OPENING: Outreach Summer Exhibition

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 3:30 - 6pm

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8, 2012

The Foundation Building
7 East 7th Street
New York, NY 10003

The Summer 2012 exhibition of the Cooper Union Outreach Pre-College Program features work from the 6 week program, 4 week program and Artists in Residency Program.

POETRY READING
3:30pm - 4:00pm
The Great Hall

OPENING RECEPTION
4:00pm - 6:00pm
2nd, 5th, 6th and 7th Floors

 

 

 

 

  • 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.