From Cellblock to Your Block

Urban Investigations

From Cellblock to Your Block

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Housing Court Help

Public Access Design

Housing Court Help

Happy Meals?

City Studies

Happy Meals?

Sign Up!

Public Access Design

Sign 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.

Swipe Out

Urban Investigations

Swipe Out

The Deciders

City Studies

The Deciders

Now Boarding

Urban Investigations

Now Boarding

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Making Policy Public

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

City Studies

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?