BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artshound.com//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artshound.com X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120210T205944CET-55137oHMoC@artshound.com DTSTAMP:20120210T195944Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: FotoFest 2010 Biennial: Contemporary U.S. Photogra phy\nEvent Url: http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/37299/FotoFest_2010_ Biennial_Contemporary_US_Photography\nEvent Date Begin: 2010-03-12\nEvent Date End: 2010-04-25\n\nFotoFest is pleased to announce the programs for t he United States' largest citywide celebration of photography\, the FotoFe st 2010 Biennial. The Opening Night Party is Friday\, March 12\, 2010 8pm -midnight at FotoFest Headquarters\, 1113 Vine Street\, Houston\, Texas 77 002. The exhibit at Vine Street\, 'Whatever was Splendid: New American Ph otographs\,' curated by Aaron Schuman\, is open March 12 - April 25\, 2010 \, 11-6pm Mon-Sun (7 days/week).\nFocusing for the first time on the theme of Contemporary U.S. Photography\, the Biennial highlights four exhibitio ns on Contemporary U.S. Photography by invited curators from different reg ions of the country. These principal exhibitions feature the work of 45 U. S. artists\, and are accompanied by a fifth\, non-thematic exhibition\, Di scoveries of the Meeting Place\, spotlighting ten artists who presented wo rk in the previous Biennial's portfolio review.\nFotoFest's exhibitions ar e joined by more than 80 independently organized photographic exhibitions citywide\; forums on contemporary curating\; the world's largest portfolio review for artists\; an International Fine Print Auction\; programs for a rt collectors\; Workshops on online multimedia and social media technologi es\; films\; and public Evenings with the Artists.\nThe FotoFest 2010 Bien nial\, the Thirteenth International Month of Photography and Photo-related Art\, begins March 12 and continues through April 25\, 2010 with programm ing for the public occurring every week.\nThe full program is available on line at www.fotofest.org/biennial2010.\nFOTOFEST 2010 BIENNIAL GRAND OPENI NG\nThe FotoFest 2010 Biennial Grand Opening is a free public celebration Friday\, March 12\, 2010 at FotoFest headquarters and gallery &ndash\; the site of Whatever was Splendid\, one of the four principal exhibitions on Contemporary U.S. Photography at the FotoFest 2010 Biennial. Guests at the Grand Opening will include the FotoFest 2010 Biennial curators: Natasha E gan\, Aaron Schuman\, Edward Robinson and Gilbert Vicario\; many of the 45 exhibiting artists\; refreshments and music. A number of other spaces acr oss the city also open March 12\, among them the Houston Center for Photog raphy\, DiverseWorks Artspace\, and Lawndale Arts Center. Opening Receptio ns for the other three principal FotoFest Biennial exhibitions occur over the course of the following weeks and will be attended by featured artists and curators.\nMarch 12 is also the first day of the Meeting Place the bi ennial's well known portfolio review for artists which brings together 500 artists from across the globe and more than ' curators\, editors\, publis hers\, gallerists\, collectors and photo agencies. The 16-day Meeting Plac e is the world's largest portfolio review\, and over its 26-year history\, it has been a launching pad for the careers of hundreds of photographers. \nA list of Meeting Place Reviewers is available on the FotoFest website a t www.fotofest.org/biennial2010/meetingplace.\nFOTOFEST CURATORIAL DIALOGU ES\nExamining the role of the art curator is an important part of FotoFest 2010 Biennial programming. The professionals commissioned to conceive the principal exhibitions for the 2010 Biennial are part of a new generation of curators redefining the role of museums and art spaces in terms of thei r relationship to art audiences\, the general public\, and other social in stitutions. FotoFest presents four of the Biennial curators in a series of free Curatorial Dialogues about their roles as interlocutors between art makers and the public\, how they see the future of art in institutions\, w hat influences their curatorial choices\, who they see as their audiences\ , and how they and their institutions are using online platforms.\nIn addi tion to the four Curatorial Dialogues\, FotoFest is sponsoring a Symposium on Contemporary Curatorial Practice with Anne Wilkes Tucker\, Charlotte C otton\, Gilbert Vicario and Daniel Joseph Martinez at the Museum of Fine A rts\, Houston\, March 28\, 2010\nSunday\, March 14\, 2010 - Aaron Schuman\ , curator of the Whatever was Splendid exhibition at Vine Street Studios\, with Madeline Yale\, Adjunct Curator\, Houston Center for Photography\nFr iday\, March 19\, 2010 - Edward Robinson\, curator of the Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern California exhibition at Williams Tow er\, with Anne Wilkes Tucker\, Curator of Photography\, Museum of Fine Art s\, Houston\nFriday\, March 26\, 2010 - Natasha Egan\, curator of the Road to Nowhere? exhibition at Winter Street Studios\, with Clint Willour\, Cu rator\, Galveston Arts Center\nWednesday\, March 31\, 2010 - Gilbert Vicar io\, curator of the Medianation exhibition at various locations\, with Fer nando Castro\, Independent Curator and Collector\nThe Curatorial Dialogues are scheduled to connect with the four Evenings with the Artists Open Por tfolio Nights.\nFOTOFEST EVENINGS WITH THE ARTISTS\nFotoFest's Evenings wi th the Artists Open Portfolio Nights connect the public with the hundreds of artists\, curators\, and other art professionals visiting Houston for t he acclaimed Meeting Place Portfolio Review. The Evenings with the Artists Open Portfolio Nights invite the public to see the work of artists in a f estive atmosphere that fosters discussion\, exchange and sales.\nFOTOFEST FINE PRINT AUCTION\nPrints from eighty contemporary international and U.S. artists are featured in the FotoFest Fine Print Auction\, Tuesday March 2 3\, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown. Conducted by Denise Bet hel\, Sotheby's Senior Vice President and Director of Photographs Departme nt\, the auction provides a rare opportunity to encounter and acquire high quality contemporary fine art photography from five continents.\nThe Prev iew Exhibition is March 3-20\, 2010 at Gremillion & Co. Fine Art Inc. and is free and open to the public. There are two additional days of previews at the Auction site\, Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown\, March 21-22\, 20 10.\nRevenues from print sales at the auction benefit artist programs and the FotoFest Portfolio Reviews. Proceeds from Auction ticket and table spo nsorship benefits FotoFest's Literacy Through Photography (LTP)\, year-rou nd classroom-based education program in Houston-area public schools. Image s\, artist biographies and information about the works will be posted on t he FotoFest 2010 website at www.fotofest.org/biennial2010/auction. Absent ee bid forms are available.\nFOTOFEST 2010 BIENNIAL WORKSHOPS\nFotoFest is sponsoring two Workshops on online multimedia\, social media and web-base d technologies. The workshops\, at the Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown\, bring media and art marketing experts\, artists\, curators and editors to gether to share their expertise and experience in art\, the internet\, soc ial media networks\, and multimedia platforms.\nOn Tuesday\, March 16\, 20 10\, art and online marketing guru Mary Virginia Swanson and artist Katrin a d'Autremont lead BEYOND PRINT: Creative Communication in the Digital Age . The workshop focuses on the use of new interactive\, online marketing to ols\, and technologies such as e-mail\, blogs\, and social networking site s like Facebook and Twitter\, and how their use is changing the way artist s and arts professionals present their work to the world. Presenters inclu de museum curators\, gallery owners\, photo editors\, publishers\, and fou nders of online art websites.\nOn Sunday\, March 21\, 2010\, Brian Storm\, the Emmy-award winning founder of the pioneering multimedia production st udio MediaStorm (www.mediastorm.com)\, leads MEDIASTORM: Building Multimed ia Platforms. This workshop provides an overview to multimedia storytellin g and shows how top photographers are redefining their work to incorporate audio\, animation\, and video for distribution across new marketing and a rt platforms\, including broadcast\, internet\, and mobile media. From con cept to production\, Mr. Storm will show how to create effective multimedi a platforms for both narrative and conceptual art work\, unveiling a new p roject with a well-known contemporary art photographer\, presenting a movi ng and multi-layered format that gives new dimension and new life to the a rtist's work. The one-day workshop is designed for creative artists\, phot ojournalists\, media professionals\, arts administrators\, students\, teac hers\, and anyone interested in the multimedia world.\nFotoFest Workshops connect with the Meeting Place Portfolio Reviews at the Doubletree Hotel D owntown Houston. Registration for the Workshops is $75\, ($50 for Meeting Place Registrants and students). Forms are available for download at www.f otofest.org/biennial2010/workshops.\nFOTOFEST 2010 BIENNIAL CATALOGUE\nFot oFest is co-publishing the 2010 Biennial Catalogue\, with European publish er Schilt Publishing (Amsterdam\, The Netherlands). The 500 page\, two-vol ume 2010 Biennial catalogue features more than 300 full-color images and f ive essays by Biennial curators on Contemporary U.S. Photography. The Foto Fest 2010 Biennial Catalogue is available late February 2010 at www.fotofe st.org. \n\nINSTITUTIONAL SPONSORS (as of January 13\, 2010)\nThe Houston Endowment\, Inc\; ROMA\; The Brown Foundation\, Inc\; National Endowment f or the Arts\; JPMorgan Chase\; The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation\; Ci ty of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance\; Doubletree Hotel Houston Downtown\; Texas Commission on the Arts\; The Clayton Fund\; Trust for Mu tual Understanding\; Continental Airlines - The Official Airline of the Fo toFest 2010 Biennial\; Iland Internet Solutions\; HexaGroup\; The Tasting Room/Max's Wine Dive\; Under the Volcano\; Saint Arnold Brewing Company\; The Wortham Foundation\; American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)\; Vine Street Studios\; The Anchorage Foundation. Media Partners: Art in Ame rica\; KUHF 88.7 FM\; European Photography\; Paris Photo. Special support for the FotoFest 2010 Biennial Auction and Exhibition fine art framing is being provided by ROMA. Special funding for the FotoFest 2010 Biennial Cat alogue provided The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation.\nABOUT FOTOFEST\nT he FotoFest Biennial is the first international Biennial of Photography an d Photo-related Art in the United States. Through the FotoFest Biennial an d its year-round art programs\, FotoFest is known as a Platform for Art an d Ideas\, combining museum-quality art with important social and aesthetic issues. FotoFest curated exhibitions give priority to the works of import ant but little-known photographic artists from the U.S. and around the wor ld.\nFounded in 1983 and based in Houston\, Texas\, FotoFest is a non-prof it organization promoting photographic arts and education. FotoFest is rec ognized for its discovery and presentation of important talent\, contempor ary and historical\, from around the world\, its commitment to presenting important social ideas through the photographic arts\, its groundbreaking exhibitions and its portfolio review program\, The International Meeting P lace. FotoFest has curated and commissioned exhibitions of photo-based art from Latin America\, Asia\, Europe\, the Middle East and North Africa. In addition to year-round art exhibitions and programming\, FotoFest's schoo l-based education program\, Literacy Through Photography\, uses photograph y to stimulate visual literacy\, writing and analytical thinking.\n\nStart time: Opening Reception:\nFriday\, March 12\, 8pm-12midnight\nRegular Gal lery Hours:\nMonday-Sunday 11am-6pm DTSTART:20100312T000000 DTEND:20100425T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:FotoFest 2010 Biennial: Contemporary U.S. Photography TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR