Cooper Union

School of Art

The exhibition is the museum's signature survey of early and mid-career artists living and working in the New York City area.

Mar 23 Mar 23
Character Development

A talk about Japanese film subtitle lettering
Mar 24 Mar 24
Tracing the City

Tracing the City features student work from the interdisciplinary course, Data Science for Social Good
Mar 25 Mar 25
Future Relic

A conversation with Cooper Union alumnus Daniel Arsham about his new memoir that touches on failures, disasters, detours, and how he made a career as an artist

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.