Kevin Cole: Where Do We Go From Here?

The Board and Staff of the Tubman African American Museum invite you to a special closing event for the exhibition.

KEVIN COLE

Where Do We Go From Here?
Exploring Gerrymandering and Voting

Kevin Cole has been a trailblazing artist, a respected educator, and a fixture on the Atlanta contemporary arts scene for more than four decades.   This most recent series of works, supported by the Working Artist Project of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, explores the ongoing struggle against disenfranchisement and for the equal participation of African Americans in the divisive atmosphere of contemporary politics.  The artist will visit the Museum on Saturday, June 29 to discuss his inspiration, and formal processes, as well as his social and political goals for the works in the exhibition.

All Tied Up in Politics

Kevin Cole is an Atlanta-based mixed media artist.  He has been a trailblazing artist, a respected educator, and a fixture on the Atlanta contemporary arts scene for more than four decades.  His connection to the Tubman Museum stretches back to the earliest days for both the artist and the institution.  Cole earned an M.F.A. degree in Painting from Northern Illinois University, and an M.A. degree in Art Education from the University of Illinois.  He maintained a career as an exhibiting artist while teaching art in the City of Atlanta Public Schools for more than 30 years.

Over the course of his career he has received over 69 awards in art, 28 Art Fellowships and Grants, and 51 Teaching Awards.  In addition to the Tubman Museum, his works are in public collections across the U.S., including the High Museum of Art, the National Museum of African American History (Smithsonian Institution), the Corcoran Gallery Museum, and the Yale University Art Gallery among others.  This most recent series of works is supported by the Working Artist Project of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia.

Contact the Tubman Museum  at 478-743-8544 for more information about this event and other upcoming Museum programs.