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Rebecca j. Hopp
Owner, Educator, Photographer, & Mixed-Media Artist
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Rebecca j. Hopp is owner and lead artist at HoppArt, located in her home art studio about 15 minutes from Floresville and La Vernia, Texas and 30 mins south of San Antonio, Texas. She is passionate about arts-based education and integration at all levels of learning. Rebecca grew up in rural Minnesota. She began graphic design and advertising courses at South Dakota State University,, earned a bachelor’s in advertising photography at the University of Memphis, served as a graphic designer at Baker Donelson (Memphis, TN) law firm, and completed a terminal Master of Fine Arts degree in studio art/photography from Texas Tech University.
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At Texas Tech, Rebecca was Director of the SRO Gallery of Photography, a fine art photography Instructor of Record, and a Teaching Effectiveness and Career Advancement Fellow (TEACH). A graduate school summer internship with Ogallala Commons, lead Rebecca to teach photography to rural Great Plains students, exploring the importance of community and agriculture. In 2014, Rebecca was named a Houston Holocaust Museum Warren Fellow for Future Teachers and in 2017 she traveled to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya to teach photography in coordination with FotoFest and FilmAid.
For over 15 years, Rebecca has engaged in community art education and outreach at Houston Center for Photography, Literacy Through Photography FotoFest (Houston, TX), Theatre Under the Stars (Houston, TX), and San Antonio Museum of Art. In Rebecca's roles as manager and teaching artist, she has collaborated with school administration, teachers and community organizations to bring visual literacy and arts integration to the classroom. Rebecca has designed and led teacher training workshops, developed curriculum, led gallery tours and activities, created exhibition guides for both educators and families, and served as an artist in residence in several schools.
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Rebecca has taught all ages, backgrounds, and abilities, witnessing first-hand the power of the Arts to engage students in understanding themselves and the world around them.
"My teaching philosophy is centered around process, not end product. Process-based art-making is a way of learning and creating where the focus is on the journey rather than the final result. It's all about the making, which helps the artist develop essential skills and knowledge. Students can think critically, make choices, and learn important social and emotional skills by engaging in process-based creation and integrating art into other subjects, like science and social studies."​
- Rebecca j. Hopp
resume
Bexar & Wilson County, Texas
HoppArt Studio • Owner, Artist, and Educator
San Antonio Museum of Art • Manager & Museum Educator
Houston, Texas
Theatre Under the Stars • Community Engagement Coordinator
FotoFest International • Literacy Through Photography (LTP) Program Manager
FotoFest/Literacy through Photography • Teaching Artist & Artist in Residence
HoppArt • Freelance Photography & Design
FotoFest International • Literacy Through Photography Program Coordinator
Houston Center for Photography • Outreach Instructor
Houston Center for Photography (HCP) • Instructor
The Dearth Project • Creative Project Leader & Curator
Lubbock, Texas
Texas Tech University • Instructor of Record and Teaching Assistant
Ogallala Commons • Community Intern • Texas, Kansas and Colorado
Texas Tech University • Standing Room Only (SRO) Photography Gallery Director
Memphis, Tennessee
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC • Marketing Graphics Assistant
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC • Design & Marketing Intern
Cleo Wrap, Inc. • Packaging Production Intern
Brookings, South Dakota
South Dakota State University Residential Life • Resident Assistant
teaching experience
2020-2023
Museum Educator & Manager • San Antonio Museum of Art
2016 - 2020
Texas Tech University • Beginning Photography Adjunct Professor
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Theatre Under The Stars • Teaching Artist
