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03/16/2012 04/29/2012
The FotoFest 2012 Biennial
From: March 16, 2012 - April 29, 2012
Location: FotoFest International
Address: 1113 Vine Street, Houston, 77002
Free Admission: Yes
A six week biennial festival that will include exhibitions on contemporary Russian photography, international meeting place portfolio reviews for artists, forums, workshops, evenings with photography artists and an international print auction.
FotoFest International, founded in 1983 in Houston, Texas, is the first and longest-running international Biennial of photography and photo-related art in the U.S.
The FotoFest Biennial and art programs are known as platforms for ideas and discovery, combining museum-quality art with important social and aesthetic issues. The Biennial exhibitions curated by FotoFest give priority to the works of important but little-known photographic artists from the U.S. and around the world.
In addition to exhibitions, the FotoFest Biennial features a large portfolio review program for photographic artists, a film and video series, conferences, multi-media installations, a Fine Print Auction, and four-color exhibition catalogue.
This six week biennial festival event begins on March 16, 2012 and will include exhibitions on Contemporary Russian Photography, International Meeting Place Portfolio Reviews for Artists, Forums, Workshops, Evenings with Photography Artists and an International Print Auction.
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04/21/2012 04/29/2012
Houston International Festival
From: April 21, 2012 - April 29, 2012
The Houston International Festival celebrates diversity, educates about different cultures, and makes the future generation global. More than one million people attend this annual multicultural celebration. Downtown will be filled with ethnic food booths, arts and crafts, kiosks, interesting exhibits and 1,800 various performers.
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04/25/2012 04/29/2012
Design Fair 2012 - Lawndale Arts Center
Design Fair 2012 features vintage modern objects of the 20th century as well as examples of cutting-edge contemporary design. A wide selection of carefully curated items will be available for purchase as part of the Design Fair, including furniture, glass, ceramics, lighting, books, metalwork and fashion. Visitors to the Fair will be able to meet the designers and exhibitors for an up-close and personal look at the pace-setting designs of today and the mid-20th century.
The Texas Co-Op, a special section of the Fair, features individual Texas-based designers. 2012 Curator Garrett Hunter invited individual designers to offer specific products. These new and emerging product lines currently are in small-scale production and represent innovations in industrial and object design today.
Curator: Garrett Hunter
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