FotoFest 2004 Internships January 26, 2004 FotoFest offers Internships for dedicated undergraduate students EXPERTS ON GLOBAL WATER CRISIS TO SPEAK IN HOUSTON February 12, 2004 FotoFest 2004 announced today that a major Forum on water will be held in Houston, April 1-4, 2004, at Rice University. Held in cooperation with Rice University’s Center for the Study of Environment and Society, the Environmental & Energy Systems Institute, and the Shell Center for Sustainable Development, the event will draw water experts from around the world to discuss the growing global water crisis. BOXHEAD ENSEMBLE February 19, 2004 Improvising music to a stellar program of poetic short, silent films, the Boxhead Ensemble will perform the North American premiere of Stories, Maps and Notes from the Half-Light as part of Fotofest 2004 – Water. EXIT THE WAITING ROOM A Panel Discussion on Media Art in Houston February 19, 2004 FotoFest 2004 presents a special event, Exit the Waiting Room: Contemporary Media Art in Houston, a panel discussion with Artists, Curators, and Collectors examining the current state of media art and installation in Houston. FotoFest 2004 - Water GENERAL RELEASE February 24, 2004 Celebrating Water - Looking At The Global Crisis The Twentieth Anniversary Biennial will explore one of the world’s most important and least understood issues – WATER. FotoFest 2004 - Water THE GLOBAL FORUM ON WATER February 24, 2004 FotoFest, the Environmental & Energy Systems Institute and Shell Center for Sustainability, and the Center for the Study of Environment and Society at Rice University announce The Global Forum on Water: Art and Science. The Global Forum is a four-day conference on Water that brings together leading scientists, artists, architects, urban-planners, civic leaders, policy makers, activists and creative thinkers to discuss the current state of the world’s Water and present new ways of thinking about its future. FotoFest 2004 - Water EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS February 24, 2004 From the controversies of great dam projects to unseen images of the inner language of Water, FotoFest is presenting 29 exhibitions that speak to the multiplicity of ways that Water intersects with human life. FotoFest 2004 - WATER FILM AND VIDEO PROGRAMMING February 24, 2004 Film and video are taking their place alongside FotoFest’s acclaimed photography programs at FotoFest 2004. FACTS ABOUT WATER – TEXAS February 24, 2004 FACTS ABOUT WATER – THE UNITED STATES February 24, 2004 FACTS ABOUT WATER – GLOBAL February 24, 2004 INSTITUTE OF FLOW SCIENCES Looking Inside Water – The Language of Water February 24, 2004 FotoFest announces an important collaboration with the German Institute of Flow Sciences [Institut für Strömungswissenschaften] as part of FotoFest’s Tenth international Biennial on Water. HOUSTON'S MAYOR WHITE TO ADDRESS GLOBAL FORUM ON WATER March 31, 2004 Houston’s Mayor Bill White will address guests attending the FotoFest Rice University Global Forum on Water during the Gala Dinner held at Williams Tower in Houston April 2, 2004. FotoFest 2004 Exhibitions Have Been Extended April 13, 2004 A number of FotoFest 2004 exhibitions, in the Biennial International Month of Photography have been extended. FOTOFENCE 2004 April 26, 2004 FotoFest’s Literacy Through Photography®, educational program will mount its Fourteenth annual exhibit of student art and writing projects May 11 – May 16, 2004, at Minute Maid Park