Norman Paul Stromdahl

About Norman Paul Stromdahl

Creative ideas without organization stay thoughts. Organization can be as simple as a list. I am a skilled and organized planner, exhibit designer and project manager. A development of these skills is the result of completing 50 plus projects ranging from a tactile, cartoon animal-based way-finding system for Arkansas Children\'s Hospital to square feet of exhibits for the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. I have developed a process for identifying a clients goals, objective and ultimately their mission and vision. A method for defining success. I believe the best projects are content driven and take an interpretive approach to creating a memorable visitor experience. That this experience is integrated into both the exterior and interior built environment through a coordinated team effort of the designer, architect and construction and fabrication contractors. Expertese: process facilitation, project identification and pursuit, contract development, conceptual design and design documentation.

Experience

1. Construction Project Manager

   Habitat For Humanity In Whatcom County

   Mar 2016 — Present · Bellingham, WA, US

   Building simple, affordable homes for working families and communities. Facilitating the participation of staff, suppliers and volunteers to have a safe, productive experience where at the end of the day one can turn around feel accomplished.

Education

• Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design

  BFA

  1973 — 1977

• Ohio University

  MBA

  1990 — 1992

Skills

• Museum Collections
• History
• Architectures
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Archives
• Art Exhibitions
• Graphic Design
• Exhibit Design
• Museum Education
• Project Management
• Natural History
• Concept Design
• History of Art
• Cultural Heritage
• Experience Design
• Museums
• Art Handling
• Landscape Architecture
• Budgets
• Contract Management
• Arts Administration
• Interpretive Planning
• Museum Planning
• Curating
• Parks
• Galleries
• Fundraising
• Strategic Planning
• Creative Direction
• Environmental Design
• Environmental Graphics
• Concept Development
• Exhibit Preparation
• Art History
• Historic Preservation