Barskova Valentina Sergeyevna (born 7 November 1959) — director of the Author's Center for Arts and Crafts for Children and Youth in Dzerzhinsk since 1996.
Education
Pedagogical University (1984), primary school teacher.
Previous places of work
1980-1982 — nursery-kindergarten of the "Kaprolaktam" production association; 1982-1983 — nursery-kindergarten No. 140 of the "Plastik" production association; 1983-1985 — Dzerzhinsk branch administration of the "Orgkhimiya" trust; 1985-1990 — school No. 12 in Dzerzhinsk; 1991-1996 — deputy director of the Center for Arts and Crafts.
Field of scholarly and creative interest
Supplementary education.
Key facts of her activity
All-Russian seminar "Revival of Folk Arts and Crafts" — 1992; III All-Russian seminar on education in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Regional seminar for supplementary-education teachers on the basis of the Author's Center for Arts and Crafts. International exhibition "Folk Arts and Crafts at the Nizhny Novgorod Fair" — 1996; International festival "Christmas Holidays," Moscow — 1997; International forum and exhibition "World of Women," Moscow — 1997; II International exhibition "School-98." All-Russian festival of author's schools "Eureka-98," Moscow. Exhibition at the A.S. Pushkin memorial museum-estate "For the 200th anniversary of Pushkin's birth" in Bolshoye Boldino. "United Russia" — international forum at the Nizhny Novgorod Fair, 1996, 1999; VI International Sakharov Festival, Nizhny Novgorod — 2000. Nizhny Novgorod social forum "Civic Initiatives" at the Nizhny Novgorod Fair — 2001.
Honorary titles, state awards
Badge of Honor "Honored Education Worker of the Russian Federation."
Foreign language
English.
Hobbies
Travel.
See also
- International Sakharov Festival