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About Emily Tracy

Emily Tracy is a highly motivated visual artist with 12 years of experience working in the public arts field. She runs her own visual arts company specialising in making lit sculptures, installations, and collaborative, participatory projects which enable and inspire communities. She works alone or with a team of artists, specialist technicians, and musicians. She has managed large-scale projects and has experience of managing budgets, fund-raising and project evaluation.

Emily Tracy creates and project manages innovative, high quality and arresting art works in these areas:

 

Events, festivals and processions

Public art and site-specific installations

Interactive educational events and workshops

Emily has worked with: The Thames Festival, Fusion East, The National Trust,
The Hayward Gallery and Hackney Council.

Emily Tracy's Bio (+)

Education
1992-1994 Slade school of Art, London. Post graduate. (Higher Diploma)
1989-1992 Brighton Polytechnic. BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting 2:1
1988-1989 Central school of Art, London. Foundation.

Public Commissions
2010. Kew Gardens: Temple of the Imagination, Chandelier commission to be completed June 2010.
2009. Winter festival, Hackney Council. Lantern workshops and installation of lanterns.
2009. Day Of The Dead: The British Museum. Community project /carnival event.
2009. Comings and Goings. Site-specific installation using animation.Shunt lounge.
2009. The Hive: Light sculpture. Pan-London schools Project. The Thames Festival.
2008. The Wishing Tree: Light sculpture. Pan-London schools Project. The Thames Festival.
2008. Winter Lantern procession.Hackney Council.
2007.The Butterfly house (Lumina): Pan-London project. The Thames Festival.
2006.Pagoda (Lumina): Fusion East. ‘Paradise Gardens Festival’, London.
2004.The Bird cage: (Lumina) Waterloo regeneration Trust, London.
2003.Eltham lights up, Emergency exit arts, Winter lantern procession.
2003.Night Flight of the Demons, H.C.D.P, London.
2002.Full Bloom Procession: Coin Street Festival.
2002.Lights Connections Festival, Bexley Council for Race equality.
2002.Queens Golden Jubilee lantern procession: Artichoke. The Mall, London.
2001.River of Lanterns, Emergency Exit Arts. Millennium Bridge opening.
2000.Massive mermaids. The Thames Festival. Night carnival light sculpture. And schools project.London.
1999.Boat. The Thames Festival, Night carnival light sculpture. London.
1997.Lights on the City Basin. Islington Council, London.
1997.Lighting the Town hall. Islington Council, London.
1997.Artist in residence, The FruitMarket Gallery, Edinburgh.
2004-2007.Lumina was a collaborative partnership between Emily Tracy and Maximilian Marshall.

Education projects
2010. Creative Practitioner, St.Matthews primary school, Luton. Project to be completed in June 2010, supporting and devising ways of exploring creativity in the classroom.
2010. The British Museum. Printmaking workshops exploring RevolutionPaper exhibition with 2 Community groups.
2009. Kew Gardens. Workshop exploring Marianne North Gallery for Refugee group.
2009. Kew gardens at The British Museum. Outreach education project.
2009. Kidbrooke school. Arts festival project.
2009. Eleanor Palmer primary school. 3D sculpture project.
2008.Black History Month project, Gayhurst primary School. Suitcase project.
2008.Irish Cultural Centre: Culture camp. Lantern making.
2008.The Bridge Academy: Plaster workshops yr 6.
2008.Sutton House, Hackney. National Trust Schools Art Partnership project.
2008.Osterley House, The National trust. Development of arts trolley activites.
2008.Dragon puppet; Eleanor Palmer school,London. Creative Arts Company.
2007.St. Paul's arts Centre and Chisenhale Primary school. 3D visual arts.
2006.The Science Museum, London. Workshop artist.
2005. Big Draw, Kings College, London. Drawing workshops around the River.
2005.Monson Primary School, Lewisham. Wall art project.
2004.Monega School, Newham. Creative Partnerships ,Emergency Exit Arts.
2003.The British Museum, Workshop Leader.
2001.The Barbican gallery. Residency in John Scurr school .
2000.Artist talks, The Hayward Gallery, Led discussion and talks on exhibitions.
1997-2001Explainer, Education department,The Natural History Museum

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