LIZVANLIZ

Buffalo native Liz Van Verth received her BFA in Illustration from Syracuse University and moved to the shining city of New York with her dreams in her pocket. Very soon after arriving in the big city, she landed in network graphics at NBC. Starting off as a still graphic artist for Nightly News she worked her way up to 3D animator for Dateline. Much of her work in New York includes reenactment and medical animation as well as freelance illustration and design.

After receiving her MFA in Digital Arts at Pratt Institute, Liz relocated and taught full time for five years at Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2012, she moved back to her hometown of Buffalo for the position of Executive Director at a small non-profit fine arts studio. From 2014-2019, Liz returned to academia as Program Coordinator and established a successful new Animation Program at Niagara County Community College.

Currently Liz is teaching full time at Kutztown University. She recently completed a 2D animated short, Alice, and is working on a new short that will integrate 2D and 3D techniques.