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RACHEL HALSTEAD

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Mixed Media Community Artist and Teacher
Recent roles include Art teacher at HMP Parc

and lead Artist with 'Tides of Time' -
A COAST funded community arts
engagement project in association with National Museum of Wales Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 

New Art Textiles for Wellbeing classes
coming soon to Swansea Community Workshops!

Check out my Blog for updates on all my projects

 

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Create  - Make - Connect
Rachel is a Wales based artist and teacher with a wealth of experience in educational and community settings. Her main areas of expertise are textiles, surface pattern, wearable art and soft sculpture.
 

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Arts practice and engagement

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Artist Practitioner

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School Enrichment

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Community & Wellbeing

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Qualifications
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Qualifications
MA Textiles - Contemporary Dialogues - UWTSD 2022
PGCE Design and Technology - Swansea Institute of HE 1999
BA (Hons) Surface Pattern - Huddersfield University 1996
HND Ceramics Swansea Institute of HE 1993


Teaching

Teacher of Art, HMP Parc  - October 2024  - January 2025

Tutor, Adult Learning Wales - November 2023 - September 2024

Tutor, Lifelong Learning Swansea - September 2023 - July 2024

Visiting lecturer, Art & Design Neath Port Talbot College - January 2023 - June 2023
Teacher Design & Technology, Carshalton High School for Girls January - August 2020
Head of Textiles, Ysgol Dyffryn Aman January 2004 - December 2019
Head of Textiles, King John School September 1999 - December 2003
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Arts education & community

Craigfelen Primary School - Kids 6 week sewing course March - April 2025

Waterfront Museum Swansea, Artist, Swansea CC funded community project 'Tides of Time', July - Sept 2024

Womens Aid Art Classes held at Swansea Community Workshops, June - July 2024

COAST funded art workshops for 50+ on behalf of Swansea Community Workshops, Jan - March 2024 

Hubs and community centres for Swansea CC - Halloween and Christmas craft workshops, Oct-Nov 2023

Dyfatty Community Centre, Swansea - Post 16 NEET art workshops, August 2023

Waterfront Museum, Swansea - Communities for Work craft taster session, July 2023

Bishop Gore Comprehensive School, Artist residency STF, Lifelong Learning Swansea June -July 2023

Penybryn Special Sixth Form -Delivering bespoke Art project, Lifelong Learning Swansea April 2023 - May 2023

Sketty Primary, Swansea, Creative Practitioner (LCS, Arts Council of Wales) February - March 2023

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - Community workshops as part of 'Threads' project Sept 2022 - March 2023

Swansea Wellbeing Centre and Swansea Libraries - Christmas workshops, Arts on Prescription Nov-Dec 2022 
Arts Council Wales - Appointed to role of 'Associate' - March 2022
Mess up the Mess Theatre Group - Artist delivering 'Wearable art' workshops - March 2022

Cowbridge Primary,  - Anti-bullying textiles workshop - February 2022

Cadoxton Primary, Barry - Various curriculum enrichment sessions Sept 2021 - April 2022


Consultancy​

WJEC Visiting Moderator AS/A Level Design and Technology  - May 2023 

WJEC Reviser AS Fashion and Textiles exam 2016 - Present

Qualifications Wales - Subject expert 2017 Design and Technology GCSE and AS and A Level specifications

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        Full DBS  - Member of EWC (Secondary and post-16) - Public Liability insured

                                      Arts Council Wales Creative Practitioner

                      

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