GUILD OF NATURAL SCIENCE ILLUSTRATORS ANNUAL

Visual SciComm Conference

2026 GNSI VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

AMI CE Credits

Are you an Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) member? All of our 2026 conference talks and workshops have been pre-approved for continuing education (CE) credits.


Log in to the AMI Members Hub to view eligible listings and submit your course attendance form within 30 days to claim CE credit.


Core Conference Presentations


  • 0.5 hr Business - Connecting With Research Communities: A Practical Case Study (Chris Ruggia)
  • 1.0 hr Business - Artists' Rights Under AI Panel (Panelists: Matthew Butterick, Jamie Silverberg, Bill Westwood; Moderator: Jen Christiansen) 
  • 0.5 hr Art - Field Notes at Full Scale: A New Community Mural (Catie Michel)
  • 0.75 hr Art & 0.5 hr Biomed - The Power of Science and Art and the Importance of Anatomy and Paleontology to Animation and its History (Stuart Sumida)
  • 1.0 hr Art - The Art of Time Travel (Gary Staab)
  • 1.0 hr Art - Principled Design: An Ethics of Data Graphics (Alberto Cairo)
  • 0.5 hr Art - Color Philippine Natural History by Number Survey Findings on Impact and Future Directions in National Museum of the Philippines Biodiversity Outreach (Aissa Domingo)
  • 0.5 hr Art - Art as a Way to Popularize Science: The Potential of Drawing in Talking About the Biodiversity Crisis (Joanna Klepadło)
  • 0.5 hr Art - Beyond the Poster: Designing for the Built Environment (M. Genevieve Hitchings)
  • 0.5 hr Art - Learning in the Field: Collaborative Outdoor Science Illustration with the Georgia DNR (Mandy Root-Thompson, Amanda Behr)
  • 0.5 hr Art - Illustrating Wingspan (Natalia Rojas)
  • 0.5 hr Art - Communicating Science Through Visual Metaphor (Beata Mierzwa)
  • 1.0 hr Art - Our Window into Other Worlds (Jimi Catanzaro)
  • 1.5 hr Business - Self-Employment in Today's Market (Panelists: Zoe Keller, Jeni Fairman, Nicolle Fuller; Moderator: Mesa Schumacher)


Workshops


  • 3.0 hr Art - Creating a Detailed Botanical Painting with Colored Pencil & Watercolor in a Multi-Focal Point Composition (Wendy Hollender)
  • 8.0 hr Art - Adobe Illustrator for Beginners (Rick Simonson)
  • 7.0 hr Art + 1.0 hr History - Illustrating Fishes—History and Techniques (Karen Talbot)
  • 6.0 hr Art - Introduction to 3D Digital Insect Modelling with AntScan (Eric Keller)
  • 1.0 hr Art - Beyond Accuracy: Creating Compelling Scientific Illustrations (Mark Belan)