home | experience | history Lynn A. Usack >activities | portfolio | résumé
Hobbies and Activities curriculum vitae
Note: The links below expand to reveal images and
descriptions of my hobbies, plus links to examples.
Expand | Collapse

arts advocate

bumble bee bumble bee logo and link to GNSI Finger Lakes Web site gnsi finger lakes web site | international gnsi conference web site | ink shop portfolio
.
GNSI exhibit card
.		 I combined my background in science with a love for art and the natural world as the founding Secretary/Treasurer of the GNSI Finger Lakes established in 2005, a new chapter of the non-profit international Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. I designed and currently serve as Webmaster for our chapter, based in Ithaca, NY. I also designed and maintained the entire site for the International GNSI Conference and Annual Meeting, held in Ithaca, NY on July 20-26, 2008, available above. In addition, I created publications, such as this post card (left) for one of our chapter's exhibits; click the thumbnail for a larger view.

As publicist for Gallery Night of Ithaca for 2005-2006, I designed flyers and press releases, wrote successful grants and annual reports and coordinated event logistics in collaboration with the Ink Shop Printmaking Center.
.

Gallery Night image banner
I've also offered my design skills to the Ink Shop for a number of projects; check out the portfolio page for examples.
.
GNSI exhibit card and link to larger version

freelance artist

artist resume | artist statement | acorn designs portfolio | acorn designs web site
As a freelance artist, I use a variety of media to create artwork commissioned for private, institutional and public use.
.Cornell Plantations Quarterly Magazine thumbnails Cornell Plantations Quarterly and link to image published Cornell Plantations Quarterly and link to image published

Click on either of the Cornell Plantations icons on the left to view the artwork published in these issues.

 Lynn's watercolor note cards Pollinator note card series and link to larger version

These watercolors are some of my published artwork available through Acorn Designs; click the collage image on the left to view a larger version.

.leaf pencil, day lilly scratchboard, and dogwood pencil images
Botanical compositions in pencil and scratchboard with ink.

bumble bee logo and link to GNSI Finger Lakes Web site

distance runner & racer

Finger Lakes Runners Club Site | Wineglass Running Club Site
.
First place win at Healthworks 5k 2009 (left)
.
Clutching my first place overall female trophy
from the Healthworks 5K race in Sept. 2009.

 Currently one of my passions involves training for 5k and 10k races in Upstate New York, many sponsored by the Wineglass Running Club and the Finger Lakes Runners Club. I also successfully completed my first two marathons, November 2007 in Philadelphia, PA, and October 2009 in Corning, NY, qualifying for the Boston marathon at both. That's a future project! Phily Marathon Medal
.
Relief, joy, and a medal after finishing the Phily Marathon.
bumble bee logo and link to GNSI Finger Lakes Web site
home | history | activities | portfolio | résumé | cv
2311 Wyncoop Creek Road, Lockwood, NY 14859 | ph: 607/598-2852 | e: usack@frontiernet.net
monarch© 2010 lynn a. usack | site best viewed in Mozilla Firefox and Safari | top of page