Updates about our work
Postcards from the Uni
Every December, we send out postcards from the Uni. Our first cards went to Kickstarter donors in 2011, and now they're a tradition. The cards let us share our experience on the street. And they let us reflect on the contributions of so many of you who the support the...
A portable reading room for Hillsboro Public Library
In 2015, we partnered with Hillsboro Public Library in Oregon and built them one of our portable reading room kits. The Hillsboro staff named the cart "Library on the Loose" (Lucy), and they are using the kit to reach patrons out in the community. Here are some photos...
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 wraps outdoor season at Zion Triangle Plaza in Brownsville, Brooklyn
On Halloween, the Uni Project returned to Brownsville, Brooklyn to close out our season and share our new DRAW program. Thanks to our partner and host Pitkin Avenue BID. High-quality art materials in the Uni are generously provided by Blick Art Materials. Photos and a...
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
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. Burning...
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
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....
Uni reading room at Diversity Plaza, Queens, Aug 1, 2015
Photos from deployment of the Uni reading room at Diversity Plaza, Queens on Aug 1, 2015 with our new DRAW NYC cart. Our host and partner was Friends of Diversity Plaza and Sukhi New York. Our participation was made possible by funds granted by the Charles H. Revson...