{"id":11596,"date":"2026-10-02T14:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/svad\/?page_id=11596"},"modified":"2026-10-05T10:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:53:18","slug":"remembering-larry-cooper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/svad\/remembering-larry-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Larry Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t
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For nearly three decades, Larry Cooper helped shape the UCF School of Visual Arts and Design through his work as an educator, master book artist and printmaker. Cooper, who died Sept. 4, 2026, helped establish UCF\u2019s book arts program, introducing generations of students to the craft of making books by hand.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\nWhen he joined UCF in 1996 as an assistant printmaker, he began a career that would touch nearly every corner of the visual arts community at UCF. He taught across undergraduate and graduate curricula, served as assistant director of the UCF Gallery and Flying Horse Editions, and became one of the school\u2019s most respected educators and collaborators.<\/p>\n

Working through Flying Horse Editions and Gardyloo Handmade Books, Cooper collaborated with artists including William T. Wiley, David Humphrey and James Siena. His design for Siena\u2019s Sequence One, published in 2009, contributed to the Museum of Modern Art\u2019s acquisition of the book for its permanent collection.<\/p>\n

Cooper\u2019s own work is represented in collections including the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.<\/p>\n

In addition to his teaching and studio work, Cooper served as assistant director of the UCF Gallery, where he helped organize exhibitions, support artists and connect the university with the broader community.<\/p>\n

A faculty exhibition featuring Cooper\u2019s work is planned, with a celebration of life<\/a> taking place in connection with the exhibition on October 26 at 5 p.m. in the UCF Art Gallery.<\/p>\n

Cooper is survived by his daughter, Raia Cooper \u201926, his former wife, Micaela Riseling, and his mother, Jane. He will be missed by his SVAD colleagues and the countless students he mentored.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, the family invites gifts to the UCF Art Gallery<\/a> and UCF Special Collections<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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