Jennifer McGregor is an American curator and arts planner. Based in New York, she was the Director of Arts and senior

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, a public garden and cultural center in the Bronx, New York City. There she curated exhibitions and oversees performances that relate to nature, culture and site. Noteworthly projects included an immersive outdoor installation by Chris Doyle, ''The Lightening – A Project for Wave Hill's Aquatic Garden'' and the exhibition ''Field Notes'' featuring projects by Matthew Friday, David McQueen and

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. McGregor started working in the field of public art as the first director of the New York City's

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Program between 1983 and 1990. She has served as a consultant on many

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and policy projects including a public art plan for the

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in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2012; a public art plan for

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, in 2015, and project management for New York City's

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Memorial in 2006; managed the commissioned artwork by

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for the New Instructional Building at the

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, and more.

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