Rachel & Katie Rearick
Photo by Amy Masters
Rachel Saul Rearick received her Bachelors of Fine Art in Printmaking with a Minor in Art History from Edinboro University; and went on to receive a Masters of Public Administration from Gannon University with a focus on Organizational Leadership. Following her undergraduate work, Rachel did a printmaking residency at Wilson College, leaving wok in their permanent collection.
Balancing her creative process somewhere between printmaking and painting, monoprints have become Rachel’s primary visual language. She enjoys building conversations that are layered with information, working to evoke emotion through the use of color and texture, by first building each background in an intuitive manner. Currently, Rachel is exploring the use of repeating shapes and forms, to delineate space through the use of line.
Rachel is a Board Member at Artists Image Resource, a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, and a member of the Pittsburgh Print Group.
In addition to her professional position and personal printmaking practice, Rachel can be found around the city both curating exhibitions and engaging in social practice projects.
Katie Rearick received her BFA with an emphasis in Metal/Jewelry from Western Michigan University in 2008, and her MFA from SUNY New Paltz in 2012. Supplemental to her formal education, she has studied at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Penland School of Crafts.
Her work ranges from small-scale body adornment to large sculptural installations that utilize personal narrative as a starting point. Katie’s work was included in the publications 500 Gemstone Jewels and 500 Enameled Objects. Notable exhibitions include: Staring : in HINDSIGHT at The International Design Museum in Munich, Germany, the College Art Association NY Area MFA Exhibition at Hunter College, New York, Fresh: Metalsmith Exhibition in Print at the National Ornamental Metal Museum and Allegheny Metals Club Exhibition at the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh.
Previously, Katie has taught at SUNY New Paltz and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Currently, she is a faculty member at Waynesburg University.
Having founded the Allegheny Metals Collective in 2015, Katie is actively engaged in the Pittsburgh metals community and currently teaches workshops at Contemporary Craft. She also maintains a home studio in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh.