CUP is excited to announce the 2019 Public Access Design Fellows. The incoming group of designers and artists will work with CUP over the coming year, and learn about our participatory design methods. Several of the fellows will also get to collaborate with ...
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As we wrap up students’ investigations into social justice questions, we’re thrilled to invite you to their final presentations!
Over the past semester, students at Life Sciences High School have collaborated with CUP and Teaching Artist Stephen Kwok to explore ...
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As a part of CUP’s ongoing series spotlighting our collaborators, Meet the Designer, we sat down with designer Luiza Dale!
Luiza is a graphic designer based in Brooklyn. Her most recent CUP project, Immigrants & NY will be featured in ...
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We just wrapped up two in-class projects at International Community High School (ICHS). In collaboration with CUP, in-class teachers, and Teaching Artists, students from ICHS investigated:
· How do suspensions impact students and the ...
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CUP recently teamed up with Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum to facilitate our Sewer in a Suitcase workshop for families at Industry City. This workshop explores New York City’s water infrastructure through hands-on activities and asks young people to invent and ...
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On February 22nd, The Drawing Center will unveil an exhibit on CUP’s collaborative design methods, following the development of one of our latest Making Policy Public projects.
As a part of the exhibit, we’ll be hosting several public programs:
As students are investigating social justice questions from all sides of the issues, they’ve spent several months interviewing stakeholders and breaking down the complex information through creative projects.
To investigate how public spaces are policed, students from ...
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Have you ever wanted to see how CUP works up close? To see what it looks like for a project to develop, from its outline, to sketches, to final design?
Next month, The Drawing Center in NYC will unveil an exhibit focusing on CUP’s work and methodology. The exhibit, ...
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Monday, January 14, 2019 12PM
CUP is seeking a full-time Program Manager to work on our Community Education programs. The Program Manager will be an important part of CUP’s Community Education team, managing projects in core programs like Making Policy Public, Public Access Design, Envisioning ...
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Neighborhoods across New York City are facing major land-use changes through rezonings proposed by the City. To ensure that communities have a voice in shaping the future of their neighborhoods, CUP has been providing technical assistance to over a dozen community-based ...
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We’re proud to announce that CUP and ED Christine Gaspar have been featured in Next City’s “15 Solutions for Cities.”
19 prominent urbanists were asked: What incites hope for the future of our cities? Both CUP and Christine’s work were included ...
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Take a closer look at our Youth Education programs in process!
This winter students are getting out of the classroom to delve deeper into social justice questions from all sides of the issues.
Students from the Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice are ...
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