2023: That’s a wrap!
It’s time to say goodbye to 2023! I had so much fun seeing several projects open this year and am looking forward to 2024. Thank you to all of my friends, collaborators, and clients for all you did to make 2023 an unforgettable year for SGJ Consulting.
I could not have gotten through the year without the help of several wonderful colleagues. Brett Palfreyman, Camille Czerkowicz, and Maggie Carforo joined SGJ Consulting to help with projects large and small. If you didn’t get a chance to meet them, I hope you will in the future as we’re sure to be working together again.
We opened two major exhibitions, was inspired by lots of what we saw, and worked on several projects that will come to fruition in the future. I can’t wait to see what next year has in store!
Here are some highlights from 2023:
We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC
The exhibiton, presented by the National Women’s History Museum, opened in April at the MLK Library in Washington DC. As project manager for the museum, it was a blast to see the show open and watch visitors enjoy it.
Read more about the exhibiton on my blog:
People, Place, and Influence: The Collection at 100
This exhibition opened at the Museum of the City of New York in October. As contributing curator, I focused on the museum’s history and explored how 100 years of exhibitions revealed how the museum told the story of New York City.
Read more about the exhibiton on my blog:
An Almanac of New York City for the Year 2024
Published by Abbeville Press, this year’s Almanac hit shelves in the fall — and was spied at McNally Jackson, Barnes and Nobel, and other NYC bookstores. I had a fun chat about the project with Justin Rivers of Untapped Cities Insiders, and with local hero of mine, Michael Gargiulo of NBC4 — who was super enthusiastic about its combination of today’s events and historic tidbits.
I got to chat with the legendary Michael Gargiulo of NBC4 New York about the Almanac — he loves it!! It was a trip seeing him talk to Darlene Rodriguez and the other anchors about my project (even if it was very early in the morning).
Colonel Tye and Refugee Town: An Interpretive Plan
Brett Palfreyman, Maggie Carforo and I worked with the Sandy Hook Foundation and NPS’s Sandy Hook Unit to put together an interpretive plan to tell the story of Colonel Tye, a Black Revolutionary War figure who escaped from slavery in Colts Neck to fight for the British from their home base in Sandy Hook and eventually earn his freedom. It is a narrative that complicates what we think we know about the ideals of American patriots, and at the same time sheds a new light on local New Jersey history. I’m looking forward to seeing the project to completion!
As usual, I saw a lot of interesting shows:
