"Union Meeting in the Open Air Outside the Academy of Music" is a wood engraving by Winslow Homer depicting a labor gathering in New York City, likely from the 1870s. The work captures a moment of democratic assembly with a crowd of working people gathered in public space, demonstrating Homer's interest in contemporary American social and political life. As a wood engraving, the piece exemplifies the medium's capacity for fine detail and tonal variation, making it well suited to Homer's documentary approach to recording scenes of everyday urban experience.