Rachel has always been a part of art, ever since she was a child. Born and raised in Salem, OR, then moved up north to Bellingham, WA at age 15 with her family of artists, that began the colorful road to art in shaping her creativity. The community of Bellingham, the outdoors, travel, diversity, and her family are a big part of her life and inspiration. Rachel has a plethora of experience in many forms of fine arts; from art history, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, screen-printing, photography, upcycling/recycling/reduse/reuse art, dyes, fibers/fabrics, textiles, sewing, costumes, masks, art installation, collaboration, and mixed-media. In 2007, she enrolled at Whatcom Community College, then went onto the Woodring College of Education for Fine Arts in Education K-12 at Western Washington University. In the fall of 2013, she was given the opportunity to be a fine arts student teacher in England at an international school called Box Hill. There, she was able to meet and work with a fine group of teachers, staff, and wonderful students from all over the globe. Rachel graduated from WWU in December of 2013 with a certification in arts education. Since then, she has continued her love of the arts and education in many ways: art exhibits throughout Washington state, art workshops throughout Whatcom county, a teaching artist at Allied Arts of Whatcom County, teaching Community Art Ed at Whatcom Community College & art workshops at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, WA, and teaching kids art classes for BAAY EduArts enrichment program & their Summer Art Camps at BAAY.

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