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

DESTINATIONS
Sky Walk/Lead Donor – $500,000 SOLD
Full STEAM Ahead  – $250,000
Georgia Grown – $250,000 SOLD
Music Maker’s – $250,000
Sky’s the Limit – $250,000 SOLD
Story Cross Roads – $250,000 SOLD

PREMIER EXHIBITS
Agriculture Lab – $200,000 SOLD
Film Studio – $200,000
Flight Simulator – $200,000 SOLD
Soundstage – $200,000
Weather Station – $200,000 SOLD

FEATURED EXHIBIT ELEMENTS
Career Portals (4) – $50,000-$200,000/ea
Forestry Treehouse – $150,000 SOLD
Farmer’s Market – $100,000 SOLD
Skyscraper Studio – $100,000 SOLD
STEAM Train – $100,000
A Curious Mind – $100,000
Suit-Up Studios – $75,000
Good Steward – $50,000 SOLD
Lyrical Lab – $50,000
Writing Nooks (3) – $25,000/ea
Magnetic Word Wall – $25,000 SOLD
Wellness Garden – $25,000 SOLD

GIFT RECOGNITION
Train Tracks (46) – $10,000/ea
4 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