Outdoor Movie – Madagascar 3

Join us downtown on Saturday August 10th at dusk (7:30 PM) in the Open House theater for an outdoor screening of Madagascar 3 (PG, 93 minutes) This event is free and open to the public! About Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted: Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved […]

Dinner with Artist Mark Tribe

Join CCA and community members for dinner with artist Mark Tribe on Sunday, July 28th at 6 pm in the CCA gallery. CCA will provide BBQ and sides, please bring your own drinks. Please RSVP to colemancenter@gmail.com. Mark Tribe is an artist whose work explores the intersection of media technology and politics. His photographs, installations, […]

OPEN HOUSE Premiere

The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the premiere of OPEN HOUSE, a transforming outdoor theater in the shape of a house. This new art project by CCA artist Matthew Mazzotta has transformed a blighted property into a public space, and the public is invited to celebrate at the premiere on Saturday, […]

Open House, Matthew Mazzotta

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 […]

Summer Camp 2013: Be a Part of Camp!

Download Application Form Calling all Sumter County youth ages 8-18: you are invited to “Be a Part of Camp” as you experiment in visual, performing and culinary arts at the Coleman Center for the Arts’ one-week summer camp! Camp will run June 3-7, Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm, with a closing […]

Flowers for Hope

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 […]

SCFAC 2013

The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce the Sumter County Fine Arts Council (SCFAC) Annual Juried Show. The show will open this Friday, March 15th at 6 PM and will be on display until April 18th. The show features the work of Sumter County artists and includes painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, […]

SCFAC Show

The CCA is pleased to announce the Sumter County Fine Arts Council (SCFAC) Annual Juried Show. Please find important dates and entry forms here. For more information please call 205-392-2005. Download SCFAC 2013 Entry Form Juror Darius Hill is the Visual Arts Specialty Chair at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. He holds a BFA […]

Artist Owen Mundy arrives

The CCA is pleased to welcome visiting artist Owen Mundy. Mundy’s work uses military portraiture and war imagery as a way to examine representations of personal and cultural identity in photography and film. In his time at the CCA he will create a community wide installation, the “Military Family Tree,” in the CCA gallery. Area […]

To My Dearest and Beloved Family

The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to present “To My Dearest and Beloved Family,” a new public work and exhibition by CCA artist Owen Mundy. Mundy’s work uses military portraiture and war imagery as a way to examine representations of personal and cultural identity in photography and film. His new project features […]