The class promotes:

Logical thinking
Combinatorial thinking
Nonstandard thinking
Imagination
Fine motor skills

Individual and Group Projects:

Cities (cities, planes, cars, etc.)
Egyptian Pyramids
Castles
Zoo
Airport
Dinosaurs
Pirates
Other

Teacher: Victoria Usova

This course includes the following themes (2 classes per theme):

Prehistoric cage drawings, modelling of animals
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Impressionism
Abstract Art

Kids will:

visit prehistoric cages and will try to draw using coal;
discuss pharaohs and pyramids;
draw their own Ancient Greek vase;
build a coliseum;
visit a castle, draw a portrait of the owners and design a [...]

Tags: 5-7 year-old, victoria usova

Teacher: Jenya Frid

This course is for young artists who fell in love with the world of stories and fairytales.

In this class students will:

Create their own books, as well as several other interesting projects
Develop imagination, fantasizing and creative thinking
Experiment using various art techniques and materials
Magically transform into the favorite fairytale characters

Tags: 5-7 year-old, jenya frid

Teacher: Natalya Makarova
Teacher: Yuliya Volchok

Lessons promote natural curiosity, which all kids possess.  Classes will concentrate on:

Getting to know the world around us
Development of visual and logical thinking
Development of attention and visual memory
Development of imagination
Development of speech
Development of mathematical thinking

Tags: 3-4 year-old, 4-5 year-old, 5-6 year-old, natalya makarova, yuliya volchok

What do you think about when it snows?  Most people think about showels and salt, horrible commute and wet feet.  Not me.  I think about sledding.  Yes, sledding.  Unfortunately, it only snows about 1.5 times a year on average in our area.  If you miss it, the odds are you will not get another chance [...]

Teacher: Victoria Usova

Teacher: Jenya Frid

Our young artists (3-4 year-old) will learn to create paintings for various topics:

Ocean

Seasons of the year
Holidays
Animals

People and portraits
Fairytale illustrations

Lessons will emphasize:

Using the whole page for drawing
Proportions and parts of human body
Mixing of colors
Ability to use and control paint brush to achieve different effects (smear, line, dot)

During the [...]

Tags: 3-4 year-old, jenya frid, victoria usova

Education:

Cernovcy State University (Cernovcy,  Ukraine) - Teacher of Russian Language and Literature
Adelphi University, New York (MS, 1993; MS, 2003) - Special Education; English as a Second Language
License of New York State in Special Education and TESOL

Experience:

Teaching Russian Language and Literature in the former Soviet Union
Teaching ESL in public schools of New York
Working with children from [...]

Education:
Experience:

“Where do gifted and talented children get their gifts and talents?  How to help kids find and cherish their special abilities?  When should we start help children develop their talents?  How to make students want to learn with true passion and get joy out of learning new things?  I started asking myself these questions in [...]

Education:

Classes of academic drawing in Repin Institute
Institute of theater, music and cinema
Private lessons from Ludmila Kucenko in Saint Petersburg

Experience:

Working in art schools and studios
Private lessons

“I strive to teach children how to use materials freely, to help them discover rewards of creative work and to cultivate respect for art in them.”
Marina Kalinovsky’s Website