Tracy Ferron: Changemaking at the Margins Through Participatory Art
GPC member Tracy Ferron presented the transformative work of her non-profit, Life On Art, at the National Organization for Arts in Health conference held at the NYU Steinhardt School, Nov 5-7, 2025.
In her talk, Changemaking at the Margins Through Large-Scale Participatory Art, Tracy shared Life On Art’s artmaking programs in California state prisons and psychiatric facilities and their innovative model of community-participated public art.
Tracy presenting at the National Organization for Arts in Health 2025 conference.
Life On Art installations illustrate our common humanity and interconnection and are built through workshops which foster a sense of belonging and uplift.
Life On Art is currently in partnership with the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center to co-design and implement a whole facility participatory art program to serve the incarcerated men, the correctional officers, their families, the nurses and staff—to beautify the former prison and to forge a sense of community. Please see Heart Stories, a short film about their prison work and the trailer to their documentary, Unbound. Tracy can be reached at [email protected].
Tracy Ferron at Life On Art’s The Art of Rehabilitation exhibit in Monterey County.