2026 SPE Annual Conference: Catalyst for Exchange
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Friday, November 02 - 12:00PM to 4:00PM
VSW's Research Center and Classroom
All sign ups will be first come, first served. Only those who are already registered for the conference can sign up for reviews--students or professionals. There will be 72, fifteen-minute review slots available. Reviews will take place in a gallery adjacent to the MFA|NOW show in VSW's Siskind Gallery.
To sign up for reviews and any questions contact:
Rachael Deeley, rachael.deeley@gmail.com at Visual Studies Workshop
Partial List of reviewers:
Alison Nordström, Curator of Photographs, Director of Exhibitions, George Eastman House
Hannah Frieser, Director, Light Work
Ariel Shanberg, Director, Center of Photography Woodstock
Willie Osterman, Artist, Undergraduate Director, Professor, RIT
Shane Lavalette, Artist, Editor of Lay Flat, Associate Director, Light Work
Jessica Lieberman, Artist, Scholar, Assistant Professor, RIT
Bleu Cease, Director and Curator, Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Dan Larkin, Artist, Associate Professor, RIT
Steve Dybas, Artist, Director, In-Sight Photography, Brattleboro, VT
Meredith Davenport, Artist, Photojournalist, Assistant Professor, RIT
Brian Oglesbee, Artist, Jamestown, NY
Christine Shank, Artist, Assistant Professor, RIT
Jessica Johnston, Assistant Curator of Photographs, George Eastman House
Gregory Halpern, Artist, Assistant Professor, RIT
Keith Johnson, Artist, New Haven, CT
Ahndraya Parlato, Artist, Lecturer, RIT
Jamie Allen, Assistant Curator of Photographs, George Eastman House
Carla Williams, Artist, Scholar, Graduate Director, Assistant Professor, RIT
Douglas Holleley, Artist, Scholar, Rochester, NY
Chip Sheffield, Associate Professor, Chair in Critical Applied Thinking, RIT
Bruce Myren, Artist, Critic, RISD, Adjunct Faculty, Art Institute of Boston
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