Jennifer Ley

Coalition building has always been at the core of Jennifer Ley’s artistic practice, whether that be building a grass roots children’s environmental arts organization in the early 90’s (Crayon Power), to publishing several pioneering online literary arts magazines (Riding the Meridan and the Astrophysicist’s Tango Partner Speaks), to her earliest forays into curatorial practice at White Columns and Club 57 in New York’s progressively punk, New Wave 80’s. As a current Essex County resident and board member at the Montclair Art Museum, Ley recognizes and supports the important role Manufacturers Village Artists plays to support diversity and inclusion in the arts in New Jersey. Ley’s art practice spans diverse media over 40+ years. Her early film and photography work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. She is currently working on an installation to call attention to the work of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.