Sara Reisman New York City

Sara Reisman is a curator, educator, and writer based in New York City. Her curatorial and educational engagements have focused on socially engaged art, the history of exhibition-making, public art —both temporary and permanent— artist books, and the intersections between art and activism.  She has held leadership positions in curatorial, philanthropic, and educational capacities including Chief Curator at the National Academy of Design (2021-2025), Executive and Artistic Director of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation (2014-2021), and Director of New York City’s Percent for Art Program (2008-2014), where she managed more than 100 permanent public art commissions across New York City's five boroughs. Reisman has taught art history and contemporary art at the University of Pennsylvania and SUNY Purchase School of Art + Design, and since 2016, she has been on the faculty at the School of Visual Arts’ Curatorial Practice MA Program.