CoCA serves the Pacific Northwest as a catalyst and forum for the advancement, development, and understanding of Contemporary Art.
CoCA Ballard: Inside the Shilshole Bay Beach Club, 6413 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107. 206.728.1980. Free entry and parking. Metro riders can take route 46.
Monday through Friday 10am to 5 pm
CoCA Belltown: Located at street level of the Avenue One Condos at 2721 First Ave (corner of First & Clay). The gallery is on the Clay Street side (heading towards Western Ave). 206.555.6708. Metro riders can take route 15, 18 & 81.
24 Hours Daily
CoCA Showroom: Located in Suite 262 of Seattle Design Center at 5701 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108 The gallery is on second level of the main Plaza Building. Metro riders can take route 23.
Monday through Friday 9am to 5 pm
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CoCA 2011 Annual
By Gary Hill
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With submissions from 14 countries and 21 states, this show clearly captures a global sense of contemporary art. Ranging... More > from fiber to painting, photography, video, installation, sound, sculpture, and new media, the exhibition presents a diversity of materials and approaches that cumulatively reflect a certain restlessness with representation. In the work of the 16 artists selected by guest juror Gary Hill, audiences can observe a collective effort to broaden the meaning of identity, memory, time and history at a cultural moment of great economic uncertainty.
Artists include: Sara Overton, New York City; Julia Oldham, Eugene; Sean Johnson, Seattle; Christopher Steadman, Berlin; George Drivas, Athens; Cheryl Yun, Wilton (CT), Erin Endicott, Port Republic (NJ), Bjoern Drenkwitz, Frankfurt; Jérémie Baldocchi, Le Bourget (FR); Conny Blom, Landskrona (Sweden); Ida Rödén; Inguna Gremzde, Ogre (Latvia), Sabe Lewellyn; Alyson Ogasian, Culver City (CA); Bean Gilsdorf, San Francisco; Barna Kantor, Austin (TX). < Less |
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CoCA Parks 2010
By David Francis
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Combined catalog of CoCA's two 2010 outdoor sculpture exhibitions, Heaven and Earth II at Carkeek Park and Overgrowth and... More > Understory at Cougar Mountain Regional Wildlands Park. The work of over 30 artists is represented. Maps of the exhibitions and essays about each show by curator David Francis round out the volume. < Less
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Heaven and Earth III: Cycles of Return
By David Francis
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Full Color Catalog from 2011 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition at Carkeek Park and Point Shilshole Beach in Seattle. Presented by... More > Center on Contemporary Art, curated by David Francis, with essays by David Francis, Dan Smith, Brian Gay, and Ray C. Freeman III. Features art work by Anette Lusher, Thendara Kida Gee, Chris Papa, Barbara De Pirro, Gabriel Brown, Aaron Haba, April Lelia, Brian Gerich, Miguel Edwards, By Hand Fiber Consortium, Reginald Brooks, Stephen Rock, Zucker, Turner, Jacobson, Peppe, Julie Lindell, Matt Babcock, Eden Rivers, Teresa Burrelsmann, Dan Smith, Sylwia Tur, and David Francis. < Less
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(Un)Sanctioned
By Michele Osgood, Jodie Nelson
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A catalog of CoCA and Bherd Studios' August 2011 exhibition of 13 Contemporary Urban Artists at CoCA's Georgetown Gallery at... More > Seattle Design Center. Artists include ksera, John Osgood, Sneke One, Jesse Link, hera, Duffy, David Joel, CASH, Carlos Aguilar, Zachary Bohnenkamp, 179, Parskid, and Jesse Edwards. < Less
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Limb from Limb: The Arboreal Art of Peppé
By CoCA
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Catalog of the sculptor Peppé's 2011 Exhibition at the Center on Contemporary Art's Georgetown Gallery at Seattle Design... More > Center, subsequently moved to the CoCA Showroom in the same building.
This volume includes all the pieces in the original exhibition, plus additional pieces by Peppé not in the Gallery show, with commentary by CoCA president Ray C. Freeman III and an essay by CoCA curator-at-large David Francis. < Less |
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2010 Annual: Memory Upgrade
By Juan Alonso
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Exhibition catalog from our 21st guest-juried Annual show. Entries were received from across the county, Europe, and... More > Australia, and 16 artists were selected for exhibition at our Pioneer Square Galleries. The selected works of these 16 artists are featured, as well as an essay by juror Juan Alonso. < Less
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Otherwise This Stone
By David Francis
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A collection in three sections from a poet with passions in archaeology, visual media, assemblage, text art, teaching, and... More > curation.
The inaugural volume in CoCA's Occasional Monograph Series, published in celebration of National Poetry Month 2010. < Less |
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2009 East | West Emerging Artist Exchange: Exhibition and Panel Discussion
By Joseph C. Roberts, Christina Connett
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In a groundbreaking exchange of art + ideas between recent BFA and MFA graduates, CoCA will showcase the work of 28 emerging... More > artists form East and West coast schools including Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), University of Washington and Cornish. Participating artists are recent BFA and MFA graduates, and works presented span an array of media. The exhibition opens with an artist's reception on Thursday, August 13th, 4-9pm at CoCA's Ballard gallery and runs through September 11th. The opening reception will feature a panel discussion by members of the local arts community (including gallery directors, curators, collectors, art consultants, artists, and critics) on the opportunities and challenges confronting emerging artists today. < Less
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Kate Vrijmoet: Essential Gestures
By Elatia Harris, Daniel Kany, Joseph C. Roberts
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Catalog of Kate Vrijmoet's solo show at Seattle's Center on Contemporary Art in February 2010. Includes paintings from her... More > "Accident" series, her "Non-ordinary Reality" series, and numerous drawings. The show is introduced by Curator Joseph C. Roberts, and essays by Daniel Kany and Elatia Harris round out this volume. < Less
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Across the Divide 2
By Kevin Bell, David Francis
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Full Color catalog from 2010 show at Center on Contemporary Art featuring artwork from MFA students at the University of... More > Montana at Missoula. Essays by Curator David Francis and student Anna Buxton. Featured artists include: Lucy Capehart, Pamela Caughey, Michael Flynn, Sarahjess Hurt, Will Hutchinson, Lisa Jarrett, Steph Johnsen, Anna Lemnitzer, Suzanne Lussier, Yaro Neils, Randi O’Brien, Cathryn Sugg, Nathan Tonning, and Rebecca Weed. < Less
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