Sara Kahn

Three wishes of a mouse

2009-08-13T19:45:00.001-07:00

I finally finished the illustrations for the book:"Three wishes of a mouse", to see the complete illustrations visit: http://www.Sarakahn.com

Here are the before the critique group and after the critique group images:

MOCHA 2009

2009-05-06T10:30:00.000-07:00

One of the illustrations for the book: "Opus and the Red Chair"
will be on show in Museum of Children's Art Oakland from May 8th until June 14th. There is a reception on May 9th from 2 pm to 4 pm.

MOCHA art exhibition April 5 - May 31

2008-04-16T10:00:00.000-07:00

My illustration: "The Garden of 32 Cats" for the anthology: "On My Block" is on show in the MOCHA exhibition.
Here is the illustration:

and here are some of the 32 cats featured individually:

MOCHA Once upon a time show features 60 artworks from the By Area Illustrators. The show has the original recent artwork alongside with an artwork from the artist's childhood. Mine is a drawing of a bird's nest from when I was three years old. It is drawn with crayons on regular ruled paper.

Goose Egg

2008-03-07T15:05:00.000-08:00

Here is the goose egg I decorated for the Open Fields School Fundraiser:
Here is the link to the page on my website:
http://www.sarakahn.com/egg.htm

Open Fields School Goose Egg Auction 2008
http://www.openfields.org/cgi-bin/Eggs2008.cgi?eggType=page&eggID=56

New Images

2008-03-04T00:12:00.000-08:00

Here is the three new images:

2008-01-06T16:00:00.000-08:00

Here is the picture of the painting I made from two of the 62 rescued cats. Their names are Pearl and Jack. I made this painting as a donation for the Foreclosure cats project. To read more about the project, please visit:
ForeclosureCats.com

2007-11-29T15:48:00.000-08:00

Where is the book published...
The book is going to be published by foggy Dog Books owned by Alice Howard Koesterich,The printing is by Regal Printing Limited

2007-11-28T17:01:00.001-08:00

Here are fifteen images from the book:

2007-11-27T10:08:00.000-08:00

Here is an interesting slideshow:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/11/11/books/review/best-childrens-books-slideshow_index.html
An interesting article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=495538
Russian picture books:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/russian/

2007-11-02T15:25:00.000-07:00

Here are the illustrations I am working on: I was trying to choose between two different style for the illustrations for the book: "Opus and the Red Chair". I finally decided to use the more detailed style. What is your vote?

Bologna Italy

2007-10-28T21:54:00.000-07:00

I am going to give a presentation about Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. The presentation is going to be at SCBWI Second Saturday Series, on November 10 from 1:30 to 3:30 at the Redwood City Library http://www.rcpl.info/
I will talk about the events related to children's book world that takes place in Bologna.
I travel to some part of Europe or Italy every time I visit Bologna Book fair. In 2007, I visited the lake district in Italy. I am going to show some pictures of the Lake Como and the environs of it.
The illustration Exhibition at the Bologna Book Fair features illustrations from all over the world. Each year the exhibition publishes a catalog featuring the illustrations that were selected by the jury.

India

2007-10-28T21:50:00.000-07:00

I recently visited India for a conference on storytelling. The title of my presentation is: "Persian Storytelling"

Here is a henna tatoo I got on my hand.

Art Therapists at Courageous Kids' Day

2007-10-18T21:32:00.000-07:00

Art Therapists from left to right: Isabel Lenssen, Linda Powers, Barbara Kugler and Sara Kahn

Courageous Kids Day
Each year 500 young cancer survivors and their families attend a day celebrating their lives together with their families and bond with other kids whose life has been affected by cancer. The Cancer Society together with Great America and several volunteers and donors helps create a day with several fun activities. This year, four art therapists: Sara Kahn, Barbara Kugler, Isabel Lenssen and Linda Powers volunteered to help these courageous kids create postcards for their Mothers.
To see a report on Mercury News please visit:
http://www.mercurynews.com/localnewsheadlines/ci_5891578
and to watch a video
http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/2007/05/14/courageous-kids-day-at-great-america/

Sara’s Presentation for On My Block, September 2007, at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.

2007-10-18T20:54:00.000-07:00

Book: On My Block (Children's Book Press, San Francisco, 2007)

Fifteen illustrators each depicted a place special to them from childhood. Sara chose to illustrate her grandma’s garden—with its 32 stray cats in residence.

Three of the fifteen artists from the book:"On My Block" had a presentation at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.The artists were: Felicia Hoshino, Conan Low and Sara Kahn.

Each of the three artists built a diorama of their illustrations.
Sara's diorama presented her grandmother's garden (as illustrated in On My Block) without the cats,sara invited the audience to make cats from clay and add them to the garden.

Sara illustrated twenty children's books in Iran. Eight of those books can be seen on the internet at the International Children's digital library http://www.icdlbooks.org. Please type the keyword: Sara Iravani