In Fall 2017, Coleman Center for the Arts launched Open Studio, a hands-on after-school art class for K-8 students. Open Studio provides materials and instruction for students to create artwork in an open-ended format. The program centers around ideas of free play, inquiry-based learning, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking. At Open Studio, students are encouraged to think expansively, explore, and …
What is your truth? The CAUSE COLLECTIVE’s ongoing project In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth) made a stop at Larkin’s Deli & Restaurant on Thursday, September 6, 2018. It is an interactive project in the form of a 15-foot-high inflatable speech bubble. Inside the booth, participants were invited to make a two-minute video responding to the open-ended prompt “The …
Coleman Center for the Arts collaborated with professional storyteller, award winning poet, and author from the Black Belt Salaam Green to host a one-day, all ages storytelling workshop. The workshop centered around crafting homegrown stories drawn from personal experience. The event was part of Coleman Center’s Community Arts Workshop series and was held at Pop Start, Coleman Center’s community space …