Christine Smith, MFA
Instructor of Photography
Office Phone: 951-343-4442
E-mail: chsmith@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: ABPK B26
| Degree | Major Emphasis | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFA | Visual Art | Azusa Pacific University | 2020 |
| MA | Spiritual Formation & Soul Care | Biola University | 2013 |
Christine Lee Smith is an award-winning photographer in Southern California. She completed her MFA in Visual Art at Azusa Pacific University. Christine has also been a finalist in the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Gallery award and has shown her work in the Duncan Miller Gallery, Gallery 825, and the Museum of Latin American Art. Christine has presented her original scholarship at the Institute of Photography at Falmouth University, Baylor University, and at national and chapter conferences for the Society for Photographic Education.
鈥 Digital Photography (PHOT 1050)
鈥 History of Photography (PHOT 1400)
鈥 Special Topics (PHOT 4000)
鈥 Context & Narrative (PHOT 4150)
鈥 Studio Practice (PHOT 4330)
鈥 Photography Business (PHOT 4850)
鈥 Photographic Identity Portraiture as a means to Cultivating Empathy
鈥 The Spiritually Formative Potential in Analog Photographic Practice and Viewing
Adjunct Professor of Art, Biola University
鈥 Chair, 鈥淲hat AI Can't Find: Photographic Scholars as Stewards of the Unseen Archive,鈥 Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2027
鈥 Presenter, 鈥淚n Perpetuity: The Case for Slow Looking in a Scrolling World,鈥 Society for Photographic Education West-Conference, Sacramento, CA, November 6, 2026
鈥 Author, 鈥淭he Tree of Vocation,鈥 in The Spirit and the Sketch: Pneumatological Reflections on Visual Art, eds. Chris EW Green and Steven F茅lix-J盲ger, (London: T&T Clark, 2026)
鈥 Presenter, 鈥淭he Importance of Analog Practice in the Digital Classroom,鈥 Society for Photographic Education - West Conference, Riverside, CA, November 7, 2025
鈥 Presenter, 鈥淭he Way Out is Through: A Path to Sustainable Photography,鈥 Institute of Photography at Falmouth University, Penryn, UK, July 3, 2025
鈥 Presenter, 鈥淗ow to Talk about Difficult Photographs,鈥 Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Reno, NV, March 8, 2025
鈥 Panelist, 鈥淐atherine Opie鈥檚 Pig Pen & the Christ: The Spiritually Formative Impact of Identity Portraiture,鈥 session chair Jake Abell, Baylor Symposium on Faith & Culture: Art Seeking Understanding, Waco, TX, October 27, 2022
鈥 Presenter, 鈥淟ooking at Death: Following Christ in Embodied Life,鈥 session chair Taylor Worley, Christians in the Visual Arts Biennial Conference, Austin, TX, November 6, 2021
Christine Lee Smith is also a trained and practicing Christian Spiritual Director. She received her training at Biola University and specializes in working with artists and other visual creators.
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (Matt. 11:28-30)