Category Archives: Exhibits

Poetry Friday Roundup is Here!

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’m hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup today, drop your links off below with Mister Linky, and enjoy all the poetry ponderings around our small planet. Along with my poem and art, I found an interesting art/culture article … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Poem, poetry, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday Roundup, Art, artist, birds, Bravery, care, Culture, Disrepair, Humanity, Kyiv, Michelle Kogan, music, nature, Painting, poem, Poets, reflections, Wars, Writer, Writing | 26 Comments

Poetry Friday–Holiday Lights & “This Photo Wants to be…”

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

hanukkah lights spreadglowing warmth, like familyleaning in for hugs © 2021 Michelle Kogan Happy Poetry Friday! I’m in with a couple short poems today as I’m busy preparing for a Holiday Show, the Evanston Art Center’s 19th Annual Winter Arts … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Painting, Poem, poetry, Writing | Tagged #COP26, #PoetryFriday, A(nother) Year of Reading, Hanukkah, Hanukkah 2021, Hanukkah Greeting Cards, International Climate Conference 2021, Margaret Simon, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, Reflections on the teche, This Photo Wants To Be A Poem | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Beauty

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday My poem this week, a haiku within my WIP drawing came from a contrapuntal poem I am working on. Both of these poems are about Beauty, and about being/taking in time, allowing ourself time, and connections with … Continue reading →

Posted in Exhibits, Haiku, Home, Nature, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, "Converse with Beauty", "Crystal Flowers: Poems and a Libretto", "time's presence", Children's Picture Book Illustration, Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing and Painting, Florine Stettheimer, Harper College Community Education, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Pen & Ink & Watercolor, poems, poetry, Spring Art Classes 2021, Watercolor, Women's History Month | 17 Comments

#Poetry Friday-Bookmarks and trying to stay steady…

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! In the midst of all the election anxiety I bring you a literary break with a peek into a few items I’ve added to my Etsy Shop, and more that are on their way there… Emilys been … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Poetry Books, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #haikuforhope, #Poetic Diversion, #PoetryFriday, artist, Bookmarks, drawing, Election Anxiety, Emily Dickinson, Evanston Art Center EXPO 2020, Holiday Shows, Mary Lee Hahn, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, Painting, Pen and Ink, snowflakes, Susan Bruck | 24 Comments

#Poetry Friday–TREES BREATH & Online Art Exhibit

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! I’ve been thinking about …space in poems… negative space, tree’s space, and people’s space… Above is the flyer for an online exhibit I’m in, Where Are We Now? Activism of the Everyday, An International Juried Virtual … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Home, Nature, pen sketch, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, An International Juried Virtual Exhibition of Art by Women, Art Exhibit, breath, change, Jama Rattigan, Jama's Alphabet Soup, Meet the Artist Live Virtual Event, Michelle Kogan, nature, Negative SPce, poems, poetry, trees, Vote | 15 Comments

Poetry Friday–Art: Process, Practice, Presentation, Student’s of Michelle Kogan

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m Happy to share with you images from my Student’s Exhibit: ART: PROCESS, PRACTICE, PRESENTATION. We had a wonderful opening last Sunday with delectable edibles and conversations! The artwork is from four classes that I teach … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Home, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, pen sketch, Pencil Drawing, Picture Book, Picture Book Sketches, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #AfterDarkBlogTour, #PoetryFriday, Art, Avis Harley, Cheriee Weichel, Children's Picture Book Illustration, Dr. Martin Watercolor, Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing, Figure Drawing and Painting, Library Matters, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Student's Art Exhibit, teaching, Teaching Art, Thank-yous, Watercolor | 13 Comments

Poetry Friday–Peek at Valentine’s Cards & Poems…

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! Sprinkling some sweetness in the midsts of all… Here are some new and some old Valentines Greeting Cards and poems, all available in my online Etsy Shop: Michelle Kogan Fine Art VALENTINE LOVE xox Love my … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Painting, pen sketch, Writing | Tagged Art, books, Christie Wyman, Diane Mayr, environment, Humanity, Jone Rush Macculloch, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan #Poetry Friday, poems, poetry, reflections, travel, Writing | 18 Comments

Poetry Friday–is it still fall?

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I think it’s still fall, but I’m starting to wonder… We’ve been having some very cold snowy days here in Chicago, our windy city. But I’m holding on to fall till December and bringing you some fallish poems … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Haiku, Holidays, Home, Nature, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, Writing | Tagged #2019 Winter Arts and Crafts EXPO, #PoetryFriday, #Thanku haikus, earth, Evanston Art Center, fall, family, Greeting Cards, Humanity, ideas, Irene Latham, Leaf Collage, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan fine art, Michelle Kogan's Etsy Shop, poems, poetry, Ponder, snow, stories, sun, Waiting, Writing | 15 Comments

Register for Michelle Kogan’s Summer Art Classes

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Figure study, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor pencil. Register for one of my Summer Art Classes at the Evanston Art Center, they begin in one week, on June 10, 2019. I’m offering the following classes & workshops. For Registration … Continue reading →

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2018 Successes/Accomplishments– Writing and Art

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I’m participating in Julie Hedlund’s 12 Days of Christmas which she’s offering via emails and in a facebook group. The goal to get our creative writing juices flowing for the New Year. Today’s prompt is to focus on our successes. … Continue reading →