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Society for Photographic Education
44th National Conference in Miami

Look Out: Photography and the Worlds of Contemporary Art

March 15-18, 2007 in Miami, Florida

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Schedule as of 12/6/06. Please note that this schedule is tentative and is subject to change.
The SPE website will be updated as new information becomes available.

 

WEDNESDAY, March 14, 2007

Tenor 4:00 - 6:00 p Student Volunteer Training
Tenor 9:00 - 11:00 p Student Volunteer Training

 

THURSDAY, March 15, 2007

Overture Foyer 8:00 a - 6:30 p Registration (8:00 a - noon, Pre-Registration Only)
Soprano  8:00 - 10:00 a  Final Volunteer Training
Overture Foyer 9:00 a - 5:30 p  SPE Store
Tenor 9:00 a - 12:00 p Student Seminar (Volunteers & Scholarship Recipients Only)
Sponsored by Sinar Bron Imaging
Overture Foyer 10:00 a - 5:00 p Informal Portfolio Sharing
Concerto A 12:00 - 1:30 p The Evolving Digital Photographic Workflow using Bridge and Lightroom w/Patricia Russotti
Sponsored by Calumet Photographic
Concerto B 12:00 - 1:30 p Improving Images at Capture: Take Creative Control in Camera w/ George Ziegler & David Maynard
Sponsored by ExpoImaging Inc.
Concerto C 12:00 - 1:30 p Building an Effective Online Sales, Delivery and Distribution System w/ Ric Kasnoff
Sponsored by Digital Railroad
Concerto A 2:00 - 3:30 p Adobe Seminar: Mastering a Digital Workflow with Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS2 w/ Julieanne Kost
Sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc.
Concerto B 2:00 - 3:30 p  Deepen the Mystery w/ Arthur Levi Rainville
Sponsored by Fuji Photo Film USA Inc.
Concerto C 2:00 - 3:30 p  Archival Demystification w/ David Brommer
Sponsored by B&H Photo – Video – Pro Audio
Alto 3:00 - 4:00 p Multicultural Caucus Meeting
Alto 4:00 - 5:00 p Women’s Caucus Meeting
Concerto A  4:00 - 5:30 p The Art of Fauxtography w/ Gene Nocon
Sponsored by Freestyle Photographic Supplies
Concerto B 4:00 - 5:30 p Digital Color Management in Contemporary Photography Seminar w/ Tom P. Ashe
Sponsored by MAC Group and X-Rite Photographic Marketing
Concerto C 4:00 - 5:30 p Stock that Rocks! w/ Lesa Snider King
Sponsored by iStockphoto, Inc.
  5:30 - 7:00 p Dinner Break
TRINITY CATHEDRAL 7:00 - 8:30 p Keynote Speaker – Nancy Spector, “The Promiscuity of Photography”
Sponsored by Sprint Systems of Photography
Overture Foyer 8:30 -10:00 p Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Sinar Bron Imaging
Overture Foyer 10:00 p - 12:00 a Late Night Informal Portfolio Sharing
The Fifth - Nightclub
(offsite)
10:30 p - 5:00 a The Fifth - Nightclub (free cover for conference attendees)

 

FRIDAY, March 16, 2007

Picasso 8:00 - 8:45 a Women’s Caucus Meeting
Symphony Ballroom 8:00 - 10:00 a  Breakfast with the Exhibitors
Symphony Ballroom 8:00 a - 3:00 p Exhibits Fair
Symphony Ballroom 8:00 a - 3:00 p Silent Auction & Raffle Items on View
Symphony Ballroom 8:00 a - 3:00 p SPE Store
Overture Foyer 8:00 a - 4:00 p Registration continues
Soprano Foyer  8:30 a Check-in for Professional Portfolio Sessions
Soprano, Alto, Tenor 9:00 a - 3:30 p  Professional Portfolio Sessions
  9:00 - 10:45 a PRESENTATIONS
Concerto A  11:00 - 11:45 a  Midwest Regional Meeting
Concerto B 11:00 - 11:45 a  Northeast Regional Meeting
Concerto C 11:00 - 11:45 a  Southeast Regional Meeting
Concerto D 11:00 - 11:45 a  Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
Boardroom 224 11:00 - 11:45 a  South Central Regional Meeting
Boardroom 324 11:00 - 11:45 a  Southwest Regional Meeting
Boardroom 424 11:00 - 11:45 a  West Regional Meeting
Boardroom 524 11:00 - 11:45 a  Northwest Regional Meeting
  11:45 - 1:00 p Lunch Break
  1:00 - 3:45 p PRESENTATIONS
Concerto A 4:00 - 5:10 p Members’ Meeting
TRINITY CATHEDRAL 5:30 - 7:00 p Crystal Apple (Sponsored by Freestyle Photographic Supplies) and SPE Student Awards
TRINITY CATHEDRAL 5:30 - 7:00 p Presentation
Honored Educator Rod Slemmons, “A New History: South of the Fence
Sponsored by Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida - Photography Program and Eastman Kodak Company
  7:00 - 9:00 p Dinner Break
RECEPTION 7:00 - 10:00 p The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse (bus service provided)
Sponsored by Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida - Photography Program
Picasso 9:00 - 11:00 p Film Screening: The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Overture Foyer 9:00 - 12:00 a Late Night Informal Portfolio Sharing
     
