Karin Bravin has over 15 years of logistical, managerial, and curatorial expertise in the public art sphere. In 2006 and again in 2021 Bravin curated and produced elaborate three-month exhibitions of several art installations in Riverside Park for The Riverside Park Conservancy and New York City Parks Department. The projects for (Studio In The Park, 2006 and Re:Growth Riverside, 2021) were sited in unexpected places: under tunnels, on baseball backstops, in the Hudson River, and along the meandering paths.
From 2009 to 2013 Bravin was the consultant for the Downtown Alliance, where she selected and oversaw several art projects in lower Manhattan. The project, Re: Construction, was a ground-breaking initiative that helped transform unsightly construction barriers in the Wall Street area into large scale artworks.
In 2012, Bravin Curated Space Invaders at Lehman College in the Bronx. This included 19 site specific work in the gallery and on the surrounding campus
Currently, Bravin is the curator and consultant for The Public Arts Commission of Lewes,Delaware where she has been helping to develop a comprehensive program thatincludes multiple art destinations.
Since 2016, Bravin has been on the arts advisory committee for The Stirner Arts Trail in Easton, Pennsylvania, where she is currently co-curating a biennial exhibition about climate and ecology. She was instrumental in bringing ten pieces by artist Rachel B. Hayes to the trail in 2018.
