叶连娜美术学校

Elena Krasilnikova is a Kiev-based Graphics-artist (绘画艺术家).She started to be involved into a teaching process when studying at the University of Art. After her graduation from the University, she worked there at the Department of Graphics. Ten years ago she founded a School-Studio, which became later a School of Art. About 50 children of age from 6 to 17 attend the School now.

ElenaKrasilnikova developed her own unique (独特的)teaching approach1 based on individual work with every student that allows developing child's talents through the diligent2 work. "There is no child incapable to draw", she says. There is no competition between children in School's classes. She thinks that each child who is willing to study draw- ing has the right to do it.

In her art studio3 where children work together in creative and relaxing atmosphere they feel themselves very free and natural. And it is a teacher's responsibility to recognize the child' s potential4. Elena is frequently asked a question―why you, professional artist, who participates in many art exhibitionsinUkraineand abroaddecidedto create a children art school and to become a teacher. The answer is: "I have a great satisfaction working with children. I already has been involved in that so deeply that I hardly can imagine my life without my School and my students."

The best award for students is to show their works to others. Two children's art exhibitions were extremely successfully in Japan, two in the USA and one in France.

连娜・克拉西尔尼科娃是居住在基辅的绘画艺术家。她还在艺术大学念书的时候就开始专注于教学方法。她毕业后留在大学的绘画系工作。她10年前建立的学校工作室，后来变成了一所艺术学校。这个学校现在大概有50个从6岁到17岁年龄不等的孩子。

叶连娜・克拉西尔尼科娃创立了她独特的教学方法，其实施是建立在针对每个孩子个别辅导基础上的，这套教学方法认为通过勤奋努力可以发掘孩子们的天赋。她认为“没有不会画画的孩子”。在学校里的班级上，孩子们之间是没有竞争的。她认为每一个愿意学画画的孩子都有画画的权力。

在她的艺术工作室，孩子们在一种富于创造性的和轻松自如的氛围中一起画画，他们感到自由自在，自然而然。而发掘孩子们的潜能正是老师的职责。叶连娜经常被问到一个问题――作为一个多次参加乌克兰和海外艺术展的职业艺术家，你为什么决定开办一所儿童艺术学校并做一名老师。她的回答是：“和孩子们在一起画画我感到很满足。我总是对此深深投入，以至于我几乎不能想像，没有我的学校和学生们我的生活会是怎样。”

给学生们最好的奖励是向别人展示他们的作品。有两个孩子的艺术作品展在日本获得了巨大成功，还有两个在美国，一个在法国都获得了成功。

注释：

1．approach n．(处理问题的)方式，方法

2．diligent adj. 勤奋的

3．studio n. (画家)的画室

4．potentialn．潜能