Chaired by the Garden's Director, the 7-member Art Advisory Board selected work for exhibition. The Board was composed of artists, curators, architects, collectors, arts professionals, and City Parks Department representatives (identified by *). Members served for three-year terms, renewable once.

Founder Louis L. Odette
Director Rina Greer

Members listed chronologically (1981 – 2011)

Ted Bieler
David Burnett
Ken Greenberg
Rebecca Sisler
Edmund Bovey
David Silcox
Carol Sprachman
John McKinnon
William J.S. Boyle
Christo Prinsloo
Gerald Schwartz
Enid Maclachlan
Judith Schwarz
Joyce Zemans
Olga Korper
Alan Schwartz
Peter Hamilton
Reinhard Reitzenstein
Don Bennett*