TIM ROLLINS AND K.O.S.

BIOGRAPHY

Rollins:
Born in Pittsfield, Maine, 1955. Education: University of Maine, Augusta, Maine, A.S., 1976. School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY, B.F.A., 1978. New York University, Department of Art Education, NYC, NY, 1980. Teaching: New York Marxist School, NYC, NY, 1980-1981. Learning to Read Through the Arts Program, NYC, NY, 1980-1982. I.S. #52, South Bronx, New York, 1982-1987. Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California at Davis, 1995. School of Visual Arts, 1997. Co-Founded Group Material, NYC, NY, 1979. Founded K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) and the Art and Knowledge Workshop, Inc., South Bronx, New York, 1982. Lives in NYC, NY.

KOS Current Members:
Angel Abreu, born Philadelphia, 1974, currently attending University of Washington, Seattle.
Nelson Savinon, born New York City, 1971.
Jorge Abreu, born New York City, 1979, currently attending Bard College, New York.
Robert Branch, born New York City, 1977, currently attending Cooper Union, New York City.
Emanuel Carvajal, born New York City, 1981, currently attending State University of New York, Purchase, New York.
Daniel Castillo, born New York City, 1982, currently attending Landmark High School, New York City.
Roberto Roman, born New York City, 1983, currently attending Monroe Academy of Art, New York City.
Cedric Constant, born Antigua, 1983, currently attending the High School of Art and Design, New York City
Alan Johnson, born Barbados, 1983, currently attending the High School of Art and Design, New York City
Luis Santiago Pagan, Jr., born New York City, 1983
Quincy Bass, born Atlanta, Georgia, 1978, currently attending Cooper Union, New York City.
Michael Adetutu, born Germany, 1984, currently attending IS 52, New York City.

SOLO SHOWS

1980
Education Building Gallery, New York University, New York.

1985
Hostos Community College, Bronx, New York.

1986
Jay Gorney Modern Art, NYC, NY.
Fashion Moda, South Bronx, New York.
State University of New York, Old Westbury, New York.
Jay Gorney Modern Art, NYC, NY.

1987
Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Knight Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.

1988
Jay Gorney Modern Art, NYC, NY.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland.
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England.
Riverside Studios, London, England.
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Galeria La Maquina Espanola, Madrid, Spain.

1989
Jay Gorney Modern Art, NYC, NY.
Johnen & Schottle, Koln, West Germany.
Dia Art Foundation, NYC, NY.
Interim Art, London, England.

1990
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
Crown Point Press, NYC, NY, and San Francisco, California.
Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California.
Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, West Germany.
State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, New York.
Crown Point Press, NYC, NY, and San Francisco, California.
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, New York.

1991
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.

1992
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY. Crown Point Press, San Francisco, California.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
La Casa d'Arte, Milan, Italy.

1993
Fundacion Para el Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.

1994
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Grand Central Terminal, NYC, NY.

1995
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY.

1996
"Kommos," Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.

1997
"Tim Rollins and KOS: Fifteen Years of Art and Teaching," Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
"Prometheus Bound," Academy Theatre Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
"Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: The Psalms," Youth Art Connection, Atlanta, GA

1998
"Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Kids Across America," University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
"Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Fifteen Years of Art and Teaching," Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH
"Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: I See the Promised Land," John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY
"Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: The Strength to Love," The Greenville College Art Gallery, Greenville, IL
"Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: Fifteen Years of Art and Teaching," University Art Museum, SUNY, Albany, NY
Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Zeum, San Francisco, CA
Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO.
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, U.K.
New York State Art Museum, Albany, N.Y.
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Utrecht Academy of the Arts, Utrecht, Netherlands

1999
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University
Trinity Christian College, Chicago, I11.
Robert Livingston Magnet Junior High School, Albany, N.Y.

2000
Baumgartner Gallery, New York
Wood Street Galleries, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA.
The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, N.Y.
The De Young Memorial Art Museum, San Francisco, CA.
Crow Shadow Institute, Pendleton, OR.

GROUP SHOWS

1980
"Inaugural Exhibition," Group Material, NYC, NY.

1982
"Alternatives," The City Gallery, Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC, NY.
"Atlanta," Group Material, NYC, NY.
"The Atomic Salon," Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC, NY.

1983
"Artists' Call," Brooke Alexander Gallery, NYC, NY.
"Timeline," P.S. 1., Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York.
"The War Show," State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York.
"The State of the Art: The New Social Commentary," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NYC, NY.
"Act/React," S.P.A.R.C., Los Angeles, California.
"Primer," Artists Space, NYC, NY.
"The 1984 Show," Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC, NY.

1984
"New Art of the Decade," Artists Space, NYC, NY.
"Identity and Illusion," Sarah Lawrence College, NYC, NY.
"Ansatzpunkte kritischer Kunst heute," Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, West Germany.
"Ansatzpunkte kritischer Kunst heute," Neue Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin, West Germany.
Colby College, Waterville, Maine.
"Olympiad," Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
"Art for or Against," Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, New York.

1985
"20/20," B.K. Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Plainsville, Ohio.
"Alarm Clock," Royal-Festival Hall, London.
"Disinformation," Alternative Museum, NYC.
"Biennial," The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY. ("Americana," Installation by Group Material)
"Public Art," Nexus Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Social Studies," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NYC, NY.

