Linda Garces is an adaptable Textile Designer with a Background in Fine Arts, based in New York City. She Specializes, but is not limited to Interior and Apparel Print Design.
Linda Garces designs all prints with precision, uses the fundamentals of design, and color theory to arrange the pattern that fits with the clients desired direction while keeping a modern and up to date aesthetic.
Professional Experience:
Doris Fisher Gap Mentorship Program: Mentee (September 2026- September 2027)
Meeting with Mentors at the Gap inc. Brand once a month for individualized guidance and creative instruction specifically for textile design.
Quarterly events at Gap inc. for exposure to the Design industry and meeting with fellows in the Textile Design Field.
Azzure Home: Assistant Designer Summer 2026 Internship (June 1, 2026 -August 28, 2026).
Assist head designer finalizing prints for customers by Indexing, Recoloring and selecting Pantones for kitchen collections for different chain stores/ brands.
Creating Tech Packs to send accurate and detailed information of the prints to manufacturers to ensure customer satisfactory.
Creating prints using archives and personal art direction.
Skills
Textile Technical Skills- Repeat pattern development (hand and digital, Color and Concept Development, Fabric Screen printing and CMYK Silk Screen Printing, Heat Press Techniques (Foils, Flock, Dye Sublimation), Floor loom and Tabletop loom experience.
Design Software: Adobe Photoshop- color indexing, pattern development Adobe Illustrator- pattern development, technical drawings Point Carre- weave drafts
Fine Arts- Realistic and stylized drawings (graphite, color pencil, charcoal) and painting in various mediums (gouache, water color dyes, acrylic, oil, water color), Color theory.
Languages- Bilingual- English and Spanish
Education:
Fashion Institute of Technology, Bachelors Fine Arts degree, Textile Surface Design, 2028
Fashion Institute of Technology, Applied Science Associates Degree in Textile Surface Design, 2026
Northern Virginia Community College Associates degree in Fine Arts, 2025
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts, Fiber and Material Studies, 2022- 2024
Awards:
Textiles & Artistic Practices in Peru Study Trip Scholarship 2024
Awarded the Contemporary Practices Award, School of the Art Institute,2023
Nominated for Buonnano Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023
Outstanding New Artist Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023
Faculty Select Art Bash, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023
Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022