Celebrate#art and#activism with us! We are so pleased to have welcomed “The March Quilts: A Celebration of Arts & Activism” Exhibition to our Pop Start Community Space! This summer will have an incredible two site exhibition of #TheMarchQuilts! The entire collection will be on view with quilts being shown at the Pickensville Rosenwald School, and Coleman Center for the Arts. …
Radio York featuring “Bells for York,” a radio project by Zarouhie Abdalian
The sounds of bells variously signify a call to service, a warning, a memorial, or the marking of a historical time. In Bells for York, the voices of York, of Sumter County, of the Black Belt give expression to these associations through recorded speech and song. The sound work functions as a kind of exalted echo of the community of …
University of Alabama’s New Faculty Engagement Tour 2022
The Division of Community Affairs resumed its New Faculty Community Engagement Tour (NFCET), connecting University of Alabama faculty, staff, graduate students and community members across various counties in the Black Belt region, Wednesday through Friday, May 11–13, 2022. The University of Alabama New Faculty Engagement Tour stopped through Sumter County, May 12, 2022! Several of our local civic and business …