
RACHEL HALSTEAD


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











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.




















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