Saturday Program Year-End Show 2016

Mon, Apr 4, 2pm - Fri, Apr 8, 2016 6pm

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Graphic by students of the Saturday Program Graphic Design class

Graphic by students of the Saturday Program Graphic Design class

A free, public art exhibition by students of the Saturday Program, which provides free art classes to New York City public high schoolers. The exhibition includes work from the seven Saturday Program classes: Graphic Design, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Sound Composition & Portfolio Preparation.

The exhibition will take place at 31 3rd Avenue, the ground floor of The Cooper Union dorm building, at the corner of Stuyvesant Street.

Opening Reception
Saturday, April 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Exhibition Hours
April 4 - April 8
2:00 - 6:00 (or by appointment)

The Saturday Program gratefully acknowledges the generous donors who make this important program possible. We are especially grateful to The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation for their considerable support. We would also like to thank Jeffrey Gural and his wife Paula for their major annual support. The program also acknowledges Richard Lincer, chairman of the board of trustees, and his wife Ellen for their generous matching grant.

We would also like to thank the Altman Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation, the Bay and Paul Foundations and the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation for their generous contributions. The program is also supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. We are also grateful for the in-kind support of Materials for the Arts and Whole Foods for their donation of gift cards.
 

  • 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.