2014

Apocaloptimist: A Future True Story

Apocaloptimist
[ Apah-cal-Op-tuh-mist] n.

Someone who knows things will go to s#!*, but still believes it will work out for the best.
Apocaloptimist: A Future True Story is an exploration of myths created in a constantly expanding urban wilderness. By utilizing scale manipulation, architecture, play, and landscape, I hope to expose the magical moments waiting in an imaginary dystopian future.

Rachel Schmidt received her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Mount Royal School of Art and her BFA in Textile Design from the University of Kansas. Rachel studied contemporary art and the textile trade in Istanbul, Turkey on a Walters Travel Grant before moving to Warsaw, Poland in 2008 where she helped organize an art exhibition of foreign artists in an experimental gallery space. She is currently an Exhibits Specialist at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and an Artist in Residence at the Arlington Arts Center.