2026 SPE Annual Conference: Catalyst for Exchange
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print this pageInterdepartmental Collaboration in Image Making
Noah Thompson & John Freyer
Saturday, March 21 - 9:00AM to 11:00AM
Atlanta 4
Arts administrators: studio technicians, librarians, museum staff, etc. provide in-class and behind the scenes support that is integral to arts education. But what about our responsibilities outside of the classroom? From arts centers to museums, community colleges to R1 institutions, educators can often feel overwhelmed and siloed, working with what is in reach in order to give their students an impactful learning experience. Furthermore, how can staff and faculty work together to achieve more efficient workflows for academic projects and find creative solutions to institutional issues such as a lack of space and resources?
This session focuses on collaboration across departments and institutions, examining how community-building and resource sharing across disciplines can lead to innovative photographic processes and pedagogic practices. Noah S. Thompson, Visual Arts Digital Specialist at the Smith College Imaging Center, will be joined by John D. Freyer, Associate Professor of Cross-Disciplinary Media at VCUarts for this session. They will share a variety of experiences including 3D-printing photo tech to supplement larger class sizes, documentation and large-scale digitization for college archives and museums, developing community-based projects that form impactful connections, and improving access to image-making resources.
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