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2019 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

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Philip Matthews

Philip Matthews

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 9:00am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 1

Philip Matthews is a poet from eastern North Carolina whose practice roots in site-specific meditation and performance. He is the author of Witch (Alice James Books, forthcoming April 2020), and the recipient of fellowships and... read more

Shanna Merola

Shanna Merola

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 2:45pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 5

Shanna Merola is an artist, photojournalist and legal worker. In addition to her studio practice, she has been a human rights observer during political uprisings across the country - from the struggle for water rights... read more

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 1:30pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 4

2019 SPE HONORED EDUCATOR

Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a Finnish-American photographer and essayist, currently Professor Emeritus at UMass Lowell and docent at Aalto University in Helsinki. A RISD MFA graduate, Minkkinen's career spans... read more

Kevin J. Miyazaki

Kevin J. Miyazaki

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 2:45pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 5

Kevin J. Miyazaki is an artist, editorial photographer and educator living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His artwork addresses issues of memory, identity and his Japanese American family history. His freelance editorial clients include The New... read more

Therese Mulligan

Therese Mulligan

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 2:45pm, Veterans AB

2018-2019 State of Photographic Education Survey Results

Therese Mulligan, PhD, is a Professor and Director of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. She also directs the School's William Harris Gallery. A curator and photographic... read more

Zora Murff

Zora Murff

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 9:00am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 1

Zora J Murff is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas. Combining his education in human services and art, Zora's photography focuses on how images are used to reinforce social and cultural constructs... read more

Becky Nunes

Becky Nunes

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 9:00am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 1

Becky Nunes (MFA, NZIPP Master of Photography) is an Auckland-based artist and educator. Her images have been awarded, published & exhibited locally and internationally. Nunes works at the nexus of fine art and documentary practice,... read more

Marivi Ortiz

Marivi Ortiz

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 9:00am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 1

Marivi Ortiz is a professional photographer based in Chicago. She holds a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Marivi is dedicated to building workshops that center on constructing personal narratives... read more

Louie Palu

Louie Palu

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 1:30pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 4

Louie Palu is a documentary photographer who focuses on political and social issues. His accolades include a Guggenheim fellowship, Pulitzer Center Grants, including being featured in The New York Times, BBC and Museum of Fine... read more

Elle Perez

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 10:15am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 2

Elle Pérez is an artist who lives and works in New York City. Pérez recently held solo exhibitions at 47 Canal, New York, and MoMa Ps1, New York. Pérez is a founding member of Junte,... read more

Greta Pratt

Greta Pratt

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 1:30pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 4

Greta Pratt is the author of three monographs, In Search of the Corn Queen, Using History, and The Wavers. Her work has been exhibited internationally and nationally. Pratt was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and... read more

Alice Proujansky

Alice Proujansky

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 2:45pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 5

Alice Proujansky is a documentary photographer, teaching artist, and the lead curriculum writer for Aperture On Sight, Aperture's photography and visual-literacy curriculum. Her photographs of women, labor, birth, and leftists have been published widely; and... read more

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