FRIDAY PRESENTATIONS:
9:00 - 9:45 a  
Concerto A Kelli Connell w/ Christopher McLane, Justin Newhall, Rod Slemmons and Brian Ulrich, “MP3: Midwest Photographers Publication Project” (panel presentation)
Concerto B Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, “The Virtual Immigrant” (imagemaker)
Concerto C Jeff Curto, “Teaching your Students/Teaching the World: Using Podcasts in Photo Education” (demo)
Concerto D  Merilyn Fairskye, “States of Mind” (imagemaker)
Picasso Julia Bradshaw, “Ideas and Photographic Investigations” (9:00 - 9:20 a) (graduate track presentation)
Picasso Alicia Ross, “Ishihara Tests Series” G (9:25 - 9:45 a) (graduate track presentation)
10:00 - 10:45 a  
Concerto A Connell panel cont.
Concerto B Neil Chowdhury, “Teaching Photography in Dubai: An Emerging Regional Photo Scene in the UAE” (lecture)
Concerto C Martyn Jolly, “Photographic Spectres in Contemporary Art” (lecture)
Concerto D Jay Gould, “The Wanderers: Science, Art and the Loss of Empiricism” (imagemaker)
Picasso Becki Rutta, “Becki Rutta: Personal Works” (9:50 - 10:10 a) (graduate track presentation)
Picasso Ross Sawyers, “Approximations” (10:15 - 10:35) (graduate track presentation)
Picasso Angelica Soleiman, “Current Trends in the Research and Education of the History of Photography: A Comparison Between United States and Spain” (10:40 - 11:00 a) (graduate track presentation)
1:00 - 1:45 p  
Concerto A Garry B Fritz Imagemaker Award Recipient: Susan Collins, “From Fenlandia to Glenlandia: Pixel Landscapes and Remote Transmission” (imagemaker)
Concerto B Daniel Kariko, “Storm Season - Louisiana's Lost Estuary” (imagemaker)
Concerto C  Dror Yaron w/ Germaine Watkins, Natalie Tranelli and Fiona Wilson, “Inspiring Youth Through Photography” (Academic Practicum Workshops)
Concerto D Allyson Klutenkamper w/ Isabel Graziani, “Constructing Meaning” (lecture)
Picasso John Kimmich-Javier, “Sombras de la Memoria/Shadows of Remembrance” (imagemaker)
2:00 - 2:45 p  
Concerto A Kate Palmer Albers, “The Space of Transmission: Michal Rovner's 'Decoy' Series” (lecture)
Concerto B Patti Ambrogi w/ Chris Burnett and David Tomas, “The Moving Photograph in a Digital World” (panel presentation)
Concerto C Yaron Academic Practicum Workshop cont. 
Concerto D Andrea Wallace w/ Wendy Babcox, “Site and Spectacle: Surveying the Springs” (imagemaker)
Picasso Debra Phillips, “One Thing Leads to Another” (imagemaker)  
3:00 - 3:45 p  
Concerto A Timothy Druckrey, “Enactment, Antipathy and Anti-Photography” (invited speaker)
Concerto B Ambrogi panel cont.
Concerto C George Blakely, “Heartfelt International Exhibition” (lecture)
Concerto D shiloh burton, “hIDING, hOLDING, and hAVING: Performance, Gender Identity, and Photography” (lecture)
Picasso Dylan Vitone, “Pittsburgh Project” (imagemaker)

 

