Curating
My wide-ranging interests in ecology, engagement, and archives can be seen in recent exhibitions developed in collaboration with community-based non-profits, museums, and public art programs. I seek out opportunities to write and speak about art in the public realm.
In Every Transition, A Pattern, Downtown Brooklyn, NY, 2026
This audio-driven light installation reflecting the pulse of Downtown Brooklyn energizes the windows of the iconic former Macy’s building on Fulton Street. Field recordings of conversation, traffic, pigeons, and passing trains form a composed score that translates into rhythmic, kaleidoscopic patterns. The temporary project was created by MASARY Studios for Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, with funding from NYC Department of Small Business Services. Our role was to organize the artist/designer selection process and assist with project management.
Read what The New York Times has to say: In a Shuttered Macy’s, You Can Feel the Pulse of Fulton Street
Essential Shore / Permeable Future, Brooklyn, NY, 2025
This community-focused initiative transformed Stand4Gallery and Community Center into a hub for artist-led ecological activity that drew attention to the Bay Ridge Shoreline. Temporary artworks were installed in the Narrows Botanical Garden, Shore Park, and the Bay Ridge Library. Five films were presented at the Alpine Cinema, and programs were held in various sites over eight weeks. Artists: Cynthia Alberto, John Buchanan, Graciela Cassel, Betsy Damon, Thomas Gallagher, Clarinda Mac Low/Carolyn Hall (Sunk Shore), Jan Mun, Valerie Tevere/Angel Nevarez, Seema Pandya, Nicole Peyrafitte, Ana Bessie Ratner (The Other Almanac), Brook Singer, Hannah Salyer. The Bay Ridge Public Art & Ecology Biennial was organized by Jeannine Bardo, curated by Jennifer McGregor.
Nueva Luz: Open To Interpretation, En Foco, Bronx, NY, 2024
Nueva Luz: Open to Interpretation featured three projects that were supported through the Nueva Luz Study Center Commissioning Fund. The projects support artists in extending their practices by accessing the Nueva Luz digital archive as a catalyst for new work. They were identified through an open competition. The multi-part installations were developed over eight months of inquiry by Shiloah Symone Coley, Lisa DuBois, and the collaborative team Regin Leys and Thiago Szmrecsányi. On view at WallWorks, 15 Canal Place, Bronx, NY, August 1–September 4, 2024. An essay in the Commissioning Fund Issue of Nueva Luz is forthcoming.
Image: Artist talk with Jennifer McGregor, Shiloah Symone Coley, Lisa DuBois, Thiago Szmrecsányi, and Regin Leys. Photo Credit: Michael Palma Mir.
Bay Ridge Through an Ecological Lens, Brooklyn, NY, 2023
A public art exhibition and film series at Stand4 Gallery and Community Center in conjunction with ecoartspace. For two months Stand4 Gallery become a hub to present interactive artworks connecting people to the nature and ecology in the greater Bay Ridge community. Site-inspired artworks were made for the show and films relating to the ecology of Brooklyn and New York’s waterfront areas were screened. On view at Stand4 Gallery, Alpine Cinema, American Veteran’s Memorial Pier, Bay Ridge Branch of Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge Narrows Botanical Garden, and Fifth Avenue storefronts April 15–June 19, 2023.
Rivers Flow / Artists Connect, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, 2024
The cultural, social, and spiritual significance of rivers is universal, as proven by their enduring presence in art and in our collective imagination. In Rivers Flow / Artists Connect, 48 American artists from the 1820s to the present day explore and illuminate our profound, symbiotic relationship with significant rivers across the globe, from the Hudson and the Susquehanna to the Indus and the Seine. Co-curated by Laura Vookles, Chair of HRM’s Curatorial Department, and guest curator Jennifer McGregor. On view February 2–September 1, 2024.
Sari Carel: A More Perfect Circle, Lentol Garden, Brooklyn, NY, 2024
Sari Carel: A More Perfect Circle is a public art meditation on throw-away culture and the circular economy made for Lentol Community Garden in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Sari Carel, an interdisciplinary artist and environmental activist, created a series of ceramic sculptures inspired by the ubiquitous disposable coffee cup. Her observations of this stackable form with its inherent intimacy as an object that’s held, sipped from, possessed momentarily and then discarded, became the basis for the installation. This project and programs were organized by KODA, a New York City-based nonprofit dedicated to mid-career artists of diverse backgrounds. On view in Lentol Garden, 484 Graham Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, April 20–June 30, 2024.
Shared Dialogue, Shared Space: Here From Afar, New York, NY, 2022
This exhibition was curated in Inwood Hill Park for Korea Art Forum with artists Stephanie Alvarado, Ana Paula Cordeiro, Gina Goico, and Jeanne F. Jalandoni, and the Afro-Polka Ensemble featuring Marty Ehrlich on flute, Jerome Harris on guitar, and Maciek Schejbal on percussion. The day-long, participatory art making event was part of Korea Art Forum’s multi-borough annual project. Shared Dialogue, Shared Space programs aim to connect immigrant communities and underserved ethnic enclaves to visual arts and culture through language access and participatory art activities. Click here to learn more.
Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 1999–2020
Over the past two decades, Jennifer’s place-based curatorial focus has been to explore the interconnection between people and nature at Wave Hill, a public garden in the Bronx that overlooks the Hudson River. With the curatorial team, she created exhibitions, residencies, and performances, to offer opportunities for artists to make experimental work that engaged the site and visitors. Click here to watch a stop-animation that captures twenty years of exhibitions and commissions.
