2024 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Forest Kelley

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

Virtual Worker Diaries: Speculative Identities and Visualizing the Inaccessible

Forest Kelley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Visual Studies at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. His work reflects on introspective histories and systems/contexts that perpetuate social isolation. In 2020,... read more

Christopher Kern

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 10:00am, Majestic C

Where Does Photography Curricula Go From Here? New Realities in Programming

Christopher Kern has been shooting and producing commercial photography projects since 2003. He has a MFA in Photography from the prestigious Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. Along with his freelance photography work,... read more

Julieanne Kost

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 9:00am, Majestic DE

AI in Lightroom and Photoshop

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 7:00pm, Majestic A

Student Volunteer Seminar- Capturing Creativity: Navigating the Photographic Industry

Named one of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business," Julieanne Kost is the Digital Imaging Evangelist Director at Adobe, responsible for fostering relationships with customers through meaningful and inspirational Photoshop and Lightroom instruction.... read more

Dionne Lee

Thursday, March 21, 2024 @ 2:30pm, Majestic B

Improvisation as Technology

Dionne Lee explores power and personal history in relation to the American landscape and interrogates historical narratives that exist within photographic representations of land and place. She has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art,... read more

Ben Levine

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 3:30pm, Westmoreland

Notes on Isolation: Coming of Age and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ben Levine is a photographer from Los Angeles and a senior at Washington University in St Louis. His work has been exhibited across St. Louis and published in numerous local magazines. Informed by his experiences... read more

Sidian Liu

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 4:00pm, Westmoreland

The Conch Girl: Impersonal Intimacy through Home-Cooked Meals in NYC

Sidian Liu (b. 1997, China) is a photo-based artist, translator, and home builder. She uses photography and performance to explore the notion of a self-made home. She obtained her BA in English at Shanghai International... read more

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Eric Lutz

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

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

Eric Lutz is Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Over the past 18 years he has curated 45 exhibitions, including shows on Thomas Struth, Jess Dugan, and... read more

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Joshua McFadden

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 11:00am, Majestic B

I Believe I'll Run On

Joshua Rashaad McFadden, renowned visual artist and Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, illuminates themes of identity, gender, and racial dynamics through poignant portraiture and archival imagery. With accolades from Time Magazine to the... read more

Mehrdad Mirzaie

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 12:00pm, Westmoreland

IMAGO

Mehrdad Mirzaie is a multidisciplinary artist from Iran, based in the United States, whose work predominantly revolves around the image-based medium with a deep focus on reinterpreting images of the past and the interplay between... read more

Ryan Mitchell

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

Thank you for your service?

Ryan Mitchell has been passionate about the visual arts since childhood. Upon graduating high school, however, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He served in the infantry rising to the rank of Corporal... read more