Gene Arthur Allcott
Born on June 17, 1953. Died March 15, 1992.
Here is a photo Pam Coston Stein sent in with Gene right smack dab in the middle:
Gene is a famous alumnus from the Atlanta Art College whose work and renown had just started to move beyond being solely recognized in the art community into being appreciated by the main stream at the time of his passing. Since his death, scholarships have been awarded in his name to promising artists; first to the Atlanta Art College and then after a merger with the Savannah College of Art & Design's Atlanta campus.
Gene Arthur Allcott Scholarship I
Established in memory of Atlanta College of Art alumnus Gene Arthur Allcott, this US $4,300 scholarship is awarded annually to a full-time SCAD Atlanta senior majoring in painting ....
Gene Arthur Allcott Scholarship II
Established in memory of Atlanta College of Art alumnus Gene Arthur Allcott, this US $2,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a full-time SCAD Atlanta junior majoring in painting ....
Gene Arthur Allcott Scholarship III
Established in memory of Atlanta College of Art alumnus Gene Arthur Allcott, this US $2,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a full-time SCAD Atlanta rising sophomore majoring in painting ....
From Pam Coston Klein:
Gene and I sat beside each other in band. We both played flutes. He was really talented.
He was a great guy.Gone too soon! He won the Golden Brush Award at the Senior Awards Night.
From Susan Sockwell Bendlin:
All of us knew of Gene's artwork and his quirky sense of humor in high school. Years later, I reconnected with him when we both lived in Atlanta and I was impressed by the fact that he had become a successful artist and a shrewd landlord. He remained a kind and generous friend. He helped me move my furniture from one house to another. It haunts me a bit to think that it was just a few months later -- while he was helping another friend move -- that he bounced out of a truckbed and broke his neck. I still have some of his artwork, and I still have warm memories of our adventures.
From Goose Waters:
A great guy who, among others, made Chapel Hill what it was.
From Mac Allen:
Gene was always happy and laughing!
He had poor eyesight, yet he produced wonderful things for us to see.
His attitude and sense of humor were inspiration!
From Jim Sharpe:
What a great, good hearted guy that always had a positive attitude!
He was humble with an ongoing, daily sense of humor.
He loved his artwork and I was so proud that he made it to the special advanced art class.
We used to kid him about his poor eyesight, but only in a loving gesture.
He always took it well because he knew that we liked him so much!
The world lost a great person when he left.
From Billy Arthur Jr:
There's many memories of Gene. I think he was a wiz at math.
He sat ahead of me and I copied off his paper.
He had those extra thick glasses, legally blind but still seeing;
I didn't feel so bad about my extra thick lenses after seeing his.
He had to move his head around in a circle to get your picture,
or at least that's what I thought. But there was his always big toothy grin
that melted away any agony you were experiencing at the time,
and made it all much better.
There wasn't much that Gene wouldn't try doing,
no matter how it may have affected him later.
I bet him $20 that he couldn't swim the length of
the Independent School's pond in February.
Shivering wet in his underwear, I handed him my twenty ! ( Feb. 1970, I believe )