# Event Details

- **Event Name**: How to Tell a Seabird's Tale: The Role of the Writer and Scientific Illustrator
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: How do science writers and illustrators collect the data, information, and stories that inform their art? Join three Pacific Northwest artists — two writers and one illustrator — to learn how they distill their research on our local seabirds into engaging stories and compelling illustrations. 

You’ll hear stories from Madison Mayfield, a science illustrator, taxidermist, and Assistant Collections Manager of the Burke Museum’s ornithology collection. You’ll find out how author and community scientist, Maria Mudd Ruth, turned data — and a lack of data— into her new book on the Pigeon Guillemot, The Bird with Flaming Red Feet. Eric Wagner, author and professional scientist, will share secrets for collecting and interpreting data on nocturnal Rhinoceros Auklets for his new book, Seabirds as Sentinels.

Join Maria Mudd Ruth, Eric Wagner, and Madison Mayfield for a succinct illustrated presentation followed by lively conversation moderated by science journalist Sarah DeWeert. Guillemots, auklets, and other seabird specimens will be on display for a close-up look courtesy of the Burke Museum's ornithology collection.


General admission: $10
FREE for Burke members
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/seattle/how-to-tell-a-seabirds-tale-the-role-of-the-writer-and-scientific-illustrator/200029842468536
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 27

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Seattle
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 4303 Memorial Way NE, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98195
- **lat**: 47.66064
- **long**: -122.31056
- **full address**: 4303 Memorial Way NE, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98195

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is How to Tell a Seabird's Tale: The Role of the Writer and Scientific Illustrator being held?
  - **A:** How to Tell a Seabird's Tale: The Role of the Writer and Scientific Illustrator takes place on Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm at 4303 Memorial Way NE, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98195.
- **Q**: Who is organizing How to Tell a Seabird's Tale: The Role of the Writer and Scientific Illustrator?
  - **A:** How to Tell a Seabird's Tale: The Role of the Writer and Scientific Illustrator is organized by Burke Museum.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** How to Tell a Seabird's Tale: The Role of the Writer and Scientific Illustrator is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Seattle, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If How to Tell a Seabird's Tale: The Role of the Writer and Scientific Illustrator sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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