• 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 • 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 •
🎪 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃. Due Settimane di Esposizione Collettiva, Musica dal Vivo e Performance nel cuore di Seattle, in uno dei luoghi storici per l’Arte Americana, il Center on Contemporary Art (COCA) attivo dagli anni ‘80 con Artisti del calibro di James Turrel o Chuck Close e Musicisti come Nirvana e Big Black.
Più di 70 Artisti e Musicisti da scoprire, possibilità di acquistare direttamente Opere di piccolo e grande formato direttamente dagli Artisti/e, senza commissioni.
Durante la Mission verrà realizzata una tela collettiva con Artisti/e e Visitatori, cui tutti potranno contribuire e si terranno Session di Musica dal vivo con Musicisti Americani ed Europei.
📅 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎: Da Mercoledì 6 a Domenica 17 Maggio 2026
Dalle 10 alle 22, tutti i giorni. Orario continuato
📍 𝐃𝐎𝐕𝐄: Seattle (WA), USA
114 Third Ave S.
@cocaseattle
🆓 Ingresso Libero
➡️ Scorrendo trovate i nomi degli Artisti coinvolti e qualche foto dello spazio dove si terrà l’evento.
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🎪 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃. A 2 Weeks long Group Exhibition, Live Music, and Performances in the hearth of Seattle, at Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), a historic Art space active since the 80s hosting artists like James Turrel or Chuck Close and Musicians such as Nirvana e Big Black.
70+ International Artists & Musicians to be discovered, Option to purchase small and large-format artworks directly from the Artists, commission-free.
During the Mission, a collective canvas will be created with artists and visitors, to which everyone can contribute.
Live Music Session including American & European Musicians will be held everyday.
📅 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍: From Wed., May 6th to Sunday, May 17th, 2026
From 10 AM to 10 PM, Continuous opening hours Everyday.
📍𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: Seattle (WA)
114 Third Ave S.
@cocaseattle
🆓 Free Admission
➡️ Scroll to find the names of the participating artists and some photos of the space where the event will be held.
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Art Exhibition | Live Music | Collective | Seattle | May2026
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The World is Watching
CoCA invites artists to submit work for a series of pop-up exhibitions exploring the global phenomenon of the world’s most popular sport. Curated by Jimmy Quatier, this show looks at the “beautiful game” as a mirror for contemporary society, capturing its immense cultural energy alongside its complex socio-political realities.
We are looking for work that engages with the sport in the broadest sense: from its role in building community and identity to critical perspectives on commercialism, hero worship, and global equity.
Whether your work is a direct institutional critique or an exploration of the sport’s cultural footprint, we want to see your perspective.
Deadline: May 30, 2026 (11:59 PM PDT)
Exhibition Dates: June 15 – July 19, 2026
Open to: All media (Painting, Sculpture, Performance, Digital, etc.)
Conceptual, satirical, and boundary-pushing works are highly encouraged.
📍 View the full call and submit: Link in bio
/calls-for-art
Your participation is requested!
Organized by outgoing co-President Ray C.
Freeman Ill and AIND, @artisnotdead.it presents two weeks of continuous fun, excitement, collaboration, painting, jamming, and sharing at CoCA, with visiting artists and musicians from Italy 🇮🇹 .
➡️Pre-opening on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
➡️Official opening on First Thursday, May 7.
➡️Then continuing the festivities for another week. 10am-10pm daily.
Includes collaborative group painting, open music jams, scheduled performances, and more.
ART IS NOT DEAD is a movement that unites music and art. The aim is creating connections between artists, musicians, and supporters to find new ways of sharing and collaborating.
#seattle #seattlelife #italy #pioneersquare
CoCA ShowWalls, @cocaseattle , and The Collins Pub, @collinspubseattle have an extraordinarily painterly show on exhibit from NOW through the end of June with CoCA member Artist Teresa Spellman Gamble, @pacificartexpressions
“When Irish Eyes Remember” encapsulates dialogue, time, and memory in an abstract aesthetic of presence and purpose.
The title reflects both lineage and lens—an Irish inheritance of memory, resilience, and reverence for what lingers. These works invite a slower looking, much like sharing a glass of wine: revealing themselves over time, deepening with each return. They are not fixed narratives, but evolving impressions—of place, of memory, of self.
Teresa will be in residence at The Collins Pub this 1st Thursday from 5:00-7:00 for ArtWalk.
Start your ArtWalk off with a drink and a chat with the artist to learn even more about the title of the show, and (hint) maybe even try a glass of Spellman Gamble’s very own heritage vino!
#whenirisheyesremember #impressions #pioneersquareartwalk #cocashowwalls
CoCA CALL FOR ART
The World is Watching:
Futbol/Soccer Abstract World Cup Pop-Up Art Shows
Futbol/soccer is exciting and celebrates discourse on all aspects of the game.
Art can express all these things. Consider the dark side of futbol/soccer and “Yes,” FIFA and soccer deserve critiquing.
Does your passion for the sport still increase despite this?
Do you enjoy making art that pushes the boundaries? Are you still looking forward to World Cup 2026? There maybe some of you who just work on the periphery of the sport and don’t share a common passion for the game, that’s okay.
