¡No me han pagado!, our new Public Access Design project, made its debut last week in a booklet launch celebration.
On June 19th, 2014, Christine Gaspar, CUP’s Executive Director, spoke on a #ArtsEdTech panel at the Apple store in Soho.
The talk was moderated by Jessica Wilt, Founder of the ArtsEdTechNYC Meetup group, and featured short films on the work of CUP, the ...
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On April 30th, 2014, Christine Gaspar, CUP’s Executive Director, spoke at NYU’s Department of Social and Cultural Analysis’ series Picturing Place.
In the talk, Christine spoke about the work of CUP and how design and art can be used as democratic ...
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Monday, April 28, 2014 6:30PM
In case you have not attended one of our What Is Zoning? workshops yet, here is your chance because we are doing two this week!
Sunday, April 27, 2014 10PM
CUP seeks a teaching artist to lead a City Studies project for high school students in the fall of 2014.
On April 24th, 2014, Christine Gaspar, CUP’s Executive Director, participated in “Who Owns the Digital City?” at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. The conference explored how information and communications technologies are changing the ...
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Friday, April 18, 2014 2:38PM
This Earth Day learn about NYC’s water infrastructure with this two-for-one special toolkit.
Dive in to The Water Underground, our 33-minute, youth-led film that explores where our water comes from, where it goes, and who is involved in the process. Discover ...
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Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:54PM
Check out this short video on our Public Access Design program.
The video highlights Rent, Rights, and Repairs, a Public Access Design project created through a collaboration of CUP staff, designer Jenny Kutnow, and the Red Hook Community Justice Center.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 10AM
On April 10th, 2014, Teachers Unite and CUP staff presented Schools Are Us, our new Making Policy Public poster, at a Chancellor’s Parent Advisory Council (CPAC) meeting at the Historic Tweed Courthouse, the Department of Education headquarters. The poster ...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 6PM
On Wednesday, April 9th, 2014, CUP staff and Teachers Unite’s Sally Lee and Lisa Donlan presented for the first time Schools Are Us, our latest Making Policy Public poster, at a community meeting of the Brooklyn Brownstone School in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
On Sunday, March 9th, 2014 over 15 CUP volunteers and members from CAAAV’s Chinatown Tenants Union helped to distribute copies of our new Making Policy Public poster “Rent Regulation Rights” in Chinatown’s Sara D. Roosevelt Park.
CUP’s Vendor Power project was featured in Make_Shift City: Renegotiating the Urban Commons, an English/German book that examines new urban design strategies.
