2014 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Jason Corace

Thursday, March 06, 2014 @ 10:30am, Holiday 4-5

Industry Seminar with Alexander Heilner, Sponsored by MICA

Jason Corace is a media artist and educator whose work and research is focused on the exploration of game design and interactive art. He is the Chair of MICA's Interactive Arts department, where he also... read more

Danielle Currier

Thursday, March 06, 2014 @ 1:30pm, Holiday 4-5

Industry Seminar with Danielle Currier and Larry Volk, Sponsored by ASMP

"Your Portfolio Strategy: Focus Your Work, Brand Your Vision"

Danielle Currier is a professor of graphic design in the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Endicott College. She holds an M.F.A from Parsons,... read more

Jeff Curto

Saturday, March 08, 2014 @ 8:30am, Holiday 1

2014 Industry & Education Forum Moderated by Jeff Curto

Photographer Jeff Curto is Professor of Photography at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL, where he has taught since 1984. His BFA (1981) is from Illinois Wesleyan University and his MFA (1983) is from... read more

Sylvia de Swaan

Saturday, March 08, 2014 @ 1:00pm, Holiday 6

Return: A Sequel

Sylvia de Swaan is an unaffiliated artist/photographer who has lived in Europe, Mexico and the United States. "Return" her longest running photography project has been exhibited and published both nationally and abroad and has been... read more

Gail Dodge

Saturday, March 08, 2014 @ 2:40pm, Key 3-4

Fissures and Gaps: Our Unavoidable Edges

Gail R. Dodge (b.1985) is a multi-media artist working with video, performance, and the fabrication and manipulation of traditional and nontraditional sculptural materials. She currently lives in Providence, RI, where she will begin pursuing her... read more

Jess T. Dugan

Friday, March 07, 2014 @ 3:00pm, Holiday 2-3

Portraiture and Identity: A Panel Discussion

Jess T. Dugan is an artist whose work explores issues of gender, sexuality, identity, and community. Her work is regularly exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of several major museums. She is represented... read more

Diane Durant

Saturday, March 08, 2014 @ 2:00pm, Holiday 4-5

The Movement Is the Message: Image-text and Double Literacy in the American Road Story

Diane Durant is Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of the Comer Collection of Photography at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is a member of the LGBTQ Caucus Leadership Team and Chair of... read more

Peter Ferry

Saturday, March 08, 2014 @ 11:00am, Key 3-4

Please take this Moment to Turn ON all Cell Phones: A live musical performance connecting photography and music

Hailed as a "percussion genius presenting percussion in a stunning, thoughtful way," (Democrat and Chronicle), Peter Ferry is a young American percussion soloist quickly gaining recognition for compelling performances that reimagine the concert experience. A... read more

Andrew Fingerman

Thursday, March 06, 2014 @ 3:00pm, Holiday 4-5

Industry Seminar with Andrew Fingerman, Sponsored by ASMP

Andrew Fingerman is the Chief Executive Officer of PhotoShelter, the worldwide leader in portfolio websites, online archiving and business tools for professional photographers. Before becoming CEO, Andrew led marketing at PhotoShelter for five years, where... read more

Joshua M Fischer

Thursday, March 06, 2014 @ 10:30am, Holiday 6

Industry Seminar with Joshua Fischer, Sponsored by MAC On Campus

"Teaching Color Management for Photo Video"

Joshua M. Fischer is the Product Marketing Manager for ILFORD and X-Rite Video at MAC Group. He will be in charge of developing the product message and positioning... read more

Tracy Fish

Friday, March 07, 2014 @ 10:00am, Key 3-4

Chasing the Paper Canoe: Collaboration and Experiential Learning in Student Publication

Tracy Fish, originally from Brooklyn, NY, graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2012 with a BA in Art Studio and is currently a Graduate candidate pursuing an MFA in Experimental and Documentary Studies at Duke... read more

Nancy Floyd

Friday, March 07, 2014 @ 10:00am, Holiday 4-5

Weathering Time

Nancy Floyd has been an exhibiting artist for over thirty years. In 2014 she received the SPE Future Focus Project Support Grant and a John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award. Temple University Press published... read more