Rachel Suzanne Smith

Professor of Practice, Craft + Design and Foundations (metalsmith); full-time from Fall 2025

last checked 2026-05-30

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Rachel Suzanne Smith

Current role
Professor of Practice, Craft + Design and Foundations (metalsmith); full-time from Fall 2025

Status
Active

Link
rachelsuzannesmith.com/about/

Training

Undergraduate	Illinois Wesleyan University · 1960 to 1966 BFA · instructor: Fred Brian
Graduate	Southern Illinois University - Carbondale · 1964 to 1966 MFA · instructor: Nickolas Vergette
Graduate	Kansas State Universityuniversity art department · 1972 to 1973 MFA · instructor: Carlyle Smith

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https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-keep-kathy-buszkiewicz-and-matthew-hollern-at-cia https://rachelsuzannesmith.com/about/https://rachelsuzannesmith.com/research-and-portfolios/https://www.cia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cv12.pdf https://www.cia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025_2026-College-Catalog_Final.pdf https://artjewelryforum.org/reviews/harpers-bizarre-beauty_artist-william-harper_auth-matthew-hollern_natls-usa_10-13-2025/https://www.cia.edu/majors/craft-design/

Identified in the 2026 faculty-succession review. Not in the original 2014 listing.

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