May 15, 2005 Your Art Here co-founders Shana Berger and Nathan Purath worked directly in York’s public and private schools, which have historically been racially divided. Kids were asked to make drawings of their community. The drawings were then digitally collaged into three billboards still on display in the City of York. The York Art Here project was aimed at projecting …
Fall 2005 The municipal WORKSHOP Bicycle Shed was created by Richard Saxton while he was a resident artist at the Coleman Center for Arts and Culture from 2003 to 2005. It is a rehabilitation and upgrade project completed on a failing, city-owned structure in York, Alabama. The structure’s main purpose is to house the utility NOW! public works vehicles that …
March 27, 2004 Stanislav’s site-specific installation, sponsored by the Coleman Center for Arts and Culture, is being created at Mrs. Jean Dial’s former home at 707 Boulevard St in York, Alabama. The project is inspired from the local oral history as told through ghost stories and the unique place and architecture of York. Ms. Stanislav’s sculptures, photographs, and sound elements …