Irby Pace, Terra Firma, 2014. From the series Idle Voids – Pop!   Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Urbane, Dallas

 

Join FotoFest this weekend at the TEXAS CONTEMPORARY Art Fair at the George R. Brown Convention Center in in Houston, Texas.

This year we have teamed up with Houston Center for Photography (HCP) to present a special preview selected from our upcoming collaborative exhibition This Side of Paradise, opening October 8 and 9 at both FotoFest and HCP.

This Side of Paradise: New Photographic Work by Texas Artists  is curated by Catherine Anspon, and is on view at both venues October 8 - November 14, 2015.

The Talent in Texas series was initiated by FotoFest in 2004, and has been presented in collaboration with the Houston Center for Photography since 2007.

EXHIBITION ARTISTS:

Delaney Allen (Dallas)
Christie Blizard (San Antonio)
Kasumi Chow & Desiree Espada (Dallas)
Bryan Florentin (Dallas)
Steve Goff (Odessa)
Michele Grinstead Griffiths (Houston) *
Mary Margaret Hansen & Patsy Cravens (Houston)
Julie Ledet (San Antonio)
Jack McGilvray (San Antonio)
Leigh Merrill (Dallas)

Michele Monseau (San Antonio) *
Nancy O’Connor (Houston)
Irby Pace (Dallas) *
Lané Pittard (San Antonio) *
Project B (Houston)
Rolando Sepulveda (Austin) *
Tom Turner (San Antonio)
Rodrigo Valenzuela (Houston) **
Elise Weber (Houston)
Carlo Zinzi (Austin) *

* On view in the FotoFest/HCP booth at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair
** Installation on view at Texas Contemporary Art Fair

Click Here for a Complimentary Day Pass to the Fair

 


OPENINGS
Thursday, October 8, 2015, 6-8pm at FotoFest International
Friday, October 9, 2015, 5:30-8pm at Houston Center for Photography

 

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FOTOFEST 2014-2015 ART PROGRAMS SEASON SPONSORS
Houston Endowment Inc; City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance; National Endowment for the Arts; Texas Commission on the Arts; The Wortham Foundation; FotoFest Board of Directors; Judith and Gamble Baldwin; Robert Gerry III; William and Rosalie Hitchcock; HexaGroup; Houston Public Media; and iLand Internet Solutions; and Silver Street Studios

FOTOFEST ANNUAL APPEAL
Special thanks to supporters of FotoFest’s inaugural Annual Appeal, including lead donors Christiane Olsen; John S. Parsley; Thomas Damsgaard; William E. Joor III; The Chaney Foundation; John E. Parkerson; Gregory and Lisa Spier; A.D. Stuart and Robin Stuart; and the Erla & Harry Zuber Fund

For more information about supporting FotoFest, please contact Alonso Tapia-Benitez at development@fotofest.org.