2014 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Betsy Schneider

Saturday, March 08, 2014 @ 9:00am, Holiday 6

Cooperation, Collaboration and Censorship: Quotidian 1997-2009

Betsy Schneider's work is based in still photography and includes video and addresses a wide range of issues including the body, human development and transformation, relationships, parenthood, and childhood. Her work is widely exhibited both... read more

Talbot Easton Selby

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

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

Talbot Easton Selby is an Associate Professor of Art and Associate Department Chair at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC. He received his BFA from Delta State University and his MFA from Clemson University. He... read more

Rebecca Senf

Friday, March 07, 2014 @ 2:00pm, Holiday 6

The Electronic Museum: A Curator's Perspective

Rebecca Senf is Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography and Norton Family Curator at the Phoenix Art Museum. She has curated more than 30 exhibitions, and in 2012 her book "Reconstructing the View:... read more

Jonathan Shaw

Friday, March 07, 2014 @ 9:00am, Holiday 2-3

Photography Confidential: Educators Talk

Co-Director of the Disruptive Media Learning Lab and Associate Head of Media Department (Innovation, Profile & Research) at Coventry University. A photographer, his work has been published alongside photographic pioneers such as Muybridge and Edgerton.... read more

Tate Shaw

Friday, March 07, 2014 @ 10:00am, Holiday 6

Photobook Publishing as Collaboration

Tate Shaw is the Director of Visual Studies Workshop (VSW), Rochester, NY, a nonprofit organization supporting artists' books, photography, and the media arts. Shaw is also an Assistant Professor at The College at Brockport, State... read more

Ginevra Shay

Friday, March 07, 2014 @ 2:00pm, Holiday 1

Analog Processes and The Community

Ginevra Shay (b. 1987, Washington DC) is an artist, curator, and photo archivist who studied Studio Art and Art History at the University of Vermont. Shay's work has been exhibited and published nationally and internationally.... read more

Denis Sivack

Friday, March 07, 2014 @ 3:00pm, Holiday 1

Collaboration Compounded: William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, "The Third Mind," and The Nova Convention of 1978

Denis Sivack, an SPE member since 1974, is a writer and a fine art, documentary, and street photographer with volunteer field work and expedition experience. A Polaroid Collection photographer, and occasional book artist, he has... read more

Chad States

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

Portraiture and Identity: A Panel Discussion

Chad States holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art and a BA from Evergreen State College. His work has been exhibited at venues including ClampArt, New York, NY; Hous Projects, New York, NY; Randall... read more

Mark Strandquist

Friday, March 07, 2014 @ 9:00am, Holiday 6

Some Other Places We've Missed: Windows From Prison

Mark Strandquist (Richmond, VA) is an artist, educator, and community organizer. His projects facilitate interactions that incorporate viewers as direct participants and offer alternative models for the creative, social, and political ways in which we... read more

Zoe Strauss is a photographer and installation artist based in Philadelphia. First known for I-95, her annual one-day exhibitions of street photograph under the highway in South Philadelphia, her work has been the subject of... read more

Leonard Suryajaya

Saturday, March 08, 2014 @ 1:25pm, Key 3-4

Is Portraiture Still a Viable Medium in Exploring Identity?

Influenced by the cultural milieu of experiencing inter ethnic relations in Indonesia, Leonard Suryajaya's work explores identity, culture, gender, and sexuality. By utilizing photography, video, along with elements of performance and installation his work challenges... read more

Mary Virginia Swanson

Thursday, March 06, 2014 @ 9:00am, Holiday 2-3

2014 Student Seminar

(Mary Virginia Swanson (MFA, Arizona State University) is an author, educator and advisor who helps artists find the strengths in their work, identify appreciative audiences, and present their work in an informed, professional manner. She... read more