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 […]
The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) was pleased to welcome New Orleans artist Bob Snead for a performance of his Family Dollar General Tree. Snead’s methodical installation consists of hundreds of sculptures of common household items sold at Dollar Stores, created out of the cardboard boxes in which they are shipped. The installation pits […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
In April of 2012 Fallen Fruit, comprised of artists David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young, and the Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) offered the event “Gobble Gobble Cobbler.” Residents were invited to prepare and share fruit cobblers, and then reflect on their childhood memories of fruit. Through sharing personal stories participants discussed childhood memories, York’s […]
On Tuesday, April 3rd the Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) hosted the event “Gobble Gobble Cobbler” with artists David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young of the Los Angeles based Fallen Fruit. The artists are working with the CCA and area residents to create an edition of original picnic tables. In the event “Gobble […]
June 1, 2011 Artist Samita Sinha will be visiting throughout 2011 to collaborate with area residents in a community wide ensemble. The group will create new compositions that braid different versions of the same songs that are common to the repertoires of the area’s black and white churches, but that are arranged and performed differently. […]
October 20, 2011 The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) will be hosting a town hall with international artist Alfredo Jaar on Thursday, October 20, at 6:30 PM in the CCA Gallery. The event is free and open to the public and all are welcome! Alfredo Jaar is a Chilean born artist, architect, and filmmaker […]
January 22, 2011 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to welcome artist Matthew Mazzotta on his first visit to York. Please join us at the Coleman Center for food, fun, and creative conversation on Saturday, January 22nd from 10 to 11 am. While exploring his work through and with the community, Mazzotta will […]