SATURDAY, March 17, 2007

Picasso 8:00 - 8:45 a Multicultural Caucus Meeting
Overture Foyer  8:00 a - 2:00 p  Registration continues
Concerto A 8:00 - 9:45 a Industry & Educator Forum
Soprano Foyer  8:30 a Check-in for Student Portfolio Critiques
Soprano, Alto, Tenor 9:00 a - 3:00 p Student Portfolio Critiques
  9:00 - 11:45 a PRESENTATIONS
Symphony Ballroom 10:00 a - 3:00 p Silent Auction & Raffle Items on View
Symphony Ballroom 10:00 a - 5:00 p Exhibits Fair
Symphony Ballroom 10:00 a - 5:00 p SPE Store
  11:45 - 1:00 p Lunch Break
  1:00 - 2:45 p PRESENTATIONS
Symphony Ballroom 3:00 - 4:00 p Silent Auction Closing and Raffle Drawing
TRINITY CATHEDRAL 5:30 - 7:00 p Featured Speaker An-My Lê
Sponsored by Calumet Photographic
Picasso 7:00 - 8:00 p Rochester Institute of Technology Reunion
RECEPTION 7:00 - 9:00 p Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, Reception & Exhibition:
"Viajeros: North American Artist / Photographers' Images of Cuba"
  7:00 - 9:30 p Dinner Break
Studio 17 Gallery 7:30 - 8:30 p University of Florida Student/Faculty Reunion
Picasso 9:00 - 10:00 p 2007 SPE Women’s Film Festival
Sponsored by the SPE Women’s Caucus
Concerto A & B  9:30 p - 12:30 a Dance Party
Sponsored by The MAC Group
SATURDAY PRESENTATIONS:
8:00 - 8:45 a  
Concerto A Industry & Educator Forum
9:00 - 9:45 a  
Concerto A Industry & Educator Forum cont. (8:00 - 9:45 a)
Concerto B Greg Halvorsen Schreck, “Photographic Practice at Estudio Gustavo Frittegotto, Rosario, Argentina”(lecture)
Concerto C Natasha Egan, “Made in China” (invited speaker)
Concerto D Ariya Martin w/ Tara Malik, “The New Orleans Kid Camera Project”(lecture)
Picasso Jai McKenzie, “New Visions and Futures: The Present and Future Possibilities for Photography”(lecture)
10:00 - 10:45 a  
Concerto A  Margaret Stratton w/ Wyatt Gallery, Lonnie Graham, William Greiner, Lori Nix and Deborah Willis, “Save the Date: Photography and the Re-evolution of Global Spectacle” (panel discussion)
Concerto B  Claudia Smigrod w/ Andy Grundberg, “Light Studies & Optical Culture, Technique & Process: A Contemporary Approach to Photographic Education. The Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington D.C.” (Academic Practicum Workshops)
Concerto C Nancy M. Stuart w/ J. Tomas Lopez, Mark Osterman and Michael Peres, “Categories of Evidence: The Making of a Photographic Encyclopedia” (panel discussion)
Concerto D Valerie Mendoza, “Crossing Borders: Lines in the Dirt and Other Social Constructs” (imagemaker)
Picasso Jacinda Russell, “Strange Artifacts: A Photographic and Found Object Wunderkammer” (imagemaker)
11:00 - 11:45 a  
Concerto A Stratton panel cont.
Concerto B Tina Schelhorn (invited speaker)
Concerto C Stuart panel cont.
Concerto D Peter Ride, “Timeless: Time, Landscape and New Media” (lecture)
Picasso Soody Sharifi, “Moslem Youth Culture” (imagemaker)
1:00 - 1:45 p  
Concerto A  Barbara DeGenevieve, “The Panhandler Project: Exploitation, Political (In)Correctness & Ethical Dilemmas” (lecture)
Concerto B Stan Strembicki w/ David Graham, Thomas Neff and John Woodin, “Photographing Disaster: Making Art Among the Ruins” (panel discussion)
Concerto C Robin Dru Germany w/ Dorinth Doherty, Susan Dunkerley and Sara-Jayne Parsons, “Multivalent Nature” (panel discussion)
Concerto D Zoe Beloff, “Photographing the Unconscious” (imagemaker)
Picasso Tom Patton , “Icons and Artifacts” (imagemaker)
2:00 - 2:45 p  
Concerto A  Susan Schwartzenberg, “Extending the Image: Photography as Public Intervention” (lecture)
Concerto B Strembicki panel cont.
Concerto C Dru Germany panel cont.
Concerto D Jean Baird, “Shaping the Invisible” (lecture)
Picasso Nate Larson, “Burden of Proof” (imagemaker)

 

SUNDAY, March 18, 2007

Tenor 8:00 - 9:30 a Breakfast with Apple
Sponsored by Apple, Inc.
Alto 9:30 a - 12:30 p 2007 SPE Women’s Film Festival
Sponsored by the SPE Women’s Caucus
Symphony Ballroom 9:30 a - 12:30 p Portfolio Walk-Through
Tenor 1:00 - 5:00 p Mary Virginia Swanson, “Finding Your Audience: An Introduction to Marketing Your Photographs" 
 

 

 

 

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