South Central Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

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

Nitashia Johnson

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

Review Session 2

Nitashia Johnson is a multimedia artist and educator from Dallas, Texas who truly has a passion for creating. She attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and later went on... 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

Paho Mann

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

Review Session 2

Paho Mann's work has been included in exhibitions at the Arizona State University Art Museum (Tempe, AZ), Tucson Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), and the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh,... 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

Sara-Jayne Parsons

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

As the Director of the Art Galleries at TCU in Fort Worth since 2014, Sara-Jayne Parsons drives the international curatorial vision of Fort Worth Contemporary Arts and promotes professional development of students and local artists... read more

Raul Rodriguez

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

Raul Rodriguez is a photographer, artist, curator and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated with a BFA from the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design with a focus in Photography.... read more

H. Jennings Sheffield

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

Review Session 2

H. Jennings Sheffield was born in Richmond, Virginia. She is a contemporary artist working in lens-based media, video, and sound. Sheffield received her BFA in Photography and Digital Media from the Atlanta College of Art,... read more

Krista Leigh Steinke

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

Krista Leigh Steinke is a lens-based artist working in moving image, experimental photography, collage, and installation. She regularly exhibits and screens her work in museums, galleries, and film festivals across the country, as well as... read more

Marilyn Waligore

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

Marilyn Waligore is Professor of Visual and Performing Arts / Photography at UT-Dallas. She received an Ohio Arts Council Visual Arts Artist Fellowship, Arts Midwest/ National Endowment of the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship,... read more

Ariel Wilson

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

Ariel's work across media addresses the physicality, transparency, subjectivity, and malleability of the photograph. She has exhibited work nationally and internationally including at the University of New Mexico Art Museum, 516 Arts, Colorado Photographic Arts... read more