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Alex Cohen is a Brooklyn-based photographer and arts administrator and a recent alumna of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied Photography and Imaging and Social and Cultural Analysis.
Her interest in the arts began at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, where she worked across disciplines including printmaking, painting, 2D design, ceramics, jewelry, and photography. Being immersed in an environment of artists for the first time shaped her creative development and her understanding of the arts as a collaborative and community-driven space.
She currently serves as Programming Director at Artists Talk on Art, the longest-running art panel organization in the United States, where she develops weekly public programs. In this role, she coordinates with artists, manages event logistics and technical execution, and contributes to the preservation and accessibility of the organization’s history. The Artists Talk on Art archive is held by the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution and includes over 60 boxes of records and more than 1,200 audio and video recordings featuring over 9,000 artists. Through this work, she has developed a strong understanding of how arts organizations operate day to day and the level of care required to produce thoughtful and accessible programming.
During her time at NYU, Alex served on the Program Board’s Media and Marketing Committee and was named to the Tisch School of the Arts Dean’s List. She has also been involved in civic and community-based initiatives, including work with the Dallas Youth Commission on a public mural project for the City of Dallas, and nearly six years of service with the Mockingbird Chapter of the National Charity League.
Across her academic, professional, and creative work, Cohen has consistently engaged with the arts both in practice and in support of others. She is interested in the experience of engaging with art and in the structures that make that engagement possible, including funding, organization, and public access. She is particularly drawn to cultural spaces that support artists whose work engages with broader social contexts and public impact.
