2010 Meeting Place
The Meeting Place was energizing, motivating, enlightening and
inspiring. Between what
I learned and who I met, I can feed off the experience and use it to
advance my current projects.
Arthur Drooker, Artists and 2010 Meeting Place
Registrant
The Meeting Place is an exciting forum for meeting with and reviewing the work of photo-based artists. While the artist might consider it solely as an opportunity to promote his or her own work, the arts professional -- curators, gallerists, and publishers alike - is offered that same, unique occasion, one in which he/she has a chance to view photographic work from around the world
Charles Guice, 2010 Meeting Place Reviewer and Gallery Owner,
Charles Guice Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
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Five hundred and twenty photographic artists took part in the 2010 international Meeting Place. They came from 31 countries and 37 states
in the U.S.
The Reviewers
came from 24 different countries and 22 different U.S. states.
FotoFest brought 175 museum curators, publishers, gallery owners,
editors, directors of non-profit organizations and photo agencies to
review participants’ portfolios.
FotoFest gave 2010 Meeting Place scholarships to 11 artists from
China, Korea, Mexico, and Argentina, Norway, USA, and Canada.
An important part of the
Meeting Place is the Student Observation Program, initiated by FotoFest
in 2008. This year, 60 students from seven Texas universities and
college art
departments participated in FotoFest's 2010 Student Observation Program.
A favorite feature of the Meeting Place was the Evenings with
the Artists – Open Portfolio Nights, connecting artists with
other reviewers, collectors and the art-loving public. Four hundred
and thirty-five Meeting Place artists participated in these Evenings.
Eight hundred
people attended the four Evenings, one for each review session.
Artists sold work, conversations were lively and good connections were
made by all.
For the first time,
FotoFest invited Houston Galleries that
were part of the 2010 Biennial Catalogue to take part the in
these Evenings
with the Artists. Sixteen Participating
Spaces, representing a total of 32 artists, took part in the four Evenings.
The sixteen-day Meeting Place Portfolio Reviews, pioneered by
FotoFest, gives registered artists an unparalleled opportunity to have
their work seen by some of the most notable people in the field of
photography -- museum curators, gallery owners, magazine editors, and
representatives of photography agencies, collectors and publishers -
from around the world.
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FotoFest Paris 2010 Portfolio Reviews
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Over the course of the last 20 years, the
Meeting Place has been the catalyst for exhibitions, publications, and
wider acclaim for many artists. For 2010, we will be updating our Successes of the Meeting Place page soon. Please look forward to more information about our
Successes of the Meeting Place page in the coming weeks. For a list of
some of the opportunities artists have been given as a result of Meeting
Place events, please see our current Successes of the Meeting Place
page.
All Meeting Place registrants are able to participate in many different
aspects of the 2010 Biennial, and they have special access to Citywide Exhibitions,
Curatorial
Forums, Artist/Curator Booksignings, Artist Talks, and Evenings
with the Artists -Open Portfolio Nights.
I have encountered reviewers who are enthusiastic, decisive, and make use of my work
In exhibitions or publications immediately after the reviews end.
Dona Schwartz, 2010 Meeting
Place Registrant and Discoveries of the Meeting Place exhibiting artist
It was my first experience of this kind and meeting with the reviewers
was very satisfying as I now understand how to better plan some aspects
of my practice.
Nicolo Biddau, Artist and 2010 Meeting Place Registrant
It was a rewarding experience – to showcase the work to a wider audience and
to have interesting conversations with other participants and informative chats
with the reviewers.
Natalia Urazmetova, Artist and 2010 Meeting Place Registrant
The portfolio review has been one of the most challenging and expanding experiences in my career. The relationships I have created with the reviewers and photographers whom I met at FotoFest will only grow, this scholarship is a rare opportunity in the photography world, I am very honored to have been part of it.
Karen Miranda-Rivadeneira, Artist and 2010 Scholarship Recipient
Having the ability to hear the reviewer’s responses to other photographers helped me as a photographer. It taught me that I need to have a concise statement about my work, while also being able to talk about it conversationally with other photographers/artists.
Caitlin Grann, Student Observer, Texas Tech University
I learned how important it is to network, get your work out there, be brave, stand up for yourself, look for others if one doesn’t see your vision, it was an amazing learning experience.
Katherine Robertson, Student Observer, