Press & Awards
Select Press
- Flaunt Magazine
SURVIVOR! Share Your 98 Second Story
Flaunt Magazine covers Elizabeth's landmark #metoo ensemble performance and the call for survivors to share their stories.
- Shoutout SoCal
Meet Elizabeth Tobias | Founder and Creative Changemaker
Shoutout SoCal spotlights Elizabeth Tobias as a founder and creative changemaker driving transformation through art.
- San Diego Union-Tribune
Elizabeth Tobias Expands her Resume as Curator in Residence
Tobias is the new curator of Mandell Weiss Community Gallery at Liberty Station.
- The Harvard Crimson
The Cupcake Project at Harvard
The Harvard Crimson reviews The Cupcake Project's exhibition at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.
- Diversions LA
Elizabeth Tobias: Art, Theater and Therapy
A feature on Elizabeth Tobias and how she creates immersive engagement through art, theater, and therapy.
- Art and Cake LA
Feminist Image Group Resonates With Timely Collaborative Works
Art and Cake LA covers the Feminist Image Group's timely collaborative exhibition featuring Elizabeth's work.
Select Awards
Elizabeth's work has been recognized with awards and honors across film, performance art, and community arts programming.
- Vice President Kamala D. Harris
Certificate of Recognition
Received a Certificate of Recognition from Vice President Kamala D. Harris honoring contributions to advocacy and awareness through the SURVIVOR! 98 Second Stories project, supporting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
- Senator Alex Padilla
Certificate of Recognition
Received a Certificate of Recognition from Senator Alex Padilla honoring contributions to community service through the Butterfly Project, commemorating victims of the Holocaust.
- The Prebys Foundation
Prebys Sparx Grant Recipient
Selected as Lead Curriculum Designer and Community Partner by the VAPA Foundation through the Prebys Foundation Sparx Grant, developing Expressive Arts and Social Emotional Learning programs to address the youth mental health crisis.
- National Science Foundation
Learning Innovation Fellow
Received a National Science Foundation Learning Innovation Fellowship honoring contributions to STEAM education and advocacy, using arts-based techniques to address climate change and drought in Southern California.
- SURVIVOR! 98 Second Stories
Award-Winning Documentary
Received honors from the Chelsea Film Festival, The Impact Doc Awards, Compassion Film Festival, (In)Justice Film Awards, Mediterranean Film Festival, Rome Independent Prisma Awards and more for SURVIVOR! 98 Second Stories.
- The Cupcake Project
Durfee Grant Recipient
Received a Durfee Grant in support of the Cupcake Project, a traveling immersive installation addressing the hunger epidemic in America.