Creative Futures: Career Stories

Career Stories: Shane Lavalette, BFA '09
Shane Lavalette, photographer, independent publisher, and co-founder of Assembly, talks about his career, artwork, and upcoming projects.

Career Stories: Thom Solo, BFA '12
Thom Solo reflects on his path from sculpture student to founder of his own couture shoe design company.

Career Stories: Tori Baisden, BFA ’17
Tori Baisden, Design Director at Utendahl Creative, talks about design as world-building.

Career Stories: Liz Cohen, BFA + BA ‘96
Liz Cohen is an artist and educator whose work draws on specialized bodies of knowledge to address themes of immigration, identity, and cultures of resistance.

Career Stories: Ernesto ‘Eroc’ Arroyo-Montano, DIP '14
As an artist and organizer, Ernesto ‘Eroc’ Arroyo-Montano uses healing justice, education, and art to address issues of systemic inequality.

Career Stories: Ani Avanian, MFA '11
Ani Avanian, Product Design Manager at Facebook, talks practical skills for excelling in the design world.

Career Stories: Helina Metaferia, MFA ’15
Helina Metaferia is an interdisciplinary artist and educator working with written archives and oral histories to build community and a sense of collective responsibility.

Career Stories: Kate Gilbert, MFA '13
Kate Gilbert is an artist and curator who’s transforming the public art conversation in Boston.

Career Stories: Lydia Marks, BFA ’92
Award-winning set decorator and interior designer Lydia Marks, BFA ’92, talks artistic freedom and shares the secret to storytelling.

Career Stories: Victor Quiñonez, BFA '03
Victor Quiñonez shares his interdisciplinary process and the inspiration for his “Neo-Indigenous” style.

Turning Food Into Art
An alumna of SMFA at Tufts has built a successful career as a food stylist on high-profile projects.

Curated With Care
A Tufts master's student and a young alumnus teamed up to curate an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.