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Julia Shaternik
; Art, 2-5, Mixed, PreK-2
; Art, pre K


Since my early childhood I have loved painting. I started exhibiting my works in 2000, and in 2004, I received a Master of Fine Arts from the Belarusan State University of Culture. Since then my works have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, including Washington DC; Tallinn, Estonia; Oslo, Norway; Minsk, Belarus; New York City, New York; Montreal, Canada; Provincetown, MA; South Hampton, NY; Cranford, NJ; Paris, France. In addition to museums, my works can also be found in a number of private collections in the USA, Italy, Israel, Estonia, Canada and Belarus.

My love and passion for painting, as well as a desire to demonstrate these skills has made me an experienced art teacher. I have been giving art classes in my own art studio. as well as in school settings to children of different ages, and over the years I have perfected my own program. I work with children in different artistic media, including crayons, color pencils, charcoal, oil pastel, watercolor, tempera, gouache, acrylic and oil paint, which allows for a wide variety of art forms, such as basic drawing and painting, sculpture, collage and more.

About art.
I believe that creating art helps children discover the unexpected possibilities of their creativity. Art teaches critical thinking rather than getting the right answer. Moreover, through art, children learn that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer. Art reminds us that the limits of our language do not define the limits of our thinking. Art celebrates multiple perspectives and different ways to see and interpret the world. Art teaches students to explore through and within possible responses. Art empowers children to say what cannot be said. Art enables us to discover the range and variety of what we are capable of doing.