2026 SPE Annual Conference: Catalyst for Exchange
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9:00AM - 3:30PM
MTSU Photography Building
Registration
10:00AM - 3:30PM
PHOT 106
Think Tank: A Fine Art Photographic Curriculum for Today's University - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Marni Shindelman
10:00AM - 12:00PM
PHOT Cyc Studio
Fundamentals of Studio Fashion & Portrait Lighting - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Chuck Arlund
7:00AM - 3:30PM
STU 210
Registration
8:15AM - 8:45AM
Student Union Ballroom
Opening Statements
9:00AM - 11:00PM
STU 224
Lift & Transfer Demo Derby - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Alex Emmons
9:00AM - 10:00PM
STU 221
A Cairn in Contemplation
Kallie Pfeiffer
9:00AM - 10:00PM
STU 220
Gender and Viewing
Erin Jennings
9:00AM - 11:00AM
STU 227
Portfolio Reviews - Session 1
10:00AM - 11:00AM
STU 220
Pleasing Our Digital Mother
Stafford Smith
10:00AM - 11:00AM
STU 221
Graduate Student Presentations
Hannah Cooper McCauley, Zachary McCualey, Rachel Spencer
11:00AM - 12:00PM
STU 221
Mordacage Demonstration
Ellie Ivanova
11:00AM - 12:00PM
STU 224
Integrative Learning Approaches: Enduring Women as a Study in Engagement
Mary Brantl
11:00AM - 12:00PM
STU 220
Conflation: A Photographic Collaboration Exploring Space and Place
Dominic Lippillo & Mark Schoon
7:00AM - 8:00PM
Student Union 2nd floor
Registration
9:00AM - 11:00AM
STU 227
Portfolio Reviews - Session 3
9:00AM - 10:00AM
STU 220
Knowing What To Charge
Chris Hollo
9:00AM - 10:00AM
STU 224
Unit 2: Art, Education, and Photography on Death Row
Robin Paris (Moderator), Lisa Guenther, Sharon Stewart, and Tom Williams
9:00AM - 10:00AM
STU 221
Experimental Photography
Stefan Engstrom
10:00AM - 11:00PM
STU 221
From the Other Side of the Table
Tom Stanford
10:00AM - 11:00AM
STU 224
Establishing and Running a Community Darkroom in the 21st Century
Nashville Community Darkroom
10:00AM - 11:00AM
STU 220
If I'm a Thief, What Does That Make You?
Jerry Atnip
11:00AM - 12:00PM
STU 220
Using Photography to Build Community: How a few photographers turned a group exhibition into a community art movement.
Tim Moxley
11:00AM - 12:00PM
STU 224
50 Things You Need to Know to Have a Successful Photo Career
Stella Kramer
11:00AM - 12:00PM
STU 221
Identity, Memory, and Place: Texas Womanʼs University Graduate Panel Discussion
Kalee Appleton (moderator), Deedra Baker, Rachael Banks, and Allison Jarek
afternoon
1:30PM - 3:30PM
PHOT Cyc Studio
Finding Presence: A Performance Workshop - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Libby Rowe
1:30PM - 3:30PM
PHOT Darkrooms
Organic, Non-Toxic Dying and Toning Workshop - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Rachel Rushing & Crystal McBrayer
1:30PM - 3:30PM
PHOT 104
The Expanded Creative Palette of Digital Fine Art Printing - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
David Farmerie
4:30PM - 6:30PM
Murfreesboro Center for the Arts
Member Exhibition
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Lunch
1:30PM - 3:30PM
STU 224
Bookmaking Workshop - FULL
Frank Hamrick
1:30PM - 3:30PM
STU 227
Portfolio Reviews - Session 2
1:30PM - 2:30PM
STU 221
The Hereditary Estate: Domestic Trauma and Vernacular Photography
Daniel Coburn
1:30PM - 2:30PM
STU 220
Constructing Photography
Leah Gose, O. Gustavo Plascencia, Morgan Ford Willingham
2:30PM - 3:30PM
STU 221
What Remains
David Jonescu
2:30PM - 3:30PM
STU 220
The iPhone enlarger...the app of luxury
Jonathan Trundle
4:00PM - 5:30PM
Baldwin Photographic Gallery
Keynote & Honored Educator Exhibition Reception
12:15PM - 1:15PM
STU 220
Regional Business Meeting
1:15PM - 3:30PM
Lunch
3:30PM - 10:30PM
Nashville, TN
Nashville Outing
1:00PM - 5:00PM
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Marty Stuart exhibit
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