Rebecca Norton is an artist, curator, and educator. Her work is informed by a robust intrigue with color theory, a love of geometry, and an endless curiosity concerning structures of perception and the nature thereof. Rebecca's work is included in permanent collections at 21C Hotel Louisville, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, and the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University. She is the recipient of several awards and grants including from the Puffin Foundation, 2011, M.A. Hadley Fellowship, 2016, the Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant, 2019, and the Great Meadows Artist Professional Development Grant, 2019, 2020 & 2023. Norton has been a contributing writer for Arts in Bushwick and Abstract Critical. Her lectures and writings have been published on MOCA tv, the Brooklyn Rail, Duke University Scalar publications, and Blacksun Lit.
Rebecca is a co-founder of MaybeItsFate, a member-owned cooperative cultivating an artistic center and cultural hub in Louisville through a public art exhibition space and a member-based, salon-like social club. MaybeItsFate's mission is to grow and sustain a cultural hub for art, conversation, and instigation -- while generating a new model of support for those activating the space and community.
Rebecca currently lives and works in Louisville, KY.
You can read more of her story on The Nashville Voyager