Central Armature Works, Washington, D.C., 2023
Organized commissioned art for new mixed use complex including three apartment buildings, retail and a The Morrow hotel. The Glassitorium creative team produced interactive sculptures Urban Optics: Periscope, Camera Obscura and Kaleidoscope. Brian McCutcheon created a suspended sculpture based on an electrical armature previously manufactured at the site, and MISS CHELOVE painted two murals that celebrated the vitality of the NoMa neighborhood at Central Armature Works.
whispered conversations: beholding a landscape through journey and reflection, Brooklyn, NY, 2022–23
whispered conversations is an artwork by the collective of Kate Colyer, Lorrie Fredette, and Megan Porpeglia, who created bundles in response to their individual trips in 2021. These were shared through the mail to instigate a series of new artworks and shaped the exhibition at Stand4 Gallery On view November 11, 2022–January 14, 2023.
Writing
“No Longer a Stranger: Dismantling Barriers for Dialogue”
Commenting on MIGRANTOPOLY by Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, Immigrant Stories Within and Beyond the Border by Dr. Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, Remember Our Connection: Mend & Repair by Cecilia Lim. Shared Dialogue, Shared Space, Korea Art Forum, 2025.
“Sharing Space and Dialogue”
Essay reflecting on Limited, Limited Edition by Akiko Ichikawa, Anxiety by Sari Nordman, and Lingo Bingo by Thomas Gallagher. Shared Dialogue, Shared Space, Korea Art Forum, 2024. Click here to read.
“Conversation with Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel and Jennifer McGregor”
This conversation explores the link between my curatorial, art planning, and artistic practices. Voices Interior Beauty Salon, January, 2025.
“Interviews with Minshik Shin, Stephanie Alvarado and Nancy Paredes, Moses Ros, The Square Theater, and Yeon Jin Kim”
Essay reflecting on Limited, Limited Edition by Akiko Ichikawa, Anxiety by Sari Nordman, and Lingo Bingo by Thomas Gallagher. Shared Dialogue, Shared Space, Korea Art Forum, 2023. Click here to read.
“Hedwig Brouckaert / Peel / Examining the Layers”
Essay written for catalogue essay to accompany Peel (America) at Project: ARTspace, New York, NY. Also published in ArtSpiel, February 2, 2024. Click here to read.
“Bay Ridge Through an Ecological Lens: Jennifer McGregor”
Art Spiel, June 2, 2023. Click here to read.
“Here From Afar”
Curatorial essay about projects by Stephanie Alvarado, Ana Paula Cordeiro, Gina Gioco, and Jeanne Jalandoni. Shared Dialogue, Shared Space, Korea Art Forum, 2022. Click here to read.
“Sources of Ephemerality and Resiliency”
The Shadow of the Sun: Ross Bleckner & Zachari Logan, 2020
Essay written for catalogue to accompany exhibition that was presented at College Art Galleries at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
“Landscape Deconstructed”
Part 1 with Linda Stillman and Part 2 with Mimi Czajka Graminski, Art Spiel, February 14 and 21, 2022.
“Intuition and Practicality Come Together in the Public Realm”
Essay written for catalogue to accompany Tom Nussbaum: But Wait, There’s More! at the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ. Participating in a talk with Gail Stavitsky, Ph.D, Chief Curator, and Tom Nussbaum at MAM, October 5, 2025.
“whispered conversations at Stand4”
Art Spiel, December 19, 2022. Click here to read.
“Contextualizing the Public in Social Practice Projects”
Included in A Companion to Public Art, edited by Cher Krause Knight and Harriet F. Senie, Wiley Blackwell, 2016.
“Fluid Perspectives: Charting Urgency and Agency”
Included in Art Theory and Practice in the Anthropocene, edited by Julie Reiss, Vernon Press, 2019.
“Fluid Perspectives: Ellen Driscoll”
Article explores Ellen Driscoll’s unique approach to storytelling, ecology, and inventive use of materials to her public artworks and smaller studio sculptures. Sculpture, October, 2018. Click here to read.
Speaking
Longevity of Public Art
Conundrum of Permanence: New York City Waterfronts
Forum: Cultural Diplomacy — Art as a Tool in Multilateralism and Public Affairs, United Nations, New York, NY, 2025.
Art, Ecology, Place
Fertile Ground: Collaborations and Art & Ecology
A PAX Talk that explores the work of artists and scientists who bridge the gap between science, art and activism, presented by Public Art Exchange/PAX, 2024. Click here to watch the talk.
Diane Burko: Seeing Climate Change Panel Discussion
Participated on the opening panel for the Seeing Climate Change Symposium at American University, moderated by Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the AU Museum at the Katzen Arts Center and included Diane Burko, artist, Eleanor Heartney, critic and author.
The Conundrum of Permanence
Presentation for “Why Public Art?” panel at College Art Association Conference, New York, NY, 2025.
A Call to Action: Engaging Artists to Connect Hearts & Minds with Nature
Presentation with Elayna Toby Singer at APGA Education Symposium, Austin, TX, 2020.
Elasticity of Place
In this virtual talk, Jennifer explores two decades of place-based curating at Wave Hill, 2020. Click here to learn more and watch the talk.
TransBorder Art: Episode 59 Essential Shore / Permeable Future
Jeannine Bardo, Jennifer McGregor, Nicole Peyrafitte, and Hannah Salyer make connections with their communities using art with an ecological lens. Click here to watch.
Re-emerging into Public Space Post-Pandemic
College Art Association, Public Art Dialogue, panel moderator for talks by Naomi Kuo, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning; Megan Koza Mitchell, independent curator; Nancy Nowacek, Works on Water, 2021.
Stewardship for a Living Collection
Panel Moderator, Art Everywhere for Everyone, MTA Arts & Design Symposium, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 2025.