Cooper Union

School of Art

Unsung Experts: Cooper Techs

The students, faculty, and staff of The Cooper Union rely on the assistance of a group of largely unsung experts: lab, studio, and shop technicians. We sat down with four of them who are practicing artists to talk about their work both inside and outside The Cooper Union

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.

Cooper Union

School of Art

Unsung Experts: Cooper Techs

Art School Superhero

Lucy Raven, For One Night Only at the Guggenheim

Senior Snapshots 2017: School of Art

Five Cooper Alumni in 2017 Whitney Biennial