I feel extremely grateful for the opportunity to give talks at universities, companies, and creative events around the world and to engage with the creative community.
I'm passionate about connecting with other creative professionals and students. As an art director, designer, illustrator, and entrepreneur, I love sharing my knowledge and experiences.
PechaKuchaNight Buenos Aires
"Nate knows his craft, his path and how to deliver! Not only did he share is amazing work with stunning visuals but also his insights on creative brainstorming and personal discoveries. Did I mention he achieved this in a 7-minute talk in a foreign language? It was our pleasure, Nate!"
May Groppo
PechaKuchaNight organizer
Buenos Aires, Argentina
American Greetings
"A month after Nate came to American Greetings to give a talk and workshop, artists here are still talking about what a great event that was. It's rare to find an individual so generous with his ideas, his methods, his work, and his time. He's even a nice guy. Nate's workshop was especially useful in providing some cool tools and ideas for generating new work. If you're looking for someone who is energetic, enthusiastic about making art, creative, inspirational, articulate, with a good sense of humor and humility, Nate is your guy. If Nate was a movie, I'd be nominating him for an Oscar."
Mike Gold
Senior Designer
OFFSET Dublin
"Nate's talk was a real highlight of our extensive programme at OFFSET. The auditorium was packed with excited illustrators who loved his work to designers who might not be too familiar with him but all left inspired by his cogent and interesting dissection of the creative process."
Bren Byrne
Director, OFFSET Events
Dublin, Ireland
http://www.iloveoffset.com
Society of Illustrators
"Nate is the kind of artist who inspires the audience: active yet relaxed, talented yet humble, successful yet approachable. He's a generous speaker, he's articulate and he has a great following. We sold out right away when I produced his lecture at the Society of Illustrators of NY."
Fernanda Cohen
School of Visual Arts, Faculty 90+10 & American Illustration, Columnist
Society of Illustrators of New York, Lecture Producer
American Greetings
"Nate Williams was a fantastic source of inspiration to our creative division here at American Greetings, which consists of 100's of artists and writers. His lecture/talk and workshop exposed our creative community to his extensive knowledge of the industry + techniques on problem solving and his amazing blend of artwork. He shared unique ways in bringing out one's own personal creativity + style that was invaluable for growth within our studios here in Cleveland."
Rob Roth
Senior Creative Consultant
Past Events
AIGA - Salt Lake City, USA
American Greetings, Cleveland, USA
Cornish College of the Arts - Seattle, USA
University of Utah - Salt Lake City, USA
Society of Illustrators – New York City, USA
ILUSTRAFIC - Valencia, Spain
University of Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Computer Arts Show - São Paulo, Brazil
OFFSET - Dublin, Ireland
Puma Street Arts Festival- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pixelation - Córdoba, Argentina
Cliche Arts Festival - Bahía Blanca
Sid Lee - Montreal, Canada
Advice for Creatives