Rachel Heiss

Affiliate Faculty

Rachel Heiss is smiling at the camera, wearing an orange, yellow and white striped sweater and standing in front of a blue wall.

SMCM Alum , Class of B.A. 2014, M.A.T. 2015

Biography

Rachel Heiss is an illustrator and hand-letter living just outside of Washington, D.C. She paints people, places and items that are significant to her clients, teaches watercolor workshops and creates hand lettered signage for weddings and businesses. Rachel is a former art teacher for District of Columbia Public Schools and is now an affiliate professor of art at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, her alma mater. She is a new mom who enjoys traveling, dessert and treating herself to fancy watercolor paint.

Areas of Teaching Specialization

  • Illustration
  • Drawing

Education

  • B.A. in Art & Art History at St. Mary's College of Maryland, 2014
  • M.A.T. in Art Education at St. Mary's College of Maryland, 2015