Willie Cole's Artistic Ideas

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Willie Cole was born on January 3, 1955 in Newark,New Jersey where he also grew up. He attended the Boston University School of Fine Arts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1976, and he didn't stop there.He then went on to study at the Art Students League of New York.Willie Cole has been very successful in his artistic ideas ever since. He has received many awards, which included the 2006 Winner of the David C. Driskell Prize which was also the first national award to honor and celebrate contributions to the field of African-American art and art history, which was made by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. Willie Cole’s artwork has been presented in the Alexander and Bonin Gallery

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