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Alumni Profile: Liz Cohen

In 2004 photographer and performer Liz Cohen (BFA '96) walked into Elwood Body Works, an auto body shop in Scottsdale, Arizona, and asked if she could use a corner of the garage to build a car as an art project. The guys working there laughed. Not only did Cohen have limited mechanical skills, but the car she wanted to build was a crazy lowrider cross between an East German Trabant and a Chevy El Camino. And besides, an art project? But Cohen persisted, the laughs died down, and an agreement—rent-free—was struck. "They thought I would last two months," Cohen says. More >

Alumni Relations

ARTMATTERS
The alumni magazine artMatters features articles showcasing alumni responding to environmental phenomena, the journeys of two alumni Traveling Scholars, and faculty member Bill Flynn's perspective on the art scene. Click here to download the current issue or e-mail the alumni office to request a hard copy.

Robyn Voshardt/Sven Humphrey, Mushaboom (detail) from HoldFast series, 2007. C-print.

CONNECT WITH ALUMS AND SMFA
Many artists appreciate the burst of inspiration that accompanies connecting with other artists. If you are willing to help build an alumni network in your city or if you just want to keep in touch with the School to let us know what you're doing, feel free to e-mail alumni@smfa.edu or call 617-369-3965.

Photo: Christine A. Butler

RECEPTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
The Museum School hosts many alumni events. Click here to see images from the most recent reception at Leo Koenig Inc. in New York City and click here to see images of past SMFA alumni receptions.

Photo: Laura Wulf, BFA '96

ALUMNI ONLINE AT THE MFA
The SMFA is one of just a few art schools in the United States that are affiliated with a major museum and Museum School alumni are well represented in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. These artists influence and enrich society with unique viewpoints and aesthetics that were shaped during their tenures at the SMFA. The SMFA and MFA have long enjoyed a special relationship; to see the mutual benefits, click on this online gallery.

Linda Etcoff, Still Life with Six Sunflowers, 1998. Charcoal and pastel on paper.


To find an alum, please use the navigation bar to the left of this column. To find the new and improved artSource and a listing of artist resources, click here.