RAiR | 1994-95

Max Cole

Born in Kansas in 1937, Max Cole received a BA from Fort Hays State University in 1961 and an MFA from the University of Arizona in 1964. Her work is contained in major collections in the United States and internationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Panza di Biumo Collection in Italy, and the Vatican Museum’s Contemporary Art Collection in Vatican City. Max has received several prestigious grants and fellowships from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts, among other institutions. In 2009, she participated in the historic Artist’s Meeting with the Pope in Vatican City. (From RAiR 50th Anniversary Exhibition Catalog, 2017)