CSUMB Science Illustration Students Showcase Their Work!

Each year the students of the CSU Monterey Bay Science Illustration Certificate Program present an art exhibit to showcase their work from the year. We invite you to visit this stunningly beautiful show and become acquainted with the practice of using art to communicate science. Three of these students received a scholarship from Tentacles & Wings, their statements on what the scholarship meant to them can be found here.

Program graduates have found jobs in art direction, freelance illustration, teaching, museum work, field research, and magazine illustration and graphic design. The Science Illustration Certificate Program requires twelve months of full-time commitment. It comprises a three-term, full-time sequence of studio and field courses, a series of master seminars designed to familiarize students with the business aspects of careers in the field of scientific illustration, followed by a professional internship. The program is unique in requiring not only completion of the course work and preparation of a professional portfolio, but completion of a substantial internship at the year's end. The follow-up internship gives program graduates an important edge both in experience and networking over illustrators who lack such experience.

Please take some time to peruse the show and also to read the awardee statements. We are gearing up for the next scholarship cycle and invite you to make a donation to help fund the next class of Science Illustrators!