Tag Archives: artists

Poetry Friday–Birdtober–Inktober–Art Exhibit

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday! My feathered friend here, Fox Sparrow is helping me celebrate all things wonderful about Fall. One very special area, my father’s Birthday, October 13th. My dad passed five years ago shortly after his birthday and each year … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged #Birds, #Birdtober, #Fox Sparrow, #inktober, #Poetry Friday, #Red-necked Grebe, 10*10 Poetry Anthology:Celebrating 10 in 10 Different Ways, @aholmesartstudio, Art Exhibits, artists, Bad@ssery:Women Creating a Just Environment and World, Bridget Magee, drawing, Michelle Kogan, Mixed Media, Oakton Community College, Oakton's 2nd Virtual Women's Art Show, Pastel, Rachel Dohner, wee words for wee ones, Women's Virtual Art Exhibit | 12 Comments

Poetry Friday–Dizain Poem & Environmental Callings

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’ve taken up the Poetry Sisters March challenge of writing a dizain poem for closing out the month of March. Look for more dizain poems with the hashtag #PoetryPals. DIZAIN FOR SPRING Spring springs discombobulating senses. Teasing … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Home, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, poetry, Poetry Books, Writing | Tagged #Poetry Friday, #poetrypals, "DIZAIN FOR SPRING", "Earths's wild Music", Art, artists, Cortorra Volando and Flowers, Dizain, endangered birds, endangered species, environment, Jane Hirshfield, Kathleen Dean Moore, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Fine Art Etsy Shop, music, poems, Rachelle McCabe, Soul Blossom Living, spring, Susan Bruck, Tanita S. Davis, Watercolor Painting | 7 Comments

Poetry Friday–Solstice Treasures…

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy Winter Solstice I have a menagerie of treasures to share today. I’ve been star gazing for about the last week, late at night and have taken in an abundance of stars via my window. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing | Tagged "Flashlight Night", #PoetryFriday, Art, artists, books, Buffy Silverman, Children, earth, environment, family, friends, Halo, Humanity, Kidlit, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Michelle Kogan, mother nature, nature, Painting, people, photography, photos, picture books, poems, poetry, Reading, reflections, spirit, Star gazing, stars, stories, travel, Waiting, wings, Winter Solstice, Women, Writing | 18 Comments

Poetry Friday Book Spine and Found Poetry

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I had the great pleasure of partaking in Chicago’s Newberry Library’s Summer Book Sale this past Sunday. I’m sharing my treasures that I found there. I created a found book spine poem from them for Poetry Friday. I had so … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature photos, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, artists, Book Fairs, Book Spine Poem, books, chicago, Found Poems, Michelle Kogan, Newberry Library, photos, poems, poetry, Reading, summer, Writing | 31 Comments

NapoWriMo Day 26–Thank you haiku

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

I received this lovely postcard at the beginning of April from Irene Latham, writer and poet, who has been posting ARTSPEAK! Portrait poems, and hosting the Progressive Poem on her blog this month. Check out both, they are wonderful! The opposite … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Painting, Poem, Writing | Tagged artists, Haiku, Irene Latham, Melissa Shultz-Jones, Michelle Kogan, NaPoWriMo, poem, Poets, Writing | 2 Comments

I’m in a book, “City Creatures, Animal Encounters in the Chicago Wilderness”

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Hey I’m in a book, “City Creatures, Animal Encounters in the Chicago Wilderness,” University of Chicago Press, 2015, Edited by Gavin Van Horn and Dave Aftandilian. And on the cover of the “Center for Humans and Nature,” September 2015 publication.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Plein Air Art, Writing | Tagged artists, books, Center for Humans and Nature, City Creatures, City Creatures Animal Encounters in the Chicago Wilderness, City Critters, Coexisting, critters, Michelle Kogan, nature, Painting, Publications, University of Chicago Press, Watercolor, Writers | 1 Comment

Schiller Shelters, endangered species painting in Evanston Art Center’s 2015 Faculty Exhibit

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

My painting Schiller Shelters, endangered species is included in Evanston Art Center’s 2015 Faculty Exhibit. Opening Reception: Sunday, January 25, 2015 1:00 – 4:00 pm the exhibit runs through February 22, 2015 Evanston Art Center, 2603 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL http://www.evanstonartcenter.org … Continue reading →

Posted in Exhibits, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art | Tagged artists, Evanston Art Center Faculty Exhibit, exhibits, Instructor, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Plein Air, Schiller Shelters endangered species | Leave a comment

Debussy Haiku from a Chicago Garden

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

london-town morning whisked warm debussy drops enchantment enfolds

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos | Tagged Art, art photos, artists, Debussy, drops, early morning, gardens, haiku, London, London-town, Michelle Kogan, photos, poem, raindrops, roses | Leave a comment

Review of Told and Retold: Picture Book Artists from Studio Goodwin Sturges

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Early in July I was at the Art Institute of Chicago and viewed the picture book exhibit: Told and Retold: Picture Book Artists from Studio Goodwin Sturges. The exhibit is a rich collection of eight different artists’ finished artwork and preparatory … Continue reading →

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Juror for: “Nature’s Palette” an exhibit at Emily Oaks Nature Center

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Here are selections from the 2012 Skokie Art Guild Members Exhibit, which I juried. The Exhibit is called: “Nature’s Palette,” and is on exhibit at the Emily Oaks Nature Center, in Skokie, March 9th – April 20th. I particularly enjoyed the … Continue reading →