Olga Chernyavskaya, a teacher from the Miory Children's Art School: "My dream is to combine painting and ceramics"

On the playground near the Miora Children's Art School, the boys were having a heated conversation. They argued, discussing their own affairs. One of them said loudly:

"You guys are lucky. Olga Semyonovna will teach you.

It became interesting who Olga Semyonovna was, about whom the boy spoke with such admiration. Friends of miorchane said that this is Olga Chernyavskaya, a teacher of the art department of the School of Arts. Children love it, they are happy to go to classes. Adults also admire the talent of the artist and ceramist.

Olga Chernyavskaya's works are among the most popular on the site of the capital's Mlyn . In the form of jewelry and souvenirs, they were sold all over the world. So the brooch-cranberry from the Yelnya swamp, a rare flower can be seen on the clothes of ladies in Chelyabinsk and Berlin, Beijing and Paris.… Napkin holders and stucco dishes are popular: plates and cups decorated with natural motifs.

Olga was born in Chashniki, graduated from the artistic department of the VSU named after P. Masherov. She worked in Vitebsk, Minsk, and then moved to her husband's small homeland.

- Everywhere life brought together good people. Everything, as they say, was in place and on time, " Olga recalls that period. – I love teaching children, helping them discover their creative abilities. I appreciate the hardworking people who submit to the material. And I try to make the lesson interesting.

Olga would also like to teach adult miorchans. She had such an experience in a private center in Minsk. People of different professions and ages came to classes, mastered batik, felting from wool, drawing… He keeps in touch with some of them even today, and is happy about the success of those who seriously continue to engage in the craft.

Perhaps such a school would be useful in Miory, where there are many talented people who Olga Chernyavskaya is ready to help in creative self-realization.

My interlocutor became interested in ceramics relatively recently. From different directions, I chose small plastics-brooches, jewelry, the manufacture of which requires certain qualities from the master. Sprigs of lily of the valley, blueberries, strawberries are so natural that it seems that they were "alive" with icing.

– How do you manage to convey the nature of nature? – I am interested in the master.

"The sample is right in front of your eyes," the teacher replies. – No one has created anything better than nature. She is a source of inspiration. But before I transfer its small element in clay, I make a sketch on paper. I experiment with icing, but I don't always know what I'll get out of the oven.

Olga does not put the production of products on stream. Each one is special, a single instance.

Olga Chernyavskaya spoke at length and in detail about the subtleties of art ceramics, fine plastic technology, but this is probably more for specialists. For the journalist, it was more interesting how the mother of two daughters, a teacher at the art school, combines housekeeping, work and creativity. Where does he find the time and energy? And what does it strive for?

- Time is sorely lacking – - the woman admits. – And while I can devote myself to creativity-to paint pictures (by the way, many people would like to have her work), I can't go deeper into ceramics. In the first place, the family – the husband and daughters. You have to combine everything. I tell myself: "Grow up girls, and then learn new directions in art." My dream is to combine painting and ceramics. An artist must constantly move, grow, improve, and be able to show their work.

Photo from the Chernyavsky family archive.