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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
March 2008 Monday, March 24, 6-9 PM: Lecture at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hill University Center Alumni Auditorium, reception follows at Space One Eleven Wednesday, March 26, 7-9 PM: Lecture at University of Montevallo, LeBaron Recital Hall Friday, March 28, 11 AM – 1 PM: Coleman Center for the Arts, Seminar on Public […]
October 5, 2007 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Photographs by Walker Evans from Hale County. The show will be on display from Friday October 5th to November 4th, and the opening reception and annual membership party will take place this […]
June 9, 2007 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a new project of the Public Artworks Program by current resident artist Suzanne Hagood. Video and Sound Event: Community Collaboration, is the result of Hagood’s six-month residency at the Coleman Center for the Arts. The outdoor installation and gallery exhibition will open […]
April 13, 2007 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a new project of the Public Artworks Program by resident artists Sue Mark and Bruce Douglas. The husband and wife artist team are visiting from Oakland, CA where they are known as Marksearch. During their one-month stay at the Coleman center they will […]
April 17, 2007 The Coleman Center for the Arts and the Sumter County Fine Arts Council are hosting their Annual Art and Photography Exhibition at the Coleman Center gallery from April 17th to May 25th. We are pleased to announce the winners. 1st place and a $200 cash prize was awarded to basket maker Mary […]