Uni Project brings DRAW to Social Innovation Week NYC

Uni Project brings DRAW to Social Innovation Week NYC

The Uni rounded out our public season with a deployment at Social Innovation Week NYC. Thanks to Nicky Frankel and the SIW team for inviting us to share our DRAW cart with visitors to the SIW storefront on Mott St. See you in 2016!
Uni READ and DRAW at MAS Summit for NYC 2015

Uni READ and DRAW at MAS Summit for NYC 2015

The Uni spent the weekend with folks who share our love of public space and the public realm at The Municipal Art Society of New York’s Summit for NYC 2015. Thanks to the great team at MAS for having us at the Times Center, and thanks to long-time Uni volunteer...
Come see DRAW NYC on display in a Lower East Side storefront

Come see DRAW NYC on display in a Lower East Side storefront

  DRAW NYC is our new effort to let people gather in public and draw. Implemented on the same circuit as our open-air reading rooms, we’re offering people access to high-quality art materials and opportunities to draw in public space across New York City....
Uni reading room at Plaza33 in Midtown

Uni reading room at Plaza33 in Midtown

On Saturday, the Uni Project went to midtown Manhattan to set up an outdoor reading room at a remarkable new temporary plaza called Plaza33 next to Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. With the Empire State Building as a backdrop, we put the act of learning on a...
Uni wraps up four weekly reading rooms at Diversity Plaza, Queens

Uni wraps up four weekly reading rooms at Diversity Plaza, Queens

Four times in the summer of 2015, the Uni Project created an open-air reading room at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens. During two of these visits, we also turned the plaza into an open-air drawing studio with our new DRAW cart and artists-in-residence. The...
We add drawing to the Uni reading room at Brooklyn Bridge Park

We add drawing to the Uni reading room at Brooklyn Bridge Park

The Uni portable reading room is in the midst of a summer residency in spectacular Brooklyn Bridge Park, and this Sunday we introduced our new DRAW cart to the park. Funded by a grant from Burning Man, with supplies generously provided by Blick Art Materials, our new...
Uni reading room at FDR Four Freedoms Park

Uni reading room at FDR Four Freedoms Park

This weekend, the Uni returned to DRAW NYC cart for the first time at this stunning location. Thank you to our partners at Four Freedoms Park Conservancy and the dedicated park staff. We love this recent Four Freedoms Park blog post, which tells the story of the Uni....
Uni portable reading room: 5 deployments, 2 days

Uni portable reading room: 5 deployments, 2 days

This weekend, throw a stone in New York City, and you’re likely to hit a Uni open-air reading room. Here’s the schedule. Thank you to our outstanding staff for working with us all weekend, all across the city. Read. Draw. Together. NYC. Saturday, July 11...