After a bustling, month-long residency at Chelsea Market, our WRITE program served a few last patrons before heading out onto the streets for the rest of summer. WRITE is being developed with Therese Cox, a Heyman Center Public Humanities Fellow at Columbia University. Thanks to our host Chelsea Market for hosting DRAW and now WRITE in Chelsea Local. Scroll down to look back at blog posts from our deployments here during 2019.
Look back at more of our deployments at Chelsea Market:
Uni Project launches 2018 effort to bring playful learning opportunities to NYC Play Streets
Today, the Uni Project began a month-long series of pop-up installations at NYC Play Streets, and we brought our program BUILD with Lego and more to a play street at Butler Houses (NYCHA), hosted by the Police Athletic League (PAL). Since 1914, PAL has...
Uni Project returns to Corona Plaza for 10th Anniversary of NYC Plaza Program
Today we returned to Corona Plaza as part of a 10th anniversary celebration of the NYC Plaza Program, hosted by NYC Department of Transportation. This was our 24th visit to Corona Plaza, including one in 2012 before it was closed to vehicular traffic. We...
A special pop-up reading room for Madison Square Park
We've created a special pop-up reading room, curated to accompany the art exhibit Delirious Matter by Diana Al-Hadid in Madison Square Park. Find us near the North reflecting pool every Thursday through August 2. In the weeks ahead, some of our other...
Pop-up drawing studio and artist in residence on 125th St in East Harlem
Our DRAW NYC program came out to an Old School Block Party hosted by our friends at New Harlem East Merchants Association and the 100 Gates Project. Thanks to our program coordinator Arli and 2018 artist in residence Courtney Menard for braving the heat....
Pop-up reading room and science exhibit on 116th St, East Harlem
The Uni Project's READ and EXPLORE programs landed at a NYC DOT Weekend Walk in East Harlem hosted by Concrete Safaris. On a closed-off street, people explored a curated collection of books at our portable reading room and looked at specimens through...
BUILD together in Astoria Heights Park
Our newest program BUILD NYC landed in the recently renovated Astoria Heights Park. Thanks to our host Friends of Astoria Heights Park and NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. BUILD NYC is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City...