2025 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Derrick Burbul

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 4:30pm, Tuscany D

Towards Ungrading: Early explorations in innovative teaching practices within a broken system of traditional grades

I received my MFA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Photography from the University of Idaho and my Bachelors of Science in English with a minor in photography from the University of Wisconsin--Superior. Currently,... read more

Savannah Calhoun

Saturday, March 08, 2025 @ 2:00pm, Tuscany 10

Hauntology and the Death of the Future

Savannah Calhoun is an image-based artist who focuses on post-internet art and nostalgia. She received a BFA in Photography at Herron School of Art and Design and an MFA at the University of Missouri. She... read more

Nicole Croy

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 9:00am, Tuscany 7

Nature's Imprint: A Phytogram Workshop

Indiana-born photographer, Nicole Croy, grew up in an environment that has impacted her as an artist. The majority of her work is inspired by what she calls "the forest floor". She received her master's... read more

Chloe Dichter

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 3:00pm, Tuscany 10

Nosh

Chloe Dichter's practice centers around experimental approaches to image-making and the construction of sculptural photographs. Her work explores kitsch, humor, kinship, and the preservation of objects. She is currently an MFA candidate and teaching assistant... read more

Antone Dolezal

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 2:30pm, Tuscany 11

The Future is Here: America's New Religions

Antone Dolezal is a visual artist whose body of work employs photography, video, sound, archival materials, and bookmaking to survey the cultural and political dynamics of American history, folklore, and mythology. He is currently a... read more

Jesse Egner

Thursday, March 06, 2025 @ 2:00pm, Tuscany D

Fluidity in Focus: Documenting Queer Relationships Through Photography

Jesse Egner's work explores queerness, humor, collaboration, and play. He received his MFA from Parsons and has participated in various residencies such as Yaddo and the Vermont Studio Center, and is a NYSCA/NYFA Fellow. His... read more

Fatemeh Fani

Thursday, March 06, 2025 @ 3:30pm, Tuscany 10

I Wasn't Asked

Fatemeh Fani is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist based in the United States. Her dual yet aligned research focuses on capturing America's essence through the lens of an outsider and exploring personal archival photos and... read more

Maggie Flanigan

Saturday, March 08, 2025 @ 3:00pm, Tuscany 8

GRIEF: How We Sink

Maggie Flanigan is a North Carolina based artist working with ideas of community, intimacy, and immediacy. Her experience in professional schools of crafts, community studios, and university settings have helped to define her interests in... read more

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Bill Fox

Saturday, March 08, 2025 @ 1:30pm, Tuscany D

Sailing through the Anthropocene

William Fox has published sixteen books. He is founding director of the Center for Art + Environment and has been a visiting scholar at the Getty Research Institute, the Clark Art Institute, and many universities.... read more

Andrea Frank

Saturday, March 08, 2025 @ 9:00am, Tuscany 11

Eddy at New Paltz - co-creating toward regenerative relational culture on campus

Andrea Frank is an Associate Professor and head of the Photography Program at SUNY New Paltz, NY. She explores complexity, ecology, and collective psychological resonances through photography and related media and embraces collaborative processes as... read more

Chris Fraser constructs environments modeled on historical image-making technologies, from the camera obscura to the magic lantern. These spaces put objects in dialogue with their images, sacrificing broad distribution for an experience of image that... read more