Twyla Nova
Digital communication professor
Education
- M.F.A., art, Texas Woman's University
- B.F.A., art, University of Iowa
- B.A., geography, University of Iowa
Credentials
Teaching
- Professor of digital communication, 2022–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Adjunct digital photography professor, 2021–22, Southern New Hampshire University, online
- Adjunct associate professor of photography, 2019–22, Collin College
- Adjunct faculty of art, 2019–20, Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus
- Art teacher, 3rd grade, 2011–12, Young Rembrandts, Dallas TX
- Associate professor of photography and program coordinator, 2010–18, The Art Institute of Dallas
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Adjunct professor, 2010
Teaching assistant, 2009
Teacher of record, 2008–09
Instructor of lifelong learning, 2008, Texas Woman's University
- Teacher of record, 2005–07, University of Iowa
- Art teacher K-3, 2005–06, UI Museum of Natural History, Iowa City
Professional
- Freelance digital photographic retoucher, 2019–20, Misook, Grapevine, TX
- Production manager, 2018, GlassBox, gun violence awareness fashion photographic series, Dallas, TX
- Digital image specialist, 2017–20, JCPenney Headquarters, Plano, TX
- Colorist, 2017, Spring Collection for Panhandle Denim, promo video, Fort Worth, TX
- Photography program coordinator, 2012–18, The Art Institute of Dallas
- Producer/set photographer/art direction, 2016, "Dance Jail," narrative short film, Dallas, TX
- Set photographer/camera operator/grip, 2015, "Little Socrates," narrative short film, Dallas, TX
- Location manager/set photographer/art direction, 2014, "Phone Ghost," narrative short film, Dallas, TX
- Grip, 2013, "Abiogenesis," experimental short, Dallas, TX
- Photographer and digital retoucher, 2009, Brightroom Photography, Fort Worth, TX
- Gallery assistant, 2009, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
- Archivist and gallery assistant, 2008–09, Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman's University
- Event photographer, 2008, Annual Art Auction, Greater Denton Art Council, Denton, TX
- Photo service staff, 2005–07, UI Photo Services, Iowa City, IA
- Freelance photographer and videographer, 2004, UI Museum of Natural History, University of Iowa Media Services
- Museum staff, 2002–06, UI Museum of Natural History, Iowa City, IA
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- Artist Residency, Ayatana Artistic Research Program, Infinitesimal, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2020
- Graduate Assistance Grant, University of Texas at Dallas, 2015
- Texas Public Education Grant, 2015
- Faculty of the Quarter, The Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2011
- First Place Photograph, OMOT, Business Council for the Arts, Dallas, TX, 2010
- First Place, Nocturnes; Art Inspired by the Night, Ciao Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY, 2009
- Honorable mention, Visual Language of North Texas, Gough Gallery, Denton Center for the Visual Arts Center Denton, TX, 2009
- Rowena Caldwell Elkins Memorial Endowed Scholarship Texas Woman's University, 2008–09
- Joyce Elaine Grant Endowment, Texas Woman's University Master's Program, 2008
- Paula Patton Graham Scholarship, University of Iowa Master's Program, 2006–07
- Paula Patton Graham Scholarship, University of Iowa Master's Program, 2005–06
Organizations
- Member Golden Key International Honour Society, 2016
Publications and presentations
Solo exhibitions
- Trace Farewell, Fine Arts Building, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 2020
- Specimen, Pegasus Gallery, The Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2016
- Pseudoscience; Evidence of Truth and Artifact of Fiction, Fairfield Art Association, Fairfield, IA, 2010
- Verdant Garden, Gough Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 2014
- Prescience, West Gallery, Fine Arts Building, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 2009
- Pseudoscience, Creative Arts Research Symposium Second Life, Second Life Gallery, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 2009
- This Natural World, M.A. Graduate Exhibition, Art Gallery West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2007
- 2005
- Natural Reactions, Drewelowe Gallery, Fine Arts Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2005
Group exhibitions (selected)
- Photography Alumni Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 2017
- Alumni Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 2017
- Machine in the Garden, The Bath House, Dallas, TX, 2016
- La Máquina en el Jardín, Museo de La Ciudad, Irapuato, Mexico, 2015
- The Consortium, The 500, Dallas, TX, 2015