Webinar

Learn to Draw Mutualism: Tube Worms & Ghost Pipes

March 2022

What do tube worms and ghost pipes have in common? For this Learn to Draw art lesson, we will be exploring the ecological interaction known as mutualism – a relationship between organisms of two different species in which each benefit.

Join scientific illustrator Dr. Julius Csotonyi in this session where he’ll be teaching you how to draw this amazing perennial plant and this fascinating marine invertebrate! We’ll also learn more about their interconnected lives, including how they facilitate mutualism on land and in the water.

This webinar features two additional panelists: Dr. Amanda Bates (University of Victoria), a biologist who has closely studied deep ocean hydrothermal vents, and Dr. John F. Addicott (University of Calgary), a biologist who has closely studied the ecological interaction of mutualism. The lesson will share both Western and Indigenous perspectives with the help of ‘Makwala~Dakota Smith and Ascher Goodman.

Explore resources from the art lesson

Send your artwork to your local representative to help protect our tube worm and ghost pipe neighbours. You can find your local representative here.
Learn more about the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Tribes.
Learn more about our education program.

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Meet the Speakers

Dr. Julius Csotonyi

Dr. Julius Csotonyi is a scientific illustrator and natural history fine artist. He has a scientific background in ecology (MSc) and microbiology (PhD) which has taken him to study sensitive ecosystems, from sand dunes in the Rocky Mountain parks to hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

These experiences have fuelled a strong resolve to work toward preserving the earth’s biota. Painting biological subjects is one means that he uses to both enhance public awareness of biological diversity and to motivate concern for its welfare.

He paints murals and panels that have appeared in numerous museums (e.g. the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History), press release images for scientific publications, books, stamp sets (e.g. the 2018 “Sharks of Canada” set for Canada Post), and coins for the Royal Canadian Mint. His work is viewable on his online gallery, http://csotonyi.com

Alissa Anderson

Alissa Anderson is a nongame wildlife technician for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. She has worked for a variety of agencies over the years on many different wildlife species including mountain lion, Coeur d’ Alene salamanders, Weddell seals, sharp-tailed grouse, black swift, and common loons.

While she is mostly a generalist type biologist (master of none), she conducted her graduate research on Canada lynx in Glacier National Park and spent one winter collaring lynx in Montana (and can describe how soft they are). She is looking forward to learning how to draw a lynx!