COSACOSA artatlarge

Much appreciation @ZionBaptPhilly for hosting and @shebassoulplate for catering. Funding was generously provided by @NEHgov. The event playlist can be found here (open.spotify.com/playlist/76cIX…)! (2/2)

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)

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.

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!

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)

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)

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!

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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/cosacosaartatl… cosacosa.org/downloads/COSA…

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.

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)

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)