Amy Guglielmo Bio:
Amy Guglielmo is co-author of the popular Touch the Art children’s series (Sterling 2006, 2009, 2010). The board books use master works with tactile additions to illustrate original stories and provide a funny and interactive introduction to fine arts, artists, and the history behind the famous paintings. Titles include: Brush Mona Lisa’s Hair, Make Van Gogh’s Bed and Pop Warhol’s Top. MARY'S WORLD (Coming in 2017) the story of artist Mary Blair with co-author Jacqueline Tourville.
Amy is also an illustrator, an award-winning painter and printmaker, and a freelance writer for various publications, including Adirondack Life magazine. A former teacher and the founder of Via Verde School of Art in New York City, Amy is an education consultant for Mountain Lake PBS and several public schools in Northern New York. She writes grants for art based education and is a regular visiting author and artist at schools around New York State. Amy is a frequent visitor to story times at indie and national bookstores and a workshop presenter and speaker at festivals, museums, book fairs and libraries in the U.S. and internationally, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. She was a finalist for the 2014 Katherine Patterson Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing. Represented by Stephen Barbara at InkWell Management.
Memberships include: SCBWI, Authors Guild, AvantGuild, National Art Education Alliance and the Adirondack Artists Guild.
Amy is the director of the The Depot Theatre Gallery in Westport, NY and serves on the board of Adirondack Art Association in Essex, NY and on the advisory board for the Saranac Review literary magazine.
Amy Guglielmo is co-author of the popular Touch the Art children’s series (Sterling 2006, 2009, 2010). The board books use master works with tactile additions to illustrate original stories and provide a funny and interactive introduction to fine arts, artists, and the history behind the famous paintings. Titles include: Brush Mona Lisa’s Hair, Make Van Gogh’s Bed and Pop Warhol’s Top. MARY'S WORLD (Coming in 2017) the story of artist Mary Blair with co-author Jacqueline Tourville.
Amy is also an illustrator, an award-winning painter and printmaker, and a freelance writer for various publications, including Adirondack Life magazine. A former teacher and the founder of Via Verde School of Art in New York City, Amy is an education consultant for Mountain Lake PBS and several public schools in Northern New York. She writes grants for art based education and is a regular visiting author and artist at schools around New York State. Amy is a frequent visitor to story times at indie and national bookstores and a workshop presenter and speaker at festivals, museums, book fairs and libraries in the U.S. and internationally, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. She was a finalist for the 2014 Katherine Patterson Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing. Represented by Stephen Barbara at InkWell Management.
Memberships include: SCBWI, Authors Guild, AvantGuild, National Art Education Alliance and the Adirondack Artists Guild.
Amy is the director of the The Depot Theatre Gallery in Westport, NY and serves on the board of Adirondack Art Association in Essex, NY and on the advisory board for the Saranac Review literary magazine.
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