South Central Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Sharon Harper

Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 3:00pm, Fred Jones, Jr. Art Museum - Sandy Bell Gallery

From Above and Below - Keynote Address

Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 6:00pm, MAINSITE Contemporary Art Gallery

Honored Educator Gallery Talk and Educators' Exhibition Reception

Sharon Harper received an MFA in photography and related media from the School of Visual Art in New York. Her work explores technology and perception. It is in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern... read more

Peter Hiatt

Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 9:00am, Oklahoma City Museum of Art - Mezzanine

Graduate Student Panel

Peter Hiatt's artwork is concerned with the relationship people have with their environment in contemporary life. He uses unique photographic techniques to investigate issues of perception in a digital society. His work has been shown... read more

Chris Ireland

Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 10:00am, University of Oklahoma - FJC 205

Searched, Collected, and Tagged

http://chris-ireland.com His current research is based on representations of family and personal experience through the vernacular of photography. His works have been featured in exhibitions at numerous venues both nationally and internationally, including the... read more

Jennifer Litterer-Trevino

Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 1:00pm, Oklahoma City Museum of Art - Classroom B

Maude Everly (M.E.) Series

Jennifer Litterer-Trevino received her MFA in photography from Columbia College in Chicago in May, 2007. She earned her BA in Journalism and Theatre at the University of Iowa in December, 2002. She was born and... read more

Zachary McCauley

Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 9:00am, Oklahoma City Museum of Art - Mezzanine

Graduate Student Panel

Zachary McCauley's (b.1988 Anniston, Alabama) work primarily explores ideas of identity, family, ritual, and interpretation through photography, video, audio, and performance. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Jacksonville State University in... read more

Leighton McWilliams

Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 1:00pm, Oklahoma City Museum of Art - Classroom A

“Making it!”: Oklahoma City Based Professional Photographers Discuss their Careers and Current Trends Today

Leighton McWilliams is an Associate Department Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, TX. In addition to his fine art photo... read more

Lupita Murillo Tinnen

Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 9:00am, University of Oklahoma - FJC 205

Documenting the Immigrant: Lupita Murillo Tinnen vs Jacob A. Riis

Lupita Murillo Tinnen is currently a Professor of Photography and Humanities at Collin College and the faculty advisor for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) council #4780. She is a Ph.D. candidate in... read more

Anh-Thuy Nguyen

Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 9:00am, Oklahoma City Museum of Art - Classroom B

Songs of Rice and Rivers

Anh-Thuy Nguyen is a Vietnamese artist, whose work spans from photography, video to performance and sound art. Using her personal history as a resource, Nguyen's work delves deeply into conflicting emotions, feelings, and thoughts through... read more

Ginger Owen

Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 11:00am, University of Oklahoma - FJC 317

An Artist’s Bucket List: a Journey to the Birthplaces of Photography

Ginger Owen is Associate Professor of Photography and Intermedia at the Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. Owen holds an MFA in Photography from Louisiana State University and a BFA... read more

Gay Pasley

Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 9:00am, Oklahoma City Museum of Art - Mezzanine

Graduate Student Panel

Gay Pasley’s empathetic photography style developed out of a lifetime of giving to and connecting with people. Born into a difficult childhood in St. John’s, Antigua, Gay arrived in America as an illegal immigrant at... read more

Kristy Peet

Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 1:00pm, University of Oklahoma - FJC 205

Untangling the Tenure & Promotion Process

Kristy Peet was born in Dallas, Texas and completed her undergraduate work at Austin College in Sherman, Texas and her Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in... read more

Christina L. Potts

Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 11:00am, University of Oklahoma - FJC 203

The Rebirth of Photography in the 21st Century Classroom

Christina's love of Art and Design started at an early age, and she injected creativity into projects whenever possible. Whether it was a hand-painted banner for a student event or a drawing for a friend,... read more