57th Anniversary Juried Member's Exhibit - 2025

Broader Visual SciComm takes science education outside the walls of classrooms and museums to audiences in ever more accessible ways. Most traditional illustration is rooted in realism – tightly rendered images leave no room for ambiguity in what’s being conveyed. Precision in our drawings translates to precision in communication. But broader visual scicomm allows for more concept-driven work that attempts to evoke reactions in viewers using tricks more often employed in fine art: surprise, disgust, awe, fear, humor. Rather than being purely descriptive or educational, it is often wrapped up with a call to action or designed to elicit an emotion. It may or may not include purely descriptive elements, and importantly, it rarely includes technical elements like graphs or diagrams that are not universally understood without prior training/knowledge.