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Rebecca Nolan

Photography professor

Education

  • M.F.A., visual design, University of Oregon
  • B.A., communication processes, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Credentials

  • Professor, photography department, graduate student coordinator and mentor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
  • Adjunct faculty, 2000–2001, Washington University, St. Louis
  • Adjunct faculty, 2000–2001, Webster University, St. Louis
  • Adjunct faculty, 2000, Maryville University, St. Louis
  • Adjunct faculty, 2000, St. Louis Community College-Forest Park, MO
  • Adjunct faculty, 2000, St. Charles County Community College, St. Peters, MO
  • Lecturer of photography, School of Art, Washington University, St. Louis
  • Visiting assistant professor, department of art, University of Kentucky
  • Instructor, community education, Fine Arts Institute, Lexington, KY
  • Instructor
    Graduate teaching assistant, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
    Taught Alternative Processes, Advanced Photography, Creative Photography III-Manipulation

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Southeast Regional Honored Educator Society for Photographic Education, 2016
  • Faculty Member of the Year Award, Washington University School of Art, 2000
  • Honorable Mention, Magic Silver, 1998
  • Artistic Merit Award, Northern Arts Council, Woodstock, IL, 1996
  • Graduate Fellowship: Lab Management, University of Oregon, 1994
  • Graduate Fellowship: Creative Photography I, University of Oregon, 1993-1994
  • Graduate Fellowship: The Malheur Workshop, University of Oregon, 1993
  • Graduate Fellowship: Gallery Coordinator, University of Oregon, 1992
  • Sherry Fredrickson Memorial Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 1991
  • University Leadership Award, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 1991

Organizations

  • Society for Photographic Education
  • College Arts Association
  • National Council of Arts Administrators
  • LightWork Syracuse

Publications and presentations

Exhibitions

  • The Dixie Overland Highway, FAB Gallery, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, S.C., 2018
  • American Byways: Selections from U.S. Highway 80, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., 2017
  • American Byways: Selections from U.S. Highway 80, Weitman Gallery, St. Louis, 2016
  • American Byways: Selections from U.S. Highway 80, Gallery SEE, Atlanta, 2014
  • American Byways: Selections from U.S. Highway 80, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2014
  • deFINE ART, River Club Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2011
  • American Byways, Starlander Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2009
  • You Can't Get There From Here, TruSpace, Savannah, Ga., 2008
  • American Byways, Starlander Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2008
  • You Can't Get There From Here, Gallery Stokes, Atlanta, 2007
  • St. Louis City Hospital, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Fla., 2005
  • St. Louis City Hospital, PICS Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2003
  • St. Louis City Hospital, Bonsak Gallery, St. Louis, 2001
  • St. Louis City Hospital, Weitman Gallery, St. Louis, 2001
  • Fort Wilderness, Campsites, Woods Hall Photo Gallery, Lincoln, Neb., 2000
  • Making the Private Public, John Weatherhead Gallery, University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, Ind., 2000
  • Table Tops, Robert C. May Gallery, Lexington, Ky., 1999
  • Fort Wilderness Campgrounds, George Strimbu Gallery of Photography, Valparaiso, Ind., 1999
  • Souvenirs, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kan., 1998
  • John Henry's, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1996
  • Beyond the Valley, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., 1996

Presentations

  • U.S. Highway 80, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., 2017
  • Honored Educator, Southeast Regional Conference Society for Photographic Education, Columbus, Ga., 2016
  • U.S. Highway 80, Washington University, St. Louis, 2016
  • The Itinerant Photographer, panel discussion with Scott Dietrich, Latitude Organization, Chicago, 2016
  • Panel moderator, Shooting for the Stars: Starting on the Path to Success in Academia, S.P.E. annual conference, New Orleans, 2015
  • Invited panel moderator, Finding the Right Graduate School, S.P.E. annual conference, New Orleans, 2015
  • I'm From Wisconsin, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.
  • From Here to There, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., 2013