Kinterbish Junior High School “Art In Action” Expo

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, […]

Topsoil Literary Project’s Creative Writing Workshop

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

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 […]

Zuri Keyetta “Homecoming” Inaugural Exhibition

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 […]

Collaborating with Future Leaders of Cultivation and Farmers 2022 Summer Camp

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 […]

Juneteenth at York Day 2022

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 […]

“The March Quilts: A Celebration of Arts & Activism” Exhibition

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 […]

Radio York featuring “Bells for York,” a radio project by Zarouhie Abdalian

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 […]

University of Alabama’s New Faculty Engagement Tour 2022

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 […]