by Sam | Aug 5, 2015
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....
by Sam | Jul 15, 2015
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...
by Sam | Jul 14, 2015
This weekend, the Uni returned to FDR Four Freedoms Park to offer park visitors a specially curated reading room, with books on FDR, WWII, and the NYC waterfront. We also unveiled our new DRAW NYC cart for the first time at this stunning location. Thank you to our...
by Sam | Jul 10, 2015
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...
by Sam | Jul 7, 2015
The Uni Project began with books. For several years now, we’ve offered New Yorkers the chance to read at staffed, open-air reading rooms that pop-up across the city in parks, plazas, and other public spaces. That’s still our game, in a big way. But in...
by Sam | Jul 6, 2015
Every year, in July and August, we turn our attention to a special effort: how to reach NYC kids with reading and learning opportunities outside of school, during summer. With start-up funding from the Shippy Foundation, we deploy the Uni portable reading room right...
