Scientists Are Doodling On The Job (You Should Too)
Government STEM experts put their creative skills to work to solve real-world problems.
Dozens of people converged at an Adams Morgan coffeehouse in early November last year to see an exhibit that two dozen scientist-artists — many who work for the federal government — hosted to boost awareness of environmental conservation.
The art show, which runs until February 3, features pieces created by 21 artists who work in 20 different scientific fields.
Among the exhibit’s pieces is a watercolor of a wetland converted to farmland created by Georgia Basso, a wildlife biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and a photo of volcanic lava flow on aluminum plate created by Kristin Lewis, a climate scientist at the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which coordinates federal research on global environment issues.
Basso, an exhibit co-coordinator, said that she hopes the show at Philz Coffee helps spark discussion about environmental and conservation sciences.
The idea behind the event, said Basso, is for conservation-minded scientists “to come together and talk about the other ways of communicating our scientific background … and to pursue creative ways of communicating their expertise” in…
