CoCA Press Bookstore
CoCA’s ongoing publication initiative, now CoCA Press, was initiated in 2009 with the release of a beautiful hand-bound letterpress edition for the first “Heaven and Earth” exhibition, and now boasts over fifty volumes. CoCA Press sustains COCA's arts literacy commitment and intentionality of extending all arts beyond gallery spaces. The publications have expanded the definition and reach of the ‘catalog’, serving as manifestos, textbooks, social commentaries, calls to action, public resources, and other functions that are core to CoCA’s mission.

Curated Groups Shows
Curated Group Shows, driven by media, theme, issue, or some other curatorial imperative are a staple of CoCA's 40 year existence. More than any other series, these catalogs manifest CoCA's perception of its mission at any given point in time. What do we decide to focus on? Who gets to decide? Curated by board members, CoCA curatorial teams, guest curators, and combinations of all three, these catalogs run the gamut, and between them represent the work of hundreds of contemporary artists throughout the world.
Paperback: $14.00
Hardcover: $21.00
Year: 2009, Pages: 32
Paperback: $22.00
Hardcover: $29.00
Year: 2010, Pages: 56
Paperback: $14.00
Hardcover: $21.00
Year: 2011, Pages: 32
Paperback: $15.00
Hardcover: $22.00
Year: 2012, Pages: 34
Paperback: $25.00
Hardcover: $32.00
Year: 2014, Pages: 64
Paperback: $28.00
Hardcover: $35.00
Year: 2015, Pages: 74
Paperback: $19.00
Hardcover: $26.00
Year: 2016, Pages: 48
Paperback: $22.00
Hardcover: $29.00
Year: 2017, Pages: 56
Paperback: $23.00
Hardcover: $30.00
Year: 2018, Pages: 58
Paperback: $23.00
Hardcover: $30.00
Year: 2018, Pages: 58
Paperback: $19.00
Hardcover: $26.00
Year: 2018, Pages: 46
Paperback: $18.00
Hardcover: $25.00
Year: 2019, Pages: 44
Paperback: $20.00
Hardcover: $27.00
Year: 2019, Pages: 50
Paperback: $18.00
Hardcover: $25.00
Year: 2020, Pages: 44
Paperback: $19.00
Hardcover: $26.00
Year: 2020, Pages: 48
Paperback: $22.00
Hardcover: $29.00
Year: 2023, Pages: 56
Paperback: $21.00
Hardcover: $28.00
Year: 2023, Pages: 54
Paperback: $21.00
Hardcover: $28.00
Year: 2024, Pages: 54

Members' Shows
About once a year, CoCA presents the work of its members, in both exhibition and catalog form. Entries are taken from the CoCA Member Directory, where each member can showcase up to ten pieces, but one is chosen for the catalog. The result is a cross-section of the CoCA universe in a variety of media, styles, and artistic intent. Includes an artist's statement from each member artist.
Paperback: $16.00
Hardcover: $23.00
Year: 2012, Pages: 38
Paperback: $32.00
Hardcover: $39.00
Year: 2013, Pages: 86
Paperback: $26.00
Hardcover: $33.00
Year: 2014, Pages: 68
Paperback: $37.00
Hardcover: $44.00
Year: 2016, Pages: 102
Paperback: $37.00
Hardcover: $44.00
Year: 2017, Pages: 102
Paperback: $30.00
Hardcover: $37.00
Year: 2018, Pages: 80
Paperback: $34.00
Hardcover: $41.00
Year: 2019, Pages: 92
Paperback: $27.00
Hardcover: $34.00
Year: 2020, Pages: 72
Paperback: $26.00
Hardcover: $33.00
Year: 2024, Pages: 68

