These books make the exhibitions that we put on in our Belltown and Ballard Galleries and elsewhere accessible to a larger audience over a longer period of time than the lifetime of the actual show, and in a more physical, tactile form than the images on our website. Of course, buying our books also supports our operations and allows us to continue putting on these exhibitions.
These catalogs are high-quality books, printed on demand for us by lulu Publishing, and ordered directly from them.
A significant exception is our inaugural publication in this series, the Archive Edition of our Heaven and Earth Catalog, letterpress printed and hand bound by Carol Clifford of Orangehouse Press. This catalog is a work of art in itself, beautiful in every detail from the hand-sewn covers to the letterpress pages to the Indigo-process color plates in the catalog section. A unique book, to be sure, and available free of charge in limited quantities to qualifying organizations only.
250 copies of this book were paid for as part of an award from the City of Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods "Small and Simple" program, and are reserved for free distribution to libraries, arts organizations, and other groups that serve the public and/or the arts. If you qualify under this description, contact David Francis or Ray C. Freeman III to get a free copy.
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Heaven and Earth: Archive Edition
Inaugural Publication of the current Series, celebrating our
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition at Carkeek Park. This is a hand crafted book in a
"do si do" format, essentially two books in one. The exhibition catalog opens
from one side, and the editorial and background materials from the other. The
covers and the editorial side are letterpress printed on high rag content
paper, while the catalog side is digitally printed for excellent art
reproduction.
36 pages, 7.5 x 8.5, full color, hand bound double cover,
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CoCA 2009
Collection of all 2009 shows at the Center on Contemporary
Art.
Incorporates "Heaven and Earth", "East|West", "Across the Divide"
and "2009 Annual", as well as solo shows featuring Haris Purnomo, Momoko, Tracy
Boyd, Mike Naylor, Kyle Cook, Sarah T. Skinner, Jules Frazier, Tyler Kohlhoff,
Marc Lindsay, our 17th Annual Art Marathon and Auction, and more.
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The Stars are Made from Love & Beauty
an Introduction to the Journals of Joe Reno, Painter
These excerpts from Reno's journals offer a glimpse of his
transformation during 1962-63, while also showcasing his wide-ranging interests
in poetics, science, and mysticism. Together, they reveal a relatively unknown
side to this fascinating Northwest artist, recognized by art critic Matthew
Kangas as one of the Northwest's 'new masters.' Edited by David
Francis.
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Field Notes from the Chimalapa Wilderness,
Oaxaca,
2000-2012
D.T. Francis
Today, more gringos visit Antarctica than visit the Chimalapa.
Located in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, it's an immense blank area on the map,
1.6 million acres, featuring numerous micro-climates, pockets of different
habitat, from wet cloud forest to dry pine ridges.
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Otherwise This Stone
David Francis
A collection in three sections from a poet with passions in
archaeology, visual media, assemblage, text art, teaching, and curation. The
inaugural volume in CoCA's Occasional Monograph Series, published in
celebration of National Poetry Month 2010.
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2012 Annual, Juried by MK Guth
23rd Annual Juried Exhibition catalog includes work by Grand
prize winners Eugenia Pardue, Sean Healy, and Justin Mata, Honorable Mentions
Kahori Kamiya, Anne Baumgartner, and Ben Buswell, and 26 other finalists. Juror
MK Guth found that in this year's annual the works included tend toward a
minimal and subtle beauty. The artists, to create and point to meanings,
histories and thematic content use simple pattern, repetition, shape, quiet
pallets and ephemeral organic line.
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Alive, Dead: 28 Artists' Interpretations
Participating artists include Kathleen Faulkner, Todd
Horton, Charles Krafft, Kris Ekstrand Molesworth, Allen Moe, Theodora Jonsson,
Patty Detzer, David Cassera, Joel Brock, James Reisen, Katherine Woelke, Paul
Foertsch, Jack Gunter, Sarah Detzer, Kelly Fleek, Eve McCauley, Andrew Vallee,
Elias Hansen, Tracy Powell, Mike Phifer, Lindsay Kohles, David Blakesley, David
C. Kane, Jessica Lynn Bonin, Thomas Wood, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, Mark
Kemble, Michael Wirth.
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SHOW US YOURS: 2012 CoCA Members' Show
June Olson, Dave Francis, Tristen Wuori, Jennifer Loomis,
Reginald Brooks, Sarah Lavin, Dayton Knipher, Momoko Sudo, John Smither, Ray
Schutte, Dara Solliday, Babs Fulton, Anne Marie McNamara, Mark Lubich, Anna
Macrae, Kathy Liao, Karen Hackenberg, Seiko Purdue, Terra Holcomb, Suzanne
Tidwell, Joseph Lavely, Aaron Haba, Philip Donahue, Nichole DeMent, Laurie
Fronek, Vance Balter, Sara Everett, Fox Spears, Brenda L. Scallon, Roy Powell,
Peppé, Ray C. Freeman III.
