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06 December 2015

Friendge Event! at the Wolfie and the Sneak Holiday Open Studio and Potluck 

(address upon request)

4p-6p


18 October 2015

During Sunday Fun Day: PROJECT TEN TEN TEN/ PROYECTO DIEZ DIEZ DIEZ, I will lead, 

I am, We are… - A collaborative art piece which celebrates individuality, togetherness, and community. 

Participants will learn to make tassels and will have the opportunity to contribute their individual tassel and story to the in-progress artwork. Materials will be provided.

MINT MUSEUM UPTOWN, 1p - 4pSunday Fun Days are free to kids, $6 for adults

5-11 October 2015

SDA Craft + Concept Intensive 2015 Made/Aware: Socially Engaged Practices 

#SDAMadeAware #makinfriendge #CreatingConversationandCommunity 

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Surface Design Association News Blog: 2015 Spotlight, 7/28

6 June - 21 June 2014

Sediment Gallery 
WOVEN Community is complete and will be on view Thursday - Saturday 12-6p.

Opening Reception at Sediment Gallery is Friday, June 13, 6-9.

25 April - 18 May 2014

Virginia Commonwealth University MFA Thesis Exhibition 

Opening Friday, April 25, 5-7 pm 

the Depot Building, 814 W. Broad Street

16 May 2014  

WOVEN Community Update!!


Anchor Studios May 2, 7pm – 9:30pm, May 3 – 4, 11am – 5pm

Quirk Gallery May 5 – 8, 10am – 5pm

Richmond Public Library May 12 – 14, 10am – 4pm


Sediment Gallery, TBD


#WOVENCOMMUNITY



9 March - 16 March 2014


WOVEN COMMUNITY PROJECT


schedule:


Candela Books + Gallery                      March 11,  11 - 5

Storefront for Community Design        March 12,  11 - 5

Coalition Theater                                  March 13,  11 - 5

Black Iris                                                March 18,   5 - 7



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Richmond Magazine



#WOVENCOMMUNITY

7 February 2014

Winter 2014 issue of Surface Design Journal

http://surfacedesign.org/journal

6 December - 25 January

Metal 3

LIGHT Art+Design, Chapel Hill, NC

Receptions: Friday, Dec 6, 6-8 and Saturday, Dec 7, 6-9

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The Herald-Sun

25 October - 22 December, 2013

THINK SMALL 7: The Biennial International Miniature Invitational

artspace gallery, Richmond, VA

Gala Preview: Thursday, Oct 24  7-10pm, Opening Reception: Friday, October 25 7-10pm, Evening Reception: Friday November 22 7-10p


5 November - 26 November

The secret lives of the inanimate, a two-person exhibit, will include the work of Rachel Simpson along with pieces from my most recent series, Preposterous Notions.

Student Union Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Reception: Friday, November 8th, 5pm


31 July, 2013

Gathering Clouds: A Quilting Bee with Andrea Vail

Happy Hour at the Anderson Gallery, 5-7 pm

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Sifter 

Anderson Gallery


28 June - 18 August 2013

Trinkets was selected for Radius 250 2013, a biennial juried regional exhibition presented by artspace gallery in Richmond, VA!

Juror: N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions University of Richmond Museums Richmond, VA 

Opening Reception: Friday, June 28th 7-10pm (with a preceding Juror Talk and Awards Ceremony 6-7pm). Mid-show reception: Friday, July 26 from 7-10pm.


26 April - 19 May 2013

Holy Cow! First year of Grad School is almost over.. 

FO/MENT is the grand finale candidacy exhibit for myself and my six first year classmates in Craft/Material Studies Graduate program at VCU. 

Artist include Abram Deslauriers, Erika Diamond, Marisa Finos, Brian Fleetwood, Julie Malen, Jared Smith

artspace gallery in the Helena Davis, Frable and smallspace Galleries

Opening Reception for the Artists, April 26, 2013 7:00-10:00 pm 

Free and Open to the Public

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Style Weekly


22 April - 21 June 2013

I am honored to have my work exhibited in Altered with fellow artists Amy Bagwell, Jessica Naples, and Laurie Schorr at Cornelius Arts Center

Reception with the artists is Friday, May 31 from 6-9pm   

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Charlotte Culture Guide

Lake Norman Citizen

Huntersville Herald

Creative Loafing Charlotte

Cornelius Today


14 July 2012

Two Plus One: A 5 Hour Creative Interaction

Most art is the creation of one person, one individual, a single mind. Historically, art making has been motivated by the vision of one ego seeking to create. Our proposal is to combine the visions, ideas and styles of two plus artists through dialogue and unrestricted materials. The meaning of collaborate is to work together, often in literary or scientific endeavor. Often, it is good to listen to ideas different from your own, it broadens horizons for what is possible and gives insight into how others view the world. Collaboration means we have to listen and communicate with each other for a desired outcome. It means making art not alone but with others. In this case the outcome will be a series of art pieces created by two individual artists, Andrea Vail and Rachel Emily Simpson plus one more, or many more. The logistics are simple; through a series of one-on-one sessions we aim collaborate with several different artists in one studio for a predetermined amount of time. This project is a creative journey that hopes to teach us something about others, and ourselves while activating our creative community. During Open Studio Saturday at McColl Center for Visual Art

11a-6p


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Creative Loafing Charlotte


10 May 2012

Artist to Artist

Brief artist talk this evening, 6 - 7:30 pm

McColl Center for Visual Art 

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