May 2012 no.2 - Online Registration is open

Greetings, GNSI!
May is as busy as April was! And so, here is yet another installment of YOUR www.gnsi.org In The News! Stay tuned for regular updates!

ANNUAL MEETING UPDATE

Online Registration is Open!

Conference Schedule Overview Check back regularly for updates and announcements.

Conference Sneak Peek
Keynote Speaker#3- Oliver Uberti, Design Editor

Presentation: Elephants to Everest: Dispatches from a Visual Journalist
In The Art of Travel, Alain de Botton wrote that artists can "paint a portion of the world and in consequence open the eyes of others to it." That's pretty much been the mantra of National Geographic for 124 years and mine for the past 12. Whether I'm sketching elephants in Zambia, charting all the people who have ever lived, or curating blogs from Mount Everest, I try to distill stories into iconic images you'll remember. In Savannah, I'll share some favorite examples, reveal our process, and show why work made by hand is as relevant now as it was in 1888.

Oliver Uberti is a design editor at National Geographic Magazine. He studied scientific illustration and graphic design at the University of Michigan (BFA, '03) and has traveled throughout the world with a sketchbook in hand. In 2010, he designed 826DC's Museum of Unnatural History, the only museum in America (he supposes based on absolutely zero research) with a cave, unicorn tears, and hundreds of volunteers teaching children to write. Lately, he has been designing blogs and iPad apps for you to travel along vicariously to some of the world's most exotic places with National Geographic's photographers and explorersin real time.

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GNSI Annual Exhibit Selection is Complete
Exhibit Coordinator Jamie Guth has sent out notices to everyone who entered the Annual Exhibit and Small Works Exhibit; contact her if you have not received your notice: jg51GNSI@gmail.com or call her cell at 260-418-6189.

Focus on Nature XII: Natural History Illustration Exhibition
There are 93 pieces of artwork from 72 artists representing 15 countries, many of whom are GNSI members...read on for GNSI member winners!>

GROUPS

GNSI Great Lakes Chapter Tours 16th Century Print Exhibit
Members of the Great Lakes Chapter had the opportunity to have a guided tour through this wonderful exhibition organized by the Harvard Art Museums, in collaboration with the Block Museum, Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois...

EVENT

Greater Washington DC Chapter Hosts George Venable

PRESENTATION:
From the Dark Ages to Infinity and Beyond: My Transition from Traditional Techniques to Digital Imaging
George Venable is a true original. He began illustrating professionally in 1959 and has had experience with nearly all media and techniques employed in the illustration field. ...Come hear him discuss how digital illustration has affected the scientific world and our perceptions of science!

DATE: May 16, 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
LOCATION: Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Washington DC/ Cathy Kerby Room
If you would like to park in the museum lot, email Alice Tangerini (tangerinia@si.edu) with your name... more details

RESOURCES

Joseph Hooker: Botanical Trailblazer - Book Review

EDUCATION FORUM TOPICS

Kids Education
-I want to introduce them to drawing nature and wonder if you have any guidelines

Cornell Botanical Certificate
-Does anyone have experience with the Botanical Illustration Distance learning Certificate at Cornell University?

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The GNSI Journal of Science Illustration 2012 no. 2 (Spring issue)
is now available for download!
Digital download is FREE to GNSI members. Others may download it for $12.
Newsletter download instructions

Here's is one of the great articles in this issue posted online for all to read:
Science Illustration and New Media, Article by Emily Coren

THANK YOU to everyone who has shared news and information with us via the GNSI website -- keep it coming!

Gail Guth
GNSI Communications Director