Nora Gaston is a mixed media artist specialising in 3D glass. She started the Belfry Arts Centre in Overstrand in 2008, and was artisitic Director until March 2015. Gaston worked on several large public art commissions at the same time. Gaston now concentrates on her own practice and is working towards several new exhibitions in 2017 and 2018. Having lived in Ireland (where she graduated in Fine Arts), Canada (where she graduated in Art Education), England, the Middle East, she now lives in , England. She was the first artist with Arts Care in N.I and still is very involved in Arts and Health. She leads workshops in both 2D and 3D studies. Her work can be seen in public and private art collections worldwide, including the Canada Council Art Bank, ACNI, Belfast City Hall, Art Gallery of Kazakhstan among others. www.nbrgaston.co.uk