South Central Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Amanda Breitbach

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

SPESC Virtual Chapter Meeting

Amanda Breitbach is a photographer whose research focuses on relationships between people and land. She teaches photography as an Assistant Professor of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. read more

Frank Lopez

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

Virtual Portfolio Reviews

Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

Virtual Portfolio Reviews

Frank Lopez is in his 16th year at Greenhill School where he leads the international award-winning issues-based photography program. Teaching 19th & 21st century techniques, Frank's students are published, collected and exhibited alongside professional artists.... read more

Raul Rodriguez

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

Virtual Portfolio Reviews

Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

Virtual Portfolio Reviews

Raul Rodriguez is a photographer, artist, curator and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated with a BFA from the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design with a focus in Photography.... read more

Sunday Ballew

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

Virtual Portfolio Reviews

Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

Virtual Portfolio Reviews

Sunday Ballew is a multimedia artist (video, film, photo, text & sound), educator and activist that is working towards making the world a better place, one creative project at a time. She believes inspired art... read more

Christopher Blay

Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 4:30pm,

SP/N Gallery Reception for SPE Member Exhibition (juried by Christopher Blay) and SPESC Student exhibition

JUROR:
Christopher Blay is the Chief Curator of the Houston Museum of African American Culture. The artist, writer, and curator was the News Editor at Glasstire Magazine from 2019 - 2021 and served as curator... read more

Mona Bozorgi

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 1:00pm, Virtual Lecture / Zoom

"Photography and Nonhuman Agency"

Mona Bozorgi is an artist-scholar whose interdisciplinary research and artistic practice aims to offer new ways of thinking about subjectivity, matter, and the process of materialization. Bozorgi's recent work reflects on the performative nature of... read more

Sarah Cusimano Miles

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 3:00pm, Virtual Lecture / Zoom

"Where Does Photography Curricula Go From Here? Exploring Current Changes and Demands in Higher Education"

Alabama artist and educator Sarah Cusimano Miles embraces a broad spectrum of photographic practices and uses the symbolic interpretation of objects and confluence of science, technology, and art to inform her imagery. Sarah received her... read more

Megan DeSoto

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

Virtual Portfolio Reviews

Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

Virtual Portfolio Reviews

Megan DeSoto is known for her colorful, large-scale images of broken illuminated ceramics and other knickknacks. She describes her photographs as object portraiture. DeSoto investigates social media, culture, and family tradition to better understand, embrace... read more

Diane Durant

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 11:00am, Virtual Meeting / Zoom

SPESC Virtual Chapter Meeting

Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 3:00pm, Virtual Lecture / Zoom

"New Acquisitions from the Comer Collection"

Diane Durant is Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of the Comer Collection of Photography at the University of Texas at Dallas where she holds a PhD in Aesthetic Studies. She is a member of... read more

Lindsay Godin

Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 3:00pm, Virtual Lecture / Zoom

"Where Does Photography Curricula Go From Here? Exploring Current Changes and Demands in Higher Education"

Lindsay Godin received her MFA at the University of Iowa in 2018. She is currently the Photography Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Photography and Design at Valdosta State University. read more

Rafael Goldchain's work has been shown across Canada, Mexico, Chile, the United States, Cuba, Germany, France, Italy, and the Czech Republic. His work is in the collections of the Biblioteque Nationale (Paris), the National Gallery... read more

Letitia Huckaby

Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 7:00pm,

Keynote Speaker Lecture: Leticia Huckaby

Letitia Huckaby has a degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma, a BFA from the Art Institute of Boston in photography and her Master's degree from the University of North Texas in Denton. Huckaby... read more