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 began in 2012, and has …
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 to develop through collaboration, group …
Julia’s Legacy: Sewing the Past Stitches into the Present Seams, by Lillie Mack and Jo Hare Lillie Mack and Jo Hare are sisters who both recollect learning how to sew at their mother’s feet. A skill that was passed down the female line for many generations in their family—and later helped to employ multiple generations of women in industrial textile …