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Across the Divide IV: The New Boondocks
Full Color Catalog from 2012 Show. Curated by David Francis
and Kevin Bell, with essays by both. Featuring the work of 16 artists: Brad
Allen, Nicole Pietrantoni, Matt Hamon, Edgar Smith, Kevin Bell, Karina Noel
Hean, Trey Hill, James Bailey, Natalie Niblack, Janet Fagen, Gary Berg, Rodrigo
Valenzuela, Lily Martina Lee, Zack Bent, Aaron Haba, and Libby Gerber
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ROOTBOUND: Heaven and Earth IV
Full Color Catalog from 2012 Temporary Outdoor Art
Exhibition at Carkeek Park and Point Shilshole Beach in Seattle. Presented by
Center on Contemporary Art, curated by David Francis, with essays by David
Francis and Willow Fox. Featuring the work of 18 artists in 19 locations
throughout this 216 acre Urban Wilderness.
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2011 Annual, Juried by Gary Hill
Exhibition catalog from our 22nd guest-juried Annual show.
Finalists and winners selected by Gary Hill and exhibited at our Seattle Design
Center Gallery. Finalists include: Sara Overton, Julia Oldham, Sean Johnson,
Christopher Steadman, George Drivas, Cheryl Yun, Erin Endicott, Bjoern
Drenkwitz, Jérémie Baldocchi, Conny Blom, Ida Rödén,
Inguna Gremzde, Sabe Lewellyn, Alyson Ogasian, Bean Gilsdorf, Barna Kantor.
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Limb from Limb: The Arboreal Art of Peppé
Full Color Catalog Catalog of the sculptor Peppé's
2011 Exhibition at CoCA's Georgetown Gallery at Seattle Design Center,
subsequently moved to the CoCA Showroom in the same building. This volume
includes all the pieces in the original exhibition, plus additional pieces by
Peppé not in the Gallery show, with commentary by CoCA president Ray C.
Freeman III and an essay by CoCA curator-at-large David Francis.
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Heaven and Earth III: Cycles of Return
Full Color Catalog from 2011 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
at Carkeek Park and Point Shilshole Beach in Seattle. Presented by Center on
Contemporary Art, curated by David Francis, with essays by David Francis, Dan
Smith, and Ray C. Freeman III. Featuring the work of 21 artists, includes
original proposal sketches, drawings, renderings, mock-ups, etc.
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(Un)Sanctioned
Exhibition catalog from CoCA and Bherd Studios' August 2011
exhibition of 13 Contemporary Urban Artists at CoCA's Georgetown Gallery at
Seattle Design Center. Artists include 179, Carlos Aguilar & KSera, Zachary
Bohnenkamp, CASH, Duffy, Jesse Edwards, Hera, David Joel, Jesse Link, John
Osgood, Parskid and Sneke.
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2010 Annual: Memory Upgrade
Exhibition catalog from our 21th guest-juried Annual show.
Finalists and winners selected by Juan Alonso and exhibited at our Pioneer
Square Gallery. Finalists include: Minh Carrico, Laura Castellanos, David
French, Douglas Gast, Sarah Gilbert, Harold Hollingsworth, Phillip Hua, Alma
Leiva, Nia Michaels, Nate Orton, Scott Schuldt, Patti Shaw, Garric Simonsen,
Tereza Swanda, Kate Sweeney and Jillian Vento.
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CoCA Parks 2010
Heaven and Earth II: Carkeek
Park
Overgrowth and Understory: Cougar Mountain
This back-to-back book, reminiscent of the inaugural volume in
our current publication series, documents both of CoCA's 2010 Outdoor Sculpture
Exhibitions, Heaven and Earth II at Carkeek Park and Overgrowth and Understory
at Cougar Mountain Regional Wildlands Park.
With both shows combined,
this catalog includes work by Ingrid Lahti, Piper O'Neill, Eden Rivers, Barbara
De Pirro, Big Camera Group, Ken Turner, Miguel Edwards, John Henry Wooten IV,
Anette Lusher, Sylwia Tur, Julie Fisco, Julie Lindell, Brad Willner, Debra
Havey, Catherine Thompson, and Bob Prowda, David Kitts, David Francis,
Magdelena Hill, Kristine Eudey, Aaron Haba, Shirley Weibe, Shannon Durbin,
meadow starts with p, Anette Lusher, Ray C. Freeman III, Suzanne Tidwell, and
Sarah Savidge, as well as dance group ticktock. Exhibition maps and essays on
each show by curator David Francis complete the volume.
