West Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Juliet Burchfield

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 2:30pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Intersections of Art, Science, Archival Research, and Field Studies

Juliet Burchfield is senior student at University of Nevada, Reno, studying Photography and general business. She focuses on unique views of landscapes, nature, animals to connect humanity to the present. With a passion for... read more

William Camargo

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 4:00pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Where Images Live: Photography, Place, and the Power of Presence

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 3:30pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

On Displacement, Histories and Possibilities, Using Photography as a Decolonial Tool

In my photographic-based work, I address issues of gentrification, Chicanx/Latinx histories in a city, and the systemic erasure of Brown people through counter-narratives that amplify and extirpate hegemonic structures in local city narratives. Using... read more

Tamara Cedré

Thursday, November 06, 2025 @ 12:30pm, 5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737

Radical Geographies - Curator Walkthrough with Tamara Cedré

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 4:30pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Radical Geographies

Tamara Cedré was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Central Florida, often visiting Puerto Rico-- where her family is from.

As a lens-based artist and educator, Cedré uses documentary forms to... read more

Julianne Clark

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 3:00pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Grading for Equity: A Necessary Revolution

Julianne Clark is an interdisciplinary artist with an MFA in Photography. She taught in the Oklahoma public school system for seven years, being recognized as the Oklahoma State Art Educator in 2016. She currently teaches... read more

Dirk Dallas

Thursday, November 06, 2025 @ 9:45am, 4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501

Leading the Conversation on AI as a Creative Practice

Dean, College of Architecture, Visual Arts & Design (CAVAD), CBU, Higher Education Administration read more

Marcus Doyle

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 11:40am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Penumbra

The photographs of Marcus Doyle transform the familiar spaces and landscapes of the modern world into twilight zones; nearly surreal, almost alien, yet always recognizable for what they are...Doyle's large-format approach, with saturated colors... read more

Fatemeh Fani

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 10:40am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

I Wasn't Asked

Fatemeh Fani (b. 1992, Iran) is an MFA student in Photography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from AUM and a B.A. in Photography from the Tehran University of... read more

Jennifer Frias

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 4:00pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Where Images Live: Photography, Place, and the Power of Presence

JENNIFER FRIAS is visual arts curator and educator whose multidisciplinary experience spans curatorial practice, museum education, community engagement, and collections management. She currently serves as Director/Curator of the College of the Arts Galleries at California... read more

Meggan Gould

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 1:30pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

7 Pictures Remaining

Meggan Gould lives and works in the mountains outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she is a Professor of Art at the University of New Mexico. She received an MFA from the University of Massachusetts... read more

Eliza Gregory

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 3:00pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

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Eliza Gregory is an artist and an educator. Her practice blends curatorial strategies, visual art, and human connection. She collaborates with people of all ages. She is an Assistant Professor of Photography and Social Practice... read more

Fariba Hajamadi

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 4:00pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

History is in the Caption

Fariba Hajamadi (born in Esfahan, Iran) makes work that investigates displacement, trauma, culture, and gender identity. Her work explores the technical histories of both photography and painting, pushing the boundaries of photography to achieve work... read more

Lindsey Hammel

Thursday, November 06, 2025 @ 11:15am, 4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501

Storytelling Through the Lens: Youth Media Education

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 9:15am, 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 is the Director of Education and Public Programs at UCR ARTS California Museum of Photography and the Culver Center of the Arts. She has over twelve years of experience in museum education and... read more