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Northwest Chapter

SPE Northwest Chapter includes:
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED!

Hi all, we have extended the proposal deadline for our upcoming regional conference in Gresham, Oregon this October! Are you interested in presenting your work, lecturing about art history/theory, or leading a workshop? Then please consider sending us your proposal. Submission Criteria is below:

Please submit the following information
-Presentation or Workshop Title
-One sentence summary of proposal/project
-An abstract (a summary of presentation content) of no more than 500 words
-A short biographical summary for primary contact (person submitting the proposal) of no more than 125 words)
Related Media Samples (No more than 20 images)

Send materials to: northwest@spenational.org

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Meet the presenters of SPE’s 2027 Annual Conference!

We’re excited to introduce Lisa Di Giacomo, presenting “Louise”

“This session presents a pedagogical framework for teaching performative self-portraiture as a strategy for exploring identity, memory, and intergenerational narrative in contemporary photography. Grounded in both studio practice and critical inquiry, the approach encourages students to move beyond traditional self-representation toward embodied image-making that engages personal history, constructed narrative, and symbolic space.”

About the Presenter

Lisa Di Giacomo is a documentary photographer and educator whose work often delves into the intricate worlds of family, home, and identity.

Di Giacomo earned her BA and MA in Italian from The Ohio State University.  She began to photograph in Italy, where she examined life in the Italian countryside and villages of her Italian ancestors.  She channeled her creativity into visual arts, achieving an MFA in Visual Arts from the Columbus College of Art & Design.

Di Giacomo inspires the next generation of creatives as a photography and design instructor at Columbus State Community College in Columbus, Ohio.

Join us at the 2027 SPE Annual Conference to hear Lisa explore self-portraiture as a tool for teaching narrative, identity, memory, and intergenerational storytelling in the photography classroom.

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Meet the presenters of SPE’s 2027 Annual Conference! We’re excited to introduce Lisa Di Giacomo, presenting “Louise” “This session presents a pedagogical framework for teaching performative self-portraiture as a strategy for exploring identity, memory, and intergenerational narrative in contemporary photography. Grounded in both studio practice and critical inquiry, the approach encourages students...

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