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The Pen + Ink Brigade has created Georgia on My Mind 2022, a fundraiser to help re-elect Senator Raphael Warnock in the upcoming Georgia runoff election, December 6th. While we now have a 50-50 split in the Senate, with VP Kamala Harris as our tie breaking vote, electing Senator Warnock would increase our margins, and reduce the destructive power that Manchin and Sinema currently have. It also would mean that we wouldn't have to work in cooperation with Mitch McConnell, and we could move forward to pass key legislation and fill court vacancies without republican obstruction.
Our goal is to raise awareness and money for Senator Warnoff's campaign. We hope you will contribute by spreading the word and/or donating.
Introducing Our Board that made GEORGIA ON MY MIND 2022 possible.
FOUNDING MEMBER
& BOARD MEMBER
Carin Berger is an award winning designer, and author/illustrator of over a dozen picture books. Her cut-paper collages and dioramas are made with scraps of old books, letters and receipts, and she can’t pass up a good piece of ephemera. Carin is a founding member of the Pen and Ink Brigade, a group of women artists dedicated to creating progressive change with their art. She is the dreamer who conceived of the BLUE WAVE PROJECT and PINK NYC + PINK SF. Carin has received The Original Art Founder’s Award for her illustrations for Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant, and The Little Yellow Leaf, which she wrote as well as illustrated, was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. She has been awarded the Scandiuzzi Children’s Book Award and the Best of Show from 3 x 3 Magazine for the International Children’s Book Show. Recent books include: All of Us, a celebration of the power of family, community and love; and A Curious Menagerie which is a festive romp through collective nouns. Carin’s work has been included in numerous exhibits and she has given talks and led art and creativity workshops for kids and adults around the world.
FOUNDING MEMBER
& BOARD MEMBER
Brooklyn artist Kristen Balouch is the author/illustrator of a handful of children’s books which have been recognized by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, Society of Illustrators, SCBWI, and others. Her work has spanned over thirty years inspired by the universal themes in folk art and color play. She has collaborated with the Guggenheim Museum, along with various licensing partners, fabric manufacturers, and product makers. Her work has also been seen in the New York Times, Bologna Children's Book Fair, Print Magazine, Communications Arts and solo and group shows.
She is the co-owner and principal designer of Little House Cottons.
She has served on the Banks Street Children's Book Committee and now on the board of the Pen & Ink Brigade. Kristen is also a professor of Illustration Business at Pratt Institute in Associates Degree Department.
Meanwhile, she is on a mission to find new ways to bring art into the world and do good.
The Pen and Ink Brigade is a group of women* artists turned activists, who have joined forces, and are using art to create progressive change. In addition to our political goals, our mission is to raise the visibility of women artists.
* We invite trans and non-binary artists to join us.
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