Education and Training
 

Undergraduate

  
    University of Connecticut 1974-79 BS (Biology)
University of Connecticut 1974-79 BFA (Printmaking)

  
 

Professional

  
    Association of Medical Illustrators 1990-05: Workshops on special topics
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 1987-05: Workshops in advanced techniques
Biological Photographic Association 1988: Biomedical Photography Workshop
USDA Graduate School 1981: Scientific Illustration Course

  
     
 

Professional Positions

  
 
1993-05
 Freelance Medical/Scientific Illustrator, clients include: Carnegie Institute, Center for Disease Control, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Matthews Media Group, McKensey Group, Medical Service Corporation International, National Institutes of Health, National Academy of Science, Nichols-Dezenhall, Smithsonian Institution, Science, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research etc.  
 
1985-93
 Staff Illustrator, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC  
 
1983-85
 Contract Scientific Illustrator, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC
Contract Scientific Illustrator, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC		  
 
1980-83
 Freelance Graphic Designer/Illustrator, clients include: Washington Book Review, National Science Teachers Assoc., Roadwork, Inc., etc.  
 
1978-79
 Contract Scientific Illustrator, Dept. of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT
Illustrator and Exhibit Designer, Children’s Museum of Hartford, 		 
       
 

Professional Memberships and Service

  
    Designated CMI by Board of Certification of Medical Illustrators, 1993-2005
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, President 1991-92, Treasurer 1994-96, Board member 6 years
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Program Chairperson, 1996 National Conference
Vesalius Trust, member Board of Directors, 1995-98
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, member since 1979
1994 World Congress on Biomedical Communications, member, Board of Directors, 1991-1995M
Association of Medical Illustrators, member since 1992, active member since 1993
Washington Women’s Arts Center, Executive Director 1983-84, member 1980-85		  
       
 

Honors

  
    National Outdoor Book Awards, Instructional Category, 2003
Distinguished Service Award, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, 1998
Merit Award, World Congress Media Expo, 1994
Citation and Quality Step Increase for Exceptional Performance, Dept. of the Army 1992
Citations for Exceptional Performance, Dept. of the Army 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1993
Commendation for Special Service and cash Award, Dept. of the Army 1986
Elected Member, Connecticut Women Artists 1979
Graduated Cum Laude, BS and BFA, University of Connecticut 1979		  
       
 

Publications

  
    My work has appeared in over 150 books, monographs, journal articles and periodicals. Individual projects have ranged in size up to 270 illustrations and/or photographs. A partial list of publishers includes:  
   


Advanced BioNutrition
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Chanticleer Press
Consumer Checkbook
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Interlink Healthcare, Inc.
Johns Hopkins University
McGraw - Hill Companies, Inc.
Minnesota Conservation Volunteer Magazine
National Academy of Science
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Prentice Hall Design Services
Saunders College Publishing
Science News
Smithsonian Institution
StackPole Books
Wm. C. Brown Communications, Inc.
Worldwatch Institute

  
       
 

Exhibitions

  
    My artwork has been included in over 35 public exhibitions from 1979 to 2005 including:  
   
2003
 “Scientific Illustration”
Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado
2000
 “Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Exhibit”
Palacio dom Manuel, Evora, Portugal
1996
 “Illustrating Natural History”
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1994
 “World Congress Media Expo”
World Congress on Biocommunications, Orlando, Florida
1992
 “GNSI National Exhibition”
University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, CO
1991
 “Science can be Art”
Durham Arts Council Gallery, Durham, NC”
1990
 “GNSI National Exhibition”
James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History, Minn., MN
1986
 “Taina Litwak - recent work”
Wallace Wentworth Gallery, Washington, DC