[6][7] In 2013, Cole participated in the centennial anniversary of the Armory Show in the Focus Section on America curated by Eric Shiner, director of the Andy Warhol Museum.

[13] Through mixing conceptual craft and assemblage, Cole's work attempts to embed subversive meaning and political message into his material and process.

[14] Cole reconstitutes found and ready-made objects such as discharged bullets and casings and eviscerated flag fragments, as well as fabricated materials such as cast lead and knitted metal fiber.

Motivated by the complete lack of any writing on the subject by the students with similar struggles, Mooney and Cole tell their personal stories and describe the study strategies they found to be effective as they navigated the educational system.

Cole transported alternating loads of waste, respirators, dry clothing, and food from depots outside the cordon to the recovery workers on the bucket line.

[22] Several writers have suggested that 9/11 generally and this experience specifically, has had a significant impact on the content of Cole's work made after this time.