From Garden to Table at the Coleman Center’s Community Garden

The Interest Meeting on March 19th for our new pilot program, From Garden to Table here at the Coleman Center for the Arts’ Community Garden was a success! At this meeting, we discussed what is going on in our garden now, what we would like to see, and garden education for ALL ages. Our Community Gardener, Catherine Shelton has been …

Color photograph of a young African American person in mint green shirt opens arms in a confident, welcoming manner.

York Day 2021

On July 3, 2021, the City of York celebrated York Day from sun up to sun down and well after. Artist Zarouhie Abdalian, collaborating artist Joseph Rosenweig, Coleman Center staff, family and friends used the occasion to recognize student artists from our two Making Art in Public workshops. We help a soft, COVID-safe opening for our storefront exhibition, Making Art …

Cross-armed African American woman stands watching their video artwork behind a group of four African American women seated in front the TV.

Brandi Shah + Digital Storytelling

In early June 2021, the Coleman Center welcomed Brandi Shah, M.D., MPH, an artist and family medicine physician who specializes in adolescent and young adult health. Shah is a lifelong creative writer and poet; she is developing tools to help medical practitioners recognize their patients as storytellers, center patients as experts about their own lives, and arm those seeking care …