Midwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

C. Matthew Luther is a Milwaukee-based artist whose work explores the human relationship to nature and cultural consumption of the landscape physically and symbolically. He is currently working on the project Superfund Wisconsin, an archive... read more

Nate Matthews

Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 11:10am, Chazen Museum Auditorium

Nuclear Policy

Nate Mathews is a Chicago based photographer who's work explores post-war architecture. In one project, Ersatz, he examines how society responds to institutional modern architecture. In his more recent work, Nuclear Policy, Mathews investigates U.S.... read more

Bradley Peters received his MFA in Photography from the Yale University School of Art and his BA in Art and Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His work is part of many public and private... read more

Matt R. Rahner

Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 11:30am, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room 160

Eminent Domain

Matt Rahner is a visual artist whose work integrates documentary and vernacular photographs, found objects, and other forms of appropriated data. Rahner's work has been shown nationally and internationally in such venues as the Neue... read more

Kristin Reeves has shown her still and moving work internationally in museums, galleries, theaters, art events, and festivals such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Microscope Gallery (Brooklyn), and the European Media Art's 2013... read more

Jeff Rich's work focuses on water issues ranging from recreation and sustainability to exploitation and abuse. Jeff explores these subjects by using long-term photographic documentations of very specific regions of the United States. Jeff received... read more

Fred Ritchin is professor and associate chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and codirects the Photography and Human Rights Program at NYU with the... read more

Jason D. Rutter

Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 9:10am, Chazen Museum

reDiscovering the Grand: A Photographic Collaboration and Exploration of the Grand River and its Watershed

Combined Biographies - Nate Abramowski and Jason Rutter are West Michigan residents who have actively photographed the region over the past several years. As employees of Grand Valley State University, they both have a vested... read more

Ben Schonberger

Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 2:00pm, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room 160

Beautiful Pig: Process and the Archive

Ben is an artist, bookmaker, and art teacher. A 2013 Mercedes-Benz Emerging Artist finalist, his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in many public and private collections such as the Detroit... read more

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Paul Shambroom

Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 3:15pm, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room 160

Going Down the Sourcing Rabbit Hole: My Transition from Made to Found Images

Paul Shambroom is a photographer who explores American power and culture through original and sourced images. His work has been collected by major museums around the world and was included the Whitney Biennial and other... read more

Stan Strembicki

Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 4:30pm, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room 160

Honored Educator Talk: Stan Strembicki

Stan Strembicki was born in Providence, R.I. in 1952. He attended the University of Rhode Island as a theater student and only took photo as he thought it would be easier than drawing. In this... read more