Cole Man Arts

Contemporary Art at the Geographic Margins

For over 35 years, the Coleman Center for the Arts has advanced socially engaged contemporary art in Alabama’s Black Belt — connecting artists and community through exhibitions, education, and public dialogue.

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Where Artists and Community Collaborate

Through our Visiting Artist and Artist-in-Residence programs, we support bold creative practices that challenge form, spark imagination, and respond to the real needs of our rural community.

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Art as Dialogue. Art as Action.

We amplify contemporary visual art as a tool for education, civic engagement, and cultural transformation — creating space for underrepresented voices across the Black Belt region.

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M-F: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM CST

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Location

630 Avenue A York, AL 36925

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Welcome to the Coleman Center for the Arts

The Coleman Center for the Arts is a nonprofit contemporary arts organization located in York, Alabama. Our mission is to integrate contemporary art into education, civic life, and community development throughout our region.

The Center focuses on five programmatic areas – arts education for youth and adults; a community-based artists’ residency that produces socially engaged public art projects and events; exhibitions that feature the work of regional artists; a free, public community garden that promotes small-scale food production; and Pop Start, a storefront space for artists-community experimentation.