Insights Per Minute

J. D. McClatchy is the author of six books of poetry and many texts for musical settings, including eight opera libretti.

Steven Heller is the co-chair (with Lita Talarico) of the School of Visual Arts MFA Design / Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program and the SVA Masters Workshop in Rome. He is a prolific writer.

John Foster has been a longtime collector of self-taught art and vernacular photography, as well as an artist, designer, and art curator.

Chip Kidd is a Designer/Writer in New York City. His book cover designs for Alfred A. Knopf, where he has worked non-stop since 1986, have helped create a revolution in the art of American book packaging.

Natalie Foster is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Peers.

Adam Harrison Levy is a writer and film-maker. He teaches at the School of the Visual Arts. In 2012 he was a Poynter Fellow at Yale University.

Thomas Fisher is dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota.

Mark Lamster is the architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News and a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture.

Marvin Heiferman, a curator and writer, develops exhibitions, websites and publications that explore visual culture.

Joanna Radin is Assistant Professor in the Section for the History of Medicine at Yale University, where she also holds affiliations with the departments of History and of Anthropology.