The “Art In Action” Expo looks SO GOOD in the windows of our Pop Start A building! In collaboration with ZHBC Community Development, we are ecstatic to present the beautiful works of Kinterbish Junior High School students – featuring acrylic paintings on canvas, 3-D paper trucks, painted wooden hearts and much more! Come on down, […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts was delighted to partner with UA English Instructor Travis Turner (@travisturnerii) of the Topsoil Literary Project (@topsoillit on Facebook) to offer a free Creative Writing Workshop at our Pop Start Community Space! The schedule included: introductions/why stories matter; styles of writing; tools and resources for editing; peer review/group exercises; […]
Bib & Tucker Sew-Op: The March Quilts A(MEND) Community Sewing Session Saturday, July 16, 2022 • 10AM – 12PM • Pop Start Community Space Our quilting session’s theme is designed to elevate the voices of the residents of York and the surrounding communities, who have been negatively impacted by the train for decades. How has the train […]
Oh what a night! Congratulations to Visual Artist Zuri Keyetta on a very successful Opening Night, Artist Talk, and Reception at the Coleman Center for the Arts! Surrounded by family, friends, and new art patrons, Zuri shared her triumphs and challenges as a working artist that also holds down a “traditional” job, and how she […]
We are absolutely elated about collaborating with Future Leaders of Cultivation and Farmers 2022 Summer Camp and Druid City School of Ballet to provide weekly art enrichment, arts education, and weekly ballet classes to the youth! Week 1 featured a tour of the CCA campus and a visit to Pop Start to participate in Bib […]
Hope you stopped by and saw us at York Day 2022 at Cherokee Park! This year, the Coleman Center for the Arts hosted a free Paint & Sip event for all ages. We will had free giveaways and Juneteenth inspired art and educational materials on deck. Thankful for those that got creative and connected with […]
Celebrate#art and#activism with us! We are so pleased to have welcomed “The March Quilts: A Celebration of Arts & Activism” Exhibition to our Pop Start Community Space! This summer will have an incredible two site exhibition of #TheMarchQuilts! The entire collection will be on view with quilts being shown at the Pickensville Rosenwald School, and […]
The sounds of bells variously signify a call to service, a warning, a memorial, or the marking of a historical time. In Bells for York, the voices of York, of Sumter County, of the Black Belt give expression to these associations through recorded speech and song. The sound work functions as a kind of exalted […]
The Division of Community Affairs resumed its New Faculty Community Engagement Tour (NFCET), connecting University of Alabama faculty, staff, graduate students and community members across various counties in the Black Belt region, Wednesday through Friday, May 11–13, 2022. The University of Alabama New Faculty Engagement Tour stopped through Sumter County, May 12, 2022! Several of […]
Representative Terri Sewell hosted Congress in your Community this Spring through out the Black Belt Counties: Greene, Sumter, Pickens, and Perry. Sumter County Town Hall was on Tuesday, April 19th at 2pm in our Pop Start Community Space! Marcus Campbell opened the floor to allow Rep. Sewell to begin with her remarks on the […]