Meet Rachel

Rachel Armentano is an art teacher, teacher's teacher, artist, designer + mama of two living in beautiful Rhode Island.

Twenty years of teaching art in schools, museums, and beyond, mixed with her dedication to public programming and community involvement, led Rachel to open Harbor Creative Arts.

She was awarded 2015 Rhode Island Middle School Art Educator of the year by Rhode Island Art Education Association during her 7 years teaching art for grades 6-9 at Rocky Hill Country Day School in East Greenwich, RI. There she focused on building classroom culture and confidence in her art room, facilitating interdisciplinary connections through art, art-integrated project-based learning, as well as making service learning meaningful throughout the Middle School and greater school community. Her previous K-8 teaching experience includes the Framingham Public Schools and the Edward Brooke Charter School Network in Boston. In addition to teaching in schools, Rachel has worked as a museum educator, visiting artist, and family programs facilitator at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Danforth Museum. She was the founding Co-Education Director for Minni Space, a children's design studio in the South End of Boston where she trained teachers and authored the core program curriculum. For many years Rachel spoke annually to the senior art majors at Curry College as they prepared for graduation. She also leads professional development workshops for art educators, is a facilitator for the Collaborative for Education, and recently presented at the National Art Education Association Convention and Rhode Island Art Education Association Conference.

From 2012-2017, she owned and operated a custom wedding stationery design studio, Harbor Stationery, featuring modern calligraphy, watercolor, and custom illustration. She is an avid volunteer and board member of Amenity Aid. As a mother to two young children, Rachel’s home is filled with just as many art materials as her classroom!