Midwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Derrick Burbul

Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 10:00am, Conference Hall

Towards Ungrading

Derrick Burbul is a Professor in the Art and Design Department at the University of Nebraska at Kearney teaching foundation arts and photography classes. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts from... read more

Jake Collins

Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 2:30pm, Murphy Auditorium

Lighting Workshop: 3 in 1 Workshop

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Stephen Crompton

Friday, October 18, 2024 @ 9:30am, Conference Hall

The Villagers : Scenes from America's Retirement Utopia

Stephen Crompton is filmmaker and photographer whose work explores the American-made landscape. His work has been featured in festivals and exhibitions in the US and abroad, including the Sarasota Film Festival, Virginia Film Festival, the... read more

Nicole Croy

Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 10:30am, Conference Room, New Harmony Conference Center

Light Unleashed: Exploring Lumen Photography

Nicole Croy, an Indiana-born photographer, draws much of her artistic inspiration from her upbringing, deeply influenced by her father's passion for nature and her mother's artistic background. Her work is largely centered around what she... read more

Robert Dickes

Friday, October 18, 2024 @ 12:30pm, Murphy Auditorium

Lighting Pedagogy/A Splash of Color

Rob Dickes is an artist, educator, and commercial photographer. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky. His... read more

Dena Elisabeth Eber

Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 9:00am, Conference Hall

Does the Land Remember?

Dena Elisabeth Eber is an artist based in Northwest Ohio. She just released her first monograph, "You Refuse to Believe That You Ever Liked Pink" with Schilt Publishing. Dr. Eber has shown her work... read more

Jane Flynn

Friday, October 18, 2024 @ 11:00am, Conference Hall

The Amish

Jane Flynn completed her MFA degree in Media Arts, with a concentration on Photography, at the College of Mass Communications and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois in 2016. In 2013, she earned... read more

Chris Fraser

Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 12:30pm, Conference Hall

The Magic Lantern

Chris Fraser is an artist and educator living and working in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He constructs environments modeled on historical image-making technologies, from the camera obscura to the magic lantern. Fraser has exhibited projects in... read more

Blake Griffin

Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 2:30pm, Murphy Auditorium

Lighting Workshop: 3 in 1 Workshop

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Garin Horner

Friday, October 18, 2024 @ 12:30pm, Conference Hall

How to Use a Generative AI Self-Portrait Assignment, A to Z

Garin Horner is the recipient of the United Methodist Award for Exemplary Teaching and the Adrian College Creative Activity, Research and Scholarship Award. He has been a featured speaker at the The Great Lakes Conference... read more

Richard Koenig

Saturday, October 19, 2024 @ 2:30pm, Conference Hall

See Change: A Memoir Mapping mutations of a medium, and one of its disciples, over time

Born in 1960, Richard Koenig received his BFA from Pratt Institute. In 1998 he received his MFA from Indiana University and began teaching art and photography courses at Kalamazoo College, Michigan.

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Jesse Kogge

Friday, October 18, 2024 @ 9:15am, Conference Hall

American Division: Civil War Legacies on the Mason-Dixon Line

Jesse Kogge is an artist and designer based in Bloomington, IN. He is a 3rd-year student at Indiana University Bloomington, pursuing degrees in both photography and industrial design. Born and raised in rural Indiana, Jesse... read more