To prepare for Ashé! The Power of the Voice, visiting artist Zarouhie Abdalian and creative collaborator Joseph Rosenzweig hosted studio recording sessions free to Sumter County residents. Abdalian and Rosenzweig provided a series of prompts to encourage responses related to the purpose and theme of the event. Five artists generously shared songs, rhymes, and poetry. Participants included poet and songstress Yawah …
The Coleman Center for the Arts is pleased to present Throne, an exhibition of new works by Birmingham artist Darius Hill from Saturday, July 22 to Friday, September 1, 2017. Throne includes Hill’s socially-engaged sculpture and title work Throne (2017) and Mother (2017). Both continue Hill’s aesthetic and conceptual investigation of assemblage, found materials, and African American iconography of the …
Workshops and Exhibition with local artist Sheila J. Hull The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) was pleased to host a series of workshops with Sumter County artist Sheila Hull. Hull lead 4 workshops in the CCA gallery in York, helping residents to paint iconic images from Sumter County life—a railroad scene, red birds, owls, and iconic buildings such as …