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FotoFest Teaching Artist- Literacy Through Photography Program:
Clear Creek High, Culture of Health Advancing Together (CHAT), KIPP:
Connect Middle, Wharton Dual Language Academy IB World Elementary and Middle, KIPP: Dream Elementary, Lord of Life Lutheran Jr. High,
Houston Area, TX
FotoFest Teaching Artist- Literacy Through Photography Program:
Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, Clear View High, Emerson Elementary,
Wharton Dual Language Academy IB World Elementary and Middle, Hogg Middle, Humble High, Hastings High School, Texas Children’s Hospital, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston Area, TX
Prior to 2016
Instructor: Houston Center for Photography, Photography I,
Composition I, Teen Photography I & II, Natural Lighting Portraiture,
and Online Book Making, Summer Camps ages 9-17
FotoFest Teaching Artist - Literacy through Photography Program:
Wharton Dual Language Academy IB World Elementary and Middle School, Roberts Elementary School, Durham Elementary School, Hogg Middle School, Houston, TX
Outreach Instructor: Houston Center for Photography with Texas
Children’s Hospital
Cohort Instructor: Literacy through Photography Program: The
Rhodes School, Roberts, Goodman, Durham, Wharton Dual Language Academy IB World Elementary and Alief Independent Schools, Houston, TX
Outreach Instructor: Houston Center for Photography with Texas
Children’s Hospital
Instructor: Houston Center for Photography, Photography I, Composition I
Cohort Instructor: Literacy through Photography Program, The
Rhodes School and Roberts Elementary, Houston, TX
Prior to 2016
Docent: Learning Spatially with Geography, National Geographic GiantMap Project, Texas Tech College of Education, Rural West Texas
Instructor of Record: Art 3325, Photographic Arts I (Darkroom/Digital)Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TXGraduate Teaching Assistant: Art 3329 Intro to Digital Imaging TexasTech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Instructor of Record: Art 3325, Photographic Arts I
(Darkroom/Digital) Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
(Fall & Spring)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Art 3326 Intermediate Photography Color
(Digital), Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Art 3327 Documentary Photography
(Darkroom/Digital) Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Instructor of Record: Art 3325, Black and White Photography
(Darkroom) Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Volunteer Instructor: Basic Photography Class, Grades 1-12, Terry
County 4-H Club, Brownfield, TX
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Art 2309, Technology in the Arts
(Online/Lab) Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Art 4325, Artist’s Books, Texas Tech
University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Art 3325, Black and White Photography
(Darkroom) Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Art 2309, Technology in the Arts
(Online/Lab) Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Art 3325, Photographic Arts I
(Darkroom/Digital) Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Volunteer Instructor: Computer and Art, Grades K-12,
Samuelson Boys and Girls Club, Memphis, TN
Sunday School, Pre-K-2, Trinity Lutheran Church, Nicollet, MN and
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Memphis, TN
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statement & exhibitions
Rebecca j. Hopp's artist statement
Curious about my personal history, I create and explore photographs, text, and other imagery connected to my genealogy. I accumulate and subtract to explore what is present and what is past in my life but is often unrecognized. Stories from our pasts are often neglected; we fail to observe the connections of current experiences and memories that can lead to a stronger self-awareness by overlaying the past upon the present. Making photographs that transform into objects, I am recalling my past and absorbing my sources in a distinctive way through my camera, conversation, and physical assembly. The art objects I create transcend the individual photograph to allude to my source, my past as overlaid upon the present.
