West Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Julianne Clark

Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 2:00pm,

Queer Visions in the American Landscape: Fabricating Memory and Myth in Post-Truth Photography

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

Amanda Dahlgren

Friday, November 06, 2026 @ 9:00am, Mariposa 1009

Vibe Coding, the Trevor Paglen Way

Amanda Dahlgren is a San Diego-based photographic artist whose work opens dialogues about the way we live as a society and what we choose to value. Her work has been featured in exhibitions internationally and... read more

Jorge Ariel Escobar

Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 10:00am, Mariposa 1000

Lingering Feelings: Photography as Queer Ephemera

Jorge Ariel Escobar (b. 1994) is a queer Latinx image-maker based in Milwaukee, WI, where he is a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His photographic practice explores intimacy, desire, and the fleeting nature of... read more

Jen Greenwood

Friday, November 06, 2026 @ 9:00am,

Corita Kent and the Practice of Slow Looking

Jen Greenwood is an artist and educator based in Los Angeles County. She earned a BA in Studio Art from Colorado College and an MFA in Fine Art from Claremont Graduate University. She has taught... read more

Eliza Gregory

Friday, November 06, 2026 @ 1:00pm, Cosumnes River Preserve

Cosumnes River Canoe Excursion

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

Micol Hebron is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice includes studio work, curating, writing, social media, crowd-sourcing, teaching, public-speaking, and both individual and collaborative projects. She has been engaged in individual and collaborative projects in Los... read more

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Niku Kashef, MFA, CMT-P, is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator working across studio art, relational practices, site-specific installation, participatory projects, public speaking, mindfulness facilitation, and advocacy. Her work examines geography, biography, and place--both as... read more

Christopher Kern

Friday, November 06, 2026 @ 9:00am, Mariposa 1005

You Are Your Brand: Building Trust in an AI-Driven World

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

Yvette Jessica Marthell is a Cuban American interdisciplinary visual artist, photographer, and educator based in Long Beach, California. Working across photography, video, experimental printmaking, and alternative photographic processes, her practice examines memory, identity, intimacy, embodiment,... read more

Kathryn Mayo

Saturday, November 07, 2026 @ 1:30pm,

The Only Way Is Through: Reimagining Photographic Education

Kathryn Mayo is an artist and educator whose work explores storytelling, memory, identity, and human connection through photography, installation, and alternative photographic processes. Raised on a soybean and cattle farm in rural Alabama, her autobiographical... read more

Joaquín Palting is a Los Angeles based artist and academic. His art practice investigates how the photographic image operates in the era of post-indexicality. He is currently a Lecturer at San Diego State University and... read more