Visual Arts

Instructor: Josette Urso

6 in-person sessions

Fridays, October 10 to November 14

3:00 pm–6:00 pm

Location: 41 Cooper Square

Registration opens: Wednesday, September 3

REGISTER ONLINE HERE

10 In-person sessions

Tuesdays, February 24 to May 12, 2026 (Skip dates: March 31 & April 7)

6:30 pm–9:30 pm

Location: 41 Cooper Square

Registration opens: Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Everyone can learn to draw. Never taken a drawing class before? Feel rusty or simply lack confidence? This course is designed for you.

4 online sessions. THIS CLASS WILL TAKE PLACE OVER ZOOM. You will need a computer or device and we recommend that you download the latest version of the Zoom app. 

REGISTER ONLINE (Registration opens at 10 am on September 7, 2022)

Sundays, November 13, 20, December 4 & 11, 2022 skipping November 27 

11:00 AM–2:00 PM

Instructor: Josette Urso

  • 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.