Rachel is Artswork’s Professional Development Programme Manager.
She originally joined Artswork in May 2008 as Project Coordinator of hub4 - a large scale project delivered in partnership with BBC Blast and the Prince’s Trust funded by the Big Lottery.
Rachel qualified with a BA in Arts & Event Management in 2008 during which she had the opportunity to project manage and deliver three cultural public events; including a large family arts festival called Mayfly Arts Festival which attracted an audience of 10,000; a contemporary arts exhibition in Jazzy’s Café on Poole Quay called Re-flect and a youth creative project called Ecoscene which engaged 125 young people from the Bournemouth and Poole area in a week of arts workshops that culminated in a performance showcase as The Opera House in Boscombe.
Rachel has previously worked at Walford Mill Crafts as its Multicultural Officer as well as Assistant Site Manager for The Inside Out Festival