All about
Micha Archer
Working in oil, watercolors, pen and ink, and collage, I create layered pieces from various materials on paper and digitally.
With a B.A. in Multicultural Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst I taught for 15 years in a Kindergarten classroom. In addition to consulting with teachers on incorporating art into their classrooms, I offer workshops and classes to children, adults and other artists.
I live in Western Massachusetts in a house my husband and I built and raised our children in.
My design and illustration clients include; Penguin Randomhouse, Charlesbridge press,the Massachusetts Department of Parks and Recreation, Interlink Publishing, Cricket Magazine, McGraw Hill, Hartcourt, Scholastic, Pearson-Scott Foresman and other educational presses.
- I have illustrated two books with Barefoot Books; Lola’s Fandango and The Wise Fool.
- My book "Daniel Finds a Poem" published by Penguin/Paulsen came out in Feb 2016. and I am currently working on a sequel coming out in 2018.
- I illustrated "Around the World in a Bathtub" by Wade Bradford with Charlesbridge press came out in July 2017.
- I illustrated "Girl Running" by Anne Pimental about the first woman to run the Boston Marathon published by Penguin/Paulsen coming out in February 2018 in time for the Boston Marathon in April.
- Just finished illustrating Snow - Cold + Puddle by Laura Purdie Salas for Charlesbridge press. Due out in 2019
Reviews and Awards - Click on title for reviews
The Wise Fool 2017 Society of Illustrators Original Art show
Daniel Finds a Poem 2017 Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award
Lola's Fandango- Winner of the 2011 Ezra KJack Keats Award
Around the World in a Bathtub- 2017 Society of Illustrators Original Art show