South Central Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Kalee Appleton

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Kalee Appleton is a photography-based artist and assistant professor of Photography at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. Originally from Hobbs, New Mexico, Appleton attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock and received a B.F.A. (2005) in... read more

Deedra Baker

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 3:10pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 3

Deedra currently lives in Fort Worth, TX where she is Adjunct Faculty at Texas Christian University. She is the Executive Director at Art Room, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to educate, inspire, and support... read more

Lynné Bowman Cravens

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 3:10pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 3

Lynné Bowman Cravens is a fine art photographer living in Texas. She received her BA in Photocommunications from St. Edward's University, and her MFA in Photography from the University of North Texas. She currently resides... read more

Amanda Breitbach

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Amanda Breitbach is a photographer whose research focuses on relationships between people and land. She teaches photography as an Assistant Professor of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. read more

Kent Anderson Butler

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Kent Anderson Butler is an artist working in a variety of mediums including video installation, performance and photography. He has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels for over 20 years and has experience teaching... read more

Bryan Florentin

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 3:10pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 3

Bryan Florentin's work has been exhibited at various venues nationally. His most recent solo exhibition of photographs and mixed-media installations, Something Tangible, was in 2021 at Texas A&M University's College of Architecture in College Station.... read more

Jessica Fuentes

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 3:10pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 3

A longtime Fort Worth resident, Jessica Fuentes is an artist and art educator. Jessica is currently the Manager of School & Community Outreach at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. With over thirteen years... read more

Robin Germany

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 3:10pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 3

Robin Dru Germany, BA (Philosophy-Tulane), MFA (Photography-University of North Texas) is a Professor of Photography at Texas Tech University. Her research investigates the tenuous border between the land and the water, looking simultaneously at the... read more

Reuben Gonzales

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 3:10pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 3

Rueben Gonzales is an artist living in Texas, and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and the coordinator of the Bernice Coulter Templeton Art Studio and Gallery at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. Gonzales... read more

Jessica Just

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 3:10pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 3

Jessica Ann Just (born 1993, Atlanta, GA) graduated from Baylor University with a BFA in Photography. She will be completed her MFA in Photography from UTSA in May 2019. Jessica's works have been selected and... read more

Frank Lopez

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Frank Lopez is in his 16th year at Greenhill School where he leads the international award-winning issues-based photography program. Teaching 19th & 21st century techniques, Frank's students are published, collected and exhibited alongside professional artists.... read more

Christopher Meerdo

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 10:30am, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 1

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 1:30pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 2

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 3:10pm, First Floor Hallway, UTA Fine Arts Building

Review Session 3

Christopher Meerdo is an artist who grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Sauliai, Lithuania. Meerdo received his MFA in Photography from the University of Illinois at Chicago, taught photography at The School... read more