Vera Neumann

Vera Neumann A’28  Vera Salaff Neumann graduated from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1928.  She also attended the Traphagen School of Design,in New York City. Vera Neumann is...

Katie Merz A’84

Katie Merz A’84 Katie Merz A’84. is an Artist, Illustrator and Muralist,  Katie Mertz was a Drawing Professor at Cooper from 2005-2018. Katie Merz has been working as a fine artist for approximately 30 years,...

Joanna Sherman A’69

Joanna Sherman A’69 Joanna Sherman, founder and Artistic Director of Bond Street Theatre, has been initiating and directing theatre projects for social improvement globally since 1984 and in Afghanistan since 2002. The company works...

Jack Whitten A’64

Alumni Profile:  Jack Whitten A’64 Jack Whitten was born in 1939 in Bessemer, Alabama. He grew up in the segregated American South and suffered the effects of ingrained racism.  He attended college at Southern University...