Wendy MacNaughton

Graphic Journalist & Illustrator; New York Times Bestseller; Creator of DrawTogether & Co-Founder of Women Who Draw

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Wendy MacNaughton Biography

Wendy MacNaughton’s work is based in the practices of drawing, social work, and storytelling. She combines the practice of deep looking, listening, and drawing to create stories of often overlooked people, places, and things. Wendy has worked on varied projects across mediums and fields, and in collaboration with numerous groups and individuals, but one thing stays consistent: Wendy uses drawing as a vehicle for connection.

As a visual columnist for The New York Times and California Sunday Magazine, Wendy drew stories everywhere from high school cafeterias to Guantanamo Bay.

She has authored and drawn two books, How To Say Goodbye and Meanwhile in San Francisco, and illustrated many others, including the #1 New York Times Bestseller Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat and New York Times Bestseller The Gutsy Girl by Caroline Paul.

She is the Creator and Drawer-in-Chief of DrawTogether, a participatory drawing show for kids, and The Grown-Ups Table, lessons and community for drawing-minded adults. She is also the co-founder of Women Who Draw with Julia Rothman, an advocacy database launched in 2016 to increase visibility and opportunities for underrepresented artists, illustrators, and cartoonists.

She lives in Oakland, but you can often find her on the road, speaking at conferences, universities, or companies, or in her mobile studio (built inside the back of a Honda Element) doing the thing she likes best: drawing.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/31/2024.

Wendy MacNaughton Speaking Topics

  • The Art of Paying Attention

    In an invitation to slow down and look at the world around you, graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton illustrates how drawing can spark deeply human, authentic connections. Ready to try? Grab a pencil and join MacNaughton for this delightful talk. "Drawing is looking, and looking is loving," she says.

  • Wendy regularly speaks about the unique power drawing offers to help us slow down, get curious, look deeply, and connect us to people and the world around us.

    She draws on the many adventures she’s had in her own life while drawing – documenting Guantanamo Bay court proceedings, having stereotype-busting conversations with folks like a bootmaker in rural Utah, hanging out with unhoused folks at the public library and SF’s Tenderloin, drawing with thousands of kids during the darkest moments of the pandemic... She loves to get audiences to actually draw in real time. In just a few minutes, she helps them experience the power of drawing: they slow down, pay attention, open their hearts, and remember how miraculous every single person is when have the courage to look closely.

Wendy MacNaughton Videos

  • Wendy MacNaughton: The art of paying attention | TED
    In an invitation to slow down and look at the world around you, graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton illustrates how drawing can spark deeply human,...
  • DrawTogether Reel July 2021
    DrawTogether is a drawing show that’s a class that’s a community - for kids! What began as an Instagram live drawing show for families during the...
  • Wendy MacNaughton & Sam Ball | SF Jewish Film Institute
    Wendy MacNaughton and Sam Ball in Conversation presented as part of the JFI Oct 2020 Monthly Online Short.

Wendy MacNaughton Books

  • Essential Scratch & Sniff Bundle
    Essential Scratch & Sniff Bundle
  • Leave Me Alone with the Recipes: The Life, Art, and Cookbook of Cipe Pineles
    Leave Me Alone with the Recipes: The Life, Art, and Cookbook of Cipe Pineles
  • Knives & Ink
    Knives & Ink
  • The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All: Know Your Booze Before You Choose
    The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All: Know Your Booze Before You Choose
  • Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them
    Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them
  • Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in its Own Words
    Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in its Own Words

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Wendy MacNaughton is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Art of Paying Attention and. The estimated speaking fee range to book Wendy MacNaughton for your event is $30,000 - $50,000. Wendy MacNaughton generally travels from Oakland, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Matthew Luhn, Carrie Mae Weems, Andrew Gordon, Damon Davis and Kat Blaque. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Wendy MacNaughton for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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