Rachel Strutt

Rachel Strutt is the cultural director at the Somerville Arts Council, where she works on cultural placemaking projects, curates arts festivals and public art projects, and helps manage the LCC grant program, which funds approximately 80 local artists and cultural organizations annually. She has created, and runs, multicultural programs such as the Intercambio Language and Culture Exchange and Nibble, a nationally recognized program that highlights the culinary talents of Somerville’s immigrant communities and marries cultural programing with economic development; the program includes a restaurant and business incubator called Nibble Kitchen. Strutt is also a journalist, having written dozens of articles about art, culture, and travel for publications like the Boston Globe and Boston Magazine. Before joining the Somerville Arts Council, Strutt was the managing editor at the Improper Bostonian magazine. She holds a BA in Cultures and Languages from the University of Connecticut and an MA in art history from Tufts University, where she studied medieval art.