1986
"Liberty and Justice," Alternative Museum, NYC, NY.
Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The New Museum, NYC, NY.
"Gallery Artists," Jay Gorney Modern Art.
"Art And Its Double," Centro Cultural de Barcelona, Spain.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Brooke Alexander Gallery, NYC, NY. "Benefit for The Kitchen," Brooke Alexander Gallery, NYC, NY
"Text and Image," Holly Solomon Gallery, NYC, NY.
"for encima Del Bloqueo," Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.

1987
"Art And Its Double," Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Spain.
"Out of the Studio: Art with Community," P.S.1., Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York.
"Perverted by Language," Hillwood Gallery, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York.
"Resistance - Anti-Baudrillard," White Columns, NYC, NY.
"The Art of the Real," Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland.
"A Different Corner, Definition and Redefinition - Painting in America," I Bienal Internaticional de Pintura, Museo de Art Moderna, Cuenca, Ecuador.

1988
"Romance," Knight Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Longwood Art Gallery, South Bronx, New York.
"Similia/Dissimilia," Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, West Germany.
"Similia/Dissimilia," Leo Castelli Gallery, Sonnabend Gallery, and Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, NYC, NY.
"Documenta 8," Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, West Germany.
"Artchildren, Artselves," City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey.
"New York Art Now," The Saatchi Collection, London, England.
"Constitution," Temple University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Selections from X," Damon Brandt Gallery, NYC, NY.
"Recent Tendencies in Black and White," Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC, NY.
"The Beauty of Circumstance," Josh Baer Gallery, NYC, NY.
"Art Against AIDS," Jay Gorney Modern Art, NYC, NY.
"Walk Out to Winter," Bess Cutler Gallery, NYC, NY.
"Committed to Print," The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY. "ROSC '88," Dublin, Ireland.
Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Aperto '88," La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy.
"The Binational/Die Binationale, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Massachusetts.
"The Binational/Die Binationale, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, West Germany.
Jay Gorney Modern Art, NYC, NY.

1989
"Horn of Plenty," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
"Word and Image," Lehman College, Bronx, New York.
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.
"A Good Read: The Book as a Metaphor," Barbara Toll Fine Arts, NYC, NY.
"A Decade of American Drawing, 1980-1989," Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
"The Library: Artist's Books," A/D Gallery, NYC, NY.
"A Perspective on Contemporary Art: Color and/or Monochrome," The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
"Editions Schellmann," The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY. 1990 Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Insect Politics: Body Horror/Social Order," Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York.
"The Age of Information," Andrea Ruggieri Gallery, Washington, DC.
"Works on Paper," La Casa d'Arte , Milan, Italy.
"First TyneInternational Exhibition of Contemporary Art,"Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
"The Decade Show," Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art/The New Museum of Contemporary Art/The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC, NY.
"Pharmakon '90," Nippon Convention Center, Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
"Gallery Artists," Galeria La Maquina Espanola, Madrid, Spain.
"Language in Art," The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
"Word As Image: American Art 1960-90," Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
"Word As Image: American Art 1960-90," Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
"Word As Image: American Art 1960-90," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas.
"Art Meets Science and Spirituality in a Changing Economy," Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
"Benefit for Andrew Glover Youth Program," Josh Baer Gallery, NYC, NY.
Trans Avant-Garde Gallery, San Francisco, California.
"Team Spirit," Independent Curators Incorporated, NYC, NY.
"ACT-UP Auction for Action: Benefit Auction and Exhibit," Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC, NY.
Jay Gorney Modern Art, NYC, NY.
"Price of Power," Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio.
"Oh, Those Four White Walls!: The Gallery as Context," Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Stripes," Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
"3 Tage Umhausen," Umhausen, Austria.
"Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Michael Jenkins, Tim Rollins and KOS," Jay Gorney Modern Art, NYC, NY.

1991
"Reimaging America," Momenta Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Words and #s," Museum of Contemporary Art, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
"Biennial," The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY.
"The Library of Babel: Books to Infinity," Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York.
"Mute," Solo Gallery/Solo Press, NYC, NY.
"Carnegie International," The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"Transpositions," University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, Florida.
"Connected Past," Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Devil on the Stairs: Looking Back on the Eighties," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1992
"Devil on the Stairs: Looking Back on the Eighties," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California.
"Doubletake: Collective Memory and Current Art," Hayward Gallery, London, England.
"Drawing Now: New Spaces," The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY.
"15th Anniversary Exhibition," Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
"The Power of the City/The City of Power," The Whitney Museum of American Art Downtown at Federal Reserve Plaza, NYC, NY.
"Quotations: The Second History of Art," The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, ***
"Quotations: The Second History of Art," Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio.
"Doubletake: Collective Memory and Current Art," Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria.
"Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1993
"Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon," Connecticut Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut.
"Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon" Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan.
"Die Sprache der Kunst - The Language of Art", Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria.

1994
"Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon," Anacostia Museum, Washington, DC.
"Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon," Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
"Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon," Yerba Buena Center for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California.
"Public Interventions," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art," The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY.
"Gewalt - Geschaefte," Neue Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany.

1995
"Zeichen & Wunder," Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
"Zeichen & Wunder," Centro Calego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
"Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art," UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
"Word for Word," Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania.
"Contemporary Drawing: Exploring the Territory," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado.
"Celebration of the Spirit," Oklahoma City Hall, Oklahoma City, OK

1996
"Imagined Communities," Oldham Art Gallery, Oldham, England.
"Bronx Spaces," The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York.
"Deformations: Aspects of the Modern Grotesque," The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY.
"Youth Matters," Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, Niagara, New York.
"Youth Matters," Centre Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL.
"Thinking Print," Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY.

