Center for Urban Pedagogy


The Center for Urban Pedagogy is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to improve the quality of public participation in urban planning and community design.

History

CUP was founded in 1997 by the artist and architect Damon Rich with co-founders Oscar Tuazon, Stella Bugbee, Josh Breitbart, Jason Anderson, AJ Blandford, Sarah Dadush, Althea Wasow, and Rosten Woo.
During the fall of 2003, at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, the CUP organized the exhibition City Without a Ghetto themed on the development of low-cost housing in New York City since the late 1940s.
In 2011, the CUP received a Rockefeller CIF award to develop its Public Access Design project. The project aimed to connect graphic designers and distressed communities. In November 2018, the CUP partnered with New York's Drawing Center to advocate civic engagement through drawing and design.

Description

The Center for Urban Pedagogy is a 501 nonprofit organization located in Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York City. CUP's current executive director is Christine Gaspar.
Its goal is to communicate on the law as clearly as possible, in areas where there is a low level of education on legal matters. The CUP released the " Vendor Power" booklet informing NYC's street vendors on the law and their rights, "I Got Arrested" for underage persons getting arrested, "Know Your Lines" to raise the issue of regional lines modifications during electoral ballots.