Ryan Oakes A'04 and Trevor Oakes A'04

Ryan and Trevor Oakes are showing Eleven-Day Paintings in Pietro Alexander Gallery from September 17-October 31. Their show features a recent body of concave paintings they made on the Hudson River, juxtaposed with historic Hudson River School paintings.The paintings were made over eleven consecutive days and depict the changing weather conditions. Read more here.

  • 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.