Sara Taliaferro will speak about scientific illustration tonight at the June meeting of the Lawrence Art Guild. Taliaferro, a natural science illustrator and artist, worked more than six years in the entomology division at Kansas University’s Natural History Museum before starting Happy Beetle Studio.

She is a member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, secretary for the Great Plains Chapter of that group, and was conference chairwoman for its 2002 annual meeting and conference in Lawrence.

Her talk will cover the history of scientific illustration and current trends in the field. She also will discuss the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators’ “Soul of the Sketchbook” project.

The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.