2024 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Ash Huse

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 10:30am, Westmoreland

DEADNAME: Queer Reclamation Through Digital Corruption

Ash Huse is a queer lens-based artist established in Chicago, Illinois. Ash's body of work surrounds LGBTQ+ identity through portraiture. Their work also explores themes of queerness, transformation and mental illness through abstract and experimental... read more

Zig Jackson

Thursday, March 21, 2024 @ 10:00am, Majestic DE

Zig Jackson

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Megan Jacobs

Thursday, March 21, 2024 @ 3:00pm, Westmoreland

Shared Breath: Motherhood in the Time of Climate Crisis

Megan Jacobs' work explores delicate relationships--the interweaving between two partners in love, the bond of parent and child, and the tenuous relationship between humans and the natural world. Her work has been exhibited at Aperture... read more

Erin Jennings

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 12:00pm, Kingsbury

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: How the Academy Became Our Toxic Partner and How to Dump Them

Erin Jennings is a Memphis based photographer, filmmaker and educator working in lens-based mediums. Erin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production, a Master of Arts in Political Science (Politics in Film), and a... read more

Glenna Jennings

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 10:30am, Westmoreland

Unhousing: claiming the human right to home

Glenna Jennings is an Associate Professor of Photography and Social Practice at the University of Dayton, Ohio. Her community-engaged work focuses on food justice, and her art has been awarded and exhibited throughout North America,... read more

Shreepad Joglekar

Thursday, March 21, 2024 @ 11:00am, Majestic C

Documenting the Invisible: Past and Future

Shreepad Joglekar is a worker from Mumbai, India. He has presented his work in various first, second, and third world countries. Intersections of Marxist thought with architecture and landscape theories stimulate his research. He is... read more

David Johnson

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 3:30pm, WUSTL, Kemper, STL Art Museum

The St. Louis Print Study Room Tour

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 10:00am, Majestic B

Print Study Room, Study Hall, Print Study for All – A Pedagogical Tool Kit

David Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Coastal Carolina University. Johnson's photographs have been exhibited internationally and publications include Wig Heavier Than a Boot and It Can Be This Way Always: Images from... read more

Jayonna Johnson

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 10:30am, Westmoreland

Unhousing: claiming the human right to home

Jayonna Johnson discovered a love for photography in her hometown of Cleveland, OH, and has since developed her skills as a visual storyteller at the University of Dayton. Currently in her 3rd year as a... read more

Eric Joseph

Thursday, March 21, 2024 @ 12:00pm, Majestic DE

Six Steps to Making Perfect Inkjet Prints

Eric Joseph is a photographer and Co-President/Chief Products Education, Sales & Support Officer at Freestyle Photographic & Imaging Supplies. Eric graduated from California State University, Northridge with a B.A. in Art, Specializing in Photography. He... read more

Jody Joyner

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 12:00pm, Majestic DE

House of the Living

Jody Joyner is an interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture, installation, and video. She received her M.F.A. from Yale University and her B.A. from Colorado College. Jody has recently exhibited work at Franconia Sculpture Park... read more

Jessica Just

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 10:00am, Majestic C

"Nobody Ever Knows Everything - Confessions of Young Art Professionals for Aspiring Art Professionals"

Jessica Just is an artist and educator living in Waco, Texas. She received her BFA from Baylor University and her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Many of her interests lie in... read more

Ann Kaplan

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 11:00am, Pershing

Snapshot Online Teaching: A Workshop for Creating Engaging, Inclusive Classes

Ann Kaplan is an artist and educator with experience in museums, arts organizations, and higher education. Currently an associate professor at Appalachian State University, she taught previously at Elon University and Philippines Women's University and... read more