August 15, 2009 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to present a new project by Walton Creel. Creel’s work is on display in the Coleman Center gallery from June 22 to August 29. A closing reception and community paintball event will be held on Saturday, August 15th from 6-9 PM. Creel’s work investigates […]
August 11, 2009 Birmingham artist Walton Creel offered a demonstration of his work, De-Weaponizing the Gun at a Sumter County camp house. The public was invited to join the artist at this community event. Creel’s series renders iconic images from nature with a .22 caliber rifle. The pointillist “drawings,” which include a deer, a wren, […]
February 27, 2009 The Coleman Center for the Arts and the Sumter County Fine Arts Council is currently hosting the Annual Juried Art Show at the Coleman Center gallery through April 24th. This year’s show features painting, drawing, basketry, quilts, furniture, ceramics, mixed media, bead-work, and photography by artists of Sumter County. The Annual Juried […]
December 12, 2008 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to present “Collaborations” by Garland Farwell and his students from around West Alabama. Artworks will be featured in the Coleman Center gallery from December 12th through January 31st, and a celebration will take place on Friday, December 12th from 6 to 8 PM. Food […]
November 15, 2008 Join artists Bob Bingham, Robin Hewlett, and Ally Reeves at the Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) for a community meeting to discuss York’s future community garden. The design charrette will take place at the CCA office on Avenue A November 15 at 6 pm. Help CCA artists and staff design our […]
November 7, 2008 The Coleman Center is pleased to welcome new resident artist, Richard Curtis, from Florence, Alabama. Curtis is currently completing a two-month residency in which he will work on the project “Mapping Sights and Sounds,” that will premiere in the fall of 2008. Curtis’s community based sound project will engage the residents of […]
September 20, 2008 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to present a new exhibition by renowned artist, Osamu James Nakagawa. The exhibition will be open from August 15 to September 29, and a closing reception will be held on September 20th from 6 to 8 PM. In Okinawan the word banta means cliffs. These Okinawan […]
July 11, 2008 Former Coleman Center resident artist, Suzanne Hagood, and twelve of her Auburn University students will be exhibiting community art projects created this year in Russell County, Alabama. The show will be on display from July 11 to August 9, and the opening celebration will take place on Friday, July 11th, from 6 […]
July 1, 2008 The Coleman Center is pleased to announce the beginning of a two year project and residency by artists Bob Bingham, Ally Reeves, and Robin Hewlett, from Carnegie Melon University. The artists visited the Coleman Center earlier this month to begin learning about the York and Sumter County community. In 2009, the artists […]
May 10, 2008 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to present Southern Sounds, a gallery exhibition and downtown mural by renowned artist, Tierney Malone. Opening festivities will take place on Saturday, May 10th. A celebration of Malone’s mural and a cookout will begin at 4 PM in downtown York. The exhibition opening will continue in […]