Rachel Carren: Art & Art Historian

Education:

  • PhD University of Maryland, College Park, MD (19th Century Art History, special emphasis on American Art, minor- 17th Century Dutch)
  • MA University of Maryland, College Park, MD (19th Century Art History)
  • BA Tufts University, Medford, MA (English and Art History)

Public Collections:

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
  • Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
  • Mingei Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

Publications:

Awards:

  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Nov., 2010 – Best New Artist “Louise Binswanger Prize”
  • Creative Crafts Council of Maryland, 2007 – 1st place and honorable mention

Shows:

  • CraftNewYork, New York, NY, March 30-April 1, 2012
  • ACC- Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, Feb. 2012
  • “Terra Nova: Polymer Art at the Crossroads”, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, Oct. 2011- Feb. 2012
  • Waverly Street Gallery, Jeweler’s Showcase, Bethesda, MD, Sept.-Dec., 2011
  • CraftNewYork, New York, NY April 2011
  • Target Gallery, Metalwork ’10, Alexandria, VA, Dec. 2010-Jan. 2011
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, 2010
  • Berkshire Craft Fair, Great Barrington, MA Aug. 2009, 2010
  • Target Art Gallery, Alexandria, VA April, 2008
  • Fine Furnishings and Fine Crafts, Providence, RI Oct. 2007
  • Academy Art Museum, Arts Marketplace, Easton, MD Oct. 2007, 2009
  • Germantown Friends Show, Germantown, PA March, 2007
  • Pleiades (invitational show with WGG), Bethesda, MD Nov. 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
  • National Museum of Women in the Arts: Holiday Gift Mart, Washington, DC Dec. 2004, 2005
  • Morristown Craft Market, Morristown, NJ October 2005
  • Creative Craft Council of Maryland, Rockville, MD May 2005, 2007, 2009

Professional Associations: