Teaching and Coaching
“Ms. Crawford has taught me in so many ways. She is the most passionate person I’ve ever known and she takes care of every student one by one.”
—Minji Kang College of the Arts, Philadelphia
Passion and creativity are the focus of Nancy’s life – expressing it both through her own artistic endeavours and by inspiring others to nurture and develop their own creative dreams. For over two decades Nancy has been a teacher in the Langley School District, teaching for the past 15 years as the senior art teacher at the renowned Langley Fine Arts School. In addition to her work within the public school setting, she has also been a sessional instructor for Simon Fraser University, and offers a regular series of private programs that she teaches both within her local community and abroad.
“Nancy Crawford is an amazing and inspiring art teacher, not just as an instructor but as an artist herself…Aside from the wide range of techniques and approaches to art I have been exposed to in Ms. Crawford’s classes, I’ve learned a lot about myself as an artist and as a person, most importantly I’ve learned to trust myself. Ms. Crawford has always been quick to pinpoint my mental and emotional blocks, pushing me to explore and work through them… On a more practical side, Ms. Crawford prepares her students for the reality of the art world, dispelling myths about the brooding, “starving artist” and illuminating otherwise shady areas of art as a career…her class has been an invaluable and fun experience for me and has helped me immensely in improving my work technically and in my exploration of art, myself and what I want to do in the world.”
—Alli Massar McGill University, Toronto
