Natalia Peschanskaya-Shemjakin
Founder & CEO, Shemjakin Art Academy - artist and educator
I design art contests and educational programs, build art communities, and set up clear learning pathways — from a first sketch to exhibitions and stage.
Highlights
Since 2024 — Founder & Director of De Unges Atelierforbund. Launching and growing a network of youth studios across Norway: registration, grant applications and reporting, participant & instructor onboarding, and administration. By the end of 2024 — 24 studios, 218 participants, 3 regions.
Since 2021 — Initiator and managing lead of a fagskole project in figurative art and opera/classical vocal. Curricula, exam criteria, selection of faculty and board, partnerships with institutions, and operational management.
2018–2023 — Teacher of Kunst & Håndverk. Groups up to 23–25 students, individual education plans (IOP). Subjects: drawing, painting, printmaking/graphics, ceramics, textiles, basics of metal/casting, art history.
2006–2018 — Managerial & pedagogical experience in the early-childhood education system in Oslo: program design, HR, processes, liaison with the municipality.
Key projects
- Fagskole "Figurative Art + Opera". Concept & strategy, curricula, exam criteria, work with stakeholders and the supervisory board. (2021–present)
- De Unges Atelierforbund. National network of youth art studios. (2024–present)
- Educational initiatives: youth orchestras Balalaika & Tchaikovsky, choirs Matryoshka; three associations — from chartering & boards to funding, events and partnerships.
Teaching
- Subjects: drawing, painting (oil/watercolor), graphics/printmaking, ceramics, textiles.
- Formats: group & one-to-one classes, inclusion & IOP, materials procurement and studio organization.
Education
- OsloMet — Master's in Aesthetic Education (in progress).
- DTK Bærum — Vocational College (drawing/painting/printmaking/ceramics), final grade "A".
- HiO — Bachelor's in Early Childhood Pedagogy, "A".
- BI — Economics & Management, 7.5 ECTS.