Updates about our work
READ and EXPLORE on Woodside Ave in Queens
DOT + Uni On Saturday, April 21, the Uni Project deployed our READ and EXPLORE programs to a NYC DOT Weekend Walk in Queens, hosted by the Thai Community USA NYC. Thanks to our partners NYC DOT and HYPOTHEkids! [ngg_images source="galleries"...
READ and EXPLORE (with birds!) at Albee Square, Brooklyn
On Saturday, April 21, the Uni Project deployed our READ and EXPLORE programs to Albee Square in Brooklyn, hosted by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. Thanks to our partner WSP Eco Projects for bringing out the birds! [ngg_images source="galleries"...
READ and EXPLORE on Eldridge Street in NYC Chinatown
On Sunday, April 15 we offered our READ and EXPLORE programs at an Earth Day Weekend Walk celebration in Chinatown—our first event of the 2018 season. Thanks to our host Chinatown Partnership and our partner NYC Department of Transportation! Thank you also...
Help us bring drawing to NYC street festivals!
Our 2018 season is getting underway, and you can help us add something special—drawing at street festivals. Here's the backstory: neighborhood groups have begun asking permission from NYC Department of Transportation to close local streets on weekends so...
Meet Luyi Wang, 2017 Artist in Residence at the Uni Project
We have an Artist-in-Residence program here at the Uni Project where we invite local artists to come on-site and inspire people participating in our DRAW program in parks, playgrounds, and other public spaces across NYC. This year we had the...
Help us level the playing field in 2018
We've come to the end of our 2017 season—146 days of outdoor reading rooms, drawing stations, and other learning environments across NYC. We couldn't have done it without your support. To keep things rolling into 2018, we've created a special fund drive to raise...
Uni wraps up outdoor season, lands in Sunnyside Queens
It's been a big year for the Uni Project: 146 deployments in 75 different locations, offering pop-up reading rooms, art studios, and science exhibits in public spaces across New York City. Here are a few snapshots from our final outdoor deployment of 2017 on...
The Uni returns to Washington Square Park
On four Thursdays in September and October, we returned to one of our favorite places in New York City—the Northwest corner of Washington Square Park, right under the English Elm that is one of the city’s oldest trees. This year, in addition to a curated collection of...
READ and DRAW at Park Ave and East 104th St
Today, we landed at “Party on Park”, a street festival hosted by our friends at New Harlem East Merchants Association (NHEMA). We offered a reading room and a taste of our DRAW program as well. Special thanks to Blick Art Materials for joining us on the street....