Cooper Union

Rain Just Comes

Tue, Mar 24, 12am - Sat, Mar 28, 2015 12am

'Field' (detail) by Alicia Gracy

Senior Presentation of School of Art student Alicia Gracy

Opening Reception 7th Floor Tuesday, March 24th 6PM - 8PM

Exhibition Open Wednesday - Saturday 11-6PM

Located at 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues

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.