Rebecca Daryl Smith is a professional fiber and material artist with a diverse range of skills across art, craft, design and industry. She views craft as a tool for agency, problem solving, and societal progress and commits to life as an artist, educator, student and citizen.
EDUCATION
2020 MFA, fibers . Cranbrook Academy of Art
2012 BFA, fibers . Maryland Institute College of Art
PROFESSIONAL
current Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Berea College, Berea, KY
2020-22 Adjunct Faculty; Tennessee Tech University . Cookeville, TN [school of art & design + school of human ecology]
2020-22 Co-Founder; Lackland Well Artist Residency . Farmville, VA
2020-22 Studio Manager/Artist-in-Residence; Appalachian Center for Craft; Smithville, TN
2020-22 Workshop Instructor; Appalachian Center for Craft; Smithville, TN
2021 Visiting Artist; Longwood University; Farmville, VA
2021 Workshop Instructor; Pocosin Arts Center; Columbia, NC
2019 Art Instructor; Cranbrook Art Museum; Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019-20 Fiber Facilities Assistant; Cranbrook Academy Of Art; Bloomfield Hills, Mi
2018-20 Art Instructor; Cranbrook Art Museum; Bloomfield Hills, MI
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
SOLO/FEATURES
2019: “I Am for You What You Want Me to Be”; Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI (solo)
2016: “Opening Show”; Lemontree Gallery, Cape Charles, VA (Featured Artist)
JURIED SHOWS
2022 [Honorable Mention] “Vistas Along the Appalachian Trail”, Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
2022 “Clay: A Southern Census", Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (juried by Asia Mathis)
2020 “Uncommon Threads”; Scarab Club; Detroit, MI (juried by Jeremy Noonan)
2020 “Annual Scholarship Exhibition”; Detroit Artist Market; Detroit, MI (juried by John F. Korachis)
2019 “Michigan Emerging Graduate Artists”; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI (juried by Juana Williams)
2019 “32nd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper”; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. (juried by Stephanie Mitchell)
2019 “Experiencing Perspectives”, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI ((juried by Leila Matta)
2014 “Grand Salon”; Greenpoint Gallery; Brooklyn, NY.
2010 “Juried Undergraduate Show”, XL Project; Syracuse, NY.
GROUP SHOWS
2022 “Latitude”, First National Building, Detroit, MI (curated by Gretchen Wilkins Ben Cook)
2022 “Field Companions”, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA (curated by Tiger Strikes Asteroid)
2022 “Tangled Roots: Exploring Appalachian Feminisms”, Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY
2022 “The Center Will Not Hold”, Dogwood Gallery, Smithville, TN
2021 “ School of Art, Craft & Design Faculty Exhibition, Joan Derryberry Art Gallery” . Cookeville, TN
2021 “Summer Workshop Instructor Showcase”, Joe L. Evins Gallery . Smithville, TN
2021 “POST”, Wasserman Projects . Detroit, MI (curated by Alison Wong)
2021 “Object Relations”, Dogwood Gallery, Appalachian Center for Craft . Smithville, TN
2020: “Nature Calls II”; Bread and Circus Gallery; Ft. Wayne, IN (curated by Ashley Beatty, Sarah Thomas)
2020: “In Residence”; Front Gallery, Appalachian Center for Craft; Smithville, TN
2019: “Kindred Neighbors: An Inhabitation of Cranbrook House”, Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019: “Summer Review”; Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2019: “Material, Object, Belief”; Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2019: “Cranbrook First Year Show”; Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, (curated by John Corso)
2018: “Nature Calls”; Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI. (curated by Ashley Beatty, Sarah Thomas)
2016: “DIY Design Show”; ConArtist Collective, New York, NY.
2012: “Artwalk”; Station Gallery; Baltimore, MD.
2012: “The Vocabulary of Space”; In/Flux Gallery; Baltimore, MD.
2012: “Stitch”; Main Gallery; Baltimore, MD.
2011: “Uniformity”; Brown Center; Baltimore, MD
2010: “Recontextualize”, Bird Library; Syracuse, NY (permanent collection)
2009: “Conceptual Coverings”, Comstock Gallery; Syracuse, NY.
RESIDENCIES/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS:
2020-22: Artist-in-Residence, Fiber; Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2021: Full Merit Scholarship; Haystack School of Craft, Deere Isle, ME
2019: Dendel Merit Scholarship; Handweaver’s Guild of America.
2019: Full Merit Scholarship; Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC
2018: Work-Study Scholarship (6-Week); Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN.
2017: Artist-in-Residence; The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA.
2017: Work-Study Scholarship (2-month); Penland School of Craft; Penland, NC.
PUBLICATIONS:
2020: Kirschner, Noelani; “Portrait of the Artist, Woven Dreamscapes”; The American Scholar Magazine
2020: “HGA Intern Spotlight”, Shuttle Spindle, Dyepot Magazine
2020: Cranbrook Academy of Art Grad Book; Cranbrook Academy of Art
2019: Fauntleroy, Gussie; HGA Scholarship Artist Review; Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot Magazine, Handweaver’s Guild of America Volume L No. 4 Issue 200
2019: 32nd Annual McNeese Works on Paper exhibition catalogue; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
2019: “Experiencing Perspectives” exhibition catalogue; Mercedes-Benz Financial Services; Farmington Hills, Michigan
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2020: Inexorable Logic; in collaboration with Laura Oertel; Self-published; Lackland Well, Farmville, VA
2019: Noul Exhibition Catalogue; Catalogue Essays; Cranbrook Academy of Art; Detroit, MI
AFFILIATIONS:
Member- Handweaver’s Guild of America
Member- Textile Society of America
Co-Founder- Lackland Well Artist Residency, Farmville, VA