Mark Tribe returned to York this summer for a week of planning and painting with the Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) and the Sumter community for his forthcoming collaborative project, “Painting York.” Tribe worked with a key group of volunteers to paint another experimental wall in the highly visible parking lot across the street […]
May 28, 2015 The Coleman Center for the Arts’ (CCA’s) Youth Action Council (YAC) was pleased to present their inaugural public project, the One Direction Roadside Cleanup and Community Potluck. YAC is a group of students from Sumter Central and Sumter Academy High Schools that have been working with community mentors to articulate their shared […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) was pleased to host the planting day for Motherpatch, a new project by Fallen Fruit. Motherpatch is the largest public watermelon patch in the world, containing over 30 global varieties of watermelons. The project is Fallen Fruit’s collaboration with the CCA and the people of Sumter County that […]
March 9, 2015 Artist Mark Tribe returned to continue planning with the Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) and the York community for the project, “Painting York.” His third visit to York since 2013, Tribe met to discuss ideas for the project that has been conceived in conversation with area residents and that will continue […]
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) was pleased to host a “Public Fruit Jam” with artists David Burns and Austin Young of Fallen Fruit as a part of their ongoing collaboration with the CCA and surrounding community. The event took place at the Public Picnic Tables created by Fallen Fruit […]
April 15, 2014 The CCA was pleased to welcome back artist Mark Tribe to continue research, planning and development for his collaborative project, “Painting York.” The project will employ collective decision making, contemporary design practices, creative problem solving and civic action to transform storefronts in downtown York. In his second visit to York, Tribe met […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to invite you to “Pop Up Pop Start” an informational exhibition that investigates innovative business and kitchen incubators, social spaces, think tanks, artist spaces and storefronts for entrepreneurial or creative experimentation. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 5th from 5:30 to 7 PM at […]
Artist Mark Tribe visited York in the summer of 2013. In his initial work Tribe investigated the politics of belonging through living room visits with local citizens, political meetings and explorations of local and regional history of political organizing and war reenactments. Tribe’s visit culminated in a public discussion at the CCA about community development, […]
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 […]
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 […]