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COSACOSA art at large, Inc. is a non-profit organization asserting art as a catalyst for community dialogue, creative cooperation, and positive change.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joined April 2010
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Our end-of-the-year Kin/Folk/Lore storytelling dinner was wonderful! We've gathered over 600 responses for volume two. A big thank you to COSACOSA staff, partners, and participant-audiences for their wisdom, insight, and support. (1/2)
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Our 14th Annual Harvest Fest at Williams Moore Reed Memorial Park was fantastic! Youth enjoyed free art-making, food, haircuts, giveaways, music and more! Co-organized by the Nicetown-Tioga Improvement Team and To Our Children's Future With Health, our partners of 20+ years.
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Major renovations continue in COSACOSA's North Philly Gardens with COSACOSA artists William Hilton and Eric Okdeh! Just completed, The Unity Garden, established in 2013 with the Nicetown-Tioga Improvement Team. Stay tuned for updates!
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It's time for fall planting at the Healing Garden with To Our Children's Future With Health and the Nicetown-Tioga Improvement Team, our partners of 25 years! Community youth in grades K-8 learned about perennials and planted daffodil bulbs for the year ahead. (1/2)
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Many thanks to COSACOSA Sites Coordinator William Hilton for facilitating! Stay tuned for more programs centering environmental justice and public ecology. Shout out to @DelawareEstuary for an Urban Waters Mini-Grant. (2/2)
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This fall, major renovations have begun in our North Philly Gardens with COSACOSA artists William Hilton and Eric Okdeh! First up, The Healing Garden, established in 2007 with the Nicetown-Tioga Improvement Team. Stay tuned for updates!
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Check out these pictures from our August art and environmental justice workshop at The Healing Garden with the Nicetown-Tioga Improvement Team! Residents of all ages are staying safe and cool in our accessible, shaded green space (est. 2007). (1/2)
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Many thanks to COSACOSA Sites Coordinator William Hilton and local artist-collaborators Michael D. Harvey and Nadirah Jackson for facilitating! Shout out to @DelawareEstuary for an Urban Waters Mini-Grant. (2/2)
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The Nicetown-Tioga Improvement Team's Annual Movie Night & School Supply Giveaway at Williams Moore Reed Memorial Park was a huge success, with 200 bags of school supply giveaways! So grateful for our 25-year partnership! (1/2)
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Much appreciation for the amazing organizing efforts of Cynthia A Barnes, Mike Barnes, COSACOSA Sites Coordinator William Hilton, and other local residents. Supported by generous donations from Temple Health, North10, Shift Capital, and Max's Steaks. (2/2)
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Meet Michael D. Harvey, a veteran who found his voice through spoken word & music at @COSACOSAatlarge. “Arts programs give military personnel a chance to rediscover and develop their creativity.” Listen to his song "Serving Justice" & learn more here: bit.ly/46xPCX1
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U.S. Army veteran Roslyn Jarvis found healing & empowerment through @COSACOSAatlarge's mosaic project. “The art allows you to express what's going on with you in a way that you are not able to do so verbally.” Learn more: bit.ly/46xPCX1 #CommunityArts @NEAarts @KCMAAA
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Art unites and empowers. “Receiving this grant has allowed COSACOSA to deepen its arts programming work with veterans.” - Kim Niemela. Read more about @COSACOSAatlarge’s Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant: bit.ly/46xPCX1 #CreativeForces #CommunityEngagement
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We've kicked off our monthly art and environmental justice workshops at The Healing Garden with our partner of 20+ years, the Nicetown-Tioga Improvement Team! Residents of all ages are staying safe and cool in our accessible, shaded green space (est. 2007). (1/2)
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Many thanks to COSACOSA Sites Coordinator William Hilton and local artist-collaborators Michael D. Harvey and Nadirah Jackson for facilitating! Shout out to @DelawareEstuary for an Urban Waters Mini-Grant. (2/2)
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Check out our latest release, Serving Justice: Love & Loneliness - an album and booklet of original spoken word and poetry by Veterans at the @VAPhiladelphia Veterans Empowerment Center! (1/2) soundcloud.com/cosacosaartat… cosacosa.org/downloads/COSAC…
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Project artists included producer @rodneywhi; writer Kimberly Niemela; and visual artists Carlos Aviles, K. Deng, and Logan Grant. Supported by @NEA_CFNetwork, @NEAarts, @KCMAAA, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, @PhilaCulturFund, and the Independence Foundation. (2/2)
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Coquí for Me, our ongoing legacy project for graduating 8th graders at North Philly's Muñoz-Marín School continued this spring! Many thanks to COSACOSA teaching artist Pedro Ospina for leading the workshops with kind assistance from COSACOSA Sites Coordinator William Hilton.
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It's year two of our Philadelphia Icons initiative at South Philly’s Vare-Washington School! Working with COSACOSA teaching artist Eric Okdeh, graduating 8th graders designed a 1200 square foot mural on the building’s facade. (1/2)
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Many thanks to Vare-Washington Arts Specialist Kim Stowman, COSACOSA Director Kimberly Niemela, Sites Coordinator William Hilton, and Program Manager GVGK Tang, as well as @PhilaPAEP, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, @PhilaCulturFund, and Independence Foundation. (2/2)
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