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Poetry Friday–Artist Anna Scherbyna & Ekphrastic Poem

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Happy Poetry Friday I’ve been researching contemporary Ukrainian Artists in efforts to share one for International Women’s Month, and discovered Anna Scherbyna. I wrote an ekphrastic poem from one of her powerful art pieces called, Disposition of the Power Gaze … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Nature, Poem, Writing | Tagged #PoetryFriday, Anna Scherbyna, Art, Charcoal Drawing, Contemporary Ukraine Artist, ekphrastic, Helplessness of war, Humanity, International Women's Month, Justice, Michelle Kogan, museums, Pinchuk Art Centre, poem, poetry, Ruth Bowen Hersey, There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town, Truth, Ukraine War, War Crime's | 9 Comments

American Writers Museum & Sonnet for Poetry Friday

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

About two weeks ago I visited Chicago’s NEW American Writers Museum, with a couple of my Picture Book Illustration Students. They are featured by Paul O. Zelinsky’s tree mural, that’s in the Children’s gallery. In another gallery … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Holidays, Painting, Picture Book, Poem, Writing | Tagged America set aside your petty strife, American Writers Museum, chicago, Freedom, Indivisible, Langston Hughes, Margaret Wise Brown, Michelle Kogan, museums, poetry, Poetry Friday, Sonnet | 34 Comments

Michelle Kogan Gallery Walk Tomorrow & Plein Air Classes Saturday for Narratives of Nature Exhibit

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Michelle Kogan Art, Illustration, & Writing

Summer Greetings! Join me tomorrow Thursday, July 18th, for my Gallery Walk for Narratives of Nature Watercolors by Michelle Kogan at: The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 11:00 am – 12:00 pm 2430 N. Cannon Drive, Chicago 773-755-5100 http://www.naturemuseum.org/ And My Plein … Continue reading →