Tracy MacDonald

Executive Producer, Arts and Culture

Tracy MacDonald is the Executive Producer of Arts and Culture at Rhode Island PBS. In 2021, she moved back to her home state of Rhode Island and started producing for Rhode Island PBS. During her first year, she created the New England Emmy and Gold Telly Award-winning series ART inc. As Executive Producer, Tracy works with a great team to produce our local Arts and Culture series, including the local music show Ocean State Sessions, Animal Talk, Double Feature, Story in the Public Square, and Our Town. She believes arts and culture journalism is a powerful way to share authentic local stories that speak to a broader audience.

When she’s not working, Tracy likes to explore secret and not-so-secret places, bake pies, take photos, and read/listen to all sorts of books, magazines, and podcasts.

Recently published
Contemporary Rhode Island artist reveres the natural world and turns nostalgia on its head
Artist and entertainer Larry Krone dishes on his famous dish
Savaree ‘Sav’ Hazard-Chaney once dreamed of playing in the NBA. Now she is a self-taught multimedia artist who shares her passion for rug tufting
The host of ‘Maria’s Portuguese Table’ on PBS teaches the art of sourcing and tasting ingredients
Victoria Reed of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts says the Nazi dictator coveted ‘Portrait of a Man,’ which belonged to an Austrian couple at the outbreak of World War II. He didn’t get it