Rachel Nelson-Smith

Dear All,

At the Slide Slam organized by the Asian American Women’s Art Association today on Zoom, I will speak about my work for 4 minutes. The event begins is 4–6PM. Links are below.

Sincerely,
Rachel Smith

Link to the Zoom event:
https://zoom.us/j/128204285

Link to to Facebook event:
https://facebook.com/events/s/slide-slam-were-going-virtual/179148746684472/?ti=icl

Working on new project, my first as an MFA student…

People working with beads who may or may not identify as artists, are invited to participate by submitting artwork that is beadwoven, sewn, glued, wired, embroidered, soldered, and/or assembled by other methods with the intention of staging a public exhibition positioning beadwork as art.

The project theme was generated by members of the Bead Society of Northern California, is facilitated by UC Davis Art Studio 1st year MFA student Rachel Maryam Smith as a function of coursework, and is designed to challenge notions of “art” by working as a group and using a medium typically associated with craft.

Bead Painting: an experimental group project Call for bead artwork to be featured in a 2019 Bay Area exhibition People working with beads who may or may not identify as artists, are invited to participate. Submissions can be beadwoven, sewn, glued, wired, embroidered, soldered, and/or assembled by other methods. The project theme was generated...

I’ve been busy… This piece is 9 feet tall and made of 200+ strands of strung 11°s. It is being shown today in the Elena Baskin Visual Arts Studios at UCSC where I returned for undergrad art studios in 2015.

Join us for Sunset Bubbles at the Lighthouse. Friday, 8/5, 6:30 - 8:00 P.M.

Hello Bead Fan! Go find my Facebook Profile as Rachel Smith. I post with more regularity that this page. facebook.com/rachelmnelsonsmith

The new projects are here! http://rachelnelsonsmith.blogspot.com/2015/08/three-new-beadweaving-projects.html

RNS beadworks: Three New Beadweaving Projects