2016 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Dean DePhillipo

Thursday, March 10, 2016 @ 4:30pm, Summerlin D

“Teaching Video in Still Photography Programs 2.0”

Dean DePhillipo earned his BA in Industrial Photography from Brooks Institute of Photography in 1989. Dean has been a professional photographer for more than 25 years, specializing in underwater, travel, nature and exotic culture.... read more

Carlos Diaz

Friday, March 11, 2016 @ 1:00pm, Summerlin E

"Of Borders and Beyond: The Politics of Immigration and the Latino Experience"

Carlos Diaz, Professor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, teaching for 32 years, is represented by David Klein Gallery, Detroit MI. Collections include the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Museum of the City of New... read more

Colin Edgington

Friday, March 11, 2016 @ 9:00am, Summerlin A

"The Story of the Nagatani/Ryoichi Excavations"

Colin Edgington is a visual artist and writer from Central New Mexico. He holds an MFA from MGSA, Rutgers University and is currently pursuing an MFA in Art Criticism and Writing at the School of... read more

AnnieLaurie Erickson

Saturday, March 12, 2016 @ 9:00am, Summerlin E

"An Uncertain Present: A Conversation on Emergent Practices in Contemporary Photography"

AnnieLaurie Erickson is the Director of Photography and the MFA Program Coordinator at Tulane University in New Orleans. She is a member of the Antenna Collective, and has shown her work nationally and internationally. AnnieLaurie... read more

Ashley Feagin

Saturday, March 12, 2016 @ 11:00am, Summerlin E

"The Continuing Democratization of Photography: Smart Phone Media"

Ashley Feagin explores ways of building stories through photographs, installations, and performance. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Albion College where she developed the course: Sm(Art) Imagery, utilizing the smartphone as a... read more

Arthur Fields

Saturday, March 12, 2016 @ 11:00am, Summerlin E

"The Continuing Democratization of Photography: Smart Phone Media"

Arthur Fields completed a Master of Fine Arts in Photography in May of 2011 at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. With backgrounds in training and development, and graphic design, his academic research concentrates on... read more

Peter Fitzpatrick

Thursday, March 10, 2016 @ 4:30pm, Summerlin D

“Teaching Video in Still Photography Programs 2.0”

Peter Fitzpatrick is the Chair of Photography at Columbia College Chicago and an Australian artist / educator working with analogue and digital photo media technologies. He has been involved in developing the teaching and research... read more

Nancy Floyd

Saturday, March 12, 2016 @ 1:00pm, Summerlin D

"Weathering Time: Thirty-Three Years"

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

Sam Girton

Thursday, March 10, 2016 @ 4:30pm, Summerlin D

“Teaching Video in Still Photography Programs 2.0”

Sam Girton is Associate Professor in The School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. Sam received his MFA from Ohio University in 1993 and teaches classes in Desktop Publishing, Web Design, Advanced Web Design,3D Modeling,... read more

Jay Gould

Saturday, March 12, 2016 @ 1:00pm, Summerlin E

"Performing for the Camera"

Jay Gould is a faculty member of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Artist in Residence at Johns Hopkins University Extreme Materials Institute and SPE Mid-Atlantic Chair. His work, integrating scientific topics into installation and... read more

Susan kae Grant

Thursday, March 10, 2016 @ 9:00am, Pavilion Ballroom

2016 Student Seminar with Mary Virginia Swanson and Susan kae Grant

Susan kae Grant (MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Cornaro Professor of Art Emerita, (Texas Woman's University) and teaches workshops at: ICP; LACP; La Luz Workshops; and Santa Fe Workshops. She is the 2014 SPE Honored... read more

Jennifer Greenburg

Friday, March 11, 2016 @ 1:00pm, Summerlin D

"Jennifer Greenburg: Iterations and Revising History"

Jennifer Greenburg is a contemporary artist who works with photographic imagery. Her work is part of the permanent collection of The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The CherryHurst House, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson,... read more