Center for Urban Pedagogy
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to improve the quality of public participation in urban planning and community design. History. CUP was founded in 1997 by the artist and architect Damon Rich with co-founders Oscar Tuazon (artist), Stella Bugbee (graphic designer), Josh Breitbart (media activist), Jason Anderson (architect), AJ Blandford (architectural historian), Sarah Dadush (attorney), Althea Wasow (filmmaker), and Rosten Woo (policy analyst). During the fall of 2003, at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, the CUP organized the exhibition "City Without a  Ghetto" themed on the development of low-cost housing in New York City since the late 1940s. In 2011, the CUP received a Rockefeller CIF award to develop its Public Access Design project. The project aimed to connect graphic designers and distressed communities. In November 2018, the CUP partnered with New York's Drawing Center to advocate civic engagement through drawing and design. Description. The Center for Urban Pedagogy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York City. CUP's current executive director is Christine Gaspar. Its goal is to communicate on the law as clearly as  possible, in areas where there is a low level of education on legal matters. The CUP released the " Vendor Power" booklet informing NYC's street vendors on the law and their rights, "I Got Arrested" for underage persons getting arrested, "Know Your Lines" to raise the issue of regional lines modifications during electoral ballots.