Sometimes the clearest and broadest view can only be gained from afar. In Houston, FotoFest, one of the largest and most important photography biennials, has celebrated the rich history and diversity of Russian photography.

The Moscow Times, May 2012

Artist Alexey Titarenko with visitors to his FotoFest Russian Exhibition at Spring Street Studios. Photo by Vladimir Sergienko

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• 275,000 people attended from 34 countries

• 1,165 artists participated from 35 countries
   and 37 U.S. states

• Media coverage reached 19.3 million people
   in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada
   and the U.S.

• 1,000 works by 146 artists from Russia,
   Ukraine and Belarus in FotoFest's four
   exhibitions of Contemporary Russian
   Photography

• 96 individual events produced by FotoFest

• 145 independent exhibits at 123 Participating Spaces
   Museums, Commercial Art Galleries, Non-profit Art Spaces, Universities
    and Civic and Corporate Spaces

• 4,800 hotel room nights and over $2 million generated for the City of Houston

Grand Opening Party

Meeting Place

• • Grand Opening Party -  4,000 people
  
  
• • International Meeting Place Portfolio
     Review for Artists - Sixteen-days,
     500 artists
  
  
• • International Fine Print Auction-
     82 artists and 400 attendees.
     Collectors from Moscow, London,
     Rio de Janerio, Paris, Mexico City,
     New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,
     San Francisco, Houston.
  
  
• • Contemporary Russian Photography -
     Four new exhibitions, late 1950s-2012
  
  
• • Russian Partnerships:

  Garage Center for Contemporary
      Culture, Moscow
  International News and Information
      Agency RIA Novosti, Moscow
  Lumiere Brothers Centre for
      Photography, Moscow
  ROSIZO, State Center for Museums
     and Collections, Ministry of
     Culture of the Russian Federation
  U.S.-Russia Chamber of Commerce of Texas

  
  
  
• • 2012 Biennial Catalogue - Two volumes, 663 pages
  
  
• • 70 Russian Artists, Curators and policy-makers travel to to Houston to observe FotoFest
  
  
• • 17 tours and talks by Russian Curators and Artists
  
  
• • Eight nights of Russian films - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Russian
     Cultural Center
  
  
• • Ninth Discoveries of the Meeting Place exhibition
  
  
• • Four Evenings with the Artists - 550 artists and over 800 visitors
  
  
  
  
• • Student Observation program at the Meeting Place - 90 university art students from
     11 universities
  
  
• • Six weeks of Educational Tours with artists and curators

  Twenty-two Houston-area tours for grade school students – 1,111 students
  Twenty-four tours for university students and civic groups - 900 participants

  
  

  Vine Street Studios	Curator lead tours

  
  
  

  

   

  2012 Workshops

  2012 Bike Scramble

• • Workshops on photography and
     electronic media, copyright, publishing,
  
     career development
  
  
• • International photography bookstores
     and artist book signings
  
  
• • Collectors  Programs
  
  
• • Bicycle Scrambles and Exhibition
     Expedition Tours to FotoFest exhibitions,
     Houston galleries and museums
  
  
• • Citywide Biennial Map and Calendar
  
  
• • Poetry Readings
  
  
• • Special programming partnerships

  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  Lawndale Arts Center
  University of Houston Downtown
  Houston Center for Photography
  Russian Cultural Center
  Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble



• • Russian Spring at Discovery Green
  
  
• • Media Partnerships

  Modern Painters Magazine, NY
  Art+Auction, Magazine, NY
  Artinfo, NY
  RIA Novosti News Agency, Moscow
  CultureMap, Houston
  Houston Public Radio (KUHF 88.7 and KUHA 91.7)
  European Photography, Germany

  
  
  

2012 Collectors Events	2012 Workshops

FotoFest has always taken a wonderfully global approach to the world of photography, bringing a geographically diverse range of work to Houston viewers as well as to FotoFest’s international attendees.

The Houston Press, April 2012