentation/Teaching Works ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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• NAI Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG) training
• Certified Project WILD, Project WET, and Project Learning Tree Facilitator • Ocean Optics - Distributor training presentations • Moccasin Lake Nature Park - public programs, children's programs, and summer camps, nature hike guide • Pinellas County - Brooker Creek Preserve and Weedon Island Preserve Centers - public programs, children's programs, and summer camps • Science Safari Educational Company - public programs, teacher workshops, scout badge workshops, and children's programs/summer camps, booth interactions • League of Environmental Educators in Florida - 1997 Conference Presentation: Wetland Connections: Exploring Nonformal Educational Partnerships • MOSI - science theater shows, classes, cart demonstrations, booth interactions, one-on-one interactions, guided field trip, guided nature hikes, teacher workshops, scout badge workshops • Busch Gardens - cart demonstrations, zoo camp, large crowd narrative shows |
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Project Management Works ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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• Pinellas County - Brooker Creek Preserve and Weedon Island Preserve Centers - co-managed award winning $200K interpretive trail signage project: directed artist, designer, and writer; inputted on themes, design and content
• Science Safari Educational Company - co-management of business and educational programs, management of all marketing and art related projects • League of Environmental Educators in Florida - co-management of 25th Annual State Conference: management of all marketing, publicity, and art for this conference • MOSI - managed all environmental program areas of museum: school and public programs, grants, as well as exhibit areas (Back Woods 40 acre nature trail area, BioWorks - Butterfly Garden and Alternative Wastewater Treatment Exhibit, and Our Florida 10,000 sq. ft. exhibit/program area |
Co-managed award-winning Brooker Creek Preserve interpretive trail signage project
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Personal Works ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Areas of Skill Expertise:
• Communications and marketing (professionally 2.5 yrs; with various positions 10+ years) • Art/design (professionally 10+ years) (non-professionally: a lifetime) • Research and analysis: highly technical (3 years); informational/internet research (9 years) • Non-formal teaching (10+ years) - experiential presentations, hands-on learning; Project WILD, Project WET, and Project Learning Tree facilitator; Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG) through National Association for Interpretation • Customer/guest service (10+ years with 5 years at call centers) Subject Areas of Knowledge: • Biology, zoology, Florida ecology, wetlands, natural history, environmental education, conservation, archaeology, microscopy, physical science, spectroscopy, chemistry Specialties: • Communications and marketing • Graphic art and design, print media, package design, photography, photo editing and blending, layout and formatting, concept design sketching, illustration, perspective drawing, fine art, painting, static and interactive exhibit and sign concepts, natural history exhibits, 3-D molds and models • Copy and technical writing; grant report writing • Scientific research and analysis; troubleshooting, experimentation and reports • Interactive educational program design (science and environmental); instructional design, planning, and development • Project management Technology*: • Adobe Photoshop and InDesign • CorelDraw • CRM • Email Marketing: MailChimp, Get Response • Microsoft Suite: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Access • Oracle • Social Media Marketing: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+ • Spectrometer software • Website: WordPress, Weebly * Remarkable talent for quickly mastering technology |
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