Sandra Novia is an artist and art instructor, living in Sonoma County for 26 years. In addition to teaching, she is a commercial and fine artist. Sandra works as a graphic designer, color consultant, and is currently providing team building and group art workshops throughout Sonoma County. Her educational programs include teaching in local Sonoma County public schools independently and with local educational programs. Most recently with the Rincon Valley Education Foundation enrichment program (virtually), The Museum of Sonoma County; Art and History and with Creative Sonoma’s art in trauma education program, as a response to the fires of 2017, reaching all school districts in Sonoma County. Other organizations include local art centers, Sonoma County Public Libraries, Sonoma State University Excel programs, as well as providing private classes for home schooled students and private students. She passionately has dedicated over 26 years to ensuring that art education is firmly planted in the educational programs of our school systems and her community.

An East Coast native, she received her formal education in Boston, the south of France, and San Francisco focusing on design, drawing, and sculpture. She has also founded two galleries for emerging artists. Her love of art has encouraged her to travel to different parts of the world, experiencing some of history’s most amazing art and enthusiastically shares those experiences with her students. Sandra has also completed the Kennedy Center Teaching Artists professional training pilot program, hosted by the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, as well as many other Arts Integration professional development training’s at the LBC.