Cooper Union

School of Art

May 10 May 10
Public Art Fund Talks: Awol Erizku A'10

The artist discusses his first solo public show, New Visions for Iris, 13 photographs on view at bus shelters across New York City and Chicago
May 17 May 17
NYCxDesign Student Showcase

Students from The Cooper Union, FIT, Parsons, Pratt, and SVA share their work
Jun 01 Jun 01
Typographics 2021

Typographics, the annual festival on the contemporary use of type, returns for the seventh consecutive year

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.