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TELL MORE II at CoCA

CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART (CoCA) PRESENTS TELL MORE II

(SEATTLE, WA – August 16, 2021)

“On A Ride To…,” painting by Rajaa Gharbi.

The Center on ContemporaryArt (CoCA) is pleased to present Tell More II at CoCA (September 9 – October 23, 2021), a solo exhibition by Rajaa Gharbi. A celebration of this exhibition will be hosted on-site at the CoCA gallery on October 7, 2021, from 5-8 PM PST in conjunction with Pioneer Square Art Walk.

Gharbi merges the findings of her socio-linguistic excavations into languages—the Arab, Amazighand others—with calligraphy to create a lush palette of reds, blues, purples, and golds. Thesecompositions tell stories that return the potency and possibilities of language, literally andmetaphorically, to the people. Her paintings are visual poetry that offers the viewer entry into thesocial and artistic realities of the places she calls home without deciding for them what they mustsee. Gharbi’s paintings

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CoCA Reflects on America, A Place Many Immigrants Call Home

Judy Shintani Pledge Allegiance Tule Lake Incarceration barrack wood, vintage barbed wire 48" x 24" x 12"

(Where) Do We Belong?​ Reflects on America, A Place Many Immigrants Call Home

Jake PrendezTwo DreamersOil on canvas 36″ x 24″ x 1″

From October 4 through November 17, Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) will present the group show, ​(Where) Do We Belong?​. This exhibit ​shares the realities and challenges surrounding immigration and includes artworks that are a response to Trump’s “Zero-Tolerance Immigration Policies”—amplifying diverse artistic voices with direct experience.

A wide range of media including installation and textile to video and paintings will present artworks from Humaira Abid, Hawo Ali, Tatiana Garmendia, Hiba Jameel, Rohena Alam Khan, Jake Prendez, ​Marcia Santos, and Judy Shintani.

Humaira AbidTogether But Not Together: Mother and ChildCarved Mahogany and Pine wood 18″ x 11″ x 2.5″

Not only are family separations consistent, but xenophobia, racism, and bigotry have been constant, taking different forms in the lapse of America’s

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Gary Hill at CoCA, Seattle, July 26 – September 29

Gary Hill: Linguistic Spill ([un]contained) at CoCA Seattle

Gary Hill: Linguistic Spill ([un]contained) at CoCA Seattle Exhibition

dates: July 26 – September 29, 2018

Opening Reception to Public: Aug. 2, 6-9pm

Pioneer Square Artwalk: Sept. 6, 6-9pm

Located at CoCA in Pioneer Square: 114 Third Ave S., Seattle, WA 98104

Public gallery hours: Thursday – Saturday, 11am – 6pm

cocaseattle.org/exhibitions/gary-hill-linguistic-spill

Gary Hill presents Linguistic Spill ([un]contained) at CoCA July through September SEATTLE, WA (June 29, 2018) – From July 26 – September 29, Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) presents globally renowned artist Gary Hill’s latest improvisation with “old growth” technologies in Linguistic Spill ([un]contained).

“Spilling” from his current installation in the Boiler Hall at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon, Portugal, Hill will create a unique visceral experience of light and sound that envelops CoCA’s gallery space. Via a pile of video projectors in the darkened gallery space, reverberating electronic sounds are

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