As a multidisciplinary artist, Portland, Maine–based Rachel Gloria Adams is a textile designer, painter, and mural artist. Inspired by the natural beauty of Maine, she has developed a vibrantly colored, graphic visual language grounded in pattern. Her work combines geometric and organic forms in abstract compositions. Drawing from both land and ocean, she brings these forms together with what she describes as an “uninhibited approach to patterns and dynamic color combinations” in paintings, prints, quilts, sewn and painted textiles, and murals. She often collaborates with her muralist husband, Ryan Adams (b. 1984).
Art teachers highlight the power of collaboration, from foundational concepts and classroom practice to mural-making and community events. Young learners respond to music with abstract compositions, elementary artists build community through large-scale projects, middle-schoolers develop confidence in a teamwork-driven choice-based studio, and high-school students and staff collaborate in a community steamroller printmaking event.
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