The Saturday Program - Cooper Union

The Saturday Program - Cooper Union The Cooper Union Saturday Program offers free art and architecture classes to New York City high school students. New York NY 10003 (4th avenue at 5th street)

The Saturday Program offers six free studio art courses enrolling over 200 New York City Public High School students. Most classes meet from 10:00am to 5:00pm on Saturdays for two semesters, October through April. This schedule provides the intensive working time necessary to explore media, technique and concept for both the beginner and the student with art experience. To encourage access for all

students materials are provided at no charge. Courses offered for grades 9-12 are: Drawing, Painting, Graphic Design, Sculpture, Architecture, and Sound Composition. Students do not need prior experience, only motivation and a written application required. For high school seniors, our 2-semester Portfolio Preparation class provides support to successfully compete for admissions to art and architecture colleges. This intensive studio course includes individual advisement and studio visits with professional artists. Applicants to the Portfolio class must attend an informal work review on October 6th. Please see the HOW TO APPLY section for details. All Saturday Program classes make field trips to museums, galleries, and artists’ studios. Creative writing workshops are integrated into the visual arts curriculum. Each year the program culminates in April with an Exhibition and Spoken Word Performance (to which you are cordially invited). For more information please email or call the Saturday Program Office at 212-353-4108. New York City Public High Schools interested in September recruitment visits may contact Aisha Bell. The Saturday Program Office’s office is located at 30 Cooper Square, 2nd Floor.

EDUCATORS EVENINGAs our program year comes to a close, The Saturday Program cordially invites teachers, guidance counsel...
04/03/2025

EDUCATORS EVENING

As our program year comes to a close, The Saturday Program cordially invites teachers, guidance counselors, community leaders, and arts advocates interested in learning more about our program to our Educators Evening 2025 on Thursday, April 3, from 5:00–7:00 PM in Cooper Union’s Civic Projects Lab, Street Level, 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10008. Please feel free to share this invite with your network.

Join us as we launch our 2025–2026 Program recruitment campaign with an Information Session and Q&A. This event will take place in the Civic Projects Lab, where artwork from our college-bound Portfolio Prep students Portfolio Development participants will be on display.

🎨✨ YOU’RE INVITED! ✨🎨Join us for the Saturday Program’s Year End Show 2025, celebrating the incredible artwork of our ta...
03/27/2025

🎨✨ YOU’RE INVITED! ✨🎨

Join us for the Saturday Program’s Year End Show 2025, celebrating the incredible artwork of our talented high school students!

📅 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 29 | 1:00–5:00 PM
📍 Exhibition Locations:
📌 Foundation Building, 3rd Floor (March 29–30) – Architecture, Drawing, Graphic Design, Media Production, Painting & Sculpture
📌 Civic Projects Lab, Street Level (March 29–April 4) – Portfolio Prep

📝 Don’t miss the Writing Showcase at 3:00 PM in Rose Auditorium!

Come celebrate a year of creativity, hard work, and artistic growth! 🎭🖌️

This Saturday, February 22nd Saturday Program Students will be hearing from artist and engineer Olguine Alcide in our th...
02/21/2025

This Saturday, February 22nd Saturday Program Students will be hearing from artist and engineer Olguine Alcide in our third Creative Careers presentation of the program year.
Olguine Alcide is a Transportation Engineer and Assistant Director at NYC DOT, specializing in urban design, traffic engineering, and project management. They have led key street improvement projects, including protected bike lanes and safety enhancements across NYC. With a background in illustration and digital art, Olguine combines technical expertise with creative problem-solving to design functional and visually thoughtful urban spaces.

In addition to Saturday Program students, all Cooper Union ID holders are welcome to attend this talk from 3:00 - 4:30pm in Room 315, 7 e 7th Street.

Check out this year's amazing Costume Contest entries! Recognize any characters? 👻
10/26/2024

Check out this year's amazing Costume Contest entries! Recognize any characters? 👻

Students of the Architecture class create observational drawings exploring form and space, models out of basswood and pl...
06/06/2023

Students of the Architecture class create observational drawings exploring form and space, models out of basswood and plaster, and large-scale cardboard projects. Last year, their final project had them work in teams to create functional cardboard chairs without using glue or tape!

Applications for the 2023-24 school year are now open! Apply by August 31st to be considered for the Fall 2023 semester....
06/01/2023

Applications for the 2023-24 school year are now open! Apply by August 31st to be considered for the Fall 2023 semester. Applications can be found at the link in our bio, or at saturday.cooper.edu. 🐮

That's a wrap on the 2022-23 school year! Thank you to all of our amazing instructors, students and community partners f...
05/03/2023

That's a wrap on the 2022-23 school year! Thank you to all of our amazing instructors, students and community partners for making this year a blast. We'll see you next year!

YES 2023 April 8, 2023CPL 41 Cooper, open to the public, 4/8-4/15, 10am-6pm.
04/11/2023

YES 2023 April 8, 2023
CPL 41 Cooper, open to the public, 4/8-4/15, 10am-6pm.

YES 2023 celebrating with Batalá NYC, leading us into procession for the Poetry Reading!
04/11/2023

YES 2023 celebrating with Batalá NYC, leading us into procession for the Poetry Reading!

April 8, 2023 YES (Year End Exhibition) Foundation Building 3rd Floor An amazing day of celebrating The Saturday Progra...
04/11/2023

April 8, 2023 YES (Year End Exhibition) Foundation Building 3rd Floor

An amazing day of celebrating The Saturday Program high school student artwork, the Cooper undergraduate instructors, support staff, and community!

The entire Saturday Program alumni, supporters, and friends are warmly invited to the opening of The Saturday Program's ...
04/04/2023

The entire Saturday Program alumni, supporters, and friends are warmly invited to the opening of The Saturday Program's Year End Show!

Opening event: April 8th, 1pm

This exhibition will showcase artwork produced by the high school students of the eight Saturday Program classes throughout the 2022-23 school year: Architecture, Drawing, Digital Media/Photography, Graphic Design, Painting, Sculpture, Senior Design Studio and Senior Visual Art classes. The opening will take place on Saturday, April 8th from 1-4 pm in two locations, the Civic Projects Lab and the 3rd Floor Lobby of Foundation, and will remain open through April 9th (3rd Floor Lobby) and 15th (Civic Projects Lab). We hope to see you there!

The exhibition is open and accessible to the public Monday April 10- Friday April 14, 9am -6pm at Civic Projects Lab, 41 Cooper.

YES Invite, Poster Design by (also current Drawing instructor💥)

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