Experience

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  Tracy Ellyn Fine Arts

  • Artist, Owner

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  Tracy Ellyn Fine Arts

  • United States

  • Artist, Owner

    • 1981 - Present
    • United States

    Tracy Ellyn creates multi-layered, multi-sensory mixed media gallery pieces, each containing drawing, painting, glasswork, cyanotype, frit, and more, thus communicating a holistic aesthetic experience. Transparent and luminescent, these oversized pieces transcend the genres of contemporary, modern or post-modern, and are viewed by her collectors as contemplative, thought-provoking and healing. Her artwork has been described as "a harmonious symphony between fine art and spiritual sensibilities."​For further information, photos and news, please LIKE and FOLLOW at:Facebook:www.facebook.com/TracyEllynFineArtsVisit the fine art website at www.tracyellyn-recentworks.com, and the commercial website at www.tracyellyn.com.

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  The Zen Tov Project for Healing Through the Arts

  • Miami, FL

  • Founder/Director

    • 1996 - Present
    • Miami, FL

    The Zen Tov Project is the therapeutic arts division of The Life Quest Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Founded by Tracy Ellyn, the Zen Tov Project has been engaged since 1996 in a variety of acts of tikkun olam via growth and awareness through the arts.It is the mission of the Zen Tov Project to provide a variety of arts-related services to individuals, groups and communities that are in need of cathartic expression, as well as to those who might be given talent-related opportunities that could provide them the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to move out of their circumstances.The Zen Tov Project has partnered with Greenspoon Marder Foundation's Community Arts Partnership (CAP), along with other fine foundations that utilize the arts to save lives, including the Dan Marino Foundation, Young At Art Museum, Casa Valentina, Here's Help, the Steven Sotloff Memorial 2 Lives Foundation, Life Quest Foundation, Ann Storck Center, Arc Broward, and Fund 4 Design & Art Education.We are grateful to continue the important work that we strongly believe the arts provide to our communities, both individually and collectively. Most of all, we aim to touch the lives of each individual that we assist through these efforts.Please visit us at www.TracyEllyn.com, click on Foundation.Watch our YouTube video at https://youtu.be/51KVigbdYMwYou can also LIKE us to follow our work, research, inspiration and ideas at:www.facebook.com/TheZenTovProject

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  Steven Sotloff Memorial 2LIVES Foundation

  • Board Member

    • Feb 2016 - Present

    www.2livesfoundation.orgIn memory of award-winning journalist Steven Sotloff, who was brutally beheaded by ISIS on international tv in front of the entire world, the Steven Sotloff Memorial 2LIVES Foundation continues his legacy by giving scholarships to major universities for journalism students training to work in conflict-torn regions of the world, as well as by working with the United Nations (UNESCO), Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, Time Magazine and other media leaders on the first ever Global Best Practices Journalist Safety regulations. The 2LIVES Foundation has already worked tirelessly with President Obama to change U.S. hostage policies, which he signed into law in their presence in June 2015, nearly a year after Steven perished. His family is committed to making sure that no journalist, no journalist's family ever goes through what they endured.

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  Miami Art and Design, Inc.

  • President

    • 1994 - 2015

    The mission of Miami Art and Design is twofold: to provide the highest quality art and design services, in particular in the areas of fashion design, graphic design and interior design, and also to train the next generation of talented youth for the top art magnets in Miami and the finest art schools/colleges in the US and Europe.Clients Tracy has designed for have included Christian Dior, Diane Von Furstenberg, Argenti, Natori, Google, MSN and the Democratic National Committee. Our product development experience extends from Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, India, and domestic locations, and our art and design trips are geared toward European and US cultural art meccas.We also provide therapeutic arts programs in residential and individualized settings, and cover a broad spectrum of physical, mental, and neurological handicaps, as well as individual and family needs.Tracy Ellyn holds a Master’s Degree (MS) in Art Education and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Fashion Design. She also holds State of Florida Professional Teacher Certification in Art K—12, is Magazine. She is a 3-time recipient of the National Art Education Association’s “Purposes, a member of the National Art Education Association and was contributing editor to School Arts Principles and Standards Award for School Art Programs.”This art/design consultation firm is one of the most thorough in South Florida, and its award-winning work has been internationally published for the past 25 years. For a complete listing of publications, awards, press, and projects, please view our web page at www.tracyellyn.com.

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  Fashion Designer

  • New York, Hong Kong, Europe, New Delhi

  • Head Fashion Designer

    • 1981 - 2010
    • New York, Hong Kong, Europe, New Delhi

    FASHION DESIGNER for Diane Von Furstenberg, Christian Dior, Julio, Koos Van den Akker, Argenti, Natori, Dawn Joy and Regarde Tangibles. Freelance fashion designer for Calvin Klein, Liz Claiborne, Carol Horn and many others. Since her first Cosmopolitan Magazine cover at age 22, Tracy has developed clothing collections from fabric development through runway show. She is experienced in all aspects of design and production in Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and India, and her final pieces have been published in all major fashion magazines in the US and Europe.PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.tracyellyn.com