Field Guide to Federalism

City Studies

Field Guide to Federalism

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

Snack Attack

City Studies

Snack Attack

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Public Access Design

Stand Up to Clean Up!

Print Making Change

How do you change a public space, like a street? What does it take? Where do you start?

In the Spring of 2015, CUP teaching artist Douglas Paulson worked with students from the Municipal Art Society’s youth program Designing Change to investigate how to create change in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood on Belmont Avenue, a four-block commercial strip with lots of storefronts. Students explored where to gather information, who to communicate an idea to, and how to work with city organizations and building or property owners.

Students interviewed elected officials, city agencies, and business owners on how to change public spaces in Brownsville or elsewhere in New York City. Students created silhouettes, drawings, and designed a poster that demonstrates the step by step process to make change to a public space.

Making Change debuted at the Paul Cooper Center, where students presented the poster and discussed their creative process.

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Immigrants & NY

Making Policy Public

Immigrants & NY

We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC