Micha Archer is an artist, illustrator and educator living in Western Massachusetts. A world traveller, her sense of colour and pattern is influenced by the folk art, crafts and architecture of India, Nepal, West Africa and Mexico, among other countries. Working with gouache, watercolours, pen and ink, and collage, she creates layered pieces from various materials on paper and digitally.
With a B.A. in Multicultural Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst she taught for 15 years in a Kindergarten classroom. In addition to consulting with teachers on incorporating art into their classrooms, she offers workshops and classes to children, adults and other artists.
Her design and illustration clients include; the Massachusetts Department of Parks and Recreation, Liberty Bottles, A series of book covers for Interlink Publishing, Cricket Magazine, McGraw Hill, Hartcourt, Scholastic, Pearson-Scott Foresman and two children's books with Barefoot Books; LOLA'S FANDANGO and THE WISE FOOL. She is a member of WMIG- Western Mass. Illustrators Guild.

Books by Micha Archer

Daniel Finds a Poem

by Micha Archer - Art, Children's 5-8, Education, Friendship, Nature, Performing Arts