1997
"The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.
"More Than One: Twentieth Century Print Portfolios," Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY.
"Changing Spaces," Youth Art Connection, Atlanta, GA.
"The Dual Muse," Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO.

1998
"The Rites of Spring " PPOW, N.Y.

1999
"Dream City" Kunstverein Munchen, Munich, Germany
"Points of Departure - Art on the Line " Narberth, PA.
"Almost Warm and Fuzzy - Childhood and Contemporary Art " Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Tate Gallery, London, U.K.

2000
"The American Century : 1950 - 2000" The Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y.
"Collective Art Practice" les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France

COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS

1987
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA Knight Gallery, Spirit Square Arts Center
Workshops with twelve area youth, ages 12 - 16 , from private, public and neighborhood arts centers for the making of AMERIKA IX ( after the novel Amerika by Franz Kafka ) now in the permanent collection of the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte.

1988
BATHGATE AVENUE, SOUTH BRONX Community Elementary School No. 4
Mural workshops with a class of 12 fifth-grade special education students , teachers, staff and parents to create the design for AMERIKA - FOR THE PEOPLE OF BATHGATE - a 60 x 40 ' permanent mural sponsored by The Public Art Fund, The Port Authority of the City of New York and the Board of Education of the City of New York. This mural won the "Award for Excellence in Design" from the Arts Commission of the City of New York.

HAMMERSMITH, LONDON Riverside Studios
Workshops with 18 teenagers from the Hammersmith neighborhood in London for the creation of a painting based on THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE by Stephen Crane.

DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND Orchard Gallery
Workshops with 12 teenagers from the Creggan neighborhood of Derry for the making of a painting based on THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. The finished work is now in the permanent collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS The Institute of Contemporary Art
Workshops with 18 teenagers from alternative high schools in the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods in Boston to make a large-scale painting AMERIKA - FOR THOREAU.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA The Walker Art Center,
Workshops with a class of 18 students from Franklin Junior High School in collaboration with the Department of Education at the Walker Art Center for the making of AMERIKA XI.

1990
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Columbus College and The Harold Washington Public Library
Workshops with 18 teenage students from The City of Chicago Public Schools commissioned to create AMERIKA - FOR THE AUTHORS OF CHICAGO , a site-specific work incorporating fifty Chicago-based novelists, poets, lyricists and composers for the Chicago Authors Reading Room of the Harold Washington Public Library.

1991
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA The Carnegie Museum of Art
Workshops with 19 Pittsburgh area public school students in the making of THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTONY - THE FORMS ( after Gustave Flaubert ) for exhibition in the 1991 Carnegie International. The work is now in the permanent collection of The Carnegie Museum of Art. Workshops were conducted in collaboration with the Dept. of Education of the Carnegie Museum of Art.

1992
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Workshops with 18 high school students from the Washington, D.C. area on ANIMAL FARM 1992, a 9 x 45' painting based on the novel of the same title by George Orwell. Workshops were conducted at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the painting has been exhibited at the Hirshhorn Museum and Grand Central Station in New York City.

1993
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO Fundacion Para el Artre Contemporaneo
As part of the inaugural exhibition of the Fundacion, several members of K.O.S. and Rollins travelled to Mexico City to create a work in situ based on THE SCARLET LETTER ( after Hawthorne.)

1994
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Workshops with a group of junior-high and high school students from drop-out prevention programs in the Winston-Salem public schools conducted at the Petree Middle School and Independence High School. The work created THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE - WINSTON-SALEM is a promised gift to the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, North Carolina.

1995
SOUTH BRONX, NEW YORK The Bronx Juvenile Detention Center
Workshops with 8 teenager residents to create designs for large-scale paintings and sculpture based on themes drawn from THE ILIAD and THE ODYSSEY of Homer. Commissioned by the Percent for Art Program, the Department of Juvenile Justice and the General Services Administration of the City of New York, the final works will be on permanent display in the public spaces of the new Bronx Juvenile Detention Center, Westchester Avenue, Bronx , beginning 1998. These works received the "Award for Excellence in Design" from the Arts Commission of the City of New York.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA The Kaledoscope Program for Children
Workshops with kindergarten children in the making of drawings, paintings and designs based on THE FROGS after the 405 B.C. comedy by Aristophanes.

QUARTZ MOUNTAIN, OKLAHOMA The Celebration of the Spirit, Oklahoma Arts Institute
Workshop with teenage survivors of the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The group produced a collaborative painting based on THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, now part of the permanent collection of the Oklahoma Arts Institute.

1996
TAMPA, FLORIDA The University of South Florida, Department of Public Art
Workshop with 40 K- 12th grade students from Tampa area public schools in the production of designs based on THE FROGS of Aristophanes and AMERIKA by Franz Kafka for the making of large-scale indoor public murals for the new Anchin Education Building at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

1997
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA Young Lives and the Oklahoma City Public Schools
Workshop with 14 at-risk teenagers from the Southwest neighborhood of Oklahoma City to create a large-scale painting " THE NATURE THEATRE OF OKLAHOMA" now in the permanent collection of the Oklahoma Art Museum. Workshops were sponsored by Young Lives, Inc., the Kirkpatrick Foundation and in cooperation with the Oklahoma City Public Schools.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA   Youth Arts Connection with the Fabric Workshop and Museum "Changing Spaces"
Workshop involved 14 teenagers from the Atlanta area to create a large-scale work based on THE PSALMS from the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Organized by Youth Arts Connection, a program of The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta in cooperation the Arts Festival Atlanta and The Fabric Workshop and Museum's exhibition "Changing Spaces."

