CUP’s core staff supports the organization from day to day, but CUP projects are designed and implemented by teams of artists, designers, educators, activists, and researchers.
The Water Underground
Urban Investigations
Figuring Out FEMA
Public Access Design
Is Suspension The Solution?
City Studies
Vendor Power!
Making Policy Public
Parents' Rights During COVID-19
Technical Assistance
Tenants' Rights to Repairs
Making Policy Public
Former Interns
Annie Tor
Annie is one of CUP’s fall 2020 interns. Originally from the Bay Area, she studies Engineering and Design at Olin ... moreAnnie Tor
Annie is one of CUP’s fall 2020 interns. Originally from the Bay Area, she studies Engineering and Design at Olin College in Massachusetts. She’s interested in exploring how art and design can help people understand different realities, as well as how we experience technology and its role in our world. She aims to create things that prioritize people. In her spare time, she can be found making clothes, writing letters, and slowly cultivating a mullet. She’s very excited to be learning from and working with CUP!
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Emilio Vides-Curnen
Emilio Vides-Curnen is one of CUP’s Summer 2018 Interns. He is currently a rising senior at Brown University, where ... moreEmilio Vides-Curnen
Emilio Vides-Curnen is one of CUP’s Summer 2018 Interns. He is currently a rising senior at Brown University, where he studies Visual Arts and Architectural Studies. Born and raised in Boston and a lifelong artist, he has always been interested in urban issues and the ways in which art and design can be used to tackle them. He is especially interested in uplifting and serving marginalized urban communities, including but not limited to queer/LGBTQ+ people, low income communities, people of color, and those directly affected by the prison-industrial complex. In his free time, you can find him (un)ironically looking at astrology memes, hopelessly juggling the million creative half-ideas in his head, and taking walks through the city and its parks as often as possible.
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Mariel Villeré
Mariel Villeré, former intern at CUP, focuses on the revitalization of post-industrial architecture and urban spaces ... moreMariel Villeré
Mariel Villeré, former intern at CUP, focuses on the revitalization of post-industrial architecture and urban spaces through art, architecture, and cultural activities. Professional experience at small design studios, non-profits, and museums situates her work between disciplines. She is currently a Masters Degree candidate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art and holds a BA in Architecture from Barnard College, where she first learned about CUP.
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Stephanie Whitehouse
Stephanie Whitehouse holds an undergraduate degree in Communication Design from NSCAD (Halifax) and a Master’s degree ... moreStephanie Whitehouse
Stephanie Whitehouse holds an undergraduate degree in Communication Design from NSCAD (Halifax) and a Master’s degree in City Planning from the University of Manitoba. She is an exhibit designer at the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg, Canada. She also runs a small design studio called Public Image Co, working primarily for non-profit organizations.
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Amber Yared
Amber Yared is an artist and educator. She received a BFA in Studio Art and Art History from Concordia University in ... moreAmber Yared
Amber Yared is an artist and educator. She received a BFA in Studio Art and Art History from Concordia University in Montreal, a BEd from OISE/UT in Toronto, and an MAAE from SAIC in Chicago. She has experience in museum education, community arts, and high schools. In 2006 she interned with CUP and worked on The Water Underground and What’s Poppin’ at Fulton Mall.
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Kristen Zeiber
Kristen has been a CUP fan for a few years, and was thrilled to get to intern at CUP during a gap between semesters at MIT, ... moreKristen Zeiber
Kristen has been a CUP fan for a few years, and was thrilled to get to intern at CUP during a gap between semesters at MIT, where she is studying architecture and urbanism. Before MIT she worked in Mississippi for over 4 years at the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, and has dabbled here and there in woodworking and design/build projects. She has an undergraduate degree in architecture, and probably too many crafty hobbies.
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