Disney Family Sirron Norris
Originally from Cleveland, Norris moved to San Francisco in 1994 after graduating from art school. He knew he wanted to become a commercial artist and he wanted to move to a place where he believed he could develop his artistic career without encountering the racism and limitations he had experienced in Ohio. “I didn’t know much about the US,” Norris remembered, but from the little he had heard about San Francisco, it sounded like where he wanted to be— and he hasn’t left since. When he first moved, Norris landed in the Mission District, in the heart of one
of the most renowned areas for murals in San Francisco and in the heart of one of the neighborhoods most severely struck by gentrification. Shortly after he arrived, Norris began a job at a company that created children’s educational software. The company developed video games to teach children math and English through the use of familiar licensed characters, including those from Super Mario Bros. and Dr. Seuss . While working at this job, Norris practiced and witnessed the power of using familiar cartoon characters to tell a story and convey a message.
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