1998
ALBANY, NEW YORK   University Art Museum, University of Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY
Rollins worked with fifteen area elementary, junior and senior high school students in creating a 24-panel watercolor and collage work based on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by William Shakespeare. The work was acquired by the University Art Museum for its permanent collection.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS   Studio Air
Rollins worked with STUDIO AIR, an art and design studio workshop for teenagers from the Southshore community in Chicago. Twelve teens produced the same number of india ink, oil pastel and collage on bookpages based on the PROMETHEUS BOUND of Aeschylus. A group dialogue concerning the issues of the ancient play was recorded and posted on the Rollins and K.O.S. website sponsored by Dia Center for the Arts in New York City. Work will continue with Studio Air members throughout the year, culminating in a finished work to be exhibitied at the Rhona Hoffman Gallery in February 1999.

KANSAS CITY, MO. Grand Arts
Rollins and several members of K.O.S. worked with 19 Kansas City teenagers to produce a large exhibition in situ at Grand Arts. The team made works based on Ellison's INVISIBLE MAN, a large scale ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN ( after Mark Twain ) , AMERIKA ( after Kafka ) , INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL ( after Harriet Jacob's PROMETHEUS BOUND ( after Aeschylus ) and a special installation I SEE THE PROMISED LAND (after Rev. Dr. King .) K.O.S. also conducted a special workshop with elementary school children in the education studios of the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum to create a small work based on THE FROGS of Aristophanes . )
BRISTOL, U.K. Multi-A
Rollins and K.O.S. worked with 24 teens from at the studios of Mufti-A, a non-profit interdisciplinary youth arts program based in Bristol. The group created a large scale, mufti paneled work inspired by the PROMETHEUS BOUND of Aeschylus that was exhibited at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol.
ALBANY, N.Y. The New York State Museum
To commemorate Black History Month, Rollins conducted workshops inspired by Rev. Dr. King's I SEE THE PROMISED LAND with over fifty elementary school children and twelve teen mentors. The installation produced featured over 50 works on paper and were exhibited at the New York State Art Museum.
BOSTON, MASS. Boston University, Department of Art Education
Rollins and K.O.S. members worked with selected artistically talented or interested teenagers to produce a single painting based on the PROMETHEUS BOUND of Aeschylus. The final work was exhibited at the Barbara Krakow Gallery in Boston and at the Boston University Art Gallery.
RICHMOND, CA. Bay Area Center for Performing Arts
Rollins worked with several elementary school students at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts to create the first single work based on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM after the play by William Shakespeare. The work was exhibited at the Berkeley Art Museum.

1999

CHICAGO, ILL. University of Illinois in Chicago
Rollins and members of K.O.S. worked in collaboration with 12 youth from Studio Air, an alternative arts program based in the South Side of Chicago to create several large works based on the INVISIBLE MAN of Ralph Ellison, I SEE THE PROMISED LAND ( after the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. ) and ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain, The works were exhibited at the Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago.

ALBANY, N.Y. Robert Livingston Junior High Magnet School
Rollins worked with 12 Albany junior high students to create 14 works on paper commemorating the life and works of Paul Robeson. The works were commissioned by the Albany Public School, and are on permanent display at the Livingston Magnet School.

MUNICH, GERMANY Munich Public Schools, Siemens Kulturprogram and the Munich Kunstverein
Rollins worked in collaboration with 24 elementary school students from the Munich public schools to create another installation inspired by Rev. Dr. King's I SEE THE PROMISED LAND. Works created by the students with Rollins were exhibited in their school, in the galleries of the Munich Kunstverein and in public sites throughout the city as part of the "DREAM CITY" exhibition organized by the Siemens Kulturprogram.

MEMPHIS TENN. Memphis Public Schools and the Echoes of Truth Arts Program
Rollins worked with 24 artistically gifted and at-risk Memphis teenagers to create several drawings and paintings inspired by Ellison's INVISIBLE MAN and I SEE THE PROMISED LAND ( after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. )

LOWER MERION PA. Lower Merion Public Schools, Points of Departure - Art on the Line
Rollins worked with 18 at-risk tens to create designs for two murals. both inspired by AMERIKA by Franz Kafka and each measuring 5 x 125 feet each. The murals were in a pedestrian tunnel at the Narberth, Pa. train station as part of the public art exhibition points of Departure - Art on the Line.

DES MOINES, IOWA The Des Moines Art Center, PACE Youth Program
Rollins worked with 18 first and second time teenage juvenile offenders to create a painting based on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM after William Shakespeare. The final work was acquired by the Des Moines Art Center for its permanent collection and is being exhibited nationally in a group show organized by the Center, " ALMOST WARM AND FUZZY: CHILDHOOD AND CONTEMPORARY ART "


2000

PITTSBURGH, PA The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, The Wood Street Galleries, Liberty Magnet School, The Pittsburgh Public Schools
Rollins worked with 24 elementary school students to create a single work inspired by A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM after William Shakespeare. The completed watercolor and collage painting was exhibited at the Wood Street Galleries and is in the permanent collection of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, on long-term loan to the Liberty Magnet School.