You should all consider applying and submitting your art for this opportunity, where the world comes together to celebrate the game every four years.
Conceptual art and satire are strongly encouraged.
See the full call and application at /calls-for-art
Image: Matheus Toscano (description: Maradona & Peter
Shilton, 1986 World Cup)
Coca ShowWalls, @cocaseattle and Gary Manuel Salon, @garymanuel are excited to announce an all new 3 month showing of “GATE” a collection of gorgeously rich and ephemeral works by CoCA member artist Jay Stoneking, @jaystonekingart
“Each piece begins as an invitation. Summons, from another place, another space. Stepping through the gate, I wander in-betweens of endless, ethereal skies and moody, abyssal hallways, then bind the ephemeral magic of these quiet sacred spaces to their paintings through the play of light and the glint of gold.”
Please feel free to visit “GATE” at the Gary Manuel Salon, 528 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, Tuesday through Saturday, 8am-6pm from May through July.
#ethereal #ephemeral #invitation #moody
cocaseattle CoCA ShowWalls, @cocaseattle and Bulldog News, @bulldog_news are excited to share the elegant works of CoCA member Artist Shelly Tiemeyer, @shellytiemeyerart in her April showing of “The Divine Feminine”
Evocative, true, ephemeral... Shelly Tiemeyer’s works will be on the scene at Bulldog News for the next couple of weeks, so don’t miss a chance to see them in person while you enjoy a favorite pastry and a magazine with an excellently prepared espresso.
U DISTRICT ART WALK IS THIS FRIDAY THE 17th!
“With all of painting there is waiting. There is nothingness.
And yet, something emerges. Eventually. Mercifully. Just when you least expect it. Only to disappear again. Into the darkness. Until the next moment. And the next.
We must all bear the grief that there is no arrival. Only being found over and over again. This type of living is an act of surrender. It is an act of discovery that is counter culture to the systems that seek to define. Surrender leads us to ourselves and leads us to each other.”
#shellytiemeyer, #divineféminine, #discovery, #surrender
CALL FOR ART!
Under Pressure: Contemporary Political Prints
@seattle_print_arts in collaboration with @cocaseattle invites artists to submit work for a juried printmaking exhibition exploring the political realities of our time.
In moments of uncertainty and upheaval, art becomes a powerful space for expression, resistance, and connection. This exhibition highlights contemporary printmakers engaging with themes like power, identity, oppression, governance, and social change.
Printmaking has long been a tool for amplifying voices and sparking movements, and its impact remains as urgent as ever.
Exhibition Details:
- Open to current SPA & CoCA members (memberships available)
- Theme: Politically inspired / engaged work
- Medium: Non-digital printmaking (etching, lithography, relief, screenprint, letterpress). Hybrid/experimental approaches welcome
- Drop off only (Seattle)
- Applications due MAY 7
- Prizes: > 🥇 $250 First Prize > 🥈 $125 (2 Runner-Ups)
Submit your work today! Link on our website and in our bio.
Image in poster: "Thank You For Protecting My Freedom to Get Sick, Be Denied Insurance, and Die.”
Linocut. 7" x 10." 2010 @stsmith.art
#CallForArt #Printmaking #SeattleArt #CoCA SeattlePrintArts
cocaseattle cocaseattle @cocaseattle and The Collins Pub @collinspubseattle are excited to present an all new showing of symbolization and regeneration trom CoCA Member Artist;
Aysenur Saral @aysenursaral
“ENCOUNTERING OF DARKNESS AND BRIGHTNESS” showcases Saral’s abstract interpretations of mythological chaos and balance.
Stop by from 5-8 p.m for First Thursday ArtWalk in Historic Pioneer Square. TONIGHT!!! April 2nd
“Inspired by mythological subject that explain there was a chaos all at the beginning while brightness and darkness overpower each other.
In mythology, everything in the universe was set up in balance against imbalance; e.g. darkness in chaos, brightness to renewal, and birth to death.
When the universe was existing, the darkness and brightness were on fight each other in chaos. The universe and life has been within this vicious cycle of contrasts.
#cocaseattle #pioneersquareartwalk #mythological #feather
KNOCK ON WOOD - The broad range and endless imagination of wood artists in the Pacific Northwest is abundantly evident in Center on Contemporary Art’s new group exhibition in Pioneer Square. Notwithstanding the region’s strong identity as a center for glass art, wood extends farther into the past with a rich indigenous tradition (Salish and beyond). Curated by L. Kelly Lyles, Knock on Wood features the work of 34 artists from around the region.
The second opening reception on this First Thursday, April 2nd, is free to attend, with support from 4culture’s Public Free Access grant.
The exhibition’s title refers to the superstition, perhaps first used by the Celts, that knocking on trees might wake the spirits inside, thus providing protection or scaring away evil spirits. Curatorial advisor and artist Joel Colvos recognizes how wood is “a material of paradox: both common and precious, temporary yet long-lasting and remarkably pliable,” in essence a metaphor for the creative process. Perhaps surprisingly (or not!), Knock on Wood includes many women artists in contrast to the stereotypes of lumberjacks or craftsmen.
Exhibiton runs March 5th-April 25th
