Summer Camp – Be a Character!

June 17, 2011 The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) held its first two week all-day summer camp in June 2011. Fifteen students from Sumter County between the ages of 8 and 19 were invited to “Be a Character” as they experimented in visual arts, music, animation, gardening and cooking. Through hourly sessions, campers investigated […]

Art Club: Movie Theater

May 6, 2011 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to host a temporary movie theater developed and operated by students in Art Club, the Center’s after school program. Movies will be shown on Friday May 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th in the Coleman Center gallery. Doors will open at 6:30 pm and movies […]

Alfredo Jaar Seminar

June 1, 2010 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that international artist Alfredo Jaar will be talking about his artwork in York next week. The event will take place on Tuesday June 1st, 2010 at 6 PM. The talk will be followed by a reception with food by the Trackside Blues […]

Suzanne Hagood and Auburn University Students, Community Collaborations

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 […]

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

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 […]

Donald E. Camp, Dust Shaped Hearts

February 2, 2007 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to present Dust Shaped Hearts photographs by Philadelphia photographer, Donald E. Camp. The show will be on display at the Coleman Center from February 2nd to March 30th. The opening reception, which is free and open to the public, will take place Friday, February […]

Jeff Nilan, Transcendence

June 16, 2006 The Coleman Center for Arts and Culture is pleased to announce the opening of Transcendence, new photographic works by former resident artist Jeff Nilan. The show will be on display at the Coleman Center from June 16th to July 29th, and a closing reception will be held on July 29th from 7 […]

Small Town Design Initiative

Small Town Design Initiative

Fall 2005 In the fall of 2005 the Coleman Center collaborated with the City of York and Auburn University’s Center for Architecture and Urban Studies to undergo the Small Town Design Initiative strategic planning process. Students of the Center led by Professor Cheryl Morgan, visited York continuously over a period of several months, talking with […]

Poetry by Mary Zeno

York’s Community Memory Map

November 4, 2005 York’s Community Memory Map consists of two large abstracted maps of the City of York that have been filled in with memories, photographs, drawings, stories, poems, and collages created by local community members. The topics range from the youth’s “favorite things about York” to poems by York native Mary Zeno, and newspaper […]