This T-shirt is one-of-a-kind, created by Kevin Cole to support Art Papers' mission.
Size: X Large
Kevin Cole, born in Pine Bluff Arkansas, received his B.S. from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, M.A. in art education from the University of Illinois at Urbana, and an M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University. Within the last 32 years, he has received 31 grants and fellowships, 66 awards in art and 51 teaching awards. Some of the awards are 2025 Retired art Educator of the Year by the Georgia Art Education Association. The 2022 Working Artist Fellowship from the MOCAGA, the 2020 Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities in the State of Georgia, the 2020 Breanda and Larry Thompson Award from the Georgia Museum in Athens GA, the 2019 Nexus Award from the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center in Atlanta, GA. He was also inducted the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 2018. His artwork has been featured in more than 500 exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad. Cole’s artwork is included in more than 4700 public, private, and corporate collections. Public collections include the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, The Georgia Museum, Athens, GA, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.; William Jefferson Clinton Library, Little Rock, AR”, The Phillips Collection in Washington DC, The Detroit Institute of Art in Detroit, MI. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CN, The David C Driskell Center University of Maryland at College Park; the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA. Private collectors includes, Michael Jordan, Monica Pearson and Terry McMillian
