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FotoFest Newsletter
October 2005 |
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FotoFest
is always looking for volunteers. We need assistance
on the following Saturdays:
- October
8, 1 - 3 for Kids Day
- November
19, 2-9 (during the Art Crawl)
- November
26, December 3, 10, and 17 from 12-5
Contact
Volunteer Coordinator Marianne
Stavenhagen for more information. |
"Hey, Listen
to Me!" Writing Pictures opening, September
8, 2005 FotoFest's current exhibition, "Hey,
Listen to Me!" Writing Pictures continues
through October 8 at FotoFest's
Vine Street Studios headquarters. Admission
is Free.
See a Glasstire.com
review of the show here.
Carmen Kesel. Self-Portrait as
the Queen of Red. 1996
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The Literacy Through Photography website
has a new design. Take a look here.
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NAZAR
photographer Issa Touma's gallery closed in Aleppo,
Syria.
Click here
to find out more.
Hear the story on National
Public Radio
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Berlin
Photography Festival -
Berlin, Germany
September,
2005 |
FotoFest President Fred
Baldwin and Artistic Director Wendy Watriss were on hand
for the inauguration of the Berlin Photography Festival.
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Bernd Fechner
showing work to Wendy Watriss |
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In
November, FotoFest presents
Photography in Houston Galleries,
an exhibition of work selected by Houston art galleries
that promote and sustain the photographic arts. Look
to the November newsletter for information about the
show. |
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Event:
Family Fun Day
October 8, 2005, 1
- 3 pm |
FotoFest's Kids
for Kids fundraiser, March 2005.
Family
Fun Day is the closing party for kids of the
exhibition, "Hey, Listen to Me!"
Writing Pictures. At the Family
Fun Day, children and their parents participate
in photography and writing activities related
to the Literacy Through Photography program.
The event will take place 1 - 3 pm and is free
and open to the public. The activities
planned for Family Day include
group and individual projects.
There
will also be refreshments.
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. |
PROJECT
STORM
October 8, 2005 |
FotoFest expresses
its condolences for those
who lost their lives and homes due to Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita.
FotoFest
will be participating in PROJECT STORM, Houston
Artists and Galleries Fundraiser Benefiting
Katrina Victims through the Red Cross.
The exhibition and drawing is
to be held Saturday, October 8, 2005, from 7:00
p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the El
Dorado Ballroom/Project Row Houses, located
at 2310 Elgin at Dowling St., Houston, Texas.
Art will be displayed in protected areas on
the floor facing up as in a Persian Rug or Floor
show. (The ballroom is a historical building
that has no suitable walls for hanging.) Patrons
will purchase a numbered ticket for $150 which
will entitle the purchaser to choose one piece
of art as their ticket is drawn at random. Art
will be selected in order as the ticket numbers
are drawn. Each patron will have 2 minutes to
choose the art selection of their choice. All
proceeds (checks) are made out to The American
Red Cross, Houston Disaster Relief. Steering
Team - Apama Mackey, Betty Moody, Sharon Kopriva,
Harrison Itz, Wayne Gilbert, Chelby King, and
Michael Peranteau. For more information, contact
Gus Kopriva, Project Manager, at 713-854-4246. |
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Saturday
Matinee - Bayou Pics Series
Co-sponsored by FotoFest and Buffalo Bayou Partnership
this walk was the
second in an ongoing series of photographic walking
tours along Houston’s historic Buffalo Bayou.
Stay tuned for the next Saturday Matinee.
David McClain and Mary
Stark Love
photographing along the bayou
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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
Auditorium Theater at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. |
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