The Greater Washington DC chapter of the GNSI was formed after the Annual Meeting of the Guild in 1996. The Washington DC chapter is in fact the oldest GNSI group. The National organization formed around the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in 1968. Washington DC area members served as the source of many GNSI organizers and directors for many years. As the Guild expanded and electronic resources have made a dispersed organization easier to manage, we have transformed into an official GNSI Chapter.
MEETING and EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
The GNSI Greater DC group holds meetings 8-9 times a year September - May. We usually pause from June - August as members scatter to pursue their varied travels and interests.
OFFICERS
| President: | David Clark | Vice President: | Alice Tangerini |
| Secretary: | Trudy Nicholson nicholson-at-rcn.com & Alice Tangerini | Treasurer: | Britt Griswold bgriswold-at-science-art.com |
Announcements/Events/Reports
Transition from Traditional Techniques to Digital Imaging
Greetings Guild Members and Guests:
Please join us for an inspiring May 2012 meeting! This will also be our last meeting before the summer break. Don't miss this one! Come one, come all!
PRESENTATION:
From the Dark Ages to Infinity and Beyond: My Transition from Traditional Techniques to Digital Imaging
Tour the National Museum of Natural History Photo Lab
Please join us for our GNSI-DC March 2012 meeting:
EVENT DATE: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
PRESENTATION: Tour the National Museum of Natural History Photo Lab!
Color! Shape! Pattern! - Children's Book Authoring
Greetings, Guild Members!
Please join us for our February meeting:
PRESENTATION: Color! Shape! Pattern! A Children’s Book Author/Illustrator Reveals Her Process
Art in Process – Price Guessing, Time Guessing, and Works in Progress
Art in Process – Price Guessing, Time Guessing, and Works in Progress
Join us for an enjoyable tradition and a highly enlightening experience. We encourage everyone to bring an example of a finished project, or one still in progress. A round table format will offer everyone interested an opportunity to present information about a project: What price did that eye-popping cover fetch? Or that series of black-and-white line drawings? How was the art used? On the Web? In print? Multiple-language publications?
GNSI-Greater DC: Holiday Party and Portfolio Share
Please join us for the annual GNSI Holiday Party and Portfolio Share...
Event Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
(Note: this is the 2nd week in December!)
When: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Smithsonian Natural History Museum, 10th and Constitution Ave., Washington, DC
Cathy Kerby Room of the NMNH (3rd Floor, East Court, phone: 202-633-2000)
GNSI-Greater DC: Eye Grabbing Lenticulars
Event Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Presentation: How to Create Really Cool, Eye-Grabbing Outreach Products with Lenticulars – Sally Bensusen
GNSI-DC: A Virtual Tour of Adobe Photoshop
Please join us for the next Guild of Natural Science Illustrators meeting:
Presentation: A Virtual Tour of Adobe Photoshop – Ikumi Kayama
Photoshop is a powerful graphic editing software with endless possibilities. However, because of its complexity and its somewhat unfriendly interface, many new users get discouraged and only use the basic tools in the default settings. Like any other medium, Photoshop can be customized to create your own styles and techniques.
GNSI - DC Science Animation
We have the opportunity to attend an event we think would be of great interest to our members. A presentation on Science Animation- it is scheduled to start close to our normal meeting time. So we will decamp and move our meeting to a new location in town. We will hold a regular meeting next month with the planned Projects, Portfolios, and Summer Activities sharing.
GNSI-DC: Wilfred J. Jones, 1888 - 1968
Please join us for the next Guild of Natural Science Illustrators meeting:Wednesday, May 18th at 6:00 PMIn the Cathy Kerby Room of the NMNH (3rd Floor, East Court, phone: 202-633-2000)
Presentation: Wilfred J. Jones, 1888 - 1968
As a child Wilfred J. Jones taught himself to read. And while there was no money for him to study art formally, still as a schoolboy, he examined details of classical and antique sculpture and paintings and then drew them.
GNSI-DC Meeting directions
GNSI-DC Standard Monthly Meeting Instructions:
The GNSI Greater DC chapter meets at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History at 10th and Constitution in Washington, DC
Refreshments & Socializing normally begin at 5:30
Please bring something edible to share or $2.00 as a donation for the food jar. For those who need an escort, congregate in the Constitution Ave. Lobby of the National Museum of Natural History between 5:30 and 6:00 PM.
Transform Your Perspective: GNSI-DC April Meeting
More images are available in the article published in the 2012 winter issue of the GNSI Journal of Natural Science Illustration
Biruta Akerbergs Hansen discusses how she transformed her perspective as scientific illustrator from measuring in micro millimeters through a microscope to painting monumental walls the length of a football field. And it all began with a fiberglass cow!
Smithsonian Human Origins Art
Please join us for the next Guild of Natural Science Illustrators meeting in DC:
Wednesday, March 16th at 6:00 PM
In the Cathy Kerby Room of the NMNH (3rd Floor, East Court, phone: 202-633-2001)
Presentation: The Art of the Hall of Human Origins: An Evening with John Gurche and Karen Carr
Paleo-artists John Gurche and Karen Carr will discuss the science and techniques behind their work for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Hall of Human Origins.
GNSI-DC February meeting
Please join us for the next Guild of Natural Science Illustrators meeting:
Wednesday, February 16th at 6:00 PM In the Cathy Kerby Room of the NMNH (3rd Floor, East Court, phone: 202-633-2001)
GNSI-DC Meeting : Elections and Presentation
In the Cathy Kerby Room of the NMNH (3rd Floor, East Court, phone: 202-633-2000)
Chapter Elections
It’s that time again. You, the membership of the chapter, must choose the members of our executive board to lead us for the next two years. This is a very important decision so we need all of you to do your best to attend. The more who are present to vote, the better those elected will represent the opinion of the majority.
Presentation: Britt Griswold discusses his work for NASA
GNSI DC Chapter - Holiday Party
Greetings members and friends!
Please join us for the annual GNSI Holiday Party and Portfolio Share
When: Wednesday, December 15th at 6:00 PM
Where: Smithsonian Natural History Museum, 10th and Constitution, Washington, DC
Cathy Kerby Room of the NMNH (3rd Floor, East Court, phone: 202-633-2001)
Storyboarding and Other Pre-development for Animation
Presentation: Storyboarding and Other Pre-development for Animation Chapter president David Clarke will discuss the pre-development planning necessary to make animation projects stress-free and on time. He will walk us through the early development of a project from initial time estimation and budgeting to character sheets and on to storyboards. The elements discussed are applicable to traditional and computer-generated animation.
Please join us for the next Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Greater DC meeting
GNSI-DC Draw-In - Drawing whales: fossil and modern
What: Guild of Natural Science Illustrators informal workshop
Drawing whales: fossil and modern
Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
October GNSI DC Meeting - InDesign
Presentation: Adobe InDesign
GNSI Member Anna Hjelmroos will introduce you to InDesign and discuss the reasons it is one of the best tools for designing all your projects that integrate text and imagery.
September GNSI DC Meeting - Summer Adventures
Please join us for the next Guild of Natural Science Illustrators meeting:
Presentation: What I did with my summer vacation
Wednesday, September 15 at 6:00 PM In the Cathy Kerby Room of the NMNH
(3rd Floor, East Court, phone: 202-633-2000)
