COSACOSA Resources
Download pdf copies of COSACOSA publications!
Please see the list and links below for specific information.

Please note that many of our print publications include project song/story CDs and/or films on DVD.
Your choice of hardcopy publication (including original digital media) is available with your donation of $20! (Please specify which publication you would like us to send in the "designation" line.)

Check back periodically for additional downloads, as we continue to digitize our twenty years of publications!

Thank you for your support!
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

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Site and Sound
Visions and Voices from North Philadelphia

includes a project essay by Ed Shockley;
Voices of Community, a CD of original songs and poetry; and Visions of Community, a 30 minute film on neighborhood history and hopes on DVD.

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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, a CD of historic and original poetry selected by COSACOSA youth.

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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.

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Listening for Dialogue
art for dialogue, understanding and healing

includes a project essay by Miriam Seidel;
a CD of sixteen monologues on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and original poetry and linoleum prints by North Philadelphia youth.

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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 DVD of six theatrical vignettes by COSACOSA youth, all about opportunity.

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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, a CD examining the role of men in the community.

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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?"

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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.

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