Diane Sher
Director and Teacher at New Arts, has been teaching since 1972.
Diane taught special needs children in the Boston Public Schools before opening Preschool Learning Center in 1981 and New Arts, in 2009.
With a Masters degree in Art Therapy, Diane’s goal is to encourage each child to find the artist within. She teaches children in grades 1 to 7, often using the works of Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet and others to inspire the children to take artistic risks, painting from the heart, choosing colors and designs they love.
Diane has worked with watercolor for many years, but recently has developed a love for pastels, which she uses to create both portraits and landscapes.
Michelle Katz, an artist and art educator has had formal training in a variety of art media. She has a B.A. in Art History and M.A. in Art Education. She worked with glass and tile mosaics, but Michelle always returns to painting. Michelle is inspired by artists such as Gustav Klimt, Henri Matisse, and Chuck Close whose influence can be seen in her recent works. But she does not paint recognizable objects because she wants to be free from depicting the world’s realism. Her bold, free-form shapes and the energy in her paintings represent her inner free-spirit. “My goal is for the audience to discover something new with each view. I encourage you to choose a section, take in the complexity of layers, and feel the kinetic energy.”
