2026 SPE Annual Conference: Catalyst for Exchange
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Past SPE Annual Conferences
exhibitions
morning
7:00AM - 6:00PM
Missouri
Pin-up Gallery
7:00AM - 9:00AM
Majestic Foyer
Breakfast
Free communal breakfast for all SPE Conference attendees!
7:00AM - 8:00AM
Westmooreland
All Recovery Meeting
7:30AM - 6:00PM
Landmark Foyer
Registration
Conference check-in and general information
8:00AM - 10:00AM
Majestic DE
Welcome
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Lindell
SPE Media Festival
An international juried video festival
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Landmark Ballroom
Exhibits Fair
Talk to representatives from your favorite brands!
10:00AM - 3:30PM
Gateway Ballroom AB
Academic Career Mentoring
Career advice for academic positions
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Kingsbury
Women's Caucus Meeting
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Majestic C
Big cameras, smart kids, and smelly chemicals: mixing chemistry and tintype photography in a high-school STEM lab.
William Nieberding
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Majestic B
Realities, Projected
Mark Chen
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Majestic A
An African American Photographic Aesthetic: Introducing an Afrocentric Way of Seeing
Ralph Watkins
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Majestic DE
Zig Jackson
Honored Educator
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Kingsbury
Pride Caucus Meeting
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Majestic C
Documenting the Invisible: Past and Future
Shreepad Joglekar
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Majestic B
The Yellow Book: Interstate Legacy
Johanna Warwick
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Majestic A
Fighting for Emancipation:Iranian Activist Photography in Shaping the revolution
Fazilat Soukhakian
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Majestic DE
Why The Darkroom is Still Important to Photographic Education
Armon Means, Sprint Systems
7:00AM - 6:00PM
Missouri
Pin-up Gallery
7:00AM - 9:00AM
Majestic Foyer
Breakfast
Free communal breakfast for all SPE Conference attendees!
7:00AM - 8:00AM
Westmooreland
All Recovery Meeting
7:30AM - 6:00PM
Landmark Foyer
Registration
Conference check-in and general information
8:00AM - 10:00AM
Pershing
High School Educators Workshop
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Lindell
SPE Media Festival
An international juried video festival
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Landmark Ballroom
Exhibits Fair
Talk to representatives from your favorite brands!
9:00AM - 10:00AM
Majestic DE
Phillip Toledano
Featured Speaker
10:00AM - 3:00PM
Gateway Ballroom AB
Student Portfolio Reviews
20 minute one-on-one review sessions
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Majestic A
New Realities: Academic Writing in an Era of Change – photographies journal.
Liz Wells, David Bate, Erina Duganne, Martin Hand
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Majestic C
Where Does Photography Curricula Go From Here? New Realities in Programming
Christopher Kern, Scott Hinton, Lindsay Godin, Elena Volkova, Tracy Longley-Cook, David Magee, Cintia Segovia Figueroa
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Pershing
Mistakes and Snapshots, programming a Raspberry Pi camera to take photographs
Justin Goh
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Majestic B
The Wooden Beaver Archive: AI and Queer Histories
Michael Borowski
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Westmoreland
Sajin: Translated Photographs from Korea
Hans Gindlesberger
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Westmoreland
Unhousing: claiming the human right to home
Glenna Jennings
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Kingsbury
like the delayed rays of a star: Reframing the gaze in Beirut, Lebanon
Heather O'Brien Takahashi
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Majestic B
I Believe I'll Run On
Joshua McFadden
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Majestic DE
Years Like Water
Nadia Sablin
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Westmoreland
Reframing ethics: A principles-based approach to photography ethics education
Savannah Dodd
11:30AM - 12:00PM
Westmoreland
Reimagining Mapplethorpe : Examining Queer Representation in Formal Portraits.
Lizzie Salacinski
7:00AM - 6:00PM
Missouri
Pin-up Gallery
7:00AM - 9:00AM
Majestic Foyer
Breakfast
Free communal breakfast for all SPE Conference attendees!
7:00AM - 8:00AM
Westmooreland
All Recovery Meeting
7:30AM - 2:30PM
Landmark Foyer
Registration
Conference check-in and general information
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Lindell
SPE Media Festival
An international juried video festival
9:00AM - 2:30PM
Landmark Ballroom
Exhibits Fair
Talk to representatives from your favorite brands!
9:00AM - 10:00AM
Majestic DE
AI in Lightroom and Photoshop
Julieanne Kost
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Gateway AB
Professional Portfolio Reviews
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Majestic B
Print Study Room, Study Hall, Print Study for All – A Pedagogical Tool Kit
David Johnson, Roula Seikaly, Sarah Smith, Eric Lutz
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Majestic A
Looking Beyond the Digital Archive through New Media Translations
Katina Bitsicas and Desiree Moore
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Majestic C
"Nobody Ever Knows Everything - Confessions of Young Art Professionals for Aspiring Art Professionals"
Jessica Just and Emily Wiethorn
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Pershing
Making the most of your Fulbright opportunities
Peter Glendinning
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Westmoreland
The Body Remixed: An Artist's Response to Idealogical Hegemonies and Technological Futures
Nathan Cordova
10:30AM - 11:30AM
Majestic DE
Visualizing Resistance Decolonized Aesthetics and Subverting Dominant Narratives
Robin North
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Westmoreland
DEADNAME: Queer Reclamation Through Digital Corruption
Ash Huse
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Kingsbury
The Bifurcated Self
Robin Assner-Alvey
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Pershing
Snapshot Online Teaching: A Workshop for Creating Engaging, Inclusive Classes
Ann Kaplan
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Majestic A
A Short History of the End of Photography
Morgan Barrie
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Westmoreland
Thank you for your service?
Ryan Mitchell
11:30AM - 1:00PM
Majestic DE
Creating an Intersectional Learning Space in Your Photography Classroom
Caity Fares
11:30AM - 12:00PM
Westmoreland
Unveiling the Nuances of Contemporary Democracy: The Political Theater
Chang-Ching Su
afternoon
2:00PM - 6:00PM
Landmark Foyer
Registration
Conference check-in and general information.
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Pershing
Pinsta Cameras: The Micro Darkroom Anywhere
Leah Schrententhaler and Tom Dahlseid
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Majestic B
How to Archive Yourself
Dominique Ellis
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Kingsbury
Multicultural Caucus Meeting
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Majestic C
Virtual Worker Diaries: Speculative Identities and Visualizing the Inaccessible
Forest Kelley
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Majestic DE
Six Steps to Making Perfect Inkjet Prints
Freestyle Photographic and Imaging Supplies
2:30PM - 4:00PM
Pershing
16mm Film Tic-Tac-Toe: Let's play a game of performance, collaboration, & light!
Kristin Reeves
2:30PM - 4:00PM
Majestic B
Improvisation as Technology
Aaron Turner, Dionne Lee, Raymond Thompson Jr., Hernease Davis
2:30PM - 4:00PM
Majestic A
Becoming Sticky: Central American Image-Makers and Equatorial Vision
Martin Wannam, J. Molina, Lorena Molina, Robb Hernandez
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Kingsbury
Contingent Faculty Caucus Meeting
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Majestic C
A.I. Imaging in Context: Tracing an Evolution of Artistic Validity
Britt Thomas & Prince Thomas
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Majestic DE
Paper Makes A Difference
Veronica Cotter, Hahnemühle
2:30PM - 3:00PM
Westmoreland
The Wanderers
Christopher Schneberger
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Unleashing Creativity: Quick and Easy Accordion Fold Photo Books
Mary-Linn Hughes
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Westmoreland
Shared Breath: Motherhood in the Time of Climate Crisis
Megan Jacobs
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Kingsbury
High School Educators Caucus Meeting
3:30PM - 4:00PM
Westmoreland
Reckoning with Interdisciplinarity for Photographic Educators
Eric Sung
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Majestic C
Creating an Inclusive Curriculum and Classroom for LGBTQAI2S+ Photo Students
Nicholas Simko
