Exhibition: Literacy Through Photography
September 8 - October 7, 2005 |
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This Fall, in time for the start of another school year, FotoFest presents a special exhibition of student work from its Literacy Through Photography (LTP) educational program. The exhibition will present over 100 posters and photographs made by students in the LTP program since 1990.
Focusing on the curriculum's four themes of Self, Family, Community and Dreams, the exhibition shows how LTP uses photography to improve students’ writing abilities, cognitive thinking and classroom communication skills.
The exhibit opens Thursday, September 8,
2005 6-9 pm in conjunction with the Downtown
Stomp Around, a multi-gallery
celebration of the opening of Houston's downtown
arts season, sponsored by DiverseWorks.
This month LTP, FotoFest’s digital and film-based writing project, celebrates 15 years working in classrooms around the country. Over the years, FotoFest has trained over 300 teachers who have used the program with over 20,000 students.
The program is scheduled to be used in 44 inner-city schools during the 2005-2006 school year - serving more than 2,000 students in the Houston area alone.
Teacher trainings are currently being scheduled for the fall and spaces are still available. For more information contact Angela Grace at 713.223.5522 ex.11 or ltp@fotofest.org.
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FotoFest 2006 Workshop Update
Due to popular demand, FotoFest is again sponsoring
one-day workshops on March 14 and 19, 2006 as
part of FOTOFEST 2006.
The workshops are different: They do not repeat
themselves. They are being held at the Doubletree
Hotel Downtown Houston on the off days of the
Meeting Place portfolio reviews.
The first workshop focuses
on career development and digital processes,
and the second spotlights publishing.
The workshops are being done in collaboration
with the American
Society of Media Photographers (ASMP-regional
and national), well-known
photography consultant
Mary Virginia Swanson, publishers and working
photographers
Individual presenters and topics will be posted
by FotoFest in late September.
Spaces are limited.
Availability is on a first-come, first-served
basis. You can register here.
For workshop information call or e-mail: April
D. Maduzia, 713.223.5522 ext 13 or meeting@fotofest.org
For more general information on the Meeting
Place and Workshop, please see the FotoFest
2006 Meeting Place page. |
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SATURDAY MATINEE WORKSHOP
Bayou Pics Series
Saturday, September 17, 2005,
1-4 pm
Co-sponsored by FotoFest and Buffalo
Bayou Partnership.
The second in an ongoing series of photographic walking tours along Houston’s historic Buffalo Bayou.
Houston was founded on the bayou and continues to
grow along it. This tour will focus on the newly renovated
section of Buffalo Bayou that runs through Downtown.
The renovations, including hike and bike trails on
both sides of the bayou to link the Allen Parkway
trail system with Sesquicentennial Park, a new park,
new street-to-bayou access points, decorative lighting,
native landscaping and other amenities.
Your registration must be recieved
by Friday, September 16 to participate. Space is limited
to 15. For a registration form click here.
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| FotoFest 2006 Participating Spaces
It's not too late to sign up to be a 2006 Participating
Space!!! If you are interested in being a Participating
Space during the upcoming Biennial in Spring 2006,
you must register with FotoFest by September 10, 2005
by filling out
this form on the FotoFest website.
Wednesday, September 14 is the last day to submit
all exhbition, map/calendar, catalogue material. Please
check the FotoFest web site for information or contact
Jennifer Ward at exhibits@fotofest.org.
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| NAZAR - Photographs from
the Arab World, brought to Houston by FotoFest from
the Noorderlicht
Photofestival in The Netherlands, opens in New York
at the Aperture
Foundation September 8 and runs through November
3. For more information see the NAZAR
pages on the FotoFest web site. |
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Wouter Deruytter
Sheikh Manal, Oman, 1998
from the exhibition NAZAR |
Review Santa Fe -
Santa Fe, New Mexico
July 8-10, 2005 |
| More than 90 photographers were selected to participate in the portfolio reviews sponsored by the Santa Fe Center for Photography. FotoFest co-founders Frederick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss were among 50 reviewers for Photography who participated in the two-day portfolio review July 8 – 9. The reviews were followed by a day-long series of panels touting WHO’S COLLECTING WHOM – Everything you need to know to place your work in the best collections, Sunday July 10. |
Photographer Dr. Steve Harrison showing his portfolio to FotoFest artistic director Wendy Watriss. |
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[artphoto]image.festival - Bucharest, Romania
May 27-30, 2005 |
| FotoFest visits a new photography and multi-media event in Romania. The portfolio review makes it to Bucharest with an international group of collectors, editors, museum curators, and photography festival directors. Fred Baldwin and Wendy Watriss were invited from FotoFest. |
[artphoto]image.festival founder Razvan Ion (center) |
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FotoFest is happy to announce the addition of Frank Rose as our new Press Coordinator.
713-223-5522 x26
press3@fotofest.org |
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