Winter Term 2019: with The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)

Standing-room only public launch and distribution event for Making Policy Public project How Can I Improve My Park? July 24, 2014, The Arsenal, Central Park, New York City. This 2013–14 MPP is a collaboration between designer Elana Schlenker, illustrator Leslie Wood, community organizations New Yorkers for Parks and Partnership for Parks, and CUP
Standing-room only public launch and distribution event for Making Policy Public project How Can I Improve My Park? July 24, 2014, The Arsenal, Central Park, New York City. This 2013–14 MPP is a collaboration between designer Elana Schlenker, illustrator Leslie Wood, community organizations New Yorkers for Parks and Partnership for Parks, and CUP

During Winter Term 2019, CUP’s residency at The Drawing Center features an exhibition in which the project is broken down visually from its conception through its design, testing, and distribution. There will also be a series of events geared towards individuals wishing to learn more about community-engaged design, as well as an on-site store where individuals can browse and purchase past and current posters from CUP’sMaking Policy Public program.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

As part of the exhibition, the Center for Urban Pedagogy will offer a series of public programs for adults and youth that share the organization’s unique methodology. Programs include an opportunity to meet CUP’s latest collaborators at the 2019 Making Policy Public + Public Access Design Launch Party, a panel discussion about using illustration to represent diverse communities, and interactive workshops using CUP’s What Is Zoning? and Sewer in a Suitcase toolkits.

Thursday, February 21, 6–8pm, All are welcome, no RSVP needed

Opening Reception

Monday, February 25, 6:30–8pm, $5 via Eventbrite here

Using Illustration to Represent Diverse Communities

Panel discussion on representation in illustration with Liziana Cruz, Njoki Gitahi, and Erin Rommel, (see bios via Eventbrite link above)

Moderated by Christine Gaspar (Executive Director, CUP)

How can illustration be used as a tool to represent diverse communities? How can designers use their work to combat bias and disrupt common stereotypes? Designers, artists, and illustrators will discuss their experiences working with community-based organizations and CUP on "popular education materials,” or tools that use visuals and accessible text to make complex issues easy to understand. Hear about lessons learned and how these artists were able to create visual tools that were culturally sensitive and responsive to the communities they were partnering with, and what they learned along the way.

Thursday, February 28, 3–6pm (Repeats on Thursday, March 7), SOLD OUT, standby waitlist at the door

Designing with Communities

Methodology workshop for adults with Christine Gaspar (Executive Director, CUP) and CUP staff

This interactive workshop will introduce participants to CUP’s unique and award-winning community-engaged design methodology. How can you use design and art to help contribute to real community change? How can you build a partnership with a community you are not a part of? Attendees will learn from CUP’s Executive Director Christine Gaspar and other staff about how CUP facilitates its projects with community-based organizations and designers, helping to bridge their worlds to create visually-based explanations of complex policies and processes.

Saturday, March 2, 11am-1pm (Repeats on Saturday, March 9) $5 via Eventbrite here

What is Zoning?

Workshop for adults with CUP Community Education Program staff

Zoning law regulates land use across the city and shapes buildings, blocks, and whole neighborhoods. How does it work? Why is it so controversial? This interactive workshop helps explain the zoning of density, bulk, land use, and how proposed rezonings could affect your neighborhood. Learn the basics (or build up to topics like inclusionary and contextual zoning) while maxing out your lot with plastic block buildings or laying out a brand new city.

Thursday, March 7, 3–6pm, SOLD OUT, sign up for waitlist via Eventbrite here

Designing with Communities

Methodology workshop for adults with Christine Gaspar (Executive Director, CUP) and CUP staff

This interactive workshop will introduce participants to CUP’s unique and award-winning community-engaged design methodology. How can you use design and art to help contribute to real community change? How can you build a partnership with a community you are not a part of? Attendees will learn from CUP’s Executive Director Christine Gaspar and other staff about how CUP facilitates its projects with community-based organizations and designers, helping to bridge their worlds to create visually-based explanations of complex policies and processes.

Saturday, March 9, 11am–1pm $5 via Eventbrite here

What is Zoning?

Workshop for adults with CUP Community Education Program staff

Zoning law regulates land use across the city and shapes buildings, blocks, and whole neighborhoods. How does it work? Why is it so controversial? This interactive workshop helps explain the zoning of density, bulk, land use, and how proposed rezonings could affect your neighborhood. Learn the basics (or build up to topics like inclusionary and contextual zoning) while maxing out your lot with plastic block buildings or laying out a brand new city.

Saturday, March 16, 11am–1pm $5 via Eventbrite here

Sewer in a Suitcase

Workshop for kids with a CUP Youth Education Program Manager.

New York City uses over one billion gallons of water every day. What happens to it after we’ve used it? Sewer in a Suitcase is a working model of New York City’s sewer system that helps demystify the hidden workings of the City’s water infrastructure by following the journey water takes beyond the drain. The workshop, suitable for all ages, demonstrates our sewer system in action, and introduces concepts like urban watersheds, water infrastructure, and the health impacts of water pollution.