The School of Art at The Cooper Union

Congrats to 1989 School of Art alumnus Bill Morrison whose short documentary, "Incident," was nominated for an Oscar today! Morrison screened the documentary this past September 2024 in the Great Hall. See the full list of nominees at https://lnkd.in/gpzdBS9M.

Congrats to 1949 The Cooper Union alumnus Alex Katz who was awarded a National Medal of Arts earlier this week at the White House. Read more about his honor at https://bit.ly/3NH2JNg.

Alex Katz A’49 Awarded National Medal of Arts The Cooper alumnus was honored during a White House ceremony with the highest award given to artists.

Coco Fusco Video Debuts in Union Square Coco Fusco's Everyone Who Lives Here is a New Yorker, a video that engages public perception of migrants in New York City, will be featured on select LinkNYC screens leading up to this year's presidential election.

Read about a collaboration with the supermarket chain Wegmans who are teaming up with the The School of Art to help combat food insecurity in the Cooper community at https://bit.ly/3X3GoPg. As part of the collab, Wegmans will provide gift cards to art undergraduates as well as students in SaturdayProgram CooperUnion, and in turn, students will create art installations for the windows of the local Wegmans.

Cooper–Wegmans Collab to Fight Hunger The supermarket chain Wegmans is teaming up with the School of Art to help combat food insecurity in the Cooper community.

Yuri Masnyj Named Asst Dean of School of Art Yuri Masnyj Named Asst Dean of School of Art POSTED ON: July 8, 2024 Image Yuri Masnyj A’98, who has taught at the School of Art since 2007, has been appointed assistant dean at the school. Dean Adriana Farmiga said, "I’m excited for him to take on this expanded role and to continue to serve as ...

Adriana Farmiga Named Dean of Cooper Union School of Art Adriana Farmiga Named Dean of Cooper Union School of Art POSTED ON: June 5, 2024 Image Adriana Farmiga introduces the Great Hall program, "War/Art Balance: Deimperializing the Soviet Avant-Garde at the Time of Russia’s War on Ukraine, Its Culture, and People" held on April 27, 2023. Photo by Marge...

Meet the New Saturday Program Staff We spoke with José Ortiz, the new director of The Cooper Union Saturday Program, and Ciana Malchione A'21, who was recently promoted to assistant director.

Hollywood Reporter calls 2000 The Cooper Union alumnus Petter Ringbom's new documentary, "This World Is Not My Own," a "captivating film portrait." Read the review of the film that starts screening on May 3 at the Quad at https://bit.ly/3wcd3rn.

‘This World Is Not My Own’ Review: The Story of a Self-Taught Artist Breaks From Doc Tradition in Rewarding Ways Through voice work and motion capture, Uzo Aduba pays tribute to an outsider artist in a hybrid documentary that incorporates 3D-animated performances.

The Cooper Union Assistant Professor Fia Backström was awarded the Borlem Prize, which goes to an artist who brings awareness to mental health issues. Read more at https://bit.ly/3xo1GwL.

Assistant Professor of Art Fia Backström Receives the Borlem Prize Assistant Professor of Art Fia Backström Receives the Borlem Prize POSTED ON: April 3, 2024 Image School of Art Assistant Professor Fia Backström was awarded the 2023 U.S. Borlem Prize, which goes to an artist who brings awareness to mental health issues. Half of the $40,000 prize money is donated...

Generous Gift to School of Art from Harold Altman A'47 The celebrated artist credited Cooper with giving him a chance to excel.

See a gallery of images from opening night of the 2023 Benjamin Menschel Fellowship exhibition at https://bit.ly/3HSmdeG. This year's exhibition, "On Air," features four projects, all by fellows from the School of Art.

Menschel Fellowship Exhibition 2023 Menschel Fellowship Exhibition 2023 For more than 25 years, The Cooper Union student participants in the Benjamin Menschel Fellowship Program have mounted an exhibition showcasing their explorations in art, architecture, design, and engineering. These photos are a sampling from the opening night of....

Learn more about The Cooper Union adjunct faculty who are participating in the 2024 Whitney Biennial at https://bit.ly/4bgmWnv.

The New York Times calls The Cooper Union Professor Coco Fusco's "Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island" a 2023 best art book writing the "visually captivating book documents the politics & the poetry, both sharp, of an important career very much in progress." Learn more at https://nyti.ms/3RjetH0.

Best Art Books of 2023 The art critics of The Times select their favorites, from Botticelli to Vermeer, Lucy Lippard’s memoir, and Wade Guyton’s intelligent rereading of Manet.

Read a The New York Times interview with 2014 School of Art alumna Emilie Gossiaux about her work and her Queens Museum exhibition, "Other-Worlding," at https://bit.ly/416xQrr.

Her Guide Dog Inspired Her Art. Now the Lab Stars in a Museum Show. After losing her sight in an accident, Emilie Gossiaux found meaning and art in a bond with her dog, London, celebrated at the Queens Museum.

Fall in Cooper Square

Watch an Art21 interview with 2010 School of Art alumnus Esteban Cabeza de Baca about his practice at https://bit.ly/3Pz8cGu.

Esteban Cabeza de Baca's Time Travels | Art21 "New York Close Up" Painter Esteban Cabeza de Baca quietly defies the laws of space and time, blending past, present, and future in richly layered landscapes of the American Sou...

Congrats to 1951 School of Art alumnus Seymour Chwast who was inducted into the Society Of Illustrators Hall of Fame. Learn more via Print Magazine at https://bit.ly/44OKgEn.

The Daily Heller: Society of Illustrators Inducts Chwast Into Hall of Fame You’d be forgiven for thinking he was already there.

William Villalongo Bridges Histories of Black Identity Black Menagerie, on view through October 14, 2023, is Associate Professor William Villalongo's A'99 seventh solo exhibition at Susan Inglett Gallery.