Canadian Science Publishing interviews me about creative ways of doing science communication and sha
I was invited to serve as the People’s Choice Judge for Canadian Science Publishing*’s 2021 Visualizing Science contest (which you can...
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Blog & Tips
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Canadian newspaper covers Her Flag project & Wyoming event
Click here for the full Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph article (paywalled). Follow this link for details about my inspiration, my process,...
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Laramie Boomerang covers Her Flag project & Wyoming event
Click here for the full Laramie Boomerang article. Follow this link for details about my inspiration, my process, and the nationwide Her...
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UWyo announces Her Flag project & Wyoming event
Click here for the full press release. Follow this link for details about my inspiration, my process, and the nationwide Her Flag...
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KTWO-TV covers Her Flag project & Wyoming event
Click here for the full TV story (jump to th 9:02″ mark). Follow this link for details about my inspiration, my process, and the...
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Wyoming Public Radio covers Her Flag project & Wyoming event
Click here for the full Public Radio story. Follow this link for details about my inspiration, my process, and the nationwide Her Flag...
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Her Flag: Celebrate equality & natural heritage on March 21st
36 states ratified the 19th amendment. 36 female artists designed stripes for Her Flag, a massive flag to commemorate these states. I was...
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Drawing Science: An Interview with Interalia Magazine
In March 2019, Richard Bright of Interalia Magazine interviewed me for the journal’s Drawing Thoughts series. Drawing Thoughts explores...
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Scientists’ SciArt featured by The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Front page article in The Times-Picayune features hand-drawn #SketchYourScience sketches by ecologists, quotes me encouraging folks to...
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I don’t usually post selfies, but that’s about to change. OR, some things #scientistswho
Me (left) teaching a #sketchingforscientists workshop in Laramie, Wyoming I’ve been thinking a lot about the recent Science op-ed that...
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Gillette News Record picks up press release about grad students’ interpretations of local mura
In Autumn 2017, I led a co-taught graduate seminar course called “The Art of Science Communication.” The first project we assigned to the...
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Sketching Tip: Using words for all they are worth
Hares sketched in East Africa – this was the best I ever could do, because they didn’t stick around long enough! (© B.G.Merkle, 2016) Not...
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Artful Science: Learning by drawing
Work in progress: illustration of a Wyoming toad (© B.G. Merkle, 2017) One of my favorite things about being an artist is getting to...
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Sketching Tip: Sketching your notes at conferences, meetings & in class
Notes from a training I did in preparation to volunteer for an amphibian monitoring citizen science project in Wyoming. These tips are...
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Summer 2017 newsletter: Drawing on windows, making fish & more art-science tips
Click image to view full newsletter. Happy summer, dear readers! I trust this finds you enjoying the weather and doing a bit of...
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February/March 2015 newsletter: Cold weather sketching adventures
>Click here to subscribe!<< Click image to view newsletter. Table of Contents Sketching tip: Planning for outdoor sketching Artful...
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Pocket Guide: Sketching and Field Journal Basics
Now more than ever, you may want a sense of calm and rootedness. Of small, simple moments of joy. Of deep connection to place. And, a...
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