About Rachel

Rachel Boillot is a photographer, filmmaker, and educator based in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. She holds a BA in Sociology from Tufts University, a BFA in Photography from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and an MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University. Her work has been funded by the Annenberg Foundation (Los Angeles, CA), the Riverview Foundation (Chattanooga, TN), the Tennessee Arts Commission (Nashville, TN), and the National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, D.C.).

Boillot teaches in the Art Department at Lincoln Memorial University, is Director and Co-Producer of the Cumberland Folklife series of documentary films (www.cumberlandfolklife.com), and maintains her independent photography practice in East Tennessee.

Contact: rachelboillot@gmail.com