From the always spectacular District of Columbia
I’m a self-employed, freelance graphic designer and production artist. At least I was one...
...for over three decades! But the busy-ness of my business took a downturn in recent years, due to several factors.
These days, I'm focusing more on my own art, or my own design-as-art and lifestyle-as-art, as somewhat explained in this website.
You should be able to reach me by e-mail at kathleencole@me.com.
My professional graphic design portfolio is located on Adobe’s Bēhance platform.
It’s not a lie to say my art is in the Smithsonian!
Or at least that it’s available to buy, exclusively through the experience of using an Art-o-mat® machine! Go find it, on the 3rd floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in the Gallery Place / Chinatown neighborhood of NW. While they last, the machine might feature:
• Snap! Pop! Art!
• Butterfly Effect
• Tangle Sculpture
These same artworks may be found in other Art-o-mat machines, all across the U.S., including the retro-styled White Sands Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, who’ve been a repeat supplier/buyer.
Visit artomat.org for a complete description of Clark Whittington’s amazing longterm conceptual art project.
I have a YouTube channel of short video clips of some of the many concerts I attend.
It all started, sort of by accident, when I switched my music streaming service from Apple to YouTube and then uploaded a couple of my personal concert video clips to the personal channel I hadn’t quite realized was set up.
All the concerts happened after the torturous 2-year pandemic live music blight of 2020-22, which I thought might kill me, if the Covid itself didn’t. Despite being a longtime concert goer with a smart phone, it never occured to me to make a video until 2023.
I try to keep every video under a minute, because it’s the right thing to do in world full of people with attention deficit issues. Plus, generally speaking, I try to live in the moment as much as possible.
My first public art project! At 12th & C Street, SW...
...across from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and close to the Potomac & Anacostia Rivers.
The box was designed for SWBID, and features illustrations of some of SW’s “neighbors” living in and around the rivers — crabs, heron, ducks, and striped bass (Rockfish).
Along with a 5-color palette, the “residents” are patterned with a compass rose highlighting the direction of SW. It’s topped with a simplified map of the sections of the Potomac & Anacostia Rivers that border Southwest DC, as well as Arlington, VA, on the far side.
The Traffic Control Box Beautification project is part of DDOT’s Arts in the Right-of-Way (AROW) program.
I created a collection of fun & functional art-products, foremost for myself...
I created a collection of fun & functional art-products, foremost for myself...
...but also because I hope other people will appreciate them, and want to buy them. The collection was conceived during the Covid-19 pandemic and realized thanks to my DIY-punk ideology and print-on-demand technology.
Some of my art-products were selected to be part of the 2024 Regional Juried Exhibition of the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital on Pennsylvania Avenue in Southeast.
Where ya’ll from? Northwest Northwest!
I created a collection of fun & functional art-products, foremost for myself...
Since September of 1989, my home/apartment has been located near 16th & U Street, NW — just one block south of Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park and 12 blocks north of the White House.
For over 10 years, I’ve maintained a Tumblr blog called “It’s art if I say so,” a quote from my favorite conceptual artist, Marcel Duchamp, as well as my answer to the eternal question “what is art?”
Coming this summer!
In aging-punk camaraderie with the 40th anniversary of DC’s Revolution Summer, my long-planned silent art auction is finally scheduled to happen, thanks to assistance from Jason Hamacher and DC’s most rockin’ gallery — Lost Origins. Details are right around the corner.
In the meantime, check out the 30-or-so available artworks up for auction because... the widow needs the damn money!
I’m a big fan of Go-Go. Both the homegrown genre of music, and the G-League basketball team.
The Capital City Go-Go play from November to March at Carefirst Arena in Congress Heights, “Southeast- South- South- east!”
Night time, weekend games, always feature a Go-Go band playing court side, during time outs and at half time. How cool is that?
My collection is continually being improved and updated. Scroll horizontally to see the whole thing.
Available exclusively through the experience of using an Art-o-mat machine! Like the one in the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) Luce Center!
Auction #1: Timeline 2011-2024, 13 artworks, plus Trevor Young’s Gulf gas pump turned floor lamp.
Auction #2: Timeline 1983-2010, 12 artworks, plus a set of 6 Raymond Pettibon SST Publications booklets.
