2026 End of Year Show: Photos from Opening Night

On May 27, The Cooper Union opened its End of Year Show, an annual public exhibition of work by students in architecture, art, and engineering. This Cooper-wide showcase takes over hallways, galleries, classrooms, lobbies, and studios with students' culminating projects, artwork, models, designs, prototypes, and installations from the past academic year.

The photo gallery below features some moments from opening night. The show is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, 12 to 7 pm through June 14, 2026.

Note: Works by students of the School of Art are identified only by the artist, per tradition. Works from The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture are attributed to the studio in which they were created, with no specific author.

Photos by Argenis Apolinario A’03

  • 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.