Cooper Union

School of Art

Mar 02 Mar 02
Navina Khanna | Reclaiming Relationships, Rooting in Resilience
Mar 11 Mar 11
Public Art Fund Talks: Elmgreen & Dragset
Mar 27 Mar 27
Shahram Khosravi | Listening to X-rays

Shahram Khosravi will show what listening to X-ray images can tell us about bordering practices

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.