In July 2019, New Orleans-based artist Zarouhie Abdalian led a four-day workshop for young adults curious about making art in public space. Six participants were guided through the process of designing temporary site-specific artworks for various locations in downtown York. Today we’re following up with a conversation between Abdalian and student artist Brunell Smith. […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts closed its first season of experimental films for the Black Belt in the Black Belt at Larkin’s Restaurant & Deli. Lunchtime patrons watched In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth) alongside their meal. Participants from Sumter County, Selma, Uniontown, and McComb (MS) were featured in the work. […]
On August 17, 2019, Laurel-based artist Michael Ross lead a one-day drawing demonstration and workshop. Participants learned drawing techniques, ways of looking, composition, and process. The Drawing Workshop is part of the Coleman Center’s Community Arts Workshops series focusing on creative learning experiences designed for multiple generations. These all-ages workshops encourage friends and family […]
Have you seen our new space? Since 2014 we developed one of our two downtown storefronts. Co-Directors Emeritus Shana Berger and Nathan Purath imagined them as venues for collaboration between local makers, contemporary artists, area citizens, professionals, and students. In the winter of 2016, Pop Start’s HVAC system failed precipitating the space’s already planned […]
October 27, 2018 Community members shared knowledge, seeds, recipes, and stories at the inaugural Garden Exchange Workshop. Longtime Garden Manager Catherine Shelton led discussions on cultivating community around food and agriculture. Participants gathered for coffee, conversation, and lessons on seasonal growing in Sumter County. Shelton demonstrated winter planting techniques, strategies for saving seeds, and propagating […]
In Fall 2017, Coleman Center for the Arts launched Open Studio, a hands-on after-school art class for K-8 students. Open Studio provides materials and instruction for students to create artwork in an open-ended format. The program centers around ideas of free play, inquiry-based learning, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking. At Open Studio, students are encouraged […]
Coleman Center for the Arts collaborated with professional storyteller, award winning poet, and author from the Black Belt Salaam Green to host a one-day, all ages storytelling workshop. The workshop centered around crafting homegrown stories drawn from personal experience. The event was part of Coleman Center’s Community Arts Workshop series and was held at Pop […]
The Coleman Center’s new Pop Start Arts Apprenticeship program launched Monday, October 29 thanks to a grant from National Endowment for the Arts. This particular grant is in the NEA’s largest funding category and supports projects that focus on the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent […]
Camp Connect 2018 The Coleman Center for the Arts was proud to offer our annual summer arts camp. We asked 30 students in 1st-8th grade to hear and be heard, to communicate, and collaborate as part of this year’s ‘connect’ theme. Local and regional instructors taught printmaking, graphic design, poetry, songwriting and composition, choreography and […]
December 9, 2017 The Coleman Center for the Arts hosted Material Memory, a community arts workshop in collaboration with local textile artist Lillie Mack. Community workshops are designed for all skill levels and multiple generations. Attendees represented ages from from 5 to 95 and included friends, parents, sons, daughters, grandparents, cousins, partners, and neighbors. Participants […]