www.katecosgrove.com: September 2019

Monday, September 23, 2019

But TV

I have a couple new kid books in the hopper, but of course to distract me from that work is this little collaboration film with my kiddo. If you like our collective nonsense, follow us on Instagram@JunicornStories!

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Books & Pens, We're Going To Be Friends

It's almost Fall, friends! Cue song...
And I'm drawing all the silly thoughts that go through my head... Come check them out on Instagram@K8Cosgrove.

Bullfrogs n Barns n Noble

I had so much fun reading And The Bullfrogs Sing: A Life Cycle Begins (the book I illustrated, written by David L. Harrison, published by Holiday House ) at Barnes and Noble storytime! And then all my new kid-friends and I made frog wristbands. Here are a few shots from that bookstore adventure.

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Kate Cosgrove is a storyteller through art & words. Her debut Picture Book AND THE BULLFROGS SING was published in 2019 by Holiday House. Cosgrove is a 2016 Barbara Deming Grant recipient and a 2011 Individual Artist Grant Recipient, ACGL. She has exhibited in galleries and online, with collectors across the globe.

Background:

2001 BFA from Michigan State University.

2002 - 2008 Fulltime Corporate Graphic Designer, Chicago & Lansing

2008 - present Kate Cosgrove Art & Words

2004 - 2015 Jury/Judge for ELAF

2005 - 2008 Weekly Cartoonist, Lansing NOISE

2011 Individual Artist Grant Recipient, Arts Council

2012 Kyiv,Ukraine : Exhibitor & honorary member of The Museum of Fairy Tales

2012 Boston : Exhibitor, Danforth Museum of Art Annual Juried Exhibition of Children's Book Illustration "Picture This!"

2013 - 2015 ELAF Board Member

2015 Time|Space juried exhibition: Exhibitor

2016 Barbara Deming Grant recipient

2017 Grant show installation: Heroically Ever After / Lansing Art Gallery

2017 10 x 4 foot commission, Herbert Herman Cancer Center permanent collection

2018 Hightlights Foundation Scholarship Recipient

Clients:

Colin Firth movie (Arthur Newman Golf Pro 2013), Holliday House Publishing, Sparrow Hospital, Dawn Ius, Norwood House Press, Pioneer Valley Books, Mennonite Brethren Herald, Gather 'Round/Brethren Press, First Steps Press, The Verve Pipe, Potter Park Zoo, Duke University, The Little Lutheran, Two Men and a Truck, Chicago Welcomes You, Michigan State University, Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, Clark Hill Law Firm, The Noise, Funky Mama, Greater Lansing Woman magazine.