Rachel Huff Smith Fine Art

Dynamic Fine Artist, Exhibit Manager, Public Speaker and Visual Art Educator who engages students of all artistic levels to dispel talent myths, develop skills, and discover methods of innovation.

Solo Exhibitions

Circumvolve: Narratives and Responses to Life Cycles, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Jacksonville, FL, 2017-2018

Fractured Space and Still Life, University of North Florida 2nd Floor Galleries, Jacksonville, FL, 2016-2017

Group Exibitions

ReThreaded: Flight, Lufrano Intercultural Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 2019

Mother Nature, FemArt Gallery, Avonlea Antiques and Design, Jacksonville, FL, 2018

Preserve, Lufrano Intercultural Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL (Juried), 2018

Summer Show, Southlight Gallery, Jacksonville, FL (Juried), 2017

UNF Student Juried Exhibit, UNF Gallery of Art, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL (Hope McMath, Juror), 2017

Align, Vandroff Art Gallery, Jewish Community Alliance, Jacksonville, FL (Jason John, Associate Professor, Juror), 2017

Figure/Ground, CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville, FL, 2016

Spring Member Juried Show, Northeast Florida Education Association, Jacksonville, FL, 2016

Senior Show, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, 1995

 Collaborative Projects

2018                       Iron Wedding, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

(iron pour performance with printmaking props), 2018

Conference Presentations

Circumvolve: Narratives and Responses to Life Cycles, Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC),

Eastern Florida State College, FL, 2018

Circumvolve: Narratives and Responses to Life Cycles, Showcase of Osprey Advancements in

Research and Scholarship (SOARS), University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 2018

Radio and Website Publications

Lindsey Kilbride, WJCT interview, Jacksonville, FL October 23, 2017,

              https://news.wjct.org/post/unf-art-student-painting-circle-life-exhibition-moca-studio

Lilliana Kendall, “New MOCA Jacksonville exhibits: “Unverified” and “Circumvolve: Narratives and Responses to Life Cycles,”

unfspinnaker.com, January 12, 2018, URL: https://unfspinnaker.com/64203/uncategorized/new-moca-jacksonville-exhibits-unverified-and-circumvolve-narratives-and-responses-to-life-cycles/

Caitlin Swindell, “Residency Talk: The Scoop on Rachel Huff Smith,” MOCA Jacksonville Blog, October 23, 2017.                https://mocajacksonville.unf.edu/blog/Residency-Talk--The-Scoop-on-Rachel-Huff-Smith/

Education           

Master of Education in Instructional Practice, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, 2021

Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking, Minor in Photography, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, 2018

Bachelor of Science in Commercial Art, Minor in Business Administration, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, 1995

Semester at Sea - world-wide cultural exchange program, University of Pittsburgh academic sponsor, Fall 1995

Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, Earned 3 credits towards Master of Art in Teaching, 2006

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Coursework in Figure Drawing, Advanced Photoshop, Graphic Design, 1997-2000

Grants and Awards

2017 Fall           Student Artist-in-Residence, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL

2017 Fall           Paul Ladnier Endowed Scholarship for Painting