Rebecca Drolen is an artist, the program director of studio art, and an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas. Her work playfully explores the expansive nature of photography in contemporary art as it incorporates built spaces, assemblage, and performance. Drolen was the recipient of a 2022 Innovate Grant, and her work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions within noteworthy venues such as The Huffington Post, Oxford American, the Springfield Art Museum, the Oklahoma State Museum of Art, the CICA Museum, and Filter Photo in Chicago. (May 2023)