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| COSACOSA Artists COSACOSA artist-leaders are practicing professionals from a myriad of disciplines, including visual, theater, performance, interdisciplinary, film, and sound art. All COSACOSA artists have extensive experience as educators, as well as working with community issues through art. COSACOSA collaborates with artists from Philadelphia and across the nation to create new art specific to our city's neighborhoods and public spaces. Juan David Acosta, poet Dietrich Adonis, muralist Corey Antis, visual artist Carlos Aviles, interdisciplinary artist Monica Baxavanis, new media artist Shelita Birchett, theater artist Ira Bond, percussionist James Branch, interdisciplinary artist Heather Brown, visual artist Gary Bullock, vocalist Daryl Burgee, percussionist José Ricardo Carbajal González, writer Alwyn Cassil, writer Valerie Chadwick, vocalist Andres Chamorro, interdisciplinary artist Phyllis Chapell, musician Anisha Chirmule, dancer Robert Christophe, theater artist Julian Coleman, interdisciplinary artist Samori Coles, music producer and sound artist Uva Coles, poet and spoken word artist William Creasy, installation artist Kteligui Dembele, fiber artist Philip Dit Wah Deng Tang, interdisciplinary artist Ghum Deng, interdisciplinary artist Sunny Dey, vocalist John DeVlieger, painter Jonas Dos Santos, interdisciplinary artist Johanna Dunn, visual artist Bruce Fero, vocalist Christian Fittipoldi, painter Jay Fluellen, composer and musician Lee Fogel, interdisciplinary artist Jason Fraticelli, musician William Freeman, muralist Mike Geppert, installation artist Sharon Gershoni, photographer Joy Griffin, mosaic artist Janet Goldner, sculptor Lonnie Graham, photographer Bill Gross, vocalist Marsha Hammissa, fiber artist Donnie Hammond, vocalist Heather Hanowitz, dancer Michael Hearn, fresco artist Daniel Hee, installation artist Robert Hee, installation artist William Hilton, interdisciplinary artist Michael Hollinger, playwright Keisha Hutchins, composer and vocalist Chelsea Hrynick Browne, paper artist Homer Jackson, interdisciplinary artist Vena Jefferson, dance artist Joanne Joella, vocalist Lindo Jones, spoken word artist Onlei Jung, painter Rosita Kamihira, interdisciplinary artist Adaobi Kanu, choreographer Hein Koh, interdisciplinary artist Trudy Kraft, painter Jeanny Siang Kwa, interdisciplinary artist Alik Krisskoy, writer Marcos Kurtycz, interdisciplinary artist Stephen Layne, sculptor Brielle Leary, vocalist Art Leschinsky, interdisciplinary artist Betsy Leschinsky, ceramist/fiber artist Sharnae Mask, multimedia artist Katariina Mattila, interdisciplinary artist Gerardo McGarity-Alegrett, multimedia artist Steven MacKenzie, motion designer Namarah McCall, composer and vocalist Kyle Abel Menimir, interdisciplinary artist Andres Morales, interdisciplinary artist Carla Morales, new media artist Jeff Morrison, theater artist Jim Mullahy, architect George Muller, multimedia artist Genevieve Naklicki, sculptor Mathapelo Ngaka, interdisciplinary artist Nicholas Nicolaides, photographer Kimberly Niemela, interdisciplinary artist Christian Noguera, percussionist Oleg Novikov, photographer Sari Nussbaum Fogel, interdisciplinary artist Katrina Ohstrom, photographer Ed Osborn, sound artist Pedro Ospina, interdisciplinary artist Tom Palmore, painter Edward Pang, photographer Marco Paredes, multimedia artist Shae Payne, visual artist Andrew Phung, mixed media artist Lourin Plant, vocalist William Pope.L, performance artist Jonathan Priester, dancer James Pruznick, visual artist David Quay, sculptor Darnell Richardson, interdisciplinary artist Bruce Robinson, theater artist Victor Rodriguez, composer and vocalist Andi Rose, vocalist Lilli Ann Rosenberg, ceramist Marvin Rosenberg, ceramist Liv Rothfuss, multidisciplinary artist Brian Rothman, vocalist Lillian Rozin, theater artist Seth Rozin, theater artist Remo Saraceni, multimedia artist Lenny Seidman, percussionist Sam Snider, designer Rol-X, vocalist Venissa Santi, composer and vocalist Ed Shockley, playwright Rana Sindhikara, new media artist James Solomon, composer GVGK Tang, interdisciplinary artist Steve Teare, visual artist/musician Ezechial Thurman, music producer and musician Anthony Tidd, music producer and musician Adam Tillman-Young, video artist Ken Ulansey, musician Urban Africa Music and Dance Collective Sherria Watts, vocalist Khrista White, vocalist Kailey Whitman, visual artist Rodney Whittenberg, composer/multimedia artist Samantha Wolfson, photographer Frank X, theater artist Cassendre Xavier, composer and musician François Zayas, percussionist (list may be incomplete) |
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| A young artist from the Hartranft School displays his sculpture for Connection at Philadelphia International Airport. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Artist Dit Wah Deng teaches mosaic-making to preschoolers and adults during a Healing Art Project workshop at Temple Hospitals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Artist Ed Shockley leads an Art Smart poetry discussion group at Julia de Burgos Bilingual School. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vocalists Khrista White and Victor Rodriguez sing true stories of city residents in Spare A Dime at the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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clockwise from top left:
Artist Pedro Ospina guides Safe Harbor participants at Temple Hospitals; Artist William Pope.L works with young Connection Studios videographers in Olney; Artist Rana Sindhikara advises Memory Mine photographers at the Kenderton School; Artist Jonas Dos Santos leads a Healing Art Project workshop at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children; Nurturing Dignity mosaic created with Chinatown residents. |
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