About

Hi, my name is Casey Girard. I studied Illustration and Graphic Design at RIT in upstate NY. I currently work out of the Asheville, NC.

I am an illustrator, naturalist, and educator. In 2006 I began my career as a marketing designer for the Children’s Publishing Industry, moving into freelance after 2009.
Then I worked with two self-publishers to bring their books to production, by illustrating their books and designing the layouts.

My life then took a curve as I moved to California. There I began working as a substitute teacher and librarian at a Nursery through Middle School. I also began leading bird walks, which expanded into studying to become a docent at the Stanford Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.

Now my work and personal life reflect my twin passions of art and science, and between balancing work and motherhood, I travel to preserved nature spaces for citizen/community science, education, and inspiration.

In recent years I have draw a series of Black Birders and Latino Conservationists to promote their outstanding environmental conservation work.

Online you can catch up with me through my blog or Instagram, CaseyGirard.

Partial Client List:
Bird Collective
The Peninsula School
Storyteller Academy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Wholesale Clients:
Wild Birds Unlimited North Asheville
Sky Falconry
Birds of Vermont Museum

Exhibits-Craft Fairs:
The Big Crafty winter 2022, summer 2023
The Western Section of the Wildlife Society 2023
Uncommon Market Dec 2022
Black Belt Birder’s Festival 2022
Bizarre Bazaar/Cal Academy of Science Holiday 2018, Holiday 2019
Bizarre Bazaar/Maker Faire 2017, 2018, 2019
Peninsula School Craft Fair 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Art on the Square Valentine’s 2017, Summer Shows 2017
Maker Faire/SF Bizarre Bazaar 2016, 2017
Designer Con 2014, 2015, 2016
Alternative Press Expo – 2012
MeCAF – 2012
MoCCA – 2012
Somerville Open Studios – 2011, 2012
Urban Country Fair – 2010, 2011