Nancy Rosen has created a variety of public art, especially temporary exhibitions of outdoor sculpture. In 1980, she founded Nancy Rosen Incorporated, an organization which plans and implements public art programs and collections. Her work includes the Art-for-Public-Spaces program for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 and a public art program for Battery Park City, a neighborhood adjacent to the World Trade Center site

World Trade Center site

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. She advised the Institute for Advanced Study

Institute for Advanced Study

The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...

 in Princeton

Princeton, New Jersey

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 and the Committee for Art in Public Places at Middlebury College

Middlebury College

Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...

. She has served on the Art Commission of the City of New York since 2002.

In 2003, she served on the jury for the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition

World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition

The World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition was an open, international memorial contest, initiated by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation , as per the specifications of architect Daniel Libeskind, to design a World Trade Center Site Memorial on a portion of the World Trade Center site...

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In addition to public art, Nancy Rosen acted as advisor to The Walt Disney Company for the artwork aboard the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder cruise ships built in Mestre, Italy between 1997 and 1999.