Tracy Silva Barbosa
(Panelist) Tracy works both in glass sculpture and mixed-media painting, the latter which she discovered after using acrylic in formal studies for her sculptures, developing a lasting interest in the medium. Tracy found paint to be freeing. She studied sculpture and glass in college along with many other mediums, all of which translate through her paintings. Born in Massachusetts to Portuguese parents, Tracy incorporates cultural contrasts into the layers of her subjects. She juxtaposes the traditional landscape with modern environments, often with composites of her own photography and illustrates the passage of time in asymmetrical narratives inspired by Asian scroll paintings. Also influenced by the Baroque, Byzantine and Rococo periods, Tracy combines these classical methods with diverse mixed-media to ultimately explore issues of transcendence, emotion and personal symbolism. Tracy lives well with posttraumatic stress disorder. (www.TSilvaBarbosa.com)
Jackie Chasen
(Panelist) Jackie is a musician, composer and educator. She began her musical journey at the age of eight, when her parents gave her a saxophone as a birthday present. More than two decades later, she still has the same excitement for playing as she did that day. Jackie attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she earned her bachelor's degree in music. She plans on pursuing graduate school in the fall. Jackie has been featured on several national music tours, Bravo television's "Million Dollar Listing," the FUSE network and a national Nikon campaign. When she is not working on her music, Jackie enjoys ballet and relaxing with her rescued terrier mix, Daryl Hall. She has been in recovery from anorexia nervosa for the past year.
