BIENNIAL 2024 PROGRAMS

Receptions • Auction Events • Creative Conversations • Film Program • FotoFun Family Event • Tours and Walks • Workshops

All events are free and open to the public unless noted otherwise.

RECEPTIONS

Critical Geography Opening Night Party
Saturday, March 9 | 8–11 PM
Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street
RSVP required

Artist Reception: Ten by Ten: Ten Portfolios from the Meeting Place 2022–23
Saturday, March 16 | 6–8 PM
Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street
RSVP required

AUCTION EVENTS

Fine Print Auction Preview
Saturday, March 10–21 | 9 AM–5 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

Director's Tour and Talk
Thursday, March 14 | 12 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

Artist Reception: Biennial 2024 Fine Print Auction*
Thursday, March 14 | 6–8 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street
*For Auction ticket holders

Live Auction and Gala
Thursday, March 21 | 6–10 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street
Tickets required

BOOK SIGNINGS

FotoFest has teamed up with Houston’s go-to independent art and contemporary lit bookstore, Basket Books, to offer Biennial guests the opportunity to browse and buy books, art, and gifts on-site at the Meeting Place Portfolio Review located in the hangar at Silver Street Studios.

Throughout the run of their pop-up shop, Basket Books will host a series of book releases and book signing events featuring FotoFest Biennial 2024 artists and friends of FotoFest. Events will occur at the Meeting Place Portfolio Review and Basket Book’s Montrose location.

Book release and talk: De La Lleca Al Cohue / Photography in Venezuelan Penitentiaries with Violette Bule
Tuesday, March 12 | 7 PM
Basket Books, 115 Hyde Park Boulevard 

Book signing at Basket Books Pop-up: Alejandro Cartagena and Aimee McCrory at Basket Books pop-up
Friday, March 15 | 1 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

Book release and talk at Basket Books Pop-up: Appalachian Ghost: A Photographic Reimagining of the Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster with Raymond Thompson Jr.
Sunday, March 17 | 12 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS

Creative Conversations: FotoFest x CatchLight with Adrian L. Burrell, Rafael Vilela, Erica Garber, and Steven Evans
Sunday, March 10 | 5 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

Creative Conversations: Marina Planas and Lynn Silverman
Sunday, March 17 | 12 PM
The Silos at Sawyer Yards, 1502 Sawyer Road

Creative Conversations: Mark Menjívar in Conversation with Chelsea Jones
Tuesday, March 19 | 5 PM
Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

Creative Conversations: Colby Deal in conversation with Steven Evans
Sunday, April 21 | 2 PM
Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

FILM PROGRAM

Glorious Things at Rice Cinema
Friday, March 22 | 6 PM
6100 Main Street Sewall Hall, Room 301
RSVP required

Glorious Things at Rice Cinema
Saturday, March 23 | 4 PM and 6 PM
6100 Main Street Sewall Hall, Room 301
RSVP required

Critical Geography Shorts
Thursday, March 28 | 6:30–8 PM
Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

Chinatown
Friday, April 5 | 7 PM
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium, 1001 Bissonnet Street
Purchase tickets

FOTOFUN FAMILY EVENT

FotoFun Drop-in Workshops
Saturday, April 13 | 1–3 PM
Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

TOURS AND WALKS

Curatorial Tour: Critical Geography
Sunday, March 10 | 2–3 PM
Silver Street Studios, 2000Edwards Street

Unfiltered: Portfolio Walk
Monday, March 11 | 7–9 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

Unfiltered: Portfolio Walk
Monday, March 18 | 7–9 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street

Curatorial Tour: Critical Geography
Saturday, April 20 | 11 AM
Silver Street Studios, 2000Edwards Street

WORKSHOPS

Workshop: Publish Your Photography Book
Friday, March 15 | 9 AM–5 PM
The Hangar at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street
Tickets required

Educator Workshop
Wednesday, March 20 | 6–8 PM
Silver Street Studios and Winter Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street