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Kate Vrijmoet:
Essential Gestures
Exhibition catalog Kate Vrijmoet's February 2010 solo show at
CoCA. In addition to complete documentation of the exhibit itself, this volume
features essays by Daniel Kany and Elatia Harris, and curator's remarks by
Joseph C. Roberts.
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Across the Divide 2:
Contemporary Art from Big Sky
Country
Exhibition catalog from our second annual "dry side" show
featuring the art of MFA students from the University of Montana at Missoula.
Essays by David Francis and Anna Buxton.
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Becoming
a Story of Love and Cosmology
(updated and expanded 4/22/2010) This book creates the
context for an exhibition of the work of Gideon Kramer. Weaved around the story
of his life-long relationship with his wife Ruth, the exhibition and the book
touch on all aspects of Gideon's work as a visionary designer, artist,
inventor, teacher, builder, lecturer, and businessman.
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Resident Alien
Exhibition catalog from our 2010 show featuring local artists
from Europe and the Mediterranean. Artist represented include Timea Tihanyi
(Hungary), Sylwia Tur (Poland) , Ingrid Lahti (Finland), Iole Alessandrini
(Italy), Anette Lusher (Germany), Evren Artiran (Turkey), Tobias Walther
(Germany), Paula Stokes (Ireland), Hanita Schwartz (Israel) and Simon Kogan
(Russia).
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Heaven and Earth: Standard Edition
Our Heaven and Earth catalog in a conventional soft-cover
format. Contains all of the editorial and catalog materials from the original.
Features art work by Meredith Hall and Vaughn Bell, Barbara De Pirro, Kristin
L. Tollefson, Miguel Edwards, Stephen Rock/Rock Brothers, Peppé, Gerry
Stecca, Aaron Haba, Sylwia Tur, Julie Lindell, and Todd Lawson. Curated by
David Francis.
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2009 East | West Emerging Artist Exchange
Exhibition catalog and transcript of 90-minute panel discussion
featuring Matthew Kangas, Mike Sweney, and Dianne Elliot. Artists include
recent MFA graduates from the Unviersity of Washington, Cornish College of the
Arts, and Rhode Island School of Design. Curated by Joe Roberts and Christina
Connett.
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Across the Divide:
Contemporary Art from the Scablands and
Beyond
Exhibition catalog from our show examining art from the "dry
side" of the state. Includes artists from Walla Walla, Pasco, Pullman, Spokane,
Riverside, Royal City, Stehekin, Leavenworth, Twisp, and even Missoula,
Montana. Essay by curator David Francis re-examines regionalism.
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2009 Annual:
Juried by Jess Van Nostrand
Exhibition catalog from our 20th guest-juried Annual show.
Entries were received from 7 countries and 35 states, and 15 artists were
selected for exhibition at our Ballard and Belltown Galleries. The selected
works of these 15 artists are featured, as well as an essay by juror Jess Van
Nostrand.
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CONSUME: Judith Kindler
The inherent struggle of individuation is met head on with the
reality of the programmed living we are subjected to through advertising,
merchandising and the mores of our time. Kindler presents a view of life that
reveals our consumer culture today. The work was exhibited in 2007 in two
concurrent solo exhibitions: Mixed Media Paintings an Sculptural Installations
at Woodside/Braseth Gallery and the large scale conceptual photography at CoCA.
Preface by Robyn Roehm Cannon, review and essay by Daniel Kany.
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MATTHEW KLEIN: Context Bends Perception
Seattle, 2005: In an auspicious solo debut exhibition at Center
on Contemporary Art, award-winning New York photographer Matthew Klein presents
a body of work that draws upon a number of materials, traditions and
contemporary art trends. Small-, medium-, and large-scale color digital prints
on paper or under Plexiglas resemble giant Op Art paintings. Essay by Matthew
Kangas, Joseph Roberts, Guest Curator.
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Love at the End of the Tunnel,
or the Beginning of a Smart New Day
Copublished
by the CoCA and Smart Art Press, Santa Monica to accompany the exhibition held
at CoCA, February 7 - April 4, 1998. Features work by Maura Bendett, Andrea
Bowers, Sally Elesby, Chris Finley, Terri Freidman, Michael Gonzalez, Doug
Hammett, Joyce Lightbody, Carlos Mollura, Patrick Nickell, Michael Pierzynski,
Kenneth Riddle, George Stoll and Pae White. Essay by Curator Marilu
Knode.
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