Cooper Union

Saturday Program Gallery

Check out the gallery below for a look back on The Saturday Program's 2022-23 school year! Included are photos of classrooms, student artwork, and special events from the Fall and Spring semesters.

Photos by Argenis Apolinario and Saturday Program staff

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Students of the Drawing class drawing from a live model.
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Classroom view from the Saturday Program Open Studio.
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Students viewing artwork at the Year End Show.
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Architectural models made by Saturday Program students, on view at the Open Studio.
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Students viewing artwork at the Year End Show.
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Zekaiya Whittington of the Senior Studio - Design course reading poetry at the Year End Show.
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Classroom view of the Senior Studio - Visual Art class.
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Senior Studio - Visual Art student at work.
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Senior Studio - Visual Art students at work.
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Classroom view of the Senior Studio - Visual Art class.
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Student working in the Senior Studio - Visual Art class.
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Students working in the Senior Studio - Visual Art class.
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Students working in the Painting class.
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Classroom view of the Painting class.
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Student working in the Painting class.
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Student working in the Painting class.
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Student working in the Painting class.
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Classroom view of the Painting class.
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Students working in the Architecture class.
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Students working in the Architecture class.
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Architecture instructor assisting student.
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Students working in the Architecture class.
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Saturday Program students holding zines made by the Drawing class.
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Bryan Grande of the Graphic Design class reading poetry at the Year End Show.

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.