Apple Store lecture
03/19/08
CUP’s Executive Director, Rosten Woo, will be speaking at the Soho Apple store as part of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) series, “Design Remixed.” He’ll be speaking about (re)mixing design, politics, and education at CUP. http://www.aigany.org/events/details/7A11/
Wednesday 19 March 2008 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Apple Store, Soho
103 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
Making Policy Public launch at Printed Matter
03/13/08
Please join CUP on March 13 to celebrate the publication of The Cargo Chain and Social Security Risk Machine. These are the first two issues of Making Policy Public, CUP’s new pamphlet series that uses innovative graphic design to explore and explain public policy. Each pamphlet is the product of a commissioned collaboration between a designer and an advocate. The series aims to make information on public policy truly public: accessible, meaningful, and shared.
Making Policy Public launch
Thursday, March 13, 2008, 5–7 pm
Printed Matter Inc.
195 10th Avenue
New York, NY
C/E to 23rd Street
Adventures in Organizing and Art: A Conversation with Damon Rich & Damaris Reyes, NY
03/09/08
Organized by Elise Youn, the New Museum presents a conversation between CUP’s Damon Rich and Damaris Reyes, community organizer and executive director of Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES), on the evolution of their collaborative work–successes, mishaps, obstacles, and accomplishments.
This event is free with Museum admission, but tickets are required. Please request a ticket for this event in person at the Visitor Desk the day of the event. Advance reservations are not available. For more information, visit www.newmuseum.org/events/154.
Sunday, March 9, 2008, 3–5 pm
New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery
New York, NY
6 to Spring, N/R to Prince
CUP in TX
03/08/08
On March 3, Damon Rich will give a public presentation on CUP’s work as part of the University of Texas at Austin Design Lecture Series. This event is free and open to the public. While in town, Damon will conduct a student workshop called Bigness in TX/Austin City Limits on the densification of Austin’s downtown and the annexation at its periphery. For more information, visit www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/schedule_of_activities.cfm
Monday, March 3, 2008, 5:30 pm
University of Texas at Austin
College of Fine Arts
Art Building (ART), 2300 block, San Jacinto Street
Austin, TX
Edible Estates Public Debate
03/07/08
Fritz Haeg’s Edible Estates project aims to replace domestic front lawns with edible garden landscapes. Join him as he discusses his new publication, “Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn” with such panelists as professor of architecture Dolores Hayden, curator Shamim Momim, and author Frederick Kaufman. Friday, March 7, 7 pm. Celeste Bartos Forum, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, New York. For tickets, visit www.smarttix.com