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 …
Streetscapes Mosaic Project
Summer 2004 The Streetscapes Mosaic Workshops, which were a project of the munipcal WORKSHOP and the Coleman Center for Arts and Culture, took place during the summer of 2004 by Richard Saxton and Linda Munoz. Saxton designed mosaic slabs based on the microscopic cell structure of trees indigenous to Sumter County, AL. Glass artist Linda Munoz then led workshops with …
Andrea Stanislav, House of Red and White
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 …