Intern Introductions – Cole Thornton

Read below for a short interview with gallery intern Cole Thornton! Keep checking back on the blog as we continue to introduce our entire team.

  1. Name: Cole Thornton
  2. Hometown: Nashville, TN
  3. Class year: Junior
  4. Major: Art history
  5. Why did you intern in the gallery?: I had some friends who did it and I was interested in getting experience working with exhibits!
  6. What has been your favorite memory from the job?: Driving Around Yinka Shonibare!
  7. Favorite Artist/work and why?: Francis Bacon. He isn’t necessarily my favorite, but I think his painting is some of the most emotionally powerful I have seen, and it made me like surrealism more.
  8. Hobbies?: I am a trip leader for Davidson Outdoors, so I like the outdoors. I also like to read.
  9. Little known fact: I went abroad to Florence, Italy!
  10. And finally, if you could have a meal with anyone dead or alive, who would it be and why?: Lady Gaga so I can stream LG6.