South Central Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Steven Benson

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 2:00pm, Corn Center, Room 150

Highway Reconstruction

Steven Benson is a freelance photographer/videography. He was formerly Professor of Photography/Video and Chair of the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies. Numerous collections include the Museum of Fine Art-Houston, Detroit Institute of Arts, Bibliotheque Nationale-France,... read more

shauna caldwell

Friday, October 20, 2023 @ 4:30pm, River Center Studio Theatre (900 Broadway)

Of Dawn Artist Panel Discussion

shauna caldwell (she/her) is a White, Appalachian artist, educator, curator, and scholar rooted in her hometown of Boone, North Carolina. She uses multimedia and photographic processes to honor land, familial connections, sacred relationships, and transformation.... read more

Granville Carroll

Friday, October 20, 2023 @ 4:30pm, River Center Studio Theatre (900 Broadway)

Of Dawn Artist Panel Discussion

Granville Carroll is a visual artist and Afrofuturist using photography and poetry to explore representation and identity. Carroll's work also explores the multidimensionality of blackness through spatial blackness, temporal blackness, and spiritual blackness. At the... read more

Mark Chen

Friday, October 20, 2023 @ 10:00am, Corn Center, Room 158

Realities, Projected

Mark Chen explores the intersection of art and science, inventing devices and pioneering processes while pushing the envelope of photography. Through visual storytelling, he raises awareness of our coexistence with nature. A published educator/author, his... read more

Donna Cooper

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 1:00pm, Corn Center, Room 150

Conversations with Fire-A Journey of Transformation

Donna Cooper is a visual and community engaged artist living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She holds a MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photography, sculpture, video, and... read more

Brian Culbertson

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 9:00am, Corn Center, Room 165

Workshop - Cell Phone Printing in the Darkroom

Originally from Chesapeake, Virginia, photographer Brian Culbertson currently lives in Greenville, North Carolina, where he is an instructor of art and art history at East Carolina University and Pitt Community College. Brian has exhibited work... read more

Sarah Cusimano Miles

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 1:00pm, Corn Center, Room 165

Workshop - Where Does Photography Curricula Go From Here?

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

Lynn Estomin

Friday, October 20, 2023 @ 9:00am, Corn Center, Schley Gallery

Another Kind of Courage

Lynn Estomin is a media artist creating art that speaks to social issues. She focuses on human stories and what they tell us about society. Her video documentaries screened at festivals internationally and broadcast nationally... read more

Maggie Flanigan

Friday, October 20, 2023 @ 3:00pm, Corn Center, Room 158

Artificial Idea Generation - From Algorithms to Art

Maggie Flanigan is a North Carolina based artist working with ideas of community, intimacy and immediacy. Her experience in professional schools of craft, community studios, and university settings have defined her interests in teaching in... read more

Angela Franks Wells

Friday, October 20, 2023 @ 9:00am, Corn Center, Room 165

Workshop - Chromoskedasic Sabattier

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 10:00am, Corn Center, Room 158

Celebrating the LGBTQ community through campus collaboration

Angela Franks Wells is a photography-based artist specializing in 19th century photographic processes. As an educator, she is committed to facilitating creative thinking and skilled making with her students. Angela is an Associate Professor of... read more

Lindsay Godin

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 1:00pm, Corn Center, Room 165

Workshop - Where Does Photography Curricula Go From Here?

Lindsay Godin is an American fine art documentary photographer and a recent 2018 University of Iowa MFA graduate of Studio Arts in Photography and Design. Her work sheds awareness on contemporary American cultural norms and... read more

Daniel Kariko

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 11:00am, Corn Center, Room 150

Impermamence: Louisiana's Vanishing Coast

Kariko is a US- based artist, and a Professor of Fine Art Photography at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina.

Kariko's images investigate environmental and political aspects of landscape, use of land... read more