Rachel Saul Rearick 

Rachel Saul Rearick has a demonstrated commitment to creating inclusive spaces in the arts throughout her career; which has included a focus on leveraging support for the advancement of artists. Rachel is passionate about craft from both the materials and community standpoint, and appreciates the lineage and kinship that exist within the field. In the summer of 2021, she rejoined Contemporary Craft as the Executive Director and is responsible for leading the organization towards their strategic goals and the expansion of their programming. In addition to her full-time role, she serves as an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University.

Previously, Rachel served as the Arts and Culture Manager for Allegheny County Airport Authority; the Arts, Culture, and History Specialist for the City of Pittsburgh and was Co-Founder of KuratedPgh, a retail gallery that focused on fine art and functional craft. Rachel serves as the President of the Board of Directors at Shiftworks (formerly the Office of Public Art), and also sits on the Art Advisory Committee for the Sports and Exhibition Authority. She is an artist member of both the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Print Group. She holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Gannon University with a focus on organizational leadership, and a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from Edinboro University with a focus on Printmaking and a Minor in Art History.

Arianna Tejada

Arianna Tejada is the Curatorial Assistant at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and a History of Art graduate from the University of Edinburgh. She is an emerging curator and art historian interested in issues of cross-cultural and cross-temporal connections in painting and visual culture as well as the intersections of literature and art. Her current work looks at how Western artistic, cultural, and political thought manifested in nineteenth and twentieth-century Japan.

"I am thrilled to be part of the jury for this year’s applications and am looking forward to seeing the amazing art being created in Pittsburgh!"