Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Urban Investigations

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Draw the line!

Technical Assistance

Draw the line!

Lotto Zone

Urban Investigations

Lotto Zone

Education Rights for Families

Technical Assistance

Education Rights for Families

talk

Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:30PM

CUP’s Executive Director, Christine Gaspar, spoke at the Making Space Conference hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design. Sharing CUP’s work, Christine highlighted the role of art and design in civic engagement. 

launch event

Thursday, September 13, 2012 7PM

Who decides where supermarkets go? Does the Bronx have enough supermarkets? Does it matter? This summer, CUP collaborated with teaching artist Hatuey Ramos-Fermín and a group of Bronx public high school students from CUNY College Now at Hostos Community College to ... more
  • New York University
    35 W. 4th Street, Room 1080

open call

Monday, September 10, 2012 5PM

We have two new open calls out for teaching artists and designers in our City Studies and Urban Investigations programs. Apply now! 

news

New York City has public high schools with every imaginable theme, a dizzying array of application requirements, and charter schools galore. Choosing from one of NYC’s over 400 public high schools can be a real task. How do you decide where you go to school? And ... more

open call

Monday, August 6, 2012 8PM

CUP is seeking advocacy partners to join Public Access Design, our new series of multimedia projects that use design to make complex urban issues accessible to the New Yorkers most affected by them.

launch event

Monday, July 23, 2012 7PM

New York City has public high schools with every imaginable theme, a dizzying array of application requirements, and charter schools galore. Choosing from one of NYC’s over 400 public high schools can be a real task. How do you decide where you go to school? And ... more
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
    11 East 52nd Street
    New York, NY
    E/M to Fifth Avenue/53rd Street
    B/D/F/M to Rockefeller Center

news, award

“Know Your Lines,” our issue of Making Policy Public breaking down the political redistricting process was called out as a notable project in this year’s Core77 Design Awards. Two separate juries, one in the Visual Communication category and one in the ... more

launch event

Monday, June 25, 2012 6:45PM

Where does NYC’s electricity come from? People were buzzing about the debut public presentation of Power Trip, CUP’s Urban Investigation about New York City’s electricity infrastructure. To get to the power source, CUP, teaching artist ... more
  • Anthology Film Archives
    32 2nd Avenue (at 2nd St)
    New York, NY
    F to 2nd Avenue

talk, exhibit

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 7PM

On June 19, 2012 CUP’s Valeria Mogilevich and former Urban Investigation particpant Daniel Linton joined representatives from The Trust for Public Land and Groundswell in conversation. The discussion, the final in conjunction with the ... more
  • The Old Stone House at Washington Park, 336 3rd Street (between 4th and 5th Aves), 2nd floor Brooklyn, NY

launch event

On June 8th, 2012 students from the Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice in Borough Park presented “Boom Town.” For this City Studies project 9th graders in an English Language Arts class worked with CUP teaching artist Ellie Irons to look at noise issues ... more

talk

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 1:30PM

CUP’s Executive Director, Christine Gaspar, gathered with a host of other design thinkers and storytellers to speak about the power of art and design in shaping engaged public participation. The salon was part of the Fort Greene, Brooklyn TEDx series and brought ... more

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Get It Back!

Public Access Design

Get It Back!

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

Urban Investigations

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

What's On Your Plate?

City Studies

What's On Your Plate?

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter