Immigrants & NY

Making Policy Public

Immigrants & NY

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Technical Assistance

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Debut of Museumopolis

Debut of _Museumopolis_

What is the role of a museum today? A place for quiet contemplation? A giant fun house? A really artsy mall? Museums are wildly diverse in their sizes, annual operating budgets, missions, and their urban context.

This summer 15 public high school students from across the Hudson Valley participated in an Urban Investigation project in collaboration with CUP, the Dia Art Foundation, and teaching artist Katarzyna Balug. The group asked: "What is the role of a museum in a city?" 

To get answers, they interviewed directors, curators, and educators from art and historical museums as well as artists, academics, and cultural consultants to examine different ways a museum can impact a city. Through their research, museums were portrayed as temples for reflection, educational institutions, tourist magnets, and incubators for community activities.

Back in the classroom, the group prototyped museums for centuries from now: museums that lack walls, that are utopian, dystopian, carved from precious stones, or run by residents. These models form the bedrock of an illustrated booklet they created to teach others what they learned and present alternative museum futures. The book will be available for sale at the event and as a free download on the CUP and Dia websites.

On Saturday, October 5th at Dia:Chelsea students were joined in conversation by Yasmil Raymond, curator of Dia Art Foundation; Prerana Reddy, Director of Public Programs & Community Engagement for the Queens Museum; and Gonzalo Casals, former Director of Education and Public Programs at El Museo del Barrio, and discussed the students’ project and other innovative community-based models at museums.

This project is a collaboration of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), Dia Art Foundation, CUP teaching artist Katarzyna Balug, and selected students from Dutchess County. It is supported, in part, by the Dyson Foundation.

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Urban Investigations

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Is Suspension The Solution?

City Studies

Is Suspension The Solution?

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Shifty Business

Public Access Design

Shifty Business

SERVE!

Public Access Design

SERVE!

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out