In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

What You Need To Know About ACS

Making Policy Public

What You Need To Know About ACS

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Immigrants & NY

Making Policy Public

Immigrants & NY

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

News

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On July 11th, 2016 students from Francis Perkins Academy presented “Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple.”

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On June 29th, 2016 students from KAPPA International High School presented “The Fresh Producers.” 

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We’re excited and honored to announce that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded CUP with a grant for 2016-17! The grant will support CUP’s Making Policy Public program, which uses art and design to make public policy accessible for everyone. Each ... more

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On June 13th, 2016 students from the Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School presented “The Deciders.”

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We’re honored and excited to announce that CUP received the 2016 National Design Award for Corporate and Institutional Achievement from Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.

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Do you want to help our CUP students investigate our city through art and design? Here’s the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016 12:09PM

Since the Fresh Kills landfill closed on Staten Island over 15 years ago, NYC has exported all of its trash to other places to be buried or burned. Everyone from government officials to local residents has debated this complicated process, but one thing all folks agree on is ... more

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As part of a new feature on CUP collaborators, we asked Caroline Oh to tell us a little bit more about herself and about working on a CUP project.

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Monday, February 1, 2016 4:43PM

CUP is excited to announce the 2015-2016 Public Access Design Fellows. The incoming group of designers and artists will work with CUP over the coming year, and learn about our participatory design  methods. Several of the fellows will also ... more

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This past fall, CUP partnered with the Academy of Urban Planning in Bushwick for two new City Studies projects! CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Aubrey Murdock and Aisha Haynes-Harrison’s 10th grade English class to figure out what it means for ... more

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Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Urban Investigations

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

Displaced From This Place?

Urban Investigations

Displaced From This Place?

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?