Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Draw the line!

Technical Assistance

Draw the line!

What is asylum?

Making Policy Public

What is asylum?

Bodega Down Bronx

Urban Investigations

Bodega Down Bronx

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

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. 

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Can You See My Screen?

Urban Investigations

Can You See My Screen?

Education Rights for Families

Technical Assistance

Education Rights for Families

Yours to Keep

Making Policy Public

Yours to Keep

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Weathering the Storm

Technical Assistance

Weathering the Storm