Weathering the Storm

Technical Assistance

Weathering the Storm

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

Whose Art?

City Studies

Whose Art?

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

Print Museumopolis

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

In the summer of 2013, a group of 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?”

The group prototyped museums for the future: museums that lack walls, that are utopian, dystopian, carved from precious stones, or run by residents. These models form the bedrock of this illustrated booklet. 

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

If You Can Make It Here...

Urban Investigations

If You Can Make It Here...

Lotto Zone

Urban Investigations

Lotto Zone

Voters Rule

City Studies

Voters Rule

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

ICEbreaker

City Studies

ICEbreaker