Artist | Organizer | Consultant

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Ngoc-Tran Vu (she/her) is a multimedia artist and strategic consultant with over 15 years of experience. Her work combines socio-cultural advocacy with sustainable impact. She uses an artistic lens to help local and national organizations fulfill their mission through program development, communication, and storytelling. Her work is funded through competitive grants, fundraising, donations and consulting services.

More About Tran

My Goethe Institut Residency

Through light and visual artistry, this residency became a space of experimentation, reflection and connection—carrying history forward with intention. As I move into Echoes of 1975 (Starting March 5 at @spokeartboston), the 50th Commemoration of Remembering Black April (April 26 at BC High), and the activation in Dorchester this summer, I hold onto the guided collective energies we’ve built together for Journey of Light: A 1975 Memory Field

Tết in Boston Festival 2025
Photo: Loi Huynh
Intergenerational Cultural Commemoration.
Photo: Lee-Daniel Tran
Community Appreciation Event January 2025
Photo: Loi Huynh
Journey of Light: A 1975 Memory Field at the Goethe-Institut
Photo: Mark Römisch
Intergenerational Cultural Commemoration.
Photo: Lee-Daniel Tran
MC Team at First Community Convening.
Photo: Aurora Lee
Walking Tour of 1975: Memorial Project.
Photo: Lee-Daniel Tran
Breakout Session at First Community Convening.
Photo: Aurora Lee
Intergenerational Cultural Commemoration.
Photo: Lee-Daniel Tran
Walking Tour of Memorial Project.
Photo: Lee-Daniel Tran
Presentation at St. Botolph Art Club.
Boston Little Saigon Night Market 2024
Photo: Lee Daniel Tran
Walking Tour of Memorial Project.
Photo: Lee-Daniel Tran
1975 Team.
Photo: Lee-Daniel Tran

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“Tran is capable, diligent, disciplined, and committed to the work she does as an artist and social justice advocate. Every project that she has taken on, she has completed.”

CANDELARIA SILVA-COLLINS
Arts Consultant and Author
“I would recommend Ngoc-Tran and her leadership skills to any position without fail.”

DANIEL WOODRIDGE, MD, MPH, MS
Doctor in Fellowship, Univesity of California
“Tran leads with compassion and her commitment to a genuine understanding, and promoting of diversity, inclusion, and equity is a constant.”

AN UONG
Writer & Editor
“While Tran’s public art addresses social justice it is not mired in it as the sole message - her work also illuminates beauty, joy, and unity within community.”

CANDELARIA SILVA-COLLINS
Arts Consultant and Author
“A GIFTED FACILITATOR”

TOM LIVINGSTON
Owner, Livingston Associates
“Tran, being a socially engaged, community-connected artist, brings authenticity and complexity into her art and cultural storytelling as well as makes her programs inclusive and approachable to our diverse participants. I enjoy working with Tran and am looking forward to more future collaboration opportunities!”

AKEMI CHAYAMA
Japan Program Manager, Boston Children’s Museum

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Public Art Works in Greater Boston, MA

☚ Click on the hats icons to see the public art projects by Tran Vu Arts throughout Greater Boston.

**Stop by to see the works and be sure to tag @TranVuArts on social media!**

Consulting Services

Speaking Engagements & Keynote Presentations

Topics include: Art & Activism, Creative Resiliency & Placemaking, Artists’ Housing, and Community Engagement.
Workshop Facilitation and Leadership

Designing, coaching, and facilitating personalized workshops for your team, organization, community, and artists 1:1, etc.
Grant Strategy, Coaching, and Advising

Areas of expertise: Fundraising strategy, cultural programs, arts partnerships, social media, and strategic planning.