Updates about our work
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Making a place for learning at NYC summer play streets
The Uni Project has brought learning to NYC play streets since 2013, and this year we deployed our newest program BUILD NYC to play streets at Butler and Forest Houses (NYCHA) hosted by the Police Athletic League (PAL). One of our goals was to...
Uni Project’s DRAW NYC in Bronx with Blick Art Materials, NYC DOT, Bronx Museum.
Today, the Uni Project created an open-air art studio at a community street festival hosted by the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Uni Project Artist-in-Residence Courtney Menard shared her print-making with passersby, and we were joined by staff from Blick's...
Uni Project wraps up pop-up reading room residency at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem
Today, the Uni Project wrapped up a month-long residency at Marcus Garvey Park where we created a special pop-up reading room curated for Harlem. This reading room featured a collection of brand-new books awarded to the Uni Project as the recipient of a 2018 Coretta...
Uni Project wraps up Pop-up West Harlem!
This week, we wrapped a special series of pop-up installations in West Harlem that landed at Sheltering Arms Pool, Jacob H. Schiff Playground, and a street festival on Hamilton Place. Our work at Sheltering Arms Pool was in coordination with New York City...
Uni Project brings BUILD NYC to Harlem’s Sheltering Arms Pool
Here's a look back at a special series at Sheltering Arms Pool, where we brought our BUILD NYC program (interactive building stations, playful materials, design challenges) during July 2018. Our work at Sheltering Arms Pool was in support of the New York...
Uni Project returns to Jacob Schiff Playground with BUILD NYC
BUILD NYC is a pop-up installation that lets New Yorkers build together with LEGOs and more. Today, we set up on a plaza at the entrance of the park so people on Amsterdam Avenue could stop and join us. Today's event is part of our series called Pop-up...
Closing out summer play streets in the Bronx
Today, the Uni Project wrapped up a month-long series at NYC Play Streets. Over the past four weeks, we brought our program BUILD NYC to play streets at Butler and Forest Houses (NYCHA), hosted by the Police Athletic League (PAL). Made possible in part...
Uni Project brings BUILD NYC to Forest Houses play street
As part of a month-long run, the Uni Project brought BUILD NYC to a play street at Forest Houses (NYCHA), hosted by the Police Athletic League (PAL). Today was part of a collaboration with PAL to keep making play streets even better, which has included...