Rachel Ariel Lewis Maly is a sculptor and writer from Erie, Pennsylvania. She earned her Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture at Pennsylvania Western University, in Edinboro Pennsylvania. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, with Minors in Art History, Jewelry/Metalsmithing, and Ceramics at Edinboro University. Rachel was awarded a graduate assistantship by the art department of Edinboro University. She has displayed work in a number of exhibitions in Edinboro University’s Bates Gallery. In 2019, Rachel was commissioned through a university grant to create a public art bench as part of Edinboro’s Art 100 celebration. Her two cast concrete benches, Giant Chicken Foot Thrones, were installed in 2023 at Edinboro University’s campus and at Wainer Park in Edinboro Pennsylvania. Her work and short stories were featured in Edinboro University’s Chimera XVI and XVII exhibitions and were published in the Chimera XVI and XVII Journals.