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COSACOSA Resources
Download pdf copies of COSACOSA publications!  Please see the list and links below for specific information. Check back periodically for additional downloads, as we continue to digitize our 30 years of publications. Thank you for your support! |
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Telling Time, Telling Place a Healing Garden grows in North Philadelphia includes a project essay by Penny Balkin Bach and images of the transformation of a vacant lot into a community garden Please click on the publication image to download pdf. |
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Site and Sound
Visions and Voices from North Philadelphia includes a project essay by Ed Shockley; Voices of Community, an album of original songs and poetry; and Visions of Community, a 30 minute film on city residents' history and hopes. Please click on the publication image to download pdf. |
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| Mask and Metaphor community explorations of art and cultural identity includes a project essay by Dit Wah Deng and We Wear the Mask, an album of historic and original poetry created by COSACOSA youth. Please click on the publication image to download pdf. |
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Growing, Rising, Exploring, Loving, Sailing, Soaring!
six stories of tile and clay mosaics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia includes images of the creation of a six-story high mosaic "poem" with pediatric hospital patients. Please click on the publication image to download pdf. |
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| Listening for Dialogue art for dialogue, understanding and healing includes a project essay by Miriam Seidel; an album of sixteen monologues on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and original poetry and linoleum prints by North Philadelphia youth. Please click on the publication image to download pdf. |
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Opportunity's Gate
community explorations of life's challenges and chances includes a project essay by James Branch, images of a whole-school mosaic project, and Opportunity's Gate, a 30 minute film of six theatrical vignettes by COSACOSA youth, all about opportunity. Please click on the publication image to download pdf. |
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| Memory Mine the story of one Philadelphia neighborhood told in multiple art forms includes a project essay by Elizabeth Terry; images of community sculpture and website creation; and The Sound of His Voice, an album examining the role of men in the community. Please click on the publication image to download pdf. |
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Connection
a site-specific installation for Philadelphia International Airport includes a project essay by Kimberly Niemela and images of citywide collaborations among youth to create over 1,200 ceramic objects on the question "What connects us to each other?" Please click on the publication image to download pdf. |
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Safe Harbor
community collaborative sculpture in a healthcare setting includes a project essay by Miriam Seidel and shared stories of healing from community members of differing ages, backgrounds, and abilities. Please click on the publication image to download pdf. |
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