South Central Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Mary Virginia Swanson

Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 11:00am, The Samuel Roberts Noble Theatre at OKCMOA

Sustaining your Long-Term Project: Fundraising, Sponsorship, and Creative Focus

Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 3:00pm, The Samuel Roberts Noble Theatre at OKCMOA

Understanding the Value of your Work to Multiple Markets

Mary Virginia Swanson is an author, educator and consultant who helps artists find the strengths in their work, identify appreciative audiences and present their work in an informed, professional manner. A trusted mentor and advisor, she presents seminars and lectures on marketing opportunities that have proven to aid photographers in moving their careers to the next level. Swanson co-authored with Darius Himes the acclaimed Publish Your Photography Book (Revised & Updated 2014, Princeton Architectural Press). Her latest publication, Finding Your Audience: An Introduction to Marketing Your Photographs will be released in 2015. The Society for Photographic Education has named Swanson the 2015 Honored Educator. She is the recipient of the 2014 Susan Carr Award for Education from the American Society of Media
Photographers (ASMP) and the 2013 Lifetime Achievement FOCUS Award from the Griffin Museum of Photography.