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FotoFest Newsletter
December 2005 |
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The
exhibition
Photography in Houston Galleries runs through
December 17, 2005
Gallery hours are 10am – 5pm
Monday through Friday and noon – 5pm on Saturdays.
For a full press release, gallery
and artist information, click
here.
Rob Ziebell, OXbow, 2005
Courtesy of Rudolph Projects/ArtScan
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Watch
for the launch of the new FotoFest 2006 pages in early
January.
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A
preview of prints available for the FotoFest auction,
scheduled March 14, 2006, will be available online
soon. Stay tuned to the auction page. |
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If
you are interested in volunteering for FotoFest,
contact
Volunteer Coordinator Marianne
Stavenhagen for more information. |
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FotoArte,
Brazil
Brasilia,
October, 2005 |
"On October 13, 2005,
Wendy and I arrived in Brasilia for the fourth edition
of Foto Arte, an annual citywide photo event that makes
Brazil the site of at least two international photography
events at this time. The other is FotoRio in Rio de Janeiro.
Earlier events in Curitiba and Sao Paulo are currently
not operating."
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FotoFest
2006
Film and Video Series
Film and video are taking their place
alongside FotoFest’s acclaimed photography programs
at FotoFest 2006.
Programming is scheduled for March 31 - April 9. FotoFest
is collaborating with the Environmental Film Festival
(Washington D.C.) and will screen in part at the Brown
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Happy
Holidays from FotoFest!
The FotoFest
offices will be closed from December 24 - January
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FotoFest
2006 Exhibition:
Discoveries of The Meeting Place
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The Discoveries
of the Meeting Place show for FOTOFEST2006
is featuring ten artists selected as outstanding
from FotoFest's 2004 Meeting Place portfolio
reviews.
The 2006
Discoveries exhibit will feature Lili
Almog (U.S.A., selected by Juan
Alberto Gaviria), Dave
Anderson (U.S.A., selected by Yossi
Milo)
Luis
Delgado (U.S.A., selected by Fernando
Castro), Esteban
Pastorino Diaz (Argentina, selected
by Burt & Missy Finger), Justin
Guariglia (Singapore, selected
by Alan E. Rapp), Fredrik
Marsh (U.S.A., selected by John
Bennette), Martina
Mullaney (U.K., selected by Charlotte
Cotton), Morten
Nilsson (Denmark, selected by Xavier
Cannone & Marc Vausort), Frank
Rodick (Canada, selected by Katherine
Ware), and Brad
Temkin (U.S.A, selected by Evgeny
Berezner & Irina Tchmyreva).
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FotoFest 2006 Workshops |
How
to Make the Digital World Work for You
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9 am - 4 pm
Publishing
the Photographic Book
Sunday, March 19, 2006 9 am - 4 pm
Space
is Limited. Advance
registration advised!
TIME:
9 am – 4 pm
COST: $150, General Registration
$125, Meeting Place Registrants and Students,
Includes lunch and handouts.
LOCATION:
Doubletree Hotel-Houston Downtown, 400 Dallas
Street,
PARKING: Hotel valet or Heritage
Street parking across the street from the Hotel
How
to Make the Digital World Work for You - Tuesday,
March 14
In conjunction with the
ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers)
Photographers,
Digital Experts, Photography Consultants
Panelists – Judy Herrmann
and Michael Starke; John Mannion; Scott Martin
Moderator - Mary Virginia Swanson
Using
Digital Technologies to Promote Your Work
Digital
File Submission for Artists, Curators and Arts
Organizations
Making
Digital Work for You
Artists
Responding to Digital Technology: The Light
Work Collection
Digital
Fine Art Printing
An
Overview of Digital Asset Management
Looking
at the Future, What to Expect with Digital Technologies
This workshop was organized in cooperation
with Mary Virginia Swanson, Light Work Community
Darkroom, and Onsight
Publishing the Photographic
Book – Sunday, March 19
Publishers,
Book Packagers, Agents and Photography Consultants
Panelists – Chris Boot, Gary Chassman,
Bernd Fechner, Dewi Lewis, Lesley Martin, Alan
Rapp, Rixon Reed, Mary Virginia Swanson, and
William Tolan; Moderator – Robert Morton
Photography
and Books: Opportunities and Uses
Who
is Publishing Today
Books
and a Career in Photography
How
to Approach Publishers—What to Show, Send
Working
with the Publisher: Contract, Editing, Design
After
Publication - Promotion, Publicity, Exhibitions
Self
Publishing - Production, Editing, Design, Marketing
Click
here for more information
(includes registration form).
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FotoFest
2006 International Fine Print Auction
March 14, 2006
The auction provides a rare opportunity
to find high quality contemporary fine art photography
from Latin America, Asia, Canada, Europe, and the
United States. One hundred contemporary international
and U.S. artists will be featured in FotoFest's Seventh
International Fine Print Auction.
Proceeds from auction ticket and table
sponsorships benefit FotoFest's year-round Literacy
Through Photography (LTP)
educational program in Houston-area public schools.
If you are interested in table sponsorship, please
contact Meg Murray at mmurray@cjstick.com.
This years auction features
prints by Pavel Banka, Edward Burtynsky, Lalla Essaydi,
Bohn Chang Koo, Chema Madoz and Luis Gonzalez Palma.
A preview of prints available for the FotoFest auction
will be available online soon. |
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