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. The Hyde Collection Education Department
Rollins worked with 12 participants in the arts program conducted at The Hyde Collection to create another painting based on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The work was exhibited with several other K.O.S. works at the museum.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE Les Abattoirs Center for Contemporary Art
Rollins worked with 12 teenagers from a local vocational school to produce a large scale installation inspired by I SEE THE PROMISED LAND after Rev. Dr. King. The installation is part of the exhibition COLLECTIVE ART PRACTICE at Les Abattoirs.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. The De Young Memorial Art Museum, Artist's Studio Program
Rollins K.O.S. members, members of the San Francisco Ballet and at-risk students from Franklin Junior High School created a painting based on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM to be exhibited at the De Young and at Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco.

PENDLETON, OREGON Crow Shadow Institute
Rollins and K.O.S. members collaborated with 24 Native American elementary and secondary school students to create a work inspired by A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM after Shakespeare. The completed painting will be exhibited at the Crow Shadow Institute.

BRISTOL, U.K. Multi-A
Rollins and K.O.S. returned to Bristol to work with over fifty young artists ranging ages nine through sixteen to create several paintings and works on paper inspired by Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM to be exhibited throughout the U.K.

MEMPHIS, TENN. Memphis City Public Schools, Echoes of Truth Arts Program
Rollins and members of K.O.S. worked with 24 Memphis school students ( many returning from their past workshop experiences ) to create a large scale work based on INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL after Harriet Jacobs. This painting. along with others produced by Memphis youth in collaboration with K.O.S. will be exhibited in Memphis in the fall 2000 at a venue to be determined.

