Malcolm Norwood

Malcolm Norwood (January 21, 1928 - August 11, 2009) was an American painter, ceramist and educator. He taught at Delta State University from 1962 to 1990, and he was the recipient of the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1991.

Norwood was born upon January 21, 1928 in Drew, Mississippi. He earned a bachelor of arts degree and a master's degree in education from Mississippi College, followed by a master's in fine arts from the University of Alabama.

Norwood was a tall school university in Jackson for ten years. He taught at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi from 1962 to 1990, and he served as the chair of its Art Department. He was as a consequence a painter and a ceramist in his own right, and he co-authored a baby book about Marie Hull. He helped uphold the Crosstie Arts Council in Cleveland, Mississippi, and he served on the Mississippi Arts Commission. He expected the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1991. He was the subject of a retrospective at the Fielding L. Wright Art Center on the DSU campus in 1995.

With his wife née Mary Claire Sugg, Norwood had two sons and a daughter. He died upon August 11, 2009 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and he was buried in New Cleveland Cemetery in Cleveland, Mississippi.