Curlee Raven Holton & Raven Fine Art Editions Distinguished Art Fellowship Past Fellows
2023-2024 Inaugural Fellow
Willie Cole
![Willie Cole, Curlee Raven Holton & Raven Fine Art Editions Distinguished Art Fellow Willie Cole, Curlee Raven Holton & Raven Fine Art Editions Distinguished Art Fellow sitting at a desk in his studio.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/focal_point_preview/public/2023-09/Willie_Cole_crop_%20Denuto%C2%A9.jpg?VersionId=Z5mR2pH4HjaAsBuyDS94Sw7m28r_bhhF&itok=hthPpHfQ)
is an internationally recognized artist who has exhibited nationally, with a diverse studio practice including sculpture, printmaking, drawing and painting. Cole's work uses contexts of postmodern eclecticism, and combines references and appropriation from African and African-American imagery.
Cole’s artist fellowship at KSU included an exhibition in the CVA gallery between Oct. 24 – Dec. 1, 2023, an artist lecture and gallery reception. He also spent time in the classroom working with graduate and undergraduate print media and photography students.