Houston, Texas USA
FOTOFEST BIENNIAL 2020
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
Alongside the Meeting Place Portfolio Review, FotoFest organizes two professional development seminars to provide learning opportunities for photographers, photographic artists, and arts professionals. Conducted by some of the most respected photography experts in the field today, these seminars aggregate decades of invaluable information and practice to further professional careers and stimulate appreciation for the art of photography.
How Stories Choose Us, in collaboration with Magnum Photos | Thursday, March 12, 2020
Social Media Strategies for Visual Artists: Ideas + Information, with Mary Virginia Swanson | Tuesday, March 17, 2020
HOW STORIES CHOOSE US
with Magnum Photos
Thursday, March 12, 2020, 10am-1pm
Whitehall Room, 2nd Floor | The Whitehall Houston Hotel, Downtown Houston
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW:
$55 for Meeting Place Registrants
$75 for General Public
Organized by Shannon Ghannam and Amber Terranova of Magnum Photos, How Stories Choose Us is a two-part seminar focusing on the ways narratives arise within a photographic practice, and how to identify those narratives and develop them into compelling projects. Ghannam will use examples of projects from Magnum photographers and other leading practitioners, followed by Terranova in conversation with Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Magnum photographer and FotoFest Biennial 2020 exhibiting artist.
Above: Lindokuhle Sobekwa, I carry Her photo with Me, 2017.
Book dummy, p. 10–11. Found notebook, photo print, adhesive, silkscreen.
Courtesy the artist and Magnum Photos.
SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES
FOR VISUAL ARTISTS:
IDEAS + INFORMATION
with Mary Virginia Swanson, M. V. Swanson & Associates
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 7-9pm
Bayou Ballroom, 2nd Floor
The Whitehall Houston Hotel, Downtown Houston
This seminar has been RESCHEDULED TO MARCH 15 from the original date of March 17.
Social media tools, used wisely, make a difference in your career. Social Media Strategies for Visual Artists: Ideas + Information will outline the importance of positioning your photography and photo-based art within the online environment in a way that not only catches the attention of decision makers you want to attract, but encourages them to reach out with opportunities. A range of industry professionals who actively look for artists and images online will discuss how they use Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and websites to learn about you and your work, followed Alyssa Coppelman conducting “live” online research for the audience and panelists to observe and discuss. Attendees will gain a broad understanding of the importance of building a strong online presence and pointed examples and testimonies about how to utilize “best practices.”
The panel, moderated by Mary Virginia Swanson, includes Debra Klomp Ching, director, Klompching Gallery; Alyssa Coppelman, independent photo editor; and Andy Adams, director and curator, FlakPhoto Projects.
Questions?
Contact Sarah Ansell, Meeting Place Associate Director, at sarah@fotofest.org or at 713-223-5522 ext. 13.
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