Open Doors

Get the E-Mail Blast

Sign up for COCA's free E-Mail Blast, which is sent every Thursday, and contains local, statewide, and national calls for artists and writers, auditions, jobs, funding opportunities, volunteer opportunities, and more.

See a sample   | Join COCA's Mailing Lists

Get Involved

COCA maintains an online directory of arts and cultural organizations that offer classes, participation opportunities and volunteer opportunities. 

Act Up | Create Art | Dance | Explore Heritage

Make Music | Write | Supplies and Services 

Show Your Stuff

COCA exhibits the work of several hundred local and regional artists every year in City Hall Art Gallery, the Artport Gallery, and through special projects. We present individual artist shows, small group shows, and large group juried shows.

Information About Exhibiting with COCA

Artport Gallery Exhibits

City Hall Gallery Exhibits

Get some help

charge it!

COCA's merchant account and credit card services designed to help artists make occasional sales they would otherwise lose for not "taking plastic." The system is simple and convenient to use anywhere there is access to a phone line, including via cellphone. COCA's account takes VISA, Mastercard, and Discover. Learn more about COCA's merchant account services for members from Amanda Thompson at 850-224-2500 or amanda@cocanet.org.

Learn something new

COCA periodically offers professional development workshops on a wide range of topics of interest to artists and arts organizations. Workshops are often free to COCA members, and modestly priced for the general public.

Past and Upcoming Workshops

Find a Space

Need space to rehearse, meet, or hold events? Learn about COCA's own meeting space (with steep discounts for COCA members) and other spaces in our community.

COCA's meeting space | Spacefinder 

Get some help

Don't know where to begin? If you need help with with any aspect of your arts career - be it artistic or business - contact Amanda Thompson at amanda@cocanet.org or 850-224-2500 for an appointment.

Shout about Yourself

get yourself online

Promote yourself and your artwork on this a virtual listing of the Tallahassee area's talented visual artists, musicians, dancers, authors, and theatre personnel.

COCA's Artist Directory  |  Join the Artist Directory

attract students

COCA offers a directory of afterschool arts classes, private lessons, birthday party resources, and camps. Listings are free for area music, writing, dance, theatre, and other art teachers.

View the COCA for Kids Directory

Submit your information

expand your skill set

A fun, informal get-together on the last Monday of each month to learn about one marketing topic at a time. Free for COCA members; $5 for general public.

Information about Marketing Mondays

post your events

All of www.MoreThanYouThought.com's features are free and easy to use. This interactive community calendar is searchable by type of event, date, location, and keyword. If you want thousands of people to consider your events when making their entertainment plans, post them here.

Please post your events as soon as you know when they will be. Often magazines and other media outlets use this calendar to plan stories, and their deadlines may be months in advance.

Visit the MoreThanYouThought.Com calendar

Read the calendar posting policies

Read about yourself

COCA provides content each week for the TLH Magazine insert in Sunday’s Tallahassee Democrat. All our stories are about individual people, and are usually related to upcoming cultural events.

Read past stories

Pass it on

Do you have an arts-related educational program designed for K-12 schools? COCA for the Classroom gives educators an in-depth look at the arts in education programs that Tallahassee, Leon County, and the surrounding areas have to offer.

See COCA for the Classroom 

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Get the word out

Ensure that you get your news into the hands of those who can help you spread the word to the masses! This comprehensive local directory of radio, television, newspapers, and magazines makes targeting your public relations campaigns a breeze.

View Media Guide