CUP is pleased to announce that we’re taking on new school partners for our 2013 Urban Investigations. Urban Investigations are CUP’s afterschool programs that give young people the tools to investigate their communities, and use art and design to create ...
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CUP is pleased to launch 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.
Check out this amazing look inside the Participatory Budgeting (PB) process from Bill Moyers. CUP helped to create outreach and voting materials for PB in NYC and is excited to be a part of next year’s expanded PB process.
To see the projects that were selected ...
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Monday, May 7, 2012 5PM
CUP is seeking a teaching artist assistant to collaborate on an Urban Investigation in the Bronx this summer. CUP’s intensive project-based curricula enable students to explore fundamental questions about how the city works, through collaborative research and ...
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CUP’s Making Policy Public project on street vendor rights was featured in designer and author Andrew Shea’s new book, “Designing for Social Change.”
Are YOU ready to decide how to spend millions of taxpayer dollars? Voting is now underway for Participatory Budgeting in NYC! Anyone 18 or older who lives in one of the participating districts can help decide how to spend millions of dollars on community projects – and ...
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- Visit pbnyc.org for more info about how to vote and what’s on the ballot.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7PM
Will you be ready if a disaster strikes? What about your neighborhood? Who’s responsible for making a plan for your community? While government officials have a city-wide plan, and plenty of advice to share with individuals, there’s not much out there on ...
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- the American Red Cross in Greater New York
520 West 49th St (between 10th & 11th Aves)
New York, NY
Thursday, March 15, 2012 5PM
CUP is seeking a graphic designer to collaborate on our
“Make Your Own Urban Investigation” guide.
Urban Investigations are experiential youth education programs that use collaborative research and design to enable high school students to explore fundamental ...
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 5PM
New Call for teaching artist for City Studies class on neighborhood change | East Williamsburg | 3-session project
We’re seeking a teaching artist to design and implement a 3-session project for high school students at the Lyons Community School in East ...
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Friday, February 10, 2012 12:20PM
Students from Mr. Sandoval’s 9th Grade U.S. History class who helped to create a “Field Guide to Federalism” presented it to their peers at the Academy of Urban Planning.
To create the booklet students hit the streets of Bushwick with teaching artist ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:30PM
On January 19th we celebrated the launch of our new website.
Check out photos from the event here.
- CUP HQ
232 Third Street #D201
Brooklyn, NY
Friday, December 16, 2011 3PM
Hester Street Collaborative and the Center for Urban Pedagogy presented a panel discussion about design and social change. We presented models for collaboration between designers and community-based partners that help to engage local residents around planning issues, ...
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- Pratt Institute
Higgins Hall North, Room 406
Brooklyn, NY
