Tracy Silva Barbosa

Tracy is a multi-media artist and community organizer with experience organizing the Love the Ave initiative in New Bedford's North End. A Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate of MassArt 99, she has worked in private and public collections all over the world. Tracy began working with glass in 1997 at Mass College of Art in Boston. Soon after, she worked at John Lewis Glass assisting with such glass marvels as the OK City Memorial, and One World Trade, NY. Today, Barbosa is the owner of Duende Studio. Duende Studio's mission in equity-based collaborative public art and community building projects across New England has been running strong for more than 20 years.