Evanston Art Center
Michelle Kogan is an experienced art instructor with a robust background in teaching various art disciplines. Currently serving as an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since September 2022 and at the Evanston Art Center since 2004, Michelle offers classes in Children's Illustration, Figure Drawing and Painting, Plein Air Watercolor, Watercolor, and 2-D Drawing and Design. Additionally, Michelle has taught Plein Air painting at the Lincoln Park Conservatory since 2012 and conducted workshops at the Emily Oaks Nature Center from 2009 to 2012. Michelle's earlier experience includes teaching at the Chicago Botanic Garden and serving as an adjunct instructor at the College of Lake County. Michelle holds an MFA in Painting from Northern Illinois University and a BFA in Drawing & Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Evanston Art Center
Founded in 1929, the Evanston Art Center has become one of the largest community art centers in Illinois and a leading provider of quality arts education and community outreach. Created through the efforts of 20 civic organizations, from 1929 to 1943 the Art Center was housed in the basement of the old Evanston Library. In 1942, the Art Center was incorporated as a nonprofit. Since 1966, the Art Center has lived and grown in in the Harley Clarke House on the shores of Lake Michigan. In May 2015, the Evanston Art Center is officially moving to its new home at 1717 Central Street. The new location allows the Art Center to expand beyond the visual arts and additionally offer programming in culinary and language arts, design, digital fabrication, film, movement, music, performance and more. At its new home, the Evanston Art Center will serve more people in more ways, offering a variety of services to a diverse community.