Social Security Risk Machine

Making Policy Public

Social Security Risk Machine

Bodega Down Bronx

Urban Investigations

Bodega Down Bronx

The Internet is Serious Business

Urban Investigations

The Internet is Serious Business

Know Your Lines

Making Policy Public

Know Your Lines

Fast-Tracked

Urban Investigations

Fast-Tracked

Field Guide to Federalism

City Studies

Field Guide to Federalism

 

Thursday, October 17, 2013 7PM

Save the date! Our benefit will be on October 17th. To see photos from last year, go here.
  • The Green Building
    452 Union Street, Brooklyn
    F/G to Carroll Street; R to Union Street

call for collaborators

Friday, July 12, 2013 11PM

Making Policy Public is CUP’s series of 6- to 10-month long collaborations of CUP staff, a designer, and a group advocating for community change. Through an intensive collaboration, the program leads to the creation of fold-out posters that use graphic design to ... more

call for collaborators

Monday, June 10, 2013 10PM

CUP is looking for designers to join our Public Access Design program as 2013-2014 Design Fellows. We’re looking for NYC-based visual thinkers working in print, motion graphics, animation, information design, and interaction design who are interested in bringing ... more

call for collaborators

Monday, June 3, 2013 5PM

New! Two Calls for teaching artist for fall Urban Investigations We’re looking for teaching artists to design and implement Urban Investigation projects for high school students in the fall of 2013.

call for collaborators

Monday, May 6, 2013 6PM

CUP is looking for advocacy partners for Public Access Design, our series of multimedia organizing tools. Public Access Design projects are short, intensive collaborations of CUP, an artist or designer, and a community organization or advocacy group that is working to ... more

call for collaborators

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5PM

CUP is seeking a teaching artist to lead an Urban Investigation this summer. For this project, the teaching artist will work with public high school students from the Bronx to investigate how school closings work.

news

Thursday, April 25, 2013 5PM

ULURP may sound like a monster (and some people think it is), but it stands for Uniform Land Use Review Procedure and it’s the process by which major land use changes get reviewed and approved in New York City. It’s long, complicated, and involves lots of ... more
  • Open Plans
    148 Lafayette St, 12th floor
    New York, NY

call for collaborators

Monday, April 22, 2013 5PM

CUP is seeking a teaching artist to lead an Urban Investigation in the summer of 2013. For this project the teaching artist will work at Dia:Beacon with high school students from the surrounding community to investigate the role of a museum in the city. CUP’s ... more

news

Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:30PM

CUP fans and friends joined us in Chicago for a workshop and panel discussion about affordable housing in Chicago. CUP partnered with Converge:Exchange, Chicago Community Loan Fund, and Archeworks to host “Community Tools for Affordable Housing” on Thursday, ... more
  • Archeworks
    625 North Kingsbury Street
    Chicago, IL 60654

launch event

Thursday, April 4, 2013 7PM

From the days of Tammany to the era of TiVo, New Yorkers always had to make do with cramped living conditions. Many see micro-apartments as a way to fix to New York’s housing crunch. However, others worry that these snug accommodations serve only a narrow group. ... more
  • Tenement Museum
    103 Orchard St, 2nd fl
    New York, NY
    F/J/M/Z to Delancey-Essex St, B/D to Grand St

launch event

Remás and CUP presented our new Making Policy Public “Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú” to the Si Se Puede women’s housecleaning cooperative in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

call for collaborators

Friday, March 29, 2013 6PM

CUP is seeking a fall semester intern to assist with several current projects, including: + Research/general project support on CUP’s Community Education tools + Design production work for print using Adobe CS products + Production work on our education tools, ... more

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Vendor Power!

Making Policy Public

Vendor Power!

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Soda Census

City Studies

Soda Census

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

I Got Arrested! Now What?

Making Policy Public

I Got Arrested! Now What?