She later picked up guitar and in high school joined classmate Colin Kindley to form The Meaningful and Wise whose sound was influenced by The Buzzcocks and The Soft Boys.
Past Band Members Upside Down Lacrimosa (September 23, 2003, Some Records) Personnel: Rebecca Schiffman, Walter Schreifels, Colin Kindley, Mike Stroud, Mike Skinner, Andy Action, Chuck Scott, Tom Hutten, Jordan Rosenblum (artwork) To Be Good for a Day (January 28, 2009, Self-released) Personnel: Rebecca Schiffman, Mike Musmanno, Jay Israelson, Don Piper, Alex Walker, Tony Leone, Ryan Stratton, Matthew Morandi, Peter Toh, Benjamin Degen (artwork) Rebecca Schiffman (self-titled) (digital August 12, 2016, Fayettenam Records), (vinyl January 3, 2017, Fayettenam Records) Personnel: Rebecca Schiffman, Money Mark, Nels Cline, Jay Israelson, Ethan Glazer, Mike Bloom, Clinton Patterson, Justin Sullivan Angelo Hatgistavrou, Max Bernstein, Eric Broucek, Jeff Kolhede, Manuel Jimenez, Raina Hamner (cover photo), CHIPS (design) Rebecca Schiffman graduated from The Cooper Union School of Art with a BFA.
Her paintings have been included in group shows at Ratio3 in San Francisco[3] and the now closed New York City gallery, Guild & Greyshkul.
Rebecca Schiffman studied wax carving for three years with the Dutch-born master model maker Fred de Vos in New York.
In 2011, Rebecca Schiffman used Kickstarter and her wax carving skills to launch her "Upper East Side Collection" of sterling silver jewelry inspired by architectural ornament in her native neighborhood.
[6] Schiffman was then invited by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to design a similar collection for Grand Central Terminal's centennial anniversary.