Midwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Josiah Montgomery

Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 9:30am, Hopkins 246

1-0: Photographing Remnants of What Used to Be

Josiah Montgomery is an artist working in drawing and photography. Currently pursuing his BFA at Ohio Wesleyan University, he is interested in documenting the evidence of human interaction with the landscape. His work often reflects... read more

Joseph Mougel

Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 1:00pm, Hopkins Photo Lab

Botanically Toned Cyanotypes: Exploring Midwest Plant Communities Through Photography

Joseph Mougel is an artist and educator whose research-based practice explores the intersections of photography, ecology, and material experimentation. Working through field research, historical photographic processes, botanical chemistry, and contemporary imaging technologies, he investigates how... read more

Diana Muccioli

Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 1:30pm, Hopkins 250

From Start to Finish: Curating Our First Exhibition

Diana Muccioli is a photographer and designer who uses photography as a way to explore memory, emotion, and personal experiences. Her work often comes from moments that are difficult to put into words, allowing her... read more

Aneek Mustafa Anwar

Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 12:30pm, Hopkins 250

Flame: Fragments of Self Across Borders

Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a Bangladeshi photographer, visual artist and educator currently based in Athens, Ohio. He received his MFA in Photography and Integrated Media from Ohio University in Spring 2026. His work focuses on... read more

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Ardine Nelson

Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 9:30am, Hopkins 246

Still Here, Still Working: Recent Works and New Explorations

Ardine Nelson, Professor Emerita BS Art Ed, MA Sculpture/Photography, MFA Photography. Teaching all aspects of photography (analogue, digital, alternative camera and processes), during summer of 1995 offered the first Adobe Photoshop course at OSU.... read more

Gina Osterloh

Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 2:30pm, Hopkins 250

Portals: The Potential of Refusal & Collaborative Photographic Spaces

Gina Osterloh is a Guggenheim Fellow and an Associate Professor of Art at The Ohio State University; her art practice is grounded in photo tableau and performances for the camera. read more

Tryst Red

Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 10:30am, Hopkins 250

Highlighting Innovation: NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival

Tryst Red is an installation and lens-based artist and educator combining photography and video projection. Holding an MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Tryst blurs the line between embodied environments and imagined scenarios.read more

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Rachel Reisert

Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 1:00pm, Hopkins 246

Pulse: Tracing Nature Through Lumen Printing

Rachel Girard Reisert is an artist and educator working in Cincinnati, OH. Her creative work
combines historic and digital photographic processes to address the qualities of
impermanence, transformation, and magic inherent in the photographic medium.... read more

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Jared Thorne's practice examines how identity is constructed through race, class, gender, history, and representation. His photographs consider the ways power shapes visibility, belonging, and the stories we tell about ourselves and one another. Working... read more