October 8, 2010 Alabama artist Amy Pleasant began working with the Coleman Center for the Arts through a series of introductory visits in 2010. Over the last year she has offered youth workshops, given artist talks, and re-sited part of her Birmingham Museum of installation, Suspended. Pleasant is currently working on a new public wall drawing […]
June 1, 2010 The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that international artist Alfredo Jaar will be talking about his artwork in York next week. The event will take place on Tuesday June 1st, 2010 at 6 PM. The talk will be followed by a reception with food by the Trackside Blues […]
May 6, 2010 In the spring of 2010, artist Samita Sinha and collaborator Stephanie Loveless began work with the CCA and the York community. The artists spent a week offering workshops in sound, choral experiments, and singing. Their visit concluded with a “Community Sing,” in which area residents sang and talked about American folk songs […]
August 11, 2009 Birmingham artist Walton Creel offered a demonstration of his work, De-Weaponizing the Gun at a Sumter County camp house. The public was invited to join the artist at this community event. Creel’s series renders iconic images from nature with a .22 caliber rifle. The pointillist “drawings,” which include a deer, a wren, […]
November 15, 2008 Join artists Bob Bingham, Robin Hewlett, and Ally Reeves at the Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) for a community meeting to discuss York’s future community garden. The design charrette will take place at the CCA office on Avenue A November 15 at 6 pm. Help CCA artists and staff design our […]
July 1, 2008 The Coleman Center is pleased to announce the beginning of a two year project and residency by artists Bob Bingham, Ally Reeves, and Robin Hewlett, from Carnegie Melon University. The artists visited the Coleman Center earlier this month to begin learning about the York and Sumter County community. In 2009, the artists […]