Throughout 2020 – COSACOSA's 30th anniversary year – we're documenting stories of individual and community self-determination in 30 Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Working across generational, cultural, and political divides, our Past Forward project is developing new ways to foster civil civic dialogues. Neighborhood images and interviews on community history, culture, and change – collected and told from multiple perspectives by city residents in collaboration with COSACOSA artists – form the basis for new public artworks created as part of the project.

Please join us in our Manayunk studio and around the city as we share art and ideas to how to make it better!™

For 7 years, COSACOSA has partnered with the McClure School studens to design and create a reading green space and artwork to cover the building façade. The project includes a full city block of large-scale mosaics and murals representing the students' hopes and dreams for their the neighborhood. Youth artists also have created over 600 mosaic butterflies to fill the space, as well as imaginative depictions of community gardens. This year's workshops are made possible by the City of Philadelphia DHS Support Community Outreach Program and the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership. Hope to see you there!