About Kate
Philadelphia-based artist Kate Garchinksy is an independent art director and award-winning writer/illustrator who has specialized in all segments of children’s media, family and youth marketing for the past 13 years. In 2009 her first children’s book manuscript “Time to Fly”, received a letter of commendation from the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. In the same year, shoe care specialists at Penguin Brands hired her to help develop their new kids’ accessory line, Penguin Junior, currently available at Target. As a former artist and designer at FAO Schwarz and Zany Brainy, she designed private label lines of educational toys, and visually branded both stores’ “My Zany Music” series of children’s music. Most recently, Garchinsky conceptualized, co-produced and created all art for the children’s album, “Sing Me to Sleep: Indie Lullabies“, released on American Laundromat Records in May 2010. To celebrate and market the CD’s release, she organized a series of family-friendly events held in New York City and London, with footage featured in Word magazine. Garchinsky aspires to inspire and enrich young minds through quality entertainment, as did her hero, Jim Henson.
Awards
2009 SCBWI Barbara Karlin Grant – Honorable Mention
for “Time To Fly”
Exhibitions
2008 Memory Portraits Vietnam Exhibition, Brasil’s Club, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Grand Gala Annual Exhibit and Auction, The Grand Foundation, Devil’s Thumb Ranch, CO
2007 Memory Portraits Exhibition, (no name) Art Group Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Peace Exhibition, (no name) Art Group, Race Street Café, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Bookmark Exhibitions, (no name) Art Group, B Square Gallery, Philadelphia
2003 Bookmark Exhibitions, (no name) Art Group, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Memberships
Art Director’s Club of Denver
SCBWI: Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Education
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
–BFA in Illustration, 1997
–Award for Excellence in Illustration, 1997
–Talent Scholarship, 1994-1997
Rosemont College
–Barbara Merton Morrison Scholarship for Fine Art, 1992
