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The Rómulo science center at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) was the host of an informal presentation about visual science communication. I very much appreciate the invitation and warm welcome of António Piedade, well-known science communicator, and leader of a project that every week takes beautiful and approachable science writing to local newspapers. A summary video of the presentation is coming soon.
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It was a great honor to participate in the colloquium ‘Visualizing Science: The Art of Communicating Science’ organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)! In conjunction with the exhibit “Visualize: Art Revealing Science” that was on display at the AAAS gallery, it was a well-attended event that gave all the panelists an opportunity to talk about their careers and about visual science communication at large. It was streamed on Facebook live and the video can be accessed here.
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Yesterday I met students from the Science, Health, and Medicine cohort of the Women’s Leadership Program at George Washington University. This living-learning community of first-year women has a focus on building skills in leadership and communication within the context of their academic interests. And this year the students expressed interest in how science may be communicated visually, extending me a kind invitation to speak to them about my work and my career. It was a delight to share my experiences and learn about their passions and their plans for the future!
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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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We were invited by the Women in Film and Video Roundtable to speak about the development of Skin & Bones and the ongoing research. WIFV is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the professional development and achievement for professionals working in all areas of screen-based and related disciplines; the Roundtable is particularly focused on media production for education.
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The Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences offers one of my favorite monthly events in Washington DC. DASER – the DC Art and Science Evening Rendezvous – promotes interdisciplinary networking between professionals that live at the crossroad of art and science and fosters great dialogue about current projects. Participating in a DASER panel was a fantastic experience and wonderful opportunity to talk about Skin & Bones in the context of a broader discussion about museums and digital media in the 21st century. See the video!
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History celebrated the National Fossil Day with a day packed full of events. Over 400 children became Junior Paleontologists for the day and the Q?rius Education Center was open with all kinds of activities, including a demonstration by several scientific illustrators on methods and tools for reconstructing in images the lost landscapes and animals of the past.
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I was delighted with the invitation to participate in the southern Brazilian meeting for science illustration that took place on the beautiful island of Florianópolis. The exhibit “Anatomy of an Illustration” showcased my piece “Steller’s Sea Cow” and was accompanied by an educational catalog where each artist describes the piece on display and discusses its purpose and process. I also instructed a workshop on 3D digital techniques applied to scientific illustration.
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Borboletário is the live butterfly house at the botanical garden of the University of Lisbon. For the third time, it hosted a 4-day science illustration workshop, this time I covered the use of watercolor as an illustration medium and as before the participants had access to the Borboletário’s educational collection and live specimens of adult butterflies and caterpillars. Don’t miss the trailer from the two last editions!
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The National Museum of Health and Medicine promoted an Anatomy of Sports Day where scientific illustrators painted the major muscle groups in the body of athletes specializing in different sports. It was so much fun to paint the back and leg muscles of Chris Draft, former NFL football player!
It was a great opportunity to write a post to Visual Nature. Read it online and below.
Visualizing the Body
Any kind of event that brings scientific illustrators and their work closer to the public is very rewarding. The praise and inquiries usually received on our end are guaranteed ego boosters to remember on grey days; but even better is the opportunity to bring understanding to the profession and to the messages of science it carries. (more…)
