ARE YOU READY FOR FOTOFEST?!

FOTOFEST HEADQUARTERS, VINE STREET STUDIOS, DOWNTOWN HOUSTON METRORail Stop at UH-Downtown

The official kick-off to FOTOFEST2008, sponsored by the Houston Press, KUHF 88.7 FM, 42 Below Vodka and Barefoot Wine.

Celebrate with FOTOFEST at the opening of the New Photo, 1994-1997 CHINA at FotoFest Headquarters at Vine Street Studios, 1113 Vine Street, Downtown Houston, 8pm-midnight.

Entertainment provided by Mango Punch!. Complementary valet parking is available.

Here's More FRIDAY:

DOWNTOWN / NORTH MAIN / NOHO / COMMERCE WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS

6–8PM DIVERSEWORKS ARTSPACE 1117 EAST FREEWAY (I-10)Breaking Earth - Kurt Stallman and Alfred Guzzetti; One Year Later - Zoe Crosher

6–9 PM m ARCHITECTS - 1206 NANCE ST.Branching Out - William Winkler and Paul Winkler

6–10PM NANCE STREET STUDIOS & THE ARTISTS’ GALLERY1707 NANCE ST.
Transformations - Frank White, Don Glentzer, Ron Scott , Connie Moberly and University Student Work


DOWNTOWN / MARKET SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT

7–9PM O’KANE GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - DOWNTOWN1 MAIN ST.
Voices of the Tempest - Adriana Groisman

DOWNTOWN / CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

5:30–8PM ARCHITECTURE CENTER HOUSTON (ArCH)315 CAPITOL, STE. 120
TransArCH - Various Artists

5–8PM THE OLIVE GALLERY 1410 HUTCHINS
Visionary Transformations: China - Li Xiaoying, Jia Yu Chuan and Jim Olive

WASHINGTON ST. CORRIDOR

6–8PM RISER GALLERY AT SIMON HUBIG BUILDING 2020 W. MEMORIAL WAY
Texas Transitions -Joe Winston and Rod Navarre

MIDTOWN / THIRD WARD

11:45AM–1PM M.D. ANDERSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON4800 CALHOUN, BUILDING NO. 509
US-Mexico Fingerprints: One Hundred Years of Reality presented by The Casasola Museum
Casa de las Americas MuseumCasasola Museum Artists, Mexiamerica/Casa de las Americas artists and the following: Javier Aguilar, Adrian Caldera, Joaquin Casasola, Vanessa Casasola, Doug Duvois, Enrique Castillo, Ramiro Escobar, Raúl Lodoza, Juan Torres, Luis Torres, Jesus Manrique, Jaime Murrieta, Hector Oaxaca, Apolinar Ochoa, Miguel Perea, Hector Ponce, Margarita Reyes, Ernesto Rodriguez, Manuel Sáenz, Sergio Sanchez, Aurelio Suárez, Lucio Soria, Ruben Valle, Mia Vitali and Carlos Vigueras

MUSEUM DISTRICT

6–8PM JOAN WICH & CO. GALLERY 4411 MONTROSE BLVD.California Romantica - Lisa Hardaway and Paul Hester

6–8PM WADE WILSON ART 4411 MONTROSE BLVD.Jennah Ward and Nina Zurier - Jennah Ward and Nina Zurier

6:30–8:30PM LAWNDALE ART CENTER 4912 MAIN ST.Transfigurations - Hana Hillerova; Houston Cultura,- Chuy Benitez; Reverent Estimations - Adam Schreiber; Broken Dreams - Bill Stewart

WEST UNIVERSITY / RICE VILLAGE

7–9PM CAVIART GALLERY, RUSSIAN CULTURAL CENTER “OUR TEXAS”2337 BISSONETThe Relics of Yesterday, or Transformation of the World in my Mind - Vladimir Frumin

THE HEIGHTS

6–9PM G GALLERY - 301 E 11TH ST.Imprint- Phenomena, The Legacy of Contemporary China - Pok Chi Lau

SPECIAL EVENTS

9:30AM–3:30PMFOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL MEETING PLACE
FIRST FOUR-DAY AND SIX-DAY ARTIST PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSION - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN


1–5PM PHOTO-EYE BOOKSTORE - DOUBLETREE HOTEL–DOWNTOWN


6PM ARTISTS TALK LAWNDALE ART CENTER - 4912 MAIN ST. 46
Transformations - Hana Hillerova; Houston Cultura - Chuy Benitez; Reverent Estimations - Adam Schreiber and Broken Dreams - Bill Stewart


More the rest of the week, I'll keep you posted day after day. Also, some snazzy pics from various events. Keep lookin'.