Christopher Talbot 12053 CR 302 Nacogdoches, TX 75961 T 936 468 2468 H 936 559 9577 talbotck@sfasu.edu Education Teaching Experience University of Houston - MFA Photography and Digital Media 2004. Brigham Young University - BFA Photography 1995. Director, School of Art - Stephen F.Austin State University, Aug 2012- present Interim Director, School of Art - Stephen F. Austin State University, Aug 2011 - August 2012 Professor - Stephen F. Austin State University, School of Art 2004 - present Professional Service Recent Exhibitions Board Member, Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Association, January 2013 - present 2016 Dos Caminos International Workshop - Photographic Exhibition, Laredo, Tx June - August 2016 2015 Every Polished Grace, BYU College of Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT. January - February 2015 2014 Swing Arm City Panorama, Solo Exhibition LABA Gallery, Florence, Italy. September - November 2014 SFA Faculty Exhibition, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas. September - November 2014 Annual Conference, Camino Real trail Association, San Antonio, TX. October 2014 Historic Train Depot, Many, LA. June - July 2014 2013 Yoakum Heritage Museum, Yoakum, TX. March 2013 - June 2013 SFA Faculty Exhibition, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas. September - November 2013 2012 Brazos Valley Natural History Museum, Bryan, TX. September 2012 - January 2013 SFA Faculty Exhibition, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas. September - November 2012 Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center, LaGrange, TX. July - September 2012
Bee County Library, Beeville, TX. April - June 2012 2011 Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site, Nachitoches, LA. Dec 2011 - Jan 2012 Diedrich Rulfs, Architect of Nacogdoches, Solo Exhibition Ed and Gwen Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX. Nov 2011 - Jan 2012 Bastrop, TX. Oct - Nov 2011 Yorktown, TX. Oct - Nov 2011 Camino Real de Los Tejas: Past and Present, Exhibition Hotel Galvez, Galveston,TX. Aug - Sept 2011 SFA Faculty Exhibition, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas. September - November 2011 San Marcos State University, San Marcos, TX. Aug - Sept 2011 University of Texas at Austin Benson Latin American Collection, Austin, TX. Aug - Sept 2011 Camino Real de Los Tejas: Past and Present, Exhibition and Symposium hosted by The Consulate General of Spain, Rice University, Houston, TX. June 2011 Ed And Gwen Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX. June - July 2011 Adai Indian Nation Cultural Museum, Robeline, LA. June - July 2011 Museum of the Costal Bend, Victoria, TX. March - May 2011 Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, Alto, TX. March - April 2011 Fort Jesup, Many, LA. Feb - March 2011 Edge of Life, Group Exhibition Ed And Gwen Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX. Jan - March 2011 Carnegie Library, Franklin, TX. Jan - Feb 2011 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Headquarters, Austin, TX. Dec 2010 - Feb 2011 2010 Mission Dolores, San Augustine, TX. Oct - Dec 2010
Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library, Rockdale, TX. Oct - Dec 2010 Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, Laredo, TX. Aug - Sept 2010 East Texas By Air, Solo Exhibition State Museum of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk, Russia. Jan - Feb 2010 SFA Faculty Exhibition, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas. September - October 2010 Lectures 2014 Keynote Speaker, PhotoPhiesta 2014, Cypress - Fairbanks School District, Houston, Texas, April 2014 2010-2014 Camino Real lectures in Laredo, San Augustine, Nacogdoches, Franklin, Victoria, University of Texas at Austin, Galveston, Yorktown, Beeville, LaGrange, Bryan, San Antonio, TX and Many, Robeline, Fort Jessup, LA. Honors 2009 Camino Real de los Tejas, Four Public Lectures, Arranged through The Stone Fort Museum. Alto, Chireno, Crockett, and Nacogdoches, TX. April - July 2009 2014 SFA Bright Ideas Research Conference, College of Fine Arts Spotlight Research Project 2010 Tenure Status Awarded, Stephen F. Austin State University Grants 2012-14 From Mission San Juan Bautista to Fort St. Jean Baptiste: The Cultural Landscape of El Camino Real de los Tejas. Funded by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Preparation of book manuscript and additional photography of trail resources. $50,000 of shared funding from SFA and NPS. 2009-11 A Photographic Exhibit of El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail. Funded by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. One year of photography of trail resources and two years for a traveling exhibition to sixteen venues. $60,000 shared funding from NPS and SFA. Catalogs / Articles / Reviews/ Publications 2017 Forthcoming photographic book: From Mission San Juan Bautista to Fort St. Jean Baptiste: The Cultural Landscape of El Camino Real de los Tejas. 2014 Sawdust Magazine, Fall 2014 Issue. SFA Alumni Association. Cover Image, feature article.
Photographic book: Diedrich Rulfs, Designing Modern Nacogdoches, SFA University Press, Spring 2014 ISBN # 978-1-936205-17-2 2011 El Camino Real de los Tejas: Past and Present, Exhibition Catalog, Consulate General of Spain, Houston, TX June 2011 2010 Photographic book: Nacogdoches Now and Then, SFA University Press, May 2010 ISBN # 978-1-936205-04-2 Teaching Courses Taught Art 217 Introduction to Photographic Processes Art 312 Photographic Lighting Art 317 Digital Photography Art 417 Advanced Photographic Processes Art 418 Color Photography Art 517 Graduate Advanced Photography Art 518 Graduate Color Photography Art 261 Beginning Digital Media Art 461 Advanced Digital Media Art 561 Graduate Advanced Digital Media Art 462 Interactive Media Art 562 Graduate Interactive Media Art 491 Independent Studies in Art Art 531 Graduate Studio Media Art 580 Teaching College Art Courses that I have created: Art 418/518 Art 462/562 Art 463/563 Art 317 Art 464/564 Color Photography Interactive Media Motion Graphics Digital Photography Time based Media Special Project Courses: Summer 2010 May 2011 May 2012 May 2013 Oak Grove Cemetery Preserve America Project Field Study Big Bend National Park Field Study Santa Fe New Mexico Field Study Big Bend National Park Field Study
Service Assignments Director, School of Art 2012- present NASAD Accreditation review, Self study author 2013 Interim Director of the School of Art 2011-2012 School of Art Designated Tech Support for all computers and related technology 2004-2011 Academic Advising - Average 40 students per semester Search Committees Digital Media Faculty - Chair of Committee 2010 Gallery Director - Chair of Committee 2013 Gallery Preparator - Chair of Committee 2015 Visiting Photography Faculty - Chair of Committee 2015