CoCA Annual
In 1989, CoCA resurrected the Northwest Annual, a juried exhibition that the Seattle Art Museum had run from 1914 - 1975, focusing on a geographic region from Alaska south to Oregon and east to Idaho and Montana. In 2002, CoCA extended elibility nationwide, and later, worldwide.
Paperback: $16.00
Hardcover: $23.00
Year: 2009, Pages: 38
Paperback: $16.00
Hardcover: $23.00
Year: 2010, Pages: 38
Paperback: $17.00
Hardcover: $24.00
Year: 2011, Pages: 40
Paperback: $17.00
Hardcover: $24.00
Year: 2012, Pages: 42
Paperback: $15.00
Hardcover: $22.00
Year: 2014, Pages: 34

Solo Artists
Occasionally, the concerns of a single artist either meshes uniquely with CoCA's curatorial mission or pushes us in a new direction. The curatorial process is usually a collaboration between the artist and the curator, with the goal of presenting the essence of an idea to CoCA's audience.
Paperback: $35.00
Hardcover: $42.00
Year: 2010, Pages: 96
Paperback: $17.00
Hardcover: $24.00
Year: 2010, Pages: 42
Paperback: $15.00
Hardcover: $22.00
Year: 2011, Pages: 34
Paperback: $27.00
Hardcover: $34.00
Year: 2013, Pages: 72
Paperback: $19.00
Hardcover: $26.00
Year: 2024, Pages: 48
Paperback: $16.00
Hardcover: $23.00
Year: 2023, Pages: 38
Paperback: $19.00
Hardcover: $26.00
Year: 2024, Pages: 46
Paperback: $21.00
Hardcover: $28.00
Year: 2024, Pages: 54
Paperback: $23.00
Hardcover: $30.00
Year: 2024, Pages: 58

Across the Divide
In 2009, we issued an open call, seeking work from Pullman, Spokane, Cheney, as well as outsider artists far removed from university towns. To save on shipping, and to meet the artists themselves, we drove across the state in a convoy, arranging to pick up art at truck stops and fruit stands along the way. -David Francis
Paperback: $14.00
Hardcover: $21.00
Year: 2009, Pages: 32
Paperback: $16.00
Hardcover: $23.00
Year: 2010, Pages: 38
Paperback: $21.00
Hardcover: $28.00
Year: 2012, Pages: 54

Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth was made possible by a unique grass-roots partnership between Seattle Parks and Recreation, Carkeek Park Advisory Council, and local artists. For the first six years of the exhibition, local artists were recruited and the project was curated and produced by Center on Contemporary Art, and we published the catalog for the seventh year as well.
Paperback: $15.00
Hardcover: $20.00
Year: 2009, Pages: 36
Paperback: $30.00
Hardcover: $37.00
Year: 2010, Pages: 80
Paperback: $23.00
Hardcover: $30.00
Year: 2011, Pages: 60
Paperback: $20.00
Hardcover: $27.00
Year: 2012, Pages: 50
Paperback: $23.00
Hardcover: $30.00
Year: 2013, Pages: 58
Paperback: $25.00
Hardcover: $32.00
Year: 2014, Pages: 64
Paperback: $17.00
Hardcover: $24.00
Year: 2015, Pages: 42

Curated Publications
These catalogs represent collaborations with other entities and organizations, documenting endeavors, movements, and other phenomena that were not necessarily shown in our gallery, but are worthy of our attention.
Paperback: $21.00
Hardcover: $28.00
Year: 2015, Pages: 54
Paperback: $19.00
Hardcover: $26.00
Year: 2016, Pages: 46
Paperback: $22.00
Hardcover: $29.00
Year: 2017, Pages: 56

Occasional Monographs
While many artists profess a dislike of writing, preferring to "let the work speak for itself", for some, poetry, journals, and other writings are an important part of their creative output.
Paperback: $9.00
Year: 2010, Pages: 70
Paperback: $30.00
Year: 2010, Pages: 80
Paperback: $8.00
Year: 2012, Pages: 50
Paperback: $21.00
Year: 2018, Pages: 82

Blank Books
Well, they're not QUITE blank. Choose your almost blank book with inspirational sketches interjected, or an almost blank book with a variety of creative grids.
Paperback: $10.00
Year: 2018, Pages: 102
Paperback: $11.00
Year: 2017, Pages: 120

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