A Little About Me

Since I am asking all of you to share some information about yourselves on your blog, I figured it would only be fair that I share a little as well.

My name is Jason Cole.  I attended Bethel (College) back in the 1990s, graduating with a student-initiated major combining Art and Literature.  I then moved to Memphis, TN, and worked for Youth Villages for several years.  I earned my MFA in 2008 from Memphis College of Art and proceeded to teach as an adjunct instructor at a number of colleges and universities until I learned that Bethel University had instituted an art major and needed to hire a faculty member with an MFA!  I immediately applied for the position and was fortunate enough to be hired 2011.

In 2004, I was married to the love of my life, Megan:

After 20 years, a lot more gray at my temples and in my beard, considerably longer hair on my head, and one late-arrival daughter, our family looks a bit different:

We took this photo after our strenuous hike at Fall Creek Falls State Park, which you can learn about HERE.  It was a tough hike down to the bottom of the water fall you can see behind us and back up again, but it was gorgeous and worth it!

Our daughter, Augustana, is almost 9 years old and a bundle of energy.  I have passed along to her my love of Star Wars and art and she is obsessed with The Nightmare Before Christmas, unicorns, and dancing.  She also never stops talking.  Never.  Ever.

 

 

I am looking forward to an interesting semester filled with unique work from all of you!  Here we go!