The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts presents the Meta Shaw Coleman Children’s Imagination Station. This new expansion, made official in March 2021 through a donation from Dan and Carolyn Coleman, allows the Center to continue its mission as the regional hub for arts education, cultural enrichment and entertainment and will provide for its continued growth.

The Meta Shaw Coleman Children’s Imagination Station is named after Dan Coleman’s late mother. Meta Shaw Coleman was beloved by many who remember her as an early childhood educator who founded and operated a nursery school, taught at Valdosta City Schools, Valwood School and Wiregrass Technical College, and served many local organizations and boards to advance the quality of education and life in our community.

“Carolyn and I are honored that this new facility will bear the name of my mother,” said Dan Coleman. “Her life mission was caring for her children and the children of this community. This Children’s Imagination Station will continue the mission of my mother and is certainly an honor of which she would have been proud to be a part.”

The Meta Shaw Coleman Children’s Imagination Station is expected to open by 2025 and will house a variety of art and STEAM activities for youth to engage for educational and creativity purposes.

META SHAW COLEMAN CHILDREN’S IMAGINATION STATION
NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

DESTINATION 1 – $250,000
Welcome to Your Possibilities
Welcome Area Digital Monitors (3)
Welcome Digital Signage (1)
Welcome Desk
Seating
Visitor Cubbies

DESTINATION 2 – $250,000
Full Steam Ahead
STEAM Train (Career Exhibit) – $100,000
Gravity Dash – $125,000
STEAM Flex Table – $75,000
Code Your Car – $100,000

Health STEAM Technology:
Vein Viewer – $75,000
Blood Volume Scale – $150,000
X-Ray Screen Table – $25,000
Anatomage Table – $200,000
MRI Model – $75,000

DESTINATION 3 – Crossroads – $250,000 SOLD
Animation Stations – $100,000
A Curious Mind – $200,000
Film Studio – $200,000
Suit-Up Studio – $50,000
Writing Nook – $25,000 – SOLD
Writing Nook – $20,000
Writing Nook – $20,000
Story Boards – $25,000 SOLD

DESTINATION 4 – $250,000
Music Makers
Music Careers – $50,000
Lyric Lab – $125,000
Sound Stage – $200,000

Donation of Instruments for Sound Stage
Flock of 17 Donated Guitars – $25,000
Slap Tube Instrument – $25,000
Mixing Board – $50,000
Heartbeat Orchestra – $150,000

DESTINATION 5 – Georgia Grown – $250,000 SOLD
Journey to the Swamp – $100,000
Good  Steward – $50,000 SOLD
Lumber Mill Interactive – $75,000
Forestry Treehouse – $150,000 SOLD
Circular Climbing Tree – $250,000
Hexagonal Climbing Tree – $250,000
Digital Georgia Pines – $75,000
Farmers Market – $100,000 SOLD
Wellness Garden – $25,000 SOLD 
Colors for Life – $100,000
Agriculture Lab – $200,000 SOLD

DESTINATION 6 – Sky’s The Limit – $250,000 SOLD
Flight Simulator – $200,000 SOLD
Air Test Tube – $50,000
Bernoulli Blower – $50,000
Global Perspectives – $200,000 SOLD
Sky Scraper Workshop – $100,000 SOLD
Wind Wall (w/air cannon & hand-cranked propeller) – $150,000
Thunder Wonder – $50,000
Cloud Umbrellas Art Installation – $15,000
F-35 Airplanes Art Installation – $15,000

DESTINATION 7 – Sky Walk – $500,000  SOLD

DESTINATION 8 – $250,000
Outdoor Exhibits

GIFT RECOGNITION
Train Tracks (42) – $10,000/ea
8 SOLD

For more information and/or naming opportunities, please contact:

Sementha Mathews, Executive Director
229.247.2787 | smathews@turnercenter.org

or

Evelyn Langdale, Fundraising Chair
229.560.1083 | evelynlangdale@me.com