The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) was pleased to welcome New Orleans artist Bob Snead for a performance of his Family Dollar General Tree. Snead’s methodical installation consists of hundreds of sculptures of common household items sold at Dollar Stores, created out of the cardboard boxes in which they are shipped. The installation pits […]
June 13, 2013 The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to present the works of “Camp POP!,” a one week all day camp for area youth ages 8-18. The work of summer camp students will be on display in the CCA gallery from June 13 to August 8, 2014. An opening celebration will […]
An Art Club Community Workshop and Street-Level Art Intervention The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of “Pop Smart,” a community workshop and art installation by the students of Art Club. The event will take place on Tuesday, May 6 at 5:30 PM at Pop Start, the Coleman Center’s downtown […]
April 15, 2014 The CCA was pleased to welcome back artist Mark Tribe to continue research, planning and development for his collaborative project, “Painting York.” The project will employ collective decision making, contemporary design practices, creative problem solving and civic action to transform storefronts in downtown York. In his second visit to York, Tribe met […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of “Create and Communicate” an exhibition of self published magazines by the student of Art Club, exhibited with selections from the Nexus Press artists’ book collection. The event will take place on Tuesday, December 10 at 6 PM in the Coleman Center gallery. […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to invite you to “Pop Up Pop Start” an informational exhibition that investigates innovative business and kitchen incubators, social spaces, think tanks, artist spaces and storefronts for entrepreneurial or creative experimentation. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 5th from 5:30 to 7 PM at […]
Artist Mark Tribe visited York in the summer of 2013. In his initial work Tribe investigated the politics of belonging through living room visits with local citizens, political meetings and explorations of local and regional history of political organizing and war reenactments. Tribe’s visit culminated in a public discussion at the CCA about community development, […]
June 15, 2013 In January of 2011 Matthew Mazzotta began working with the Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA.) Adopting the CCA methodology of developing projects through social engagement, Mazzotta invited area residents to join him for a creative discussion about public space. Sitting in an outdoor living room nestled inside of orange cones on […]
“Be a Part of Camp” investigated the idea of holons: something that is simultaneously a part and a whole. Campers considered hierarchy, structure and systems like biology, society and culture. Participants gained experience in drawing, painting, photography, music, performance, creative writing and critical thinking. Working with Nathan Purath and Shana Berger, students made David Hockney inspired […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts’ (CCA) recently premiered “Flowers for Hope,” a public project by the students of Art Club, starting on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in the CCA gallery. This spring, Art Club students explored the relationship between art, social activism and their community. In weekly lessons students learned about contemporary artists working […]