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Cameron, Dan, "Image and Quotation," ARTICS (Barcelona), January 1987.
Walker, Richard W., "The Saatchi Factor," ART NEWS, January 1987.
Fisher, Jean, "Tim Rollins + Kids of Survival," ARTFORUM, January 1987, p. 111. (illus: "By Any Means Necessary - 1965," p. 111, B/W).
Lipson, Karin, "Creativity With the Public's Blessing," NEWSDAY, 2 February 1987.
Brenson, Michael, "Art: 'Out of the Studio, Community Settings "', THE NEW YORK TIMES. 6 February 1987.
Staff, "Los K.O.S., un grupo de muchachos del Bronx que irrumpe en el Mercado del Arte Neoyorquino," EL PAIS, 11 February 1987.
Jones, Ronald, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," FLASH ART, March 1987, p. 107. (illus: "By Any Means Necessary - 1965," p. 107, B/W).
Power, Kevin, "Art & Its Double," FLASH ART, March 1987, p. 113.
Nickas, Robert, "Art & Its Double," FLASH ART, March 1987, pp. 113-114.
Indiana, Gary, "Tim Rollins & K.O.S. at Jay Gorney Modern Art," ART IN AMERICA, March 1987 pp. 137-138
Levin, Kim, "The Double Bind," THE VILLAGE VOICE, 10 March 1987.
Brooks, Rosetta, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S. (Kids of Survival)," ARTSCRIBE, May 1987, pp. 40-47.
Cameron, Dan, "Art and Its Double," FLASH ART, May 1987, pp. 57-72.
Pincus-Witten, Robert, "Electrostatic Cling, or the Massacre of Innocence," ARTSCRIBE, July 1987.
Zimmer, William, "Summer Splendors Outside the City," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 1 August 1987.
Allthorpe-Guyton, Macjorie, "NY Art Now - The Saatchi Collection, London," FLASH ART, September 1987.
Januszczak, Waldemar, "Artful Dodge in the Bronx," THE GUARDIAN (London), 22 September 1987.
Kent, Sarah, "Bronx Break," TIME-OUT, 23 September 1987.
Artner, Alan G., "Kids' Artistic View of Books a Noble Effort," THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 13 November 1987.
Morell, Ricki, "New York Art Program Visits N.C.," THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 22 November 1987.
Pass, Louise, "Tim Rollins + His Kids of Survival," THE ARTS JOURNAL, December 1987.
Brenson, Michael, "Similia/Dissimilia," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 18 December 1987.
White, Pat, "Show of Children's Art Tells Tale of Two Cities," THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 21 December 1987.
Hess, Elizabeth, "Graffiti R.I.P," THE VILLAGE VOICE, 22 December 1987.
Sola, Michael, "Just Take It Step By Step - An Interview with Tim Rollins and the Kids of Survival Crew," RADICAL TEACHER MAGAZINE, January 1988.
Russell, John, "At The Saatchi Collection: A Thin Show of NY Art," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 3 January 1988, p. H27.
Martin, Mary Abbe, "Bronx Artist Directs Local Student Effort," THE STAR TRIBUNE (Minneapolis), 8 January 1988.
Di Mattia, Joseph, "Tim Rollins' Survival Course," ARTPAPER, February 1988.
Kessler, Jane, "Kids of Survival: Tim Rollins & K.O.S.," ART PAPERS, March 1988.
Scanlan, Joseph, "Tim Rollins & K.O.S. at Rhona Hoffman," DIALOGUE, March 1988.
Hess, Elizabeth, "Burning Issues," THE VILLAGE VOICE, 29 March 1988.
Beller, Thomas, "Tim Rollins & K.O.S.," SPLASH, April 1988.
Smith, Roberta, "Artworks that Strike Up Conversations with Viewers," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 1 April 1988.
Mahoney, Robert, "Reading Art: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," NEW YORK PRESS, 13 Apri1 1988.
Temin, Christine, "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE, 17 April 1988.
Kuspit, Donald, "Crowding the Picture: Notes on American Activist Art Today," ARTFORUM, May 1988, pp. 111-117.
Cameron, Dan, "The Art of Survival: A Conversation with Tim Rollins & K.O.S." ARTS MAGAZINE, June 1988, pp. 80-83.
Graham-Dixon, Andrew, "From the Bronx to Hammersmith: Tim Rollins & K.O.S. Beyond Child's Play," THE INDEPENDENT, 26 July 1988.
Hilton, Tim, "Holding Up a Mirror," THE GUARDIAN (London), 27 July 1988.
Lee, David, "Classics From the Street," THE TIMES (London), 27 July 1988.
Bredin, Lucinda, "A Touch of Art Class," THE EVENING STANDARD, 28 July 1988.
Feaver, William, "A Trio of American Dreamers," THE SUNDAY OBSERVER, 31 July 1988.
Hilton, Tim, "Kid's Stuff," THE GUARDIAN (London), 3 August 1988.
Staff, "Tim Rollins & K.O.S. Working at Riverside Studios," CITY LIMITS, 4 August 1988.
Koslow, Francine A., "Tim Rollins & K.O.S.: The Art of Survival," THE PRINT COLLECTOR'S NEWSLETTER, September 1988.
Staff, "Tim Rollins & K.O.S. in London Again," FLASH ART NEWS, October 1988.
Staff, "Kids of Survival," YOUNG CITIZEN, October 1988.
Rankin-Reid, Jane, "Tim Rollins & K.O.S.," TEMA CELESTE, October 1988.
Glueck, Grace, "Survival Kids Transform Classics to Murals," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 13 November 1988.
Nilson, Lisbet, "From Dead End to Avant-Garde," ART NEWS, December 1988, pp. 132-137.
Cano, Vicente Carreton, "Tim Rollins y K.O.S. El Arte frente a la marginacion social," VOGUE ESPANA, December 1988.
Leigh, Christian, "Art on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," CONTEMPORANEA, January 1989, pp. 99-103. (illus: "Scarlet Letter I," p. 100, C).
Adams, Jill M., "Art from the Heart," SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE, March 1989.
Stapen, Nancy, "The Medium Has a Message," ELLE MAGAZINE, March 1989.
Brenson, Michael, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S. at Jay Gorney Modern Art," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 12 May 1989.
Mc Fadyean, Melanie, "The Art of Survival," THE GUARDIAN (London), 13 May 1989.
Levin, Kim, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S. at Jay Gorney Modern Art," THE VILLAGE VOICE, 23 May 1989.
Campitelli, Maria, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," JULIET ART MAGAZINE, June 1989.
Rollins, Tim, "Collaboration: Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," PARKETT, June 1989, pp. 34-41.
Berman, Marshall, "Can These Ruins Live?," PARKETT, June 1989, pp. 42-55.