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2017 FotoFinish, Literacy through Photography FotoFest International, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas, Summer 2017
One Thread, The Landing Theatre, Houston, Texas, Spring 2017
2016
One Thread, Film Aid, Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, September 2016
Houston Bay Area Juried Exhibition, University of Houston Clear Lake Art Gallery, Houston, Texas, Summer 2016
Juror: Daniel Fuller, Curator of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Juror, 14th Houston Area Community College Student Exhibition, University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, Fall 2016
FotoFinish, Literacy through Photography FotoFest International, Silver Street Studios, Houston, Texas, May 2016
2015
FotoFinish, Literacy through Photography FotoFest International, Spring Street Studios, Houston, Texas, May 2015
Dearth, Curator and Artist, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas, May and June 2015
2014
PictureThis!, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, November through January 2014
Echoes of Veracity, Invitational, Full Circle Photography Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, March 2014
SOURCE, Solo Invitational Exhibition, MKT Bar, Houston, TX , February 2014
FotoFence, Literacy Through Photography, FotoFest International, Winter Street Studios, May 2014
2013
Fertile Imagination: Art & Agriculture, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York, August 2013
Sight Line: A Photography and Poetry Collaboration, Texas Tech University Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, June 2013
SOURCE, Solo Invitational MFA Thesis Exhibition, Texas Tech University Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, May 2013
Rising Eyes of Texas Rockport Center of the Arts, Rockport, Texas, March 2013
Juror: Dennis Nance, Exhibitions & Programming Director, Lawndale Art Center
MFA Candidates Invitational Show, South Plains College, Levelland, Texas, February 2013
International, In Between Studio and Gallery, Invitational Group Exhibition, Slaton, TX, February 2013
Louisiana Purchase, National Biennial Juried Exhibition, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, January 2013
Juror: Dr. Paul Manoguerra, Chief Curator of American Art at the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
Harbinger Finalist Exhibition, Texas Tech University, January 2013
2012
4th Annual Lubbock Nativity Exhibit, Lubbock, Texas December 2012
Funded Summer Research Exhibition, Texas Tech University Satellite Gallery, September 2012
Shifting, Solo Invitational Exhibition, Home Mercantile, Nazareth, TX January, May 2012
In Between Studio and Gallery, Invitational Group Exhibition, Slaton, TX, April 2012
Curator of Exploring the Future of Agriculture Through Photography Youth Exhibitions, Various Locations, Summer 2012
2011
Harbinger Finalist Exhibition, Texas Tech University, November 2011
Print Club Gallery Show, Lubbock, Texas, Tornado Gallery, November 2011
Texas Tech University MFA Group Show, Laredo, Texas, Fall 2011
Annual MFA Exhibition 2011, Texas Tech University School of Art-Landmark Arts, Lubbock, Texas
Group Show 2011: Works by Rebecca J. Hopp, Juanita Exiga, and Tom Turner, Stay True, Lubbock, Texas
Texas Tech Artists Group Exhibition, Starbucks Coffee, Lubbock, Texas
One Cube One Foot Exhibition, Texas Association of Schools of Art, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, 3rd Place
Juror: Heyd Fontenot, Director of UTD CentralTrak
Illuminance 2011, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
Juror: Jill Einfeld, Professor at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, New York
Small Engine, Exhibition with David Collins, WaterSpace South, Slaton, TX
A Mention of Home, WaterSpace South, Slaton, TX
Windows Into Rural Life, Solo Invitational Exhibition, Home Mercantile, Nazareth, TX
Bring It, Ernest G. Welch School of Art + Design Gallery, Invitational Collaboration Exhibition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
The Best of 2010: DeSoto County Camera Club Photographic Invitational Exhibition, DeSoto Arts Council, Hernando, MS
2010
Negative Slope, Invitational MFA Exhibition, Lone Star College -North Harris, Houston, TX
MFA Candidate Group Show Texas Tech University School of Art-Landmark Arts, Lubbock, TX
Lurks Beyond, Solo Exhibition, Baker Donelson, Memphis, TN
Lurks Beyond, Solo Invitational Exhibition, LaVelle Walker Architecture, Memphis, TN
The Best of 2009: DeSoto County Camera Club Photographic Exhibition, Tunica RiverPark, Tunica, MS
The Best of 2009: DeSoto County Camera Club Photographic Exhibition, DeSoto Arts Council, Hernando, MS
2008
“Snap to It!”, Peabody Place, Memphis, TN
2007
Downtown, Solo Invitational Exhibition, Private Suite AutoZone Park, Memphis, TN (also corporate collection)
2004
Journalism Club Photography Show, 1st Place Still Life Image, Student Union, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD