Tatyana Veniaminovna Kalinina is an artist, teacher, architect, inventor of one of the most effective and spectacular methods of teaching fine arts. She lives in Yekaterinburg. Works with preschoolers, first-graders, teenagers, students, teachers and educators. She teaches at the Children's Art School, the Ural State University and the Ural Pedagogical Institute. Organizer of the center "Art-Game".
She has such awards and titles as Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (2006), Associate Professor of the Department of Aesthetic Education (2007), honorary title "Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation" (2007), laureate of the Prize of the Head of Yekaterinburg to Pedagogical Workers of Municipal Educational Institutions of Culture "For the Glory of Yekaterinburg" (2012), laureate of the Governor's Prize of the Sverdlovsk Region (2015), winner of the All-Russian competition "The Best Teacher of DShI" (2017).