K.O.S., "Dialogue 5," PARKETT, June 1989, pp. 56-73.
Fairbrother, Trevor, "We Make Art in the Future Tense," PARKETT, June 1989, pp. 74-91.
Staff, "Statements: Wonderkids Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," PARKETT, June 1989, pp. 92-115.
Stumm, Reinhardt, "Beuys-Preis nach New York," BASLER ZEITUNG, 24 June 1989.
Gablik, Suzi, "Making Art as if the World Mattered: Some Models of Creative Partnership," UTNE READER, July 1989.
Milward, John, "The Teacher from Graffiti to Avant-Garde," SPECIAL REPORT, August 1989.
Faust, Gretchen, "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," ARTS MAGAZINE, September 1989, p. 94.
Levin, Kim, "Studio Visits," MIRABELLA, September 1989, p. 96.
Staff, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," BIJUTSU TECHO, September 1989.
Woodruff, Mark, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," TAXI MAGAZINE, October 1989, p. 96.
Gookin, Kirby, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," ARTFORUM, October 1989, pp. 170-171.
Myers, Terry R., "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," FLASH ART, October 1989.
Staff, "Moderner Kunst in New York," MISS VOGUE, October 1989.
Heymer, Kay, "Tim Rollins & K.O.S.," TEMA CELESTE, October 1989, p. 74.
Staff, "Amerika the Beautiful," WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY, 23 October 1989.
Wallach, Amei, "Survival Art, 101," NEW YORK NEWSDAY, 30 October 1989.
Reininghaus, Alexandra, "Uberleben im Dschungel der Grosstadt," ART, November 1989, pp. 150-156.
Nesbitt, Lois, "Drawn from the South Bronx," NEW YORK WOMAN, November 1989.
Smith, Roberta, "Amerika, by Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 3 November 1989.
Kramer, Hilton, "South Bronx Children's Art at Dia: Buoyant, Cheerful, Well Executed," THE NEW YORK OBSERVER, 6 November 1989.
Sundell, Margaret, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S. at Dia Art Foundation," SEVEN DAYS, 15 November 1989.
Frank, Elizabeth, "Art's Off-the-Wall Critic: Philosopher Arthur Danto," THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, 19 November 1989.
Larson, Kay, "Coming to Amerika...," NEW YORK MAGAZINE, 20 November 1989.
Staff, "Self Portrait by Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," THE NEW YORKER, 20 November 1989.
Helfand, Glen, "AIDS Reality Enters Art: Group Material Stages AIDS Timeline at Berkeley," ARTWEEK, 30 November 1989.
Adams, Brooks, "Kids at Work," INTERVIEW, December 1989.
Lippard, Lucy R., "America, Amerika: Art Against the Odds," Z MAGAZINE, December 1989.
Buck, Louise, "Survival Art," ARENA, December 1989.
Taylor, Paul, "Bronx Revival," VOGUE, January 1990, pp. 114-117.
Lewallen, Constance, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.: Interview," VIEW, January 1990.
Decter, Joshua, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.: The Workshop has Survived because we love each other," FLASH ART, January 1990.
Cyphers, Peggy, "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," ARTS MAGAZINE, January 1990, p. 94.
Mc Nally, Owen, "High Art Meets the Streets," THE HARTFORD COURANT, 14 January 1990.
Staff, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," THE NEW YORKER, 22 January 1990, p. 22.
Tanaka, Hiroko, "Art in New York: Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," HI FASHION MAGAZINE, February 1990, pp. 158-159.
Tallman, Susan, "Cultural Literacy," ARTS MAGAZINE, March 1990, pp. 17-18.
Beard, Steve, "Proust in Five Minutes," ARTSCRIBE, March 1990.
Kaplan, Steven, "Actualite/Expositions: Tim Rollins + K.O.S. at Dia Art Foundation," ETC., MONTREAL, REVUE DE L'ART ACTUEL, April 1990.
Lerch, Liliane, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," PROGRAMM-ZEITUNG, May 1990.
Staff, "Kunst und Erziehung," BASLER ZEITUNG, 17 May 1990.
Schiess, Robert, "Rollins' 'Kids of Survival' Uberleben mit Kunst," BASELLANDSCHAFTLICHE ZEITUNG, 21 May 1990.
Pfeifer, Tadeus, "Faszinosum des Amorphen," BASLER ZEITUNG, 25 May 1990, p. 49.
Kimmelman, Michael, "The Force of Conviction Stirred by the 80s," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 27 May 1990.
Ariel, Laura, "Schuler-Kunstler in New York," NEUE ZURCHER ZEITUNG, 23 June 1990, p. 27.
Rose, Frank, "Last Laugh," NEW YORK MAGAZINE, 25 June 1990, pp. 46-52.
Staff, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SWITZERLAND, July 1990.
Staff, "Selbsthilfe mit Kunst," DER BUND (Bern), 18 July 1990.
Fenn, Walter, "Birder der Verwesung," NURNBERGER NACHRICHTEN, 2 August 1990, p. 38.
Forstbauer, Nikolai B., "Kunstkinder aus der Bronx," STUTTGARTER NACHRICHTEN, 29 August 1990.
Bail, Petra, "Uber-Lebenshilfe," STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG, 30 August 1990.
Renton, Andrew, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.: An Open Book," ART & DESIGN/NEW ART INTERNATIONAL, September 1990, pp. 78-81.
Baker, Kenneth, "Temptation," ARTFORUM, October 1990, pp. 125-132.
Helfand, Glen, "Radical Art Survives the Bronx in Style," SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY, 17 October 1990, pp. 1, 13-14.
van Haaren, H., "Overkunsten opvoeding," CAHIER 2, November 1990.
Graw, Isabelle, "Wohitat," ARTIS, November 1990.
Jolles, Claudia, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," DAS KUNST-BULLETIN, November 1990, pp. 38-47.
Meinhardt, Johannes, "The Temptation of Saint Antony in Basel and Stuttgart," KUNSTFORUM, November 1990.
Staff, "Collaborative Spirit," MOMA MEMBERS QUARTERLY, January 1991.
Reisman, David, "Looking Forward: Activist Post-Modern Art," TEMA CELESTE, January 1991, pp. 58-62.
Raven, Arlene, "Closing the Gap: Impacting the Culture," ART PAPERS, March 1991.
Kuoni, Carin, "Arbeiten an der New Yorker Peripherie," KUNSTFORUM INTERNATIONAL, March 1991, pp. 316-323.
Levin, Kim, "Collective Conscious: Contemporary Sculpture Collaborations," SCULPTURE, March 1991, pp. 32-39.
Staff, "The Crown Prints: Meet the Press," SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 28 April 1991, pp. 16-18.
Decker, Andrew, "The 1991 Whitney Biennial: Provocation and Beauty," VIS A VIS, May 1991, p. 22.
