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 …
Fall 2004 Carl Pope was a resident artist at the Coleman Center during the fall of 2004, and spent his time here working in the Print shop of long term artist-in-resident Amos Kennedy. He made a series of posters that investigate physical as well as psychological blackness. Pope says, “For me, the poetics of Blackness include African-American identity, the realms …
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 …