Garrett Burke

Garrett Burke's creative fingerprints are visible across popular culture. One of his ideas now circulates as half a billion pieces of American history. Topping 8,300+ entries, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger selected Garrett's coin concept honoring John Muir in Yosemite Valley to be California's 2005 commemorative state quarter, part of the United States Mint's phenomenally successful 50 State Quarters program. Profiled in national media and a popular public speaker, Burke has appeared before...See more

Garrett Burke's creative fingerprints are visible across popular culture. One of his ideas now circulates as half a billion pieces of American history. Topping 8,300+ entries, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger selected Garrett's coin concept honoring John Muir in Yosemite Valley to be California's 2005 commemorative state quarter, part of the United States Mint's phenomenally successful 50 State Quarters program. Profiled in national media and a popular public speaker, Burke has appeared before libraries, colleges, elementary and middle schools, coin clubs, nature organizations and civic groups to present an unconventional and entertaining look at the stories inside everyday coins. Garrett is an active member of the numismatic community and has designed two crowd-pleasing commemorative medals for the World's Fair of Money. He is the recipient of the American Numismatic Association's prestigious "Art Award for Excellence in Medallic Sculpture" and the John Muir Association's "John Muir Conservation Award." In addition to writing the foreword to numismatic historian David Bowers' authoritative "A Guide Book of Washington and State Quarters," Garrett was featured on the nationwide PBS television interview series "Between The Lines," to reveal the meanings behind America's favorite pocket change See less