Struzzi, Diane, "Art Academy: A Dream Come True?," THE BRONX BEAT, 1 May 1991, p. 6.
Staff, "South Bronx Art Academy," ART IN AMERICA, June 1991, p. 33.
Lasswell, Mark, "True Colors," NEW YORK MAGAZINE, 29 July 1991, pp. 30-38.
Hershkovits, David, "The Kids Are Alright," PAPER, September 1991, pp. 18-19.
Mc Craken, David, "Gallery Scene: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 25 October 1991, Section 7, p. 82.
Muschamp, Herbert, "Creativity in Design as an Urban Survival Skill," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 15 December 1991, p. H36.
Hixson, Kathryn, "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," ARTS MAGAZINE, January 1992, pp. 89-90.
Baker, Kenneth, "The 1991 Carnegie International," ARTSPACE, January 1992, pp. 80-85.
Carvalho, Bernardo, "Garotos do Bronx pintam com sangue na era da AIDS," FOLHA DE S. PAULO, 23 April 1992, p. 10.
Staff, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," THE NEW YORKER, 25 May 1992, p. 18.
Barrio-Garay, Jose Luis, "Cronica de Nueva York: La Bienal," GOYA, June 1992, pp. 96-98.
Jinkner-Lloyd, Amy, "Report from Pittsburgh: Musing on Museology," ART IN AMERICA June 1997, pp. 44-51.
Smith, Roberta, "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 19 June 1992, p. C16.
Barrio-Garay, Jose Luis, "Tim Rollins y K.O.S.," GOYA, July 1992, p. 105.
Colsman-Freyberger, Heidi, "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," ROKUGATSU NO KAZE, August 1992, pp. 20-23.
Bourdon, David, "Critic's Diary: Seeing It All, or Six Weeks in Manhattan Galleries," ART IN AMERICA, September 1992, pp. 51-61.
Burchar, Hank, "Political Animals on Parade," THE WASHINGTON POST, 18 September 1992, Weekend Section, p. 61.
Lane, Ingrid Groller, "Barnyard Full of Big Shots," THE WASHINGTON POST, 24 September 1992, p. DC5.
Kastor, Elizabeth, "Kids with the Art of Survival," THE WASHINGTON POST, 26 September 1992, p. D1.
Bass, Ruth, "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," ART NEWS, October 1992, p. 128.
Staff, "Public Art With Function: Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," BIJUTSU TECHO, August 1993, p. 44.
Giovannini, Joseph, "Beacon of Hope," HARPER'S BAZAAR, October 1993.
Leggewie, Claus, "Birder der Kids aus dem Getto," MERIAN, December 1993, pp. 122-123.
Stapen, Nancy, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," ART NEWS, January 1994, p. 169.
Hambright, Christy, "Healing Art," WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 28 March 1994, pp. 8-9.
Twardy, Chuck, "Art for kids' sake," RALEIGH NEWS AND OBSERVER, 17 April 1994, pp. 1G, 3G.
Temin, Christine, "ICA brings public art out in the open," THE BOSTON GLOBE, 24 April 1994, pp. B1, B4.
Lloyd, Ann Wilson, "Malcolm X: The Artists' View," ART IN AMERICA, May 1994, pp. 45-47.
Patterson, Tom, "Tim Rollins helps students find identities in art," WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 12 June 1994, p. C2.
Shearin, Margaret, "SECCA shows art as teaching tool," TRIAD STYLE, 15 June 1994.
Vogel, Carol, "Inside Art," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 7 October 1994, p. C26.
Lewallen, Constance, "Tim Rollins + K.O.S.," CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS REVIEW (Tokyo), January 1995, pp. 26-33.
Karmel, Pepe, "For K.O.S., the play's the thing," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 13 January 1995, p. C25.
Shuter, Marty "Innovative Teacher to Share his Method" SAVANNAH EVENING PRESS 19 March 1995.
Myoda, Paul, "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.," FRIEZE, May 1995, pp. 64-65.
Wilson, Jane, "Primal Drawing," THE ASPEN TIMES, 29 July 1995, pp. lB-20B.
Thompson, Carmen R., "Kids give ghetto the brush-off!," NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 3 March 1996, p. 13.
Stack, Peter, "The Key to Survival In the Bronx Is Art," SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE/DATEBOOK, 10 April 1996.
Ganahl, Jane, "Helping kids find a life through creating art," SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, 12 April 1996, p. D-3.
Le Draoulec, Pascale, "Documentary depicts Bronx teens 'surviving' through art," MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, 15 April 1996.
Allen, Sarah, "Critics' Choice - Film," THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, 19 April 1996.
Maslin, Janet, "Art Teacher's Crusade For Vandals With Honor," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 6 September 1996, p. C16.
Dominguez, Robert, "His 'Art' Is in Right Place," DAILY NEWS, 6 September 1996, p. 66.
Rothstein, Edward, "When Teaching the Arts Becomes Social Work," THE NEW YORK TIMES, 6 October 1996, p. H36.
Cantor, Judy " Young at Art" MIAMI NEW TIMES , 17 October 1996 , pg 67.
Protzman, Ferdinand "Off-Screen Artists," THE WASHINGTON POST, 14 November 1996, pg B9.
Neill, Michael, and Elizabeth Mc Neil, "Escape Route," PEOPLE, 25 November 1996, pp. 119-121.
Thomas, Kevin "Powerful 'Kids' Portrays Art as a Teacher of Survival" THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, 28 February 1997.
Sherman, Betsy "Out of the Streets and Into the Galleries" THE BOSTON GLOBE, 3 April, 1997, pg E3.
Sozanski, Edward J. "Sophisticated Work from 'At-Risk' Students" THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER 6 June, 1997 pg. 34.
Fanizza, Maria "The Art of Survival" THE ORACLE, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 1/12/98
Ganahl, Jane "Opening Young Minds to Art" SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER 1/13/98, pg C-1
Eastman, Susan "Doing Art for More Than Art's Sake" THE TAMPA TIMES, 1/16/98, pg 2T
Milani, Joanne "Art by Community" THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, 1/25/98 pg Baylife 1
Lisi, Michael "Helping Kids Shine" DAILY GAZETTE Albany, NY 3/27/98 pg. C-1
Wollheim, Richard "Tim Rollins and the Kids of Survival: The Art of Hope in the South Bronx" MODERN PAINTERS London, England, March 1998 pg 93-97

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