Shows & Events :
2024
On View 01/24-10/23: Oak Spring A Place To Grow group show at Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Exhibit; Selected Weeds on view at Remedies Herb Shop, Brooklyn, NY October (exact dates and opening reception TBA)
Mindful Nature Journaling Hikes in NYC Parks, 1 per borough; June, July, August, September, & October Listings TBA
Botanical Drawing at the Naval Cemetery Landscape Thursday, June 27, 6:30-8:30 pm
2023
Awarded artist residency and grant; Oak Spring Garden Foundation for summer of 2023 fellow cohort
Awarded 2023 artist in resdience & grant; Naval Cemetery Landscape, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (art workshops/as part of the residency programming)
2023 Hikes: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Queens), Greenbelt (Staten Island), Shirley Chisholm (Brooklyn), Pelham Bay (Bronx), Inwood Hill (Manhattan)
On view: commission; Urbanscape for City Harvest installed at City Harvest, January 2023
Solo Exhibition at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge; “NYC Natural” on view June 11 - Sept 2023 / opening reception 6/11 2-4 :00 pm
2022
In 2022 Jessica joined Gallery Particulier; a gallery with a mission to “lend” artwork into homes of underprivileged communities
2022 Mindful Nature Journaling Hikes : in 5 boroughs: Staten Island Greenbelt, Bush Terminal, Bronx Botanical Garden, Alley Pond, & Fort Tryon Parks
Directions Into The Woods, A group show at Lexington Art & Sci House, curated by, Jill Benson, on view July 18-August 7 2022
2021-2020
This Urban Green World, 4 Person Exhibit at Interchurch Galleries on view: 11/10-12/31, opening 11/17 6-8 pm / 01/06 Artist Talk here
Art For Environmental & Climate Justice: Earth Day Artist Talk, moderated by, Tracy Penn including presentation by, Jessica listen here
Nature Contained, The Old Stone House Brooklyn, curated by, Katherine Gressel, on view May-July 2021; Virtual Exhibit here
NYC Natural; Solo Exhibit at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, POSTPONED until 2023
Gilbertsville Expressive Movement; Awarded grant & residency July 2020 CANCELLED
Notable Press:
2020 Blog article for Hamilton College; A mid career reflection
2017 Mention In Hyperallergic Review of GOS
2014 New York Times mention of Plein Air Event I co-created in collaboration with The Gowanus Canal Conservancy
2010 New York Times mention of my painting “Urban Farm” in “Eat Art”, Atlantic gallery curated by Pamela Talese