Throughout 2012, we're exploring what it means to be a nation "indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" -- with art projects encompassing themes of conflict resolution; individual, cultural, and community identity; and civil civic exchange. Please join us in our Manayunk studio and around the city as we showcase diverse public art and ideas about how to "make it better!"
COSACOSA Workshop Programs 2012
Please call or email for specific dates and times to volunteer!

Art & Civic Engagement
• Indivisible civic dialogue and new media workshops in Philadelphia's Manayunk, Passyunk, Fairhill, Nicetown-Tioga, and Chinatown neighborhoods, ongoing
• Change/Chance participatory theater workshops citywide, ongoing
Art & Health
• Workshops at United Cerebral Palsy in Germantown, ongoing
• Workshops at de Burgos Life Skills in North Philadelphia, ongoing
• Workshops at local pediatric hospitals, ongoing
• North Philadelphia Healing Garden seasonal Art & Health events, ongoing
Art & Education
• Indivisible digital literacy project at Jackson School in South Philadelphia and Julia de Burgos School in North Philadelphia, ongoing
• Garden of Diversity intercultural art and service learning project at Jackson School, January-May
• Voices Raised poetry and music project at Houston School in Northwest Philadelphia, September-December
Art & Youth Development
• The Estate of Real film project at our Manayunk studio, January-April
• Changing Places film project at our Manayunk studio, April-August
• Change in the Making service learning wiki pilot, September-December
COSACOSA Indivisible Public Events and Exhibitions 2012
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• Monday, January 16, 12 noon to 3 p.m. - Martin Luther King Day of Service at the COSACOSA Studio
intercultural, inter-community mosaic-making for South Philadelphia.

• Tuesday, February 14 - Speak Out! for Peace, Love, and Understanding
launch of community-based video creation for conflict resolution led by COSACOSA youth throughout the city.

• Saturday, March 24 - ID:ME film debut and photographic exhibition opening at the COSACOSA Studio
portraits of individual, cultural, and community identities created by COSACOSA youth.

• Saturday, April 28 - Growing United - North Philadelphia Healing Garden opening
family-friendly art-making activities and healthy food sampling in COSACOSA's community garden.

• Friday, May 25 - Garden of Diversity mosaic unveiling at Jackson School
an intercultural, inter-community celebration of new public art for South Philadelphia.

• Saturday, June 16 - Creating Dialogue open mic night and photo journey at the COSACOSA Studio
photographic story-telling with artist Sharon Gershoni, accompanied by COSACOSA youth poetry.

• Saturdays, September 8, 15, and 22 - Indivisible participatory theater project and civic dialogues
Philly Fringe performances in Manayunk, Passyunk, Fairhill, Nicetown, and Chinatown.

• Saturday, October 27 - Growing United - North Philadelphia Healing Garden harvest fair
family-friendly art-making activities and end-of-the-season reclaimation in COSACOSA's community garden.

• Tuesday, November 8 - Speak Out! for Healing, Hope, and Unity
community-based Election Day video creation on reconciliation led by COSACOSA youth throughout the city.

• Friday, December 21 - Voices Raised CD release and solstice party at the COSACOSA Studio
an evening of Indivisible music with songs by city residents and composer Ezechial Thurman.


Images from top: Healing, Hope, and Unity poem at COSACOSA's North Philadelphia Healing Garden, Youth Council community interviews, Healing Art Project mosaic-making, Peace Corner photograph by COSACOSA youth