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Majestic A
Critical Photojournalism: Ethics, Practice and Business
Judith Walgren
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Majestic B
The Death of You and Me – When Words Go Missing
Emily Wiethorn
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Majestic DE
House of the Living
Ron Tarver and Jody Joyner
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Kingsbury
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: How the Academy Became Our Toxic Partner and How to Dump Them
Erin Jennings & Micah Cash
12:00PM - 12:30PM
Westmoreland
Central Union Railroad & Saint Denis: Video Games as a Field ofVisualEthnography
Yuxiang Dong
12:30PM - 1:00PM
Westmoreland
Photography in Three Dimensions: Capturing The Silent Sentinels
Allen Morris
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Majestic A
West Chapter Meeting
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Majestic B
Southwest Chapter Meeting
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Majestic C
South Central Chapter Meeting
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Majestic E
Midwest Chapter Meeting
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Kingsbury
Northeast Chapter Meeting
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Pershing
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Majestic D
Southeast Chapter Meeting
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Westmoreland
Northwest Chapter Meeting
3:30PM - 5:30PM
WUSTL, Kemper, STL Art Museum
The St. Louis Print Study Room Tour
David Johnson
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Majestic C
Looking Together: An Educator Workshop
Alice Proujansky
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Majestic DE
Transforming Creativity: Integrating AI Tools into the Classroom
Corey George, Brianna Burnett, Jennifer Greenburg
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Pershing
A Small Step for Cyan, A Giant Leap for Blue-manity!
Morgan Ford Willingham
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Majestic A
Photographic Matter in the Hothouse
Aimee Beaubien
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Majestic B
Rewritten: Photographers Reshaping the Narrative
Marcella Hackbardt
3:30PM - 4:00PM
Westmoreland
Notes on Isolation: Coming of Age and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ben Levine
4:00PM - 4:30PM
Westmoreland
The Conch Girl: Impersonal Intimacy through Home-Cooked Meals in NYC
Sidian Liu
4:30PM - 5:00PM
Westmoreland
The Un-archivable Archive
Chloe Dichter
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Majestic C
The Heat of Life in a Handful of Dust
Andres de Varona and Marcia Reifman
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Majestic B
The Light at the End of History
Abbey Hepner
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Kingsbury
The Shadow
Katie Shapiro
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Pershing
Creative Tips for Increasing Student Engagement, Attendance, and Retention
Amanda Dahlgren
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Majestic A
Image as Resistance
Paria Ahmadi
12:00PM - 12:30PM
Westmoreland
IMAGO
Mehrdad Mirzaie
12:30PM - 1:00PM
Westmoreland
Rage Against the Archive: Fighting NYPL with New Media Art
Anshul Roy
1:00PM - 1:30PM
Westmoreland
The Light of Heaven
Rachel Warren
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Majestic DE
Members Meeting
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Majestic DE
Coco Fusco
Featured Speaker
4:30PM - 5:30PM
Majestic DE
Raffle/Closing
evening
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Missouri
Student Volunteer Training A
9:00PM - 11:00PM
Missouri
Student Volunteer Training B
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Members Exhibition Reception
juried by Eric Lutz
8:00PM - 10:00PM
Gateway AB
Portfolio Throwdown
Pride Caucus
5:00PM - 8:00PM
Washington University in St. Louis
12th Annual Combined Caucus Exhibition Reception
Juried by Sama Alshaibi
9:00PM - 11:00PM
Majestic DE
Portfolio Walkthrough
5:30PM - 8:30PM
Gateway Ballroom AB
Education Fair
Find your best school, Find your best student!
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Majestic A
Student Volunteer Seminar- Capturing Creativity: Navigating the Photographic Industry
Julieanne Kost
7:30PM - 8:30PM
Majestic C
The Weather Diaries
Judy Natal and David Zerlin
9:00PM - 11:55PM
Majestic DE
Dance Party
sponsored by SONY
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