Guild of Natural Science
Illustrators-Northwest
Mission Statement
The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators-Northwest (GNSI-NW)
is a non-profit organization of artists in the Pacific Northwest that focus
on illustrating the natural world. GNSI-NW provides members with
learning and networking opportunities through quarterly meetings,
workshops, and exhibitions.
The training and interests of GNSI-NW
members are in both science and art. They study sciences
including biology, botany, zoology, archeology, medicine, marine life, and
ecology. Their tools and techniques for visual communication include
drawing, painting, and digital media.
Applying scientific
discipline to creativity, members strive to produce images rendered with
scientific accuracy and artistic integrity, and to share those images with
the public so that others may understand and appreciate both the science
and the art.
Founded in 1979, the Northwest chapter of the
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators was the first chapter formed
following the creation of the national guild (http://www.gnsi.org/) in
1966 by a small group of artists based at the Smithsonian Institute in
Washington, DC. GNSI now has chapters
worldwide.