COCA - Center of Creative Arts Email Format
Performing ArtsMissouri, United States201-500 Employees
COCA - Center of Creative Arts is a performing arts organization located at 6880 Washington Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri 63130, employing roughly 201-500 people and operating the website cocastl.org. It was founded in 1986 by Richard Baron and collaborators, and a 1985-86 renovation transformed the former B'nai Amoona Synagogue, originally built in 1946 and designed by Eric Mendelsohn, into a community-based arts center, with the building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. COCA fulfills its mission by providing arts education to the St. Louis region through performances, exhibitions, and programs, and is described as the largest multidisciplinary arts institution in the St. Louis region and one of the premier community art centers in the nation. Annually, COCA serves about 50,000 people and offers more than 500 classes, workshops, and camps across dance, music, drama, and visual arts, along with its Family Theatre Series and the Millstone Gallery for contemporary art exhibits. The organization is described as one of the most accessible arts venues in St. Louis.