Tracy Mackenna

I am an award-winning artist, curator, scholar and educator whose practice and research contributes to the development of visual arts practice and art education. Since the 1990s, I have received public and private funding and been awarded commissions to make work, including installations, site-specific projects, artist’s publications, workshops and events. I am a founding curator of The Museum of Loss and Renewal (residency programmes and publishing).

My specialist areas are contemporary art practice, collaborative practices, artistic research, art writing, publishing as an artistic practice, and art education.

Mentoring / Creative Coaching
I love to mentor and to coach creatively.
I want to help other creatives reflect, find clarity and confidence, and reconnect in order to grow.
I am endlessly inquisitive, a natural researcher, a good listener, and can get to the core of issues quickly.
My values are accessibility, attentiveness, care, connectivity, compassion, creativity, generosity and integrity.

In my mentoring relationships, working best as an ongoing long-term practice focussed on growth, I have experience, expertise and networks that I share with my mentees. As a coach, the opposite is the case: you have the pearls, and I work with you to find your solutions; coaching excels in achieving specific short-term goals. In both mentoring and coaching, developing a rich conversational mode in a safe space is a priority.

I am a highly experienced artist, curator, Professor and former academic Dean.

I mentor and coach artists and academics internationally, often invited to do so by art organisations. I sometimes take up the role of ‘Critical Friend’ for artists’ groups, art organisations and universities, and I always engage in informal mentoring and coaching with the residents of The Museum of Loss and Renewal.

I have undertaken certificated learning and training e.g. Supporting Neurodivergent people in the workplace, Understanding Autism, and I am myself Neurodivergent.

I offer bespoke mentoring and creative coaching packages, taking place both online and in-person. 

Please contact me to discuss what you would like to focus on, and together we can devise a programme that will be engaging, fulfilling and rewarding.

Coaching Services include: One to one coaching, Supervision, Training, Facilitation

Price Guide: £95 per hour for one-to-one coaching. Price for Supervision, Training and Facilitation vary depending on what is required.

Availability: Online, In person, Telephone