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The Warren Wilson College in Asheville NC was the perfect setting for the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators annual conference. Among the great plenary sessions, breakout sessions and evening events (including a spectacular drum circle), participants were enthralled in catching up with old and new friends. Besides my duties as Outreach Director (the lovely picture if of the Board of Directors at the conference closing banquet), I had the opportunity to instruct the half-day workshop ‘augmented reality for scientific illustrators’.
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My role on the Board of Directors of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators has changed. I am now the Outreach Director, responsible for all the communications and newsletters. Lots of ideas to put into practice starting in the Fall to make the GNSI an even more special group of talented and friendly artists. Check out the social media coverage of the 2016 conference that took place in Santa Cruz CA. Don’t miss the awesome time-lapse video of the collaborative painting of a chalk mural and the three live broadcast videos from plenary speakers extraordinaire, John Muir Laws, David Goodsell and Terryl Whitlatch.
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The Board of Directors of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, an association I’ve been involved with for many years, invited me to become the GNSI Membership Director. I will be the point of contact between all the local GNSI chapters and the national group, and promote members communication and contributions to the Guild.
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I was very honored with the invitation to be part of the Administration Board of the Association Européenne des Illustrateurs Médicaux et Scientifiques (AEIMS) as Vice-President for Portugal. AEIMS is a prestigious association of medical and scientific illustrators that promotes the contact between european professionals and advocates for their work and rights.
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The GNSI-Greater Washington DC Chapter holds monthly meetings and promotes science illustration related events (lectures, fieldtrips) for local artists. As the program coordinator I was in charge of planning the events and support their logistics.
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The Society for Technical Communication is an international organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences. Local chapters hold local competitions, which select the pieces that advance to the international competitions. In 2007 I was invited to participate in the DC Chapter jury for the Technical Art category.
