Nellie Shevelkina

Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media

Nellie holds a B.A. in Fine Arts and Education from the Art College of Moldova.  She also studied Textile Design at the Textile Institute in Ivanovo, Russia and Parson School of Design in New York. Nellie has taught visual arts in public schools and community centers for more than 25 years and teaches private lessons in her home studio and at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, where she also heads the Young People’s Department. Her teaching goal is to provide students with as much as possible skills to enhance their creativity and enrich their lives with visual arts.