2026 SPE Annual Conference: Catalyst for Exchange
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9:15AM - 9:45AM
4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501
Demystifying Generative AI
Lisa Swank - RUSD Family Resource Center (HS Only)
9:45AM - 10:15AM
4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501
Leading the Conversation on AI as a Creative Practice
Dirk Dallas - Dean of CAVAD at CBU (HS Only)
10:15AM - 11:15AM
4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501
What's New? Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop for You and Your students
Colin Smith - Adobe (HS Only)
11:15AM - 12:00PM
4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501
Storytelling Through the Lens: Youth Media Education
Steffanie Padilla, Nikolay Maslov, Lindsey Hammel (HS Only)
8:00AM - 9:00AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Breakfast
9:00AM - 9:15PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Good Morning
Welcome
9:00AM - 9:15AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
In Memoriam: Douglas McCulloh (1959–2025)
Honored Educator, Curator, and Photographer
9:15AM - 10:00AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
From Campus to Community: Learning and Engagement at the California Museum of Photography and Culver Center of the Arts
Lindsey Hammel, Nikolay Maslov
10:00AM - 10:30AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Las Fotos Project
Nalani Hernandez Melo
10:30AM - 11:00AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Framing Our Truths: Storytelling Through Photography with LGBTQ Seniors
Mary-Linn Hughes, Christopher Anthony Velasco
11:00AM - 11:30AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Building the Hmong Photographic History and Culture Archive
Joel Pickford
11:30AM - 12:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Fresh Donor
Christopher Anthony Velasco
8:00AM - 9:00AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Breakfast
9:15AM - 9:45AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Photo Book Arts: Accordion Structures
Bobby Lee
9:45AM - 10:20AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Medium Photo
Lanae King
10:20AM - 10:40AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Print Study for All
Roula Seikaly, David Johnson
10:40AM - 11:00AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
I Wasn't Asked
Fatemeh Fani
11:00AM - 11:20AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
The Archive as a Photographic Tool
Kayla Holdgreve
11:20AM - 11:40AM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Regarding Land - The Impact of Ecological Ruin in the Inland Empire
C. Matthew Luther
11:40AM - 12:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Penumbra
Marcus Doyle
afternoon
12:00PM - 1:00PM
4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501
Lunch
Provided by RUSD CTE, Poly High School Culinary
12:30PM - 1:00PM
5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737
Radical Geographies - Curator Walkthrough with Tamara Cedré
Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
1:00PM - 1:30PM
4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501
Experience & Funding
Ron Kusayanagi (HS Only)
1:30PM - 4:30PM
4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501
Breakout Workshops
Canon, Sony, Adobe (HS Only)
4:00PM - 6:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
The California Museum of Photography Collection
Alyse Yeargan (SPE West Attendees Only)
12:00PM - 1:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Lunch
1:00PM - 1:30PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Weegee: Two Truths & A Lie
Jason Tannen
1:30PM - 2:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Pedagogy: The Importance of Analog Practice in the Digital Classroom
Christine Lee Smith
2:00PM - 2:30PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Unstable Ground: Photography, Memory, and the Construction of Meaning
Nicole White
2:30PM - 3:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Intersections of Art, Science, Archival Research, and Field Studies
Juliet Burchfield, Angelina Merancio, Pedro Antonio Madera Jr.
3:00PM - 3:30PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Grading for Equity: A Necessary Revolution
Julianne Clark
3:30PM - 4:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
The Pleasure of Being Wrong
Andrew K. Thompson
4:00PM - 4:30PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Where Images Live: Photography, Place, and the Power of Presence
Jennifer Frias, William Camargo, Lorena Molina
4:30PM - 5:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Radical Geographies
Tamara Cedré
12:00PM - 1:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Lunch
1:00PM - 1:30PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Frames of Dissonance
Christophe Katrib
1:30PM - 2:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
7 Pictures Remaining
Meggan Gould
2:00PM - 2:20PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Recreating Memory through Imagemaking
Sephine Milan
2:20PM - 2:40PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Through Openings
Mia Zheng
2:40PM - 3:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Beyond Shattered Honor
Maedeh Ojaghloo
3:00PM - 3:30PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
[Placeholder: Swallowtail]
Eliza Gregory
3:30PM - 4:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
On Displacement, Histories and Possibilities, Using Photography as a Decolonial Tool
William Camargo, Alkaid Ramirez
4:00PM - 5:00PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
History is in the Caption
Fariba Hajamadi
evening
6:00PM - 9:00PM
Riverside ArtsWalk
Open to the Public
6:00PM - 8:00PM
3933 Mission Inn Ave., Suite 102 Riverside, 92501
Pop Up Exhibition: East Meets West
Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California
6:30PM - 8:30PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
Portfolio Walkthrough
Open to the Public
6:30PM - 8:30PM
3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501
SPE West Exhibition - Opening Reception
f-stop pedestrian gallery, UCR ARTS
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