West Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Mary-Linn Hughes

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 10:30am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Framing Our Truths: Storytelling Through Photography with LGBTQ Seniors

Mary-Linn Hughes is a multidisciplinary teaching artist whose work centers storytelling, community engagement, and creative empowerment through photography and visual arts. Committed to equity in the arts, she has spent the past two years leading... read more

David Johnson

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 10:20am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Print Study for All

David Johnson's work has settled at the intersection of society, architecture, and the individual. Multiple bodies of work demonstrate ways in which space can affect personality and how individual's impact environments they occupy, even momentarily.... read more

Christophe Katrib

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 1:00pm, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Frames of Dissonance

Christophe Katrib is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Film and Digital Production at the University of California, Riverside. His work as an educator and artist filmmaker is guided by a commitment to truth, authenticity,... read more

Christopher Kern

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 9:00am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Good Morning

Christopher Kern is a Tenured Professor and Program Lead of Photography at California Baptist University. With a career in commercial photography spanning over two decades, he has been shooting and producing professional projects since 2003.... read more

Lanae King

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 9:45am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Medium Photo

Originally from San Diego, Kaleah Lanae King began photographing professionally in 2007. She owned a commercial photography business for 7 years, specializing in wedding, portrait, and event photography. In 2012, she completed a Bachelor's degree... read more

Ron Kusayanagi

Thursday, November 06, 2025 @ 1:00pm, 4011 14th St., Riverside, CA 92501

Experience & Funding

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Bobby Lee

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 9:15am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Photo Book Arts: Accordion Structures

Bobby Lee is a lens based landscape artist whose work is inspired by the animacy of the natural world and the sense of geologic time revealed in exposed rock layers and other landforms. His photographic... read more

C. Matthew Luther

Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 11:20am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Regarding Land - The Impact of Ecological Ruin in the Inland Empire

Matthew Luther is a multimedia photographer and printmaker working in Riverside California. He draws inspiration from landscapes and everyday nuances. His artwork explores the human relationship to nature and the connection of visual imagery to... read more

Pedro Antonio Madera Jr.

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

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

Pedro Antonio Madera Jr. was born in Reno, Nevada, and raised in Carson City. Currently a Junior at the University of Nevada, Reno, pursuing a BA in Photography with a minor in Cinema and Media... read more

Yvette Marthell

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 9:00am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

Good Morning

Yvette Marthell (b. 1976) is a Cuban-American interdisciplinary visual artist, photographer, and educator based in Long Beach, California. Her practice explores the body as both subject and site, interrogating identity, representation, and transformation through photography,... read more

Nikolay Maslov

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

Nikolay Maslov is the Curator of Film & Media Projects at UC Riverside ARTS. At UCR ARTS Nikolay curates the film screening series, along with exhibitions that intersect media, digital technology, and popular culture. Additionally,... read more

Douglas McCulloh

Friday, November 07, 2025 @ 9:00am, 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501

In Memoriam: Douglas McCulloh (1959–2025)

Douglas McCulloh (1959-2025)

Honored Educator | Photographer | Curator

Douglas McCulloh was an engaging and unconventional California photographer, curator, and educator whose work illuminated the intersections of chance, geography, and human connection. As... read more