Working with students at one of their art exhibitions.
Biography
Sharon Padua Bogolubov is an artist and certified art educator with experience in drawing, painting, encaustics, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, digital photography and mixed media. She is passionate about teaching art and sharing her love for the arts with others.
Sharon has experience teaching students of all ages on Long Island, New York. Currently, she is teaching in the Wantagh District K-3rd, and 8th-12th grade students. She teaches after school enrichment classes at Picasso Kidz in Greenlawn including a special education class for challenged adults. Last year, Sharon taught K-5th grade students in three Uniondale Schools, 6th-8th grade students at Lynbrook South Middle School and 9th-12th grade students in Hicksville High School. Before that, she taught K-8th grade students in four schools in the North Shore District and at The Green Vale School, a private, independent, K-8 institution located in Old Brookville. Prior to that, she taught in the Syosset District at the Harry B. Thompson and South Woods Middle Schools. She has also led art classes for students aged seven to eighteen in Pratt Institute's Saturday Art School and in Sarah's Art Studio, a summer arts camp, both in Brooklyn. Her student teaching was conducted at Jericho High School and her teaching research was completed at the North Shore Middle and High Schools. In her teaching practice, Sharon incorporates a variety of art making techniques and demonstrations that blend art history with contemporary art information and processes. Props, experiential exercises, theatre techniques, music and a wide range of information and materials are utilized to inspire and motivate students to create and learn. Some classes are traditionally taught, while others are choice-based.
Sharon's experience in commercial illustration, graphic design and video making as well as her music and performance training in her early life support her art teaching practice. Prior to becoming a teaching artist, she was a marketing creative working with multinational corporations in Europe and Russia while based in Moscow, and with U.S. companies, while based in New York City (see clients served). She brought to her clients an expertise in art, design and writing to produce compelling multi-media works including videos, television and print ads, brochures, posters and press materials designed to communicate and meet objectives such as image visibility, branding, new product introductions, sales and community education. In addition, Sharon developed imaginative and strategic special events (see commercial work under the portfolios tab), while also training and directing creative staff. Prior to this experience, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, with a major in graphics and a Bachelor of Arts in Drama & Communications from the University of New Orleans, and performed with a variety of choral ensembles, jazz and pop bands in the New Orleans area, where she grew up.
After becoming a mother, Sharon became involved in school volunteerism, assisting theatrical performances, painting scenery, designing and sewing costumes, and managing students backstage for theatre productions. She also used her fine arts and theatre techniques to guide spiritual education in an after school program. Sparked by this experience, she returned to her fine arts roots, studied at Pratt Institute, received a Masters in Art and Design Education, graduating with distinction, and became a certified art teacher in the state of New York.
Sharon is a life learner and in perpetual pursuit of discovering more about the world through art study, art making and travel. She has visited almost every state in America and over 50 countries worldwide. She lived in Europe and Russia for over a decade and currently resides in Sea Cliff, New York with her husband and daughter.
Sharon Padua Bogolubov is an artist and certified art educator with experience in drawing, painting, encaustics, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, digital photography and mixed media. She is passionate about teaching art and sharing her love for the arts with others.
Sharon has experience teaching students of all ages on Long Island, New York. Currently, she is teaching in the Wantagh District K-3rd, and 8th-12th grade students. She teaches after school enrichment classes at Picasso Kidz in Greenlawn including a special education class for challenged adults. Last year, Sharon taught K-5th grade students in three Uniondale Schools, 6th-8th grade students at Lynbrook South Middle School and 9th-12th grade students in Hicksville High School. Before that, she taught K-8th grade students in four schools in the North Shore District and at The Green Vale School, a private, independent, K-8 institution located in Old Brookville. Prior to that, she taught in the Syosset District at the Harry B. Thompson and South Woods Middle Schools. She has also led art classes for students aged seven to eighteen in Pratt Institute's Saturday Art School and in Sarah's Art Studio, a summer arts camp, both in Brooklyn. Her student teaching was conducted at Jericho High School and her teaching research was completed at the North Shore Middle and High Schools. In her teaching practice, Sharon incorporates a variety of art making techniques and demonstrations that blend art history with contemporary art information and processes. Props, experiential exercises, theatre techniques, music and a wide range of information and materials are utilized to inspire and motivate students to create and learn. Some classes are traditionally taught, while others are choice-based.
Sharon's experience in commercial illustration, graphic design and video making as well as her music and performance training in her early life support her art teaching practice. Prior to becoming a teaching artist, she was a marketing creative working with multinational corporations in Europe and Russia while based in Moscow, and with U.S. companies, while based in New York City (see clients served). She brought to her clients an expertise in art, design and writing to produce compelling multi-media works including videos, television and print ads, brochures, posters and press materials designed to communicate and meet objectives such as image visibility, branding, new product introductions, sales and community education. In addition, Sharon developed imaginative and strategic special events (see commercial work under the portfolios tab), while also training and directing creative staff. Prior to this experience, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, with a major in graphics and a Bachelor of Arts in Drama & Communications from the University of New Orleans, and performed with a variety of choral ensembles, jazz and pop bands in the New Orleans area, where she grew up.
After becoming a mother, Sharon became involved in school volunteerism, assisting theatrical performances, painting scenery, designing and sewing costumes, and managing students backstage for theatre productions. She also used her fine arts and theatre techniques to guide spiritual education in an after school program. Sparked by this experience, she returned to her fine arts roots, studied at Pratt Institute, received a Masters in Art and Design Education, graduating with distinction, and became a certified art teacher in the state of New York.
Sharon is a life learner and in perpetual pursuit of discovering more about the world through art study, art making and travel. She has visited almost every state in America and over 50 countries worldwide. She lived in Europe and Russia for over a decade and currently resides in Sea Cliff, New York with her husband and daughter.