CoCA Legacy Exhibition

Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) proudly presents CoCA Legacy featuring a small selection of influential artists from the thousands of significant contemporary artists it has had the pleasure of working with in its rich 36-year history.

Since its inception in 1981, a robust creativity has shaped CoCA's legacy, community, and the ongoing notion of what contemporary art is to the region and world. The exhibition seeks to celebrate the diverse range of artists that represent CoCA's legacy best: those who are fiercely independent and experimental, with an unapologetically rough hewn nature, and often with an equally bold political statement. 

While CoCA has served thousands of artists in 36 years, visitors are invited to relive a small slice of CoCA’s best and brightest in this retrospective exhibition. The exhibition will include work from notable artists such as Laurie Anderson, James Turrell, Paul Rucker, Mary Ann Peters, Gary Hill, Juan Alonso-Rodriguez, Alice Wheeler, Doug Jeck, Judith Kindler, Michael Spaffor, Elizabeth Sandvig, Annie Sprinkle, and Chuck Close among others.

In sharing this experience, CoCA hopes not only to celebrate its robust archives and the pedigree of Contemporary Art in Seattle, but also to catalyze CoCA's future legacy of-as the name suggests and the exhibition will showcase-Seattle's epicenter on contemporary art. 

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website