Menschel Fellowship Exhibition 2023

For more than 25 years, The Cooper Union student participants in the Benjamin Menschel Fellowship Program have mounted an exhibition showcasing their explorations in art, architecture, design, and engineering. These photos are a sampling from the opening night of this year's exhibition. On Air features four projects, all by fellows from the School of Art. These are "Artist’s work — Lead in Le travail de l’artiste — Discours d’introduction" by Dylan Clark A’25; "Two Spoon Carvers and a Dancer" by Stella Martone A’24, Eva Rodríguez Langevin A’24, and Rita Ross A’24; "Catching Orbital Debris (The Ohio Suite)" by Jacksun Bein A’24; and "Entoptic Phenomena and the Sublime: Research En Plein-Air" by Mylean Raeder A’24.

  • 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.