FotoFest 2006
FotoFest
announces the dual themes for FotoFest 2006 – The
Eleventh International Biennial of Photography and
Photo-Related Art.
• The Earth
• Artists Responding to Violence
The Earth
The broad theme of Earth is an
extension of FotoFest 2004 and the focus on Water. The
combination of art, science, and public policy through art
installations and forums is a direction that FotoFest is
continuing. In keeping this theme broad, FotoFest is looking
at work that relates to Earth both metaphorically and
figuratively. It can encompass human and non-human life in a
broad existential sense as well as issues of land use and
geophysical history. We are looking at Energy as an important
part of Earth systems.
Artists Responding to Violence
This is a
separate but related theme to that of Earth. The capacity of
human society to inflict violence upon itself and the Earth is
expanding with the ever increasing spread of technology. In
exploring and confronting this theme, FotoFest is not focusing
on depiction of violent acts but rather on how creative
artists interpret acts of violence and the human capacity for
violence in all aspects of life.
If you are interested in submitting work, please see the
newly revised FotoFest 2006 Submission Guidelines. Please do not submit
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Home and Garden - Fall
Exhibition
Home and
Garden, a newly created exhibition of Texas-based
artists, is an oblique, often humorous and macabre look at
family life and vernacular culture in the U.S.
The exhibition opens Friday, November 19, 2004, 7–10 pm at
FotoFest’s Headquarters in Vine Street Studios, downtown
Houston. The exhibit continues through Saturday, February 5,
2005. The exhibition will be accompanied by artist talks,
panel discussions and other programming to be announced later.
“We have a strong interest in the work of Texas-based
artists and between Biennials we create one to two shows
focusing on current work being done in Texas. This show
focuses on younger artists who take an ironic look at popular
culture, family life, and the language of vernacular
objects," says FotoFest Artistic Director Wendy
Watriss.
Home and Garden presents eight younger and
emerging Houston and Dallas-based artists: Colleen Graves,
Michele Grinstead, Stephanie Martz, Marc Montoya, Sarah
Greene Reed, Julie Ross, Lizzy Wetzel, and Anderson
Wrangle.
The artists work in traditional photographic processes and
mixed-media. The work includes Polaroids, sculpture
installations, drawing, print-making, and digital collages.
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Prepare for FotoFest 2006
FotoFest and Houston Center for Photography have
organized an evening Workshop: Making the Most of
FotoFest 2006.
Jenny Antill,
FotoFest Meeting Place Coordinator will talk about how to
register for the 2006 Meeting Place portfolio reviews and what
to expect from them.
Jennifer Ward,
FotoFest Exhibitions Coordinator will explain the new
Submission Guidelines for FotoFest 2006 as well as guidelines
used by other independent venues.
Special guests will include a past Meeting Place registrant
as well as an artist from a past FotoFest exhibition.
Thursday, November 18, 2004, 7-9 pm
Houston Center for
Photography
The cost of the workshop is $5.
Register
by phone at 713-529-4755 | |
Call for
Volunteers
Volunteers are the
backbone of any non-profit organization. We are looking for
interested and reliable people of all ages to fill 4 - 6 hour
shifts gallery hosting on Saturday afternoons this Fall and
Winter.
If interested please contact Marianne Stavenhagen, FotoFest
Volunteer Coordinator using this
online form or by email at info@fotofest.org.
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| Michele
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Montoya |
Global Forum On Water Videos
Online
Streaming video of
FotoFest 2004's GLOBAL FORUM ON WATER is now available
for viewing on the internet. The entire two days of the Forum
at Rice University can be viewed free in either Real Media or
Windows Media formats by clicking the "more" button.  |
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| Special Limited Edition signed copies of
European Photography #75, based on FotoFest 2004 - Water, may
be purchased at FotoFest or through our online
store for a discount price of
$20. | |
