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The GNSI Symposia Series is a collection of online lectures open to members only, free of charge. Covering a wide array of topics relevant to the field of visual science communication, the presentations address the most cutting edge issues faced by science communicators and illustrators today. Join us every few months as we engage a guest speaker in conversation and analysis. Social Media for Artists in the Pandemic April 8th 10am PST | 11am MST | 12pm CST | 1pm EST Join us for our third lecture in the GNSI Symposia Series! Led by GNSI member Glendon Mellow, this session will explore how the pandemic has accelerated changes on popular social media platforms and how artists can use these platforms to network, find clients, and build community. Whether you're new to social media or spend the majority of your time online, this session will help you to up your social media game. Mellow will help you unearth the strata of the social media landscape as it exists now and try to answer questions like how can online communities lead to finding clients, what options are available to protect your work online, and how should your writing differ across the various media platforms? Members-only; Registration required.
![]() Glendon Mellow is a science illustrator, writer, speaker, and marketing manager in the healthcare sector who thinks in tweet-sized bites. A graduate from York University's Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours studio, his art and writing has been published by Scientific American, Yale University Press, Scholastic, and more. Currently, Mellow is the Marketing Manager for Red Nucleus and INVIVO and has worked in healthcare communications for over 8 years as a social media monkey. For fun, he co-hosts the weekly SciArt Chat on TwitterSpaces and is the admin for the new SciArt Community on Twitter. He is currently working on a Field Guide to Flying Trilobites. Follow Glendon on Twitter & Instagram: @FlyingTrilobite
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Past EventsKickstarting Your Creative Projects: Advice on Crowdfunding Sep. 24th 10am PST | 11am MST | 12pm CST | 1pm EST In this session, we'll demystify the world of crowdfunding and walk you through what it takes to fund a project. In this 45-minute lecture, illustrator Estrella Vega will share her experience using Kickstarter to fund the publishing of a five-book illustrated series of life before the dinosaurs, The Paleozoic. She'll share her hard-earned knowledge of what makes a successful crowdfunding campaign, with special advice on how to research, prepare, and carry your project over the finish line. Members-only; Registration required.
Image: the next book in Vega's series covering the Mesozoic: The Triassic © Estrella Vega An Illustrator’s Guide to the World of Grants Mar. 5th 10am PST | 11am MST | 12pm CST | 1PM EST Grant writing may seem outside the realm of your typical independent illustrator. But with guidance from GNSI member Amanda DeGrace, it might just be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for to jumpstart that creative project you’ve always wanted to tackle. DeGrace draws on her considerable experience securing grants to revitalize the downtown of her native New Bedford, MA, to offer us insight into where to look, how to present your mission, and consider partnerships that may ultimately land you your dream project. Members only; Registration required.
LinkedIn: acdegrace Suggest a Topic or SpeakerWe work hard to anticipate the topics and information our members will find most useful, but the most direct way for us to do so is to solicit your advice! So if you have an idea for a speaker or topic you’d like to see as a GNSI Symposium, please reach out and let us know. We’ll do our best to work it into the lineup. |