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Updated 11/21/2024

Ngoc-Tran Vu

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Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Ngoc-Tran Vu (she/her) is a 1.5-generation Vietnamese-American multimedia visual artist and organizer whose socially engaged practice draws from her experience as a strategist, educator, and lightworker. Tran threads her collaborative and generative social practice through photography, painting, sculpture and installation so that her art can resonate and engage audience with intentionality. Her work evokes discourse of diasporas, memories and rituals amongst themes of social justice and healing. Tran works across borders and is based in Boston's Dorchester community where she grew up. www.tranvuarts.com | @TranVuArts

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Ngoc-Tran Vu (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Multimedia Artist and Cultural Organizer
Address:
551 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02116

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2019

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2019

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Visual/Crafts - Experimental
  • Visual/Crafts - Installation
  • Visual/Crafts - Mixed Media
  • Visual/Crafts - Sculpture

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Community Arts
  • Exhibitions
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Residency - Community
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Cultural Preservation
  • Consulting - Organizational Capacity
  • Marketing Services
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Public Relations Services
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • Teens
  • Artists
  • Adults

Languages Available:

  • Vietnamese
  • Spanish

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • National
  • International
  • Multi-State Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Accessible website and/or multimedia for people with sensory disabilities

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • NYU’s Global Institute for Advanced Study Critical Collaborations Fellow (2016-Present)
  • Black Rock Arts Foundations’ Civic Arts Grant (2016)
  • ExpressingBoston Public Art Fellow (2014-15)
  • NYU Tisch Arts & Public Policy Grant (2013)
  • Imaging America Joy of Giving Award (2013)
  • Gates Millennium Scholar and Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Alum (2006-Present)
  • Creative City Grantee/Alum Network

Awards

Awards:

  • NYU’s Global Institute for Advanced Study Critical Collaborations Fellow (2016-Present)
  • Black Rock Arts Foundations’ Civic Arts Grant (2016)
  • ExpressingBoston Public Art Fellow (2014-15)
  • NYU Tisch Arts & Public Policy Grant (2013)
  • Imaging America Joy of Giving Award (2013)
  • Gates Millennium Scholar and Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Alum (2006-Present)
  • Creative City Grantee/Alum Network

Education

Education:

  • MA in Arts Politics, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
  • BA in Ethnic Studies & Visual Arts, Brown University

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Designated Arts Community:

  • Massachusetts Cultural District Member - Boston Little Saigon Cultural District

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Virtual / Remote
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Seniors
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Visual/Crafts

Fee range:

Sliding scale depending on context - please reach out for more information.

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Virtual / Remote
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Seniors
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Visual/Crafts

Fee range:

Sliding scale depending on context - please reach out for more information.