Art + Design Speakers

Innovative artists, designers, and influencers comprise our roster of art and design author speakers. They share what’s new, captivating, and currently influencing cultural conversations.

Jerry Saltz

Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for New York magazine

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Bill Burnett

Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford and co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life

Ed Catmull

Co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and author of Creativity, Inc.

Valerie June

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Lachi

Award-winning recording artist, disability rights activist, and CEO/Founder of RAMPD

Huey Lewis

Songwriter, actor, and lead singer for Huey Lewis and the News

Amanda Lucidon

Obama White House photographer, award-winning filmmaker, and New York Times-bestselling author

Ian Manuel

Advocate for criminal justice reform, poet, and motivational speaker

Chanel Miller

Artist, activist, and author of the New York Times bestseller Know My Name

Jenny Odell

New York Times-bestselling author of How to Do Nothing and Saving Time

David Owen

The New Yorker staff writer and author of Green Metropolis and Volume Control

Tourmaline

Award-winning artist, filmmaker, author of Marsha

Jeff Tweedy

Grammy Award-winning musician and frontman of Wilco

Alice Waters

Chef, author, activist, and founder of Chez Panisse restaurant and the Edible Schoolyard Project

Michelle Zauner

Frontwoman of Japanese Breakfast and author of New York Times bestselling Crying in H Mart
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