Maira Kalman at TEDxMet

TEDx Met: Icons -- Maira Kalman
October 19, 2013

Maira Kalman is an author and illustrator for adults and children. Her work tells of her travels and personal observations.

She is a contributor to the New Yorker, The New York Times, and other publications. Kalman's children's books include Next Stop, Grand Central; What Pete Ate; and Looking at Lincoln. She has also created an illustrated edition of Strunk and White's Elements of Style and Michael Pollan's Food Rules.

Kalman teaches a graduate seminar at the School of Visual Arts and is represented by the Julie Saul Gallery in New York. She considers the Met her second home.