West Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Deanna Horvath

Sunday, November 03, 2019 @ 10:00am, Edward Dowd Bldg

Portfolio Reviews

I'm a full-time Professor and Program Coordinator of the Photography Program at Las Positas College in Livermore, CA. I have years of experience working as a photographer and most recently as a filmmaker. ... read more

Christopher Kern

Sunday, November 03, 2019 @ 10:00am, Edward Dowd Bldg

Portfolio Reviews

Christopher Kern has been shooting and producing commercial photography projects since 2003. He has a MFA in Photography from the prestigious Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. Along with his freelance... read more

Sant Khalsa

Saturday, November 02, 2019 @ 2:45pm, de Saisset Museum Auditorium

A Feminist View of the Landscape: An Intimate, Political and Emotional Relationship to the Land

Sant Khalsa is an artist and activist whose artworks develop from her impassioned inquiry into complex environmental and societal issues. Her works are widely shown, published and collected by LACMA, Center for Creative Photography, Nevada... read more

Isabella La Rocca González

Saturday, November 02, 2019 @ 4:15pm, de Saisset Museum Auditorium

CENSORED LANDSCAPES

Isabella La Rocca González is an artist, educator and activist working primarily with photography. Her work is part of a long tradition in art: to bring to light and find beauty in the disregarded, hidden,... read more

Mark Malloy

Sunday, November 03, 2019 @ 10:00am, Edward Dowd Bldg

Portfolio Reviews

Mark Malloy is a filmmaker, educator, and mentor, and holds degrees in photography (BA New England College 1986, and MFA SCAD 2002), and in Media Studies (MA Parsons/New School 2009).

An adjunct MFA Instructor... read more

Ken Marchionno

Saturday, November 02, 2019 @ 4:30pm, de Saisset Museum Auditorium

15 Years on the Ride to Wounded Knee

Sunday, November 03, 2019 @ 10:00am, Edward Dowd Bldg

Portfolio Reviews

Ken Marchionno is Associate Professor at ArtCenter College of Design. His work has been widely published and exhibited--the Smithsonian Institute, Moscow Film Festival, Song Zhuang Culture and Art Festival, the US embassy in Prague. In... read more

Valerie Mendoza

Sunday, November 03, 2019 @ 10:00am, Edward Dowd Bldg

Portfolio Reviews

Valerie Mendoza is a lens-based installation artist, writer and educator. Her work mines the intersections between history, memory, media, cultural institutions, and language, using photographs, video, audio, objects, various forms of information, and personal narrative... read more

Shanna Merola

Saturday, November 02, 2019 @ 4:45pm, de Saisset Museum Auditorium

Know Your Rights for Photography; Defending the First Amendment in Public Space

Shanna Merola is a visual artist, photojournalist and legal worker. In addition to her studio practice, she has been a human rights observer during political uprisings across the country - from the struggle for water... read more

Emma Powell

Sunday, November 03, 2019 @ 10:00am, Edward Dowd Bldg

Portfolio Reviews

Emma Powell is an Assistant Professor of Art at Colorado College, where she teaches all levels of photography including; digital printing, alternative processes, and traditional darkroom techniques. Powell has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Powell... read more

Clifford Pun

Saturday, November 02, 2019 @ 10:45am, de Saisset Museum Auditorium

The Fellowship: Subverting the Imagined Family Portrait in Photography

Clifford Pun is Senior Coordinator at the Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography at ArtCenter College of Design. He is an artist and graduated from CalArts (2011) and San José State University (2008). read more

Alana Rios

Saturday, November 02, 2019 @ 2:45pm, de Saisset Museum Auditorium

A Feminist View of the Landscape: An Intimate, Political and Emotional Relationship to the Land

Alana Rios was born in Providence, RI and attended Bennington College where she studied photography and printmaking. In 2008 she moved to Oakland, CA where she sought out the darkest skies in California to create... read more

Rebecca Romani

Saturday, November 02, 2019 @ 10:15am, de Saisset Museum Auditorium

Sheherzade Looks Back

Rebecca Romani lectures on film and media at San Diego State and Palomar college, and writes on/curates MENA art, photography, and film in various publications and galleries. She is also a documentary maker and multi-media... read more