Cooper Union

School of Art

In memory of renowned graphic designer Carin Goldberg A'75.

Feb 13 Feb 13
Mad, Bad (but Good to Know): A Survey of Type Specimens Offline and Online.
Feb 15 Feb 15
Art in the City: What NYC Has to Offer Artists and Architects

Hear from panelists from different city agencies about different grants, fellowships, and more offered by NYC
Apr 06 Apr 06
The 2023 Cooper Union Augusta Savage Colloquium

The 2023 colloquium will include presentations by poet/historian Marilyn Nelson, choreographer/curator Rashida Bumbray and artist/educator Justin Randolph Thompson

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.