/tags/coca COCA en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:15:00 GMT /arts/2023-01-18/indigo-k-sams-veteran-of-st-louis-nonprofits-will-take-the-reins-at-coca Indigo K. Sams will become president and CEO of the Center for Creative Arts in February, after 17 years with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, where she is a vice president. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:15:00 GMT /arts/2023-01-18/indigo-k-sams-veteran-of-st-louis-nonprofits-will-take-the-reins-at-coca Jeremy D. Goodwin /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-04-12/cocas-big-machine-tells-the-true-story-of-a-toxic-workplace-with-song-and-dance Writer Colin Healy’s “Big Machine” was inspired by the deadly events at a Standard Oil factory in Baywater, New Jersey, in 1924. Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:42:27 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-04-12/cocas-big-machine-tells-the-true-story-of-a-toxic-workplace-with-song-and-dance Sarah Fenske /arts/2021-11-03/over-100-st-louis-arts-organizations-ask-for-federal-coronavirus-relief-funds More than 100 St. Louis area arts institutions are calling on St. Louis and St. Louis County officials to use federal coronavirus relief funding to help support the arts. Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:54:33 GMT /arts/2021-11-03/over-100-st-louis-arts-organizations-ask-for-federal-coronavirus-relief-funds Chad Davis /arts/2020-08-16/coca-expansion COCA has added 52,000 square feet to its facility, plus additional studio space, a community area, a 450-seat theater and a 200-car parking garage. Officials say the expanded space will help people practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:13:12 GMT /arts/2020-08-16/coca-expansion Chad Davis /arts/2019-11-18/felicia-shaw-steps-down-as-executive-director-of-regional-arts-commission Updated at 4:27 p.m., with comments from Mont Levy, chairman of the Regional Arts Commission — Felicia Shaw, executive director of the Regional Arts… Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:10:59 GMT /arts/2019-11-18/felicia-shaw-steps-down-as-executive-director-of-regional-arts-commission Chad Davis, Jeremy D. Goodwin /arts/2018-11-25/coca-to-expand-program-that-uses-art-to-help-students-learn-math-and-science More St. Louis-area students will soon use the arts to help make sense of science, technology, engineering and math concepts.COCA launched a school… Sun, 25 Nov 2018 13:36:48 GMT /arts/2018-11-25/coca-to-expand-program-that-uses-art-to-help-students-learn-math-and-science Jeremy D. Goodwin /arts/2018-07-27/production-of-west-side-story-furthers-conversation-about-culturally-appropriate-casting A few weeks ago, St. Louis provided a flashpoint in a national conversation about theater casting and cultural heritage.A group of visiting theater… Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:10:24 GMT /arts/2018-07-27/production-of-west-side-story-furthers-conversation-about-culturally-appropriate-casting Nancy Fowler /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-02-14/redrawing-boundaries-real-and-imagined-with-digital-artist-jer-thorp-at-the-st-louis-map-room Take any given day of the week: What route do you take to work? How do you get to the grocery store? What secret, traffic-free pathways do you take to get… Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:01:08 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-02-14/redrawing-boundaries-real-and-imagined-with-digital-artist-jer-thorp-at-the-st-louis-map-room Kelly Moffitt /arts/2017-01-27/coca-plans-major-expansion-including-theater-studios-and-parking-garage Hammering and drilling will soon join the chorus of tap dancing and singing at the COCA arts center in University City.The institution will launch an… Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:12:46 GMT /arts/2017-01-27/coca-plans-major-expansion-including-theater-studios-and-parking-garage Nancy Fowler /arts/2016-10-14/28-hours-plays-aim-to-be-provocative-but-may-also-be-painful-in-depicting-racial-injustice Every day, in St. Louis or elsewhere, a black person shudders in fear after seeing a police officer approaching. Every day, a cop makes a lightning-quick… Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:05:10 GMT /arts/2016-10-14/28-hours-plays-aim-to-be-provocative-but-may-also-be-painful-in-depicting-racial-injustice Nancy Fowler