The Coleman Center for the Arts (CCA) was pleased to welcome New Orleans artist Bob Snead for a performance of his Family Dollar General Tree. Snead’s methodical installation consists of hundreds of sculptures of common household items sold at Dollar Stores, created out of the cardboard boxes in which they are shipped. The installation pits contemporary art practice against consumerism …
April 15, 2014 The CCA was pleased to welcome back artist Mark Tribe to continue research, planning and development for his collaborative project, “Painting York.” The project will employ collective decision making, contemporary design practices, creative problem solving and civic action to transform storefronts in downtown York. In his second visit to York, Tribe met with community members in the …
Artist Mark Tribe visited York in the summer of 2013. In his initial work Tribe investigated the politics of belonging through living room visits with local citizens, political meetings and explorations of local and regional history of political organizing and war reenactments. Tribe’s visit culminated in a public discussion at the CCA about community development, political and economic progress, shared …