CLOSING RECEPTION: Work Makes Work

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 6 - 8pm

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WORK MAKES WORK

Closing Reception: Tuesday March 6, 6:00 - 8:00pm

2nd Floor Lobby, Foundation Building

 

An opportunity for the Cooper Union community and interested parties to share and discuss the process and results of the WORK MAKES WORK exhibition project.

 

 

  • 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.