Shoutout to Dr. Tierney Brosius for her feature on Arts Midwest! The article talks about how she uses art to build curiosity around insects and talk about their conservation. Read more (and see some of Tierney's wonderful knitted vests) at artsmidwest.org/stories/dr-b...

Congratulations to the GNSI members who were selected for the Arcadian Gallery's American Wildlife Art Competition & Exhibition! Out of 440 entries from around the world, 60 works were selected for the physical gallery exhibition, and 60 additional works were selected for the online show.

Tucson, AZ: Join GNSI member Linda Feltner for Watercolor for the Love of It! on December 5, 6, and 7, 9am - 3pm. Learn advanced watercolor techniques and embrace its many unique qualities. $195 for Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum members/$245 nonmembers www.desertmuseumarts.com/product-page...

GNSI member Linda Feltner will lead “Nature Sketching/Journaling at Ramsey Canyon” on October 4, 8am-4pm at Ramsey Canyon Preserve in Hereford, AZ. Discover the beauty of Ramsey Canyon Preserve through the art of nature sketching and journaling. $89 registration.xendirect.com/cochise/cour...

Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts is hosting a virtual presentation on the basics of trademarks and IP on Tuesday, September 16 at 11am US ET. $12.51 if purchased before Sept 9; $20 after. www.eventbrite.com/e/wala-trade...

The Center for Art Law is hosting a virtual workshop on Moral Rights in Practice on Monday, September 15, at 12pm US ET. Hear about the scope and limits of moral rights as they apply to artists in the US. $17 www.eventbrite.com/e/art-law-wo...

this is very cool! pomological.art is a new site by developer (and cider-maker!) andrew haupt, with a beautiful search interface for the @pomological.xor.blue collection

Another way to frame this starter pack is: art/design/creative directors who are hiring creative, brilliant, and hard-working HUMANS. #noai go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX

Hey 2025 Visual SciComm Conference attendees! We'd love to hear your feedback about your experience. We sent out a form shortly after the conference and it will soon close! If you haven't yet answered it, please search your inbox for "Post-Conference Survey". Need the email sent to you again? DM us!

✨Starting on Monday!✨ #SciArtSeptember is a month-long creative challenge inspired by natural sciences. 🌿 Post on your own schedule. Post new work, old work, work-in-progress. Post artwork, music, words - whatever you like to make. (Thematic baked goods?🤞) - #SciArt #SciComm #Nature

GNSI member Dino Pulerà will be teaching an online #SciArt course on Vertebrate Anatomy through the Yale Peabody Museum on Wednesday evenings from 6 - 9pm US ET, Sept 10 - Oct 29. Students will learn about & sketch fundamentals of mammalian skeletons and muscles. secure.touchnet.net/C20510_ustor...

GNSI member Linda Feltner will be teaching a virtual #SciArt course at the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference, Sept 10 - 14! “Drawing Live Owls” will stream on Sept 12 at 10:15 PST (recordings available for 8 months afterwards with a Video Pass ticket). www.wildwonder.org/wild-wonder-...

Whoop, forgot to tag! Liz Butler is @lizlagomorph.bsky.social —direct questions and excitement to her ✨

Looking for a little #SciArt challenge? Liz Butler and Lucy Gem Poley have released the 2025 #SciArtSeptember list. Artists are invited to create a piece daily (or at their own pace) based on the day's word. This year's word list highlights conservation. Use the tag #SciArtSeptember to join in!

Join the GNSI-DC chapter for a free museum field trip! Meet Sunday, September 7th to enjoy the "Frida: Beyond the Myth" at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia. Meet in the main lobby ("the Atrium,” next to "BEST CAFE" entrance) at 11:30AM for lunch before the exhibit at 1:00PM.

I love that this project lets me make and share things with friends every year, so it’s extra exciting to co-host this year’s #SciArtSeptember with my friend Lucy, who illustrated this week’s banner. 🌟 - #sciart #scicomm #wildlife

Applications are now open for the Donald B. Sayner scholarship! This scholarship provides one student each year with a yearlong GNSI membership (including all of its perks—event and product discounts, #SciArt job boards, and more). www.gnsi.org/grants-and-s...

The 2025 Margaret Flockton Award winners have been announced! Our own Alice Tangerini received a Highly Commended distinction—congratulations! #SciArt You can view the exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney until August 28 or online any time: www.botanicgardens.org.au/our-science/...

Learn about the Japanese art of fish printing from certified Master Gyotaku printmaker & Tanuki Cape Cod Artist-in-Residence Stephen Mutsugoroh DiCerbo! The event will be hosted at Tanuki Cape Cod in Brewster, MA on Friday, September 12, 9am - 6pm. www.clubtanuki.com/store/p/gyot...

Middletown, CT: Join GNSI member Kalliopi Monoyios @eyeforscience.bsky.social on Sat August 9 at 4pm for "Hope in the Plasticine", a discussion of her #SciArt with salvaged plastics as a way to visualize waste and consider the role plastic plays in our lives. www.wesleyanpotters.com/events/2025/...

It’s that time again. 🌟 - #sciartseptember #sciart #scienceart #scicomm

Last call! Tonight is the deadline to enter the inaugural American Wildlife Art Competition & Exhibition, highlighting wildlife from anywhere in the Americas from Alaska to Argentina. More info in thread. #SciArt artist.callforentry.org/festivals_un...

GNSI members, remember to log into your accounts and submit your ballots for the 2025 - 2027 Education Director and Membership Director positions! Ballots are due on August 19. secure.gnsi.org/np/clients/n...

Oh, one more thing! Predictably, our nerds bought out all of Dr. Barrett Klein's @pupating.bsky.social books that he had brought for the whole week...in 15 minutes. But we can order signed copies from his local bookstore, Pearl Street Books in La Crosse, WI! Call them: www.pearlstbooks.com/contact

And with that, our 2025 Visual SciComm Conference posting wraps up. We have enormous gratitude for our 3 co-chairs—Virge Kask, Wendy Chadbourne, & Stephen DiCerbo. This would not have been possible without you & we are so grateful for the many (MANY) hours you put into this conference for us all. 🧵

Another highlight of the Visual SciComm Conference is our Open Studio demos, and this year was a hit! We loved learning about such a wide range of techniques. It was great to be able to try our hand at a few of them, too! (Who knew certain lino blocks were so tough?!) Many thanks to...

Congrats to the Awardees of the 2025 Visual SciComm Conference Juried Members Exhibition! These pieces were selected by attendee vote during the reception opening. Among many dazzling pieces of modern visual science communication and scientific illustration, these stood out as highlights. Read on...

What a wonderful whirlwind of a week! We still have a few posts to share from the conference but if you haven't yet watched @rosemarymosco.com 's absolutely delightful presentation you have ONE DAY LEFT to do so! It will fly away after July 23. #SciArt #SciComm www.youtube.com/@GNSIVideo/s...

COVID notification: We have had two attendees test positive for COVID upon returning home. We recommend that all attendees test ASAP and again in a few days. Stay safe and take care of your community! Thank you.

@gnsiart.bsky.social #sciart, GNSI SciComm Conference a smashing success!

Thank you to Sharl Heller, Brenda Boleyn and Joan Pierce for speaking to us about their work on organising an amazing horseshoe crab art exhibition! It was definitely exciting to hear how art brought together a community to inspire and support activism 🐎👟🦀

Thank you to everyone who took part in the 2025 GNSI Live Auction! We had a wonderful time and have raised nearly $5000 to support the guild's education and general funds.

Exciting times at #GNSIconf: male and female stag beetles were found, introduced, and enthusiastically observed as they mated while we were treated to a bug sex lecture by our keynote speaker, entomologist and artist Barrett Klein 🐡🌿

I had an amazing time at the @gnsiart.bsky.social (GNSI) conference at Bridgewater State University! On Tuesday July 15, 2025 I gave a presentation titled “500 Years of Printed Natural History Illustrations,” where I explored the history of scientific illustrations in books. #GNSI #naturalhistory

What happens when someone finds a stag beetle at the GNSI convention…and then a second one!

If you checked our YT a minute ago and weren’t able to view the stream, check again! We’re up now. :)

Happy Wednesday! It's our final day of #SciArt presentations at the 2025 GNSI Visual SciComm Conference and time for our final live stream: Bird Comics and More with Bird and Moon by @rosemarymosco.com! We'll see you all on our YouTube page at 11am US Eastern. www.youtube.com/@GNSIVideo/s...

It was so nice to hear from Fiona Martin @vizscience.bsky.social and Taina Litwak about using visuals for climate activism and how to create effective messaging (positive advocacy does more than negatives!)

I'm giving a live talk tomorrow for the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators' conference. It's intimidating because I don't consider myself a scientific illustrator - that's a whole skill set I don't have! But I hope I can offer some useful comics tips and amusement

Gooood morning! We are back for day 2 and today's livestream, Visualizing Climate Science with Fiona Martin and Taina Litwak, will begin at 9:30am US Eastern. Join us on YouTube to learn about collaborating to create impactful #SciArt in this time of climate crisis. www.youtube.com/@GNSIVideo/s...

What an evening! After an invigorating day of talks, we had our reception for our exhibition at the Lakeville Public Library. Wonderful work all around! Most of us are pretty worn out after the big day, so wishing everyone a good night's sleep before even more insights and delights tomorrow. #SciArt

Many thanks to our intrepid keynote speaker, Barrett Klein @pupating.bsky.social! We had a delightful time learning about his journey into cultural entomology and #SciArt...and a little dance along the way! There was even a little collaboration cameo with GNSI member Tierney Brosius.

Wow thanks for posting! This conference has been so much fun. Thanks for providing the notebook, I've got a few more sketches in.

And it made a real buzz! 🥁 🐝

We are just about to go LIVE with our two #SciArt presentations for today! Join us on YouTube for Jordan Jefferson's "An Artist's Guide to the AI Landscape" at 1:15pm US Eastern, followed by Mallery Quetawki's "Indigenizing Science Communication Through Art" at 2:15. www.youtube.com/@GNSIVideo/s...

Welcome to the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators meeting: the conference where if you’re doodling, you’re paying attention! Sketch by @ryskid.bsky.social during the @pupating.bsky.social cultural entomology keynote

It was fabulous to see portfolios from old friends and new this evening! A warm and fun introduction—and now that we’ve put artwork to faces and names, we can’t wait to keep learning more about each other and the field over the next few days.

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Wishing all of our attendees a safe journey to campus! Regardless of when you plan to arrive, be sure you know where to go by reading our Upon Arrival instructions: www.gnsi.org/Visual-SciCo... See you soon! 🥳

GNSI VISUAL SCICOMM CONFERENCE 2025 LIVESTREAMS We are thrilled to be able to offer a small selection of this year's conference presentations as free #SciArt livestreams on our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@GNSIVideo/s...). Read on for our schedule...