South Central Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Tim Moxley

Saturday, October 04, 2014 @ 11:00am, STU 220

Using Photography to Build Community: How a few photographers turned a group exhibition into a community art movement.

Atlanta-based photographer, Tim Moxley, co-founded the community art project: #weloveatl - in 2012. With an interest in photography since his teens and working as a commercial photographer for over 12 years, Moxley has extensive experience... read more

Robin Paris

Saturday, October 04, 2014 @ 9:00am, STU 224

Unit 2: Art, Education, and Photography on Death Row

Robin Paris is associate professor and chair of the department of photography at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a graduate of The Evergreen State College and the Savannah... read more

Michael Peven

Friday, October 03, 2014 @ 6:00pm, BAS State Farm Room (S102)

Mounting a photograph is a misdemeanor in Arkansas

Michael Peven was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois where he attended the University of Illinois, Chicago for a BA in Design (BAD) and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for an MFA... read more

Kallie Pfeiffer

Friday, October 03, 2014 @ 9:00am, STU 221

A Cairn in Contemplation

Kallie Pfeiffer lives and works in San Antonio, Texas. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Pfeiffer's current photographic... read more

O. Gustavo Plascencia

Friday, October 03, 2014 @ 1:30pm, STU 220

Constructing Photography

O. Gustavo Plascencia was raised in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. Plascencia attended the Escuela de Artes Plasticas "Ruben Herrera" in Saltillo, Mexico before immigrating to the USA. He received his MFA from the... read more

Mark Schoon

Friday, October 03, 2014 @ 11:00am, STU 220

Conflation: A Photographic Collaboration Exploring Space and Place

Dominic Lippillo and Mark Schoon earned their MFA's in Photography from Ohio University in 2009. Working independently with lens‐based media they soon realized they had a shared interest in the domestic. Although they approach their... read more

Marni Shindelman

Marni Shindelman's collaborative work with Nate Larson focuses on the cultural understanding of distance in modern life and networked culture. Her independent projects focus on touch and communication in the digital age. Her collaborative projects... read more

Chad Smith

Chad D. Smith is an accomplished photographer with over 25 years of teaching experience in both the applied and fine art fields of photography and has conducted workshops national and internationally. Before teaching, Chad was... read more

Stafford Smith

Friday, October 03, 2014 @ 10:00am, STU 220

Pleasing Our Digital Mother

Stafford Smith has examined representation of the family, the photographer's gaze and the underground nightlife of Grand Rapids, MI with his photography. He has spoken at regional SPE conferences on these topics, as well as... read more

Rachel Spencer

Friday, October 03, 2014 @ 10:00am, STU 221

Graduate Student Presentations

Rachel Spencer received her Bachelor of Art in Studio Art and Photography from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is currently in her third year of graduate school studying photography at Louisiana Tech... read more

Tom Stanford

Saturday, October 04, 2014 @ 10:00am, STU 221

From the Other Side of the Table

Tom joined the Tennessean staff as the Photo Editor in 1996. Prior to moving toNashville, Tom was the Photo Editor of The Times, in Shreveport, La from 1990-1996.

Early in his career he... read more

Sharon Stewart is a senior in the photography BFA program at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film. Her current work explores the intersections of photography, memory, perception, and aspects of domestic life and space.... read more