The Society, Incorporated, Supporting the Arts Greater Atlanta Chapter in collaboration with the Southwest Arts Center will host the 21st Annual Kevin Cole South Fulton County High Schools Juried Art Competition on April 17, 2025, at the Southwest Arts Center
Atlanta— April 14, 2025 —Talented high school students from Atlanta Public Schools and the Fulton County School System will participate in the highly coveted Kevin Cole South Fulton High Schools Juried Art Competition on April 17, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at the Southwest Arts Center located at 915 New Hope Road, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30331. The Society Incorporated, Supporting the Arts Greater Atlanta Chapter will present awards to the first-place winner for each school. In addition, the overall second and third-place winners will receive awards.
The Leonora Davis Award or Scholarship will be presented to the student whose entry is designated the Overall first place winner, “Best in Show”. Kevin Cole, artist, and educator, will present the second ever Kevin Cole Senior Scholarship Award this year to the most dedicated and deserving senior who will be attending an educational institution.
The Kevin Cole South Fulton High School Juried Art Competition founded by Award-winning artist and educator Kevin Cole in collaboration with the Southwest Arts Center is now in its 21st year. The high schools participating in the 2025 competition include: Benjamin Banneker, Benjamin E. Mayes, Booker T. Washington, Carver Early College, Creekside, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Langston Hughes, South Atlanta, Therrell, Tri-Cities, and Westlake.
For more information, please contact The Society Incorporated, Supporting the Arts Greater Atlanta Chapter’s Program Committee Chair, Mrs. Maya Drake 1(716)400-1230.
About Kevin Cole
Kevin Cole 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. During his career, he has received 27 grants and fellowships, 66 awards in art, and 51 teaching awards, and over 45 public art commissions. Cole’s artwork has been featured in more than 475 exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad and included in more than 3800 public, private, and corporate collections throughout the United States and abroad. For information go to Bio – Kevin Cole–Official Art Website (kevinecoleart.com)
About The Society Incorporated, Supporting the Arts
The Society Incorporated, Supporting the Arts, a national organization founded in May 1983, is dedicated to service to youth in the arts and friendship. Since its inception as a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization in 2000. The Society Incorporated, Supporting the Arts Greater Atlanta Chapter (GAC) has created outstanding, award-winning programs, supported various art institutions, and has provided scholarship awards and support to students throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area pursuing interests and studies in visual, literary, musical, and performing arts.
GAC programming and scholarships include the Aline Rivers-Jones Scholarship, the Leanora Davis Art
Scholarship Award, the Kevin Cole Senior Scholarship, Kevin Cole South Fulton High Schools Juried Art Competition, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Azira Hill Talent Development Program, Dr. Joyce Johnson’s (Professor Emerita) Organ Recital and Workshop at Spelman College, Southwest Arts Center programs, the ArtsXchange arts experiences, and more.
Previous scholarship recipients have attended UC Berkley, UGA, Juilliard, HBCUs, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia State University, and other prestigious institutions in pursuit of careers in the arts.
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