Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

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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What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Up Closed and Personal

Urban Investigations

Up Closed and Personal

Test Ride

City Studies

Test Ride

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Draw the line!

Technical Assistance

Draw the line!

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

Rent Regulation Rights

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights