Community Service:
Member of the Board of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, since 2020.
Publications:
Curator. With Introduction and essays in Master, Pupil, Follower: 16th- to 18th-Century Italian Works on Paper, exhibition catalog (Athens: University of Georgia, 2019).
Other Service to the University and Community:
Fellow, Medieval Institute; Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame.
Project Director, Inventory-Catalog of the Drawings of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. The Medieval Institute and the Department of Art, Art History, and Design. The online inventory catalog may be accessed at the following website of the collections library. The inventory makes available codicological and iconographical information regarding 8,480 drawings conserved in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Project Director, Prémontré Architectural Sites, The database provides access to nearly 800 dated before WWII photographs that document architectural sites sponsored by the Order of the Prémontré. The database is maintained in Digital Collections, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame.
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA: Consultant, Italian Old Master Drawings, since 2007..
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame: Research Specialist, Italian Paintings 1400–1800. "Coleman provides necessary comprehensive cataloging for the holdings of Italian paintings at the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. By providing extensive literature reviews, compiling bibliographies and exhibition histories, gathering relevant comparandi, reviewing biographical information about the artists and previous owners, corresponding with international scholars, analyzing iconography, researching provenance, identifying historical contexts, and proposing updated attributions, he contributes to our understanding of works of art, some of which have languished in the vaults for decades, in the University of Notre Dame's collection. His research has been put to use in selecting and installing the permanent collection in the Raclin Murphy Museum to form an innovative exhibition narrative. Museum educators have relied on his cataloging reports to inform their programs and enrich their engagement with faculty and students who use collections for teaching and learning. His work complements the technical analyses and treatments performed by paintings conservators, some of which have been presented at scholarly conferences. His reports are used as models for the Curator's interns. Coleman's exemplary research skills, vast experience, and familiarity with European and American collections of Italian art are integral to the curatorial enterprise at the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art where the staff are overextended and must rely on outside expertise to fulfill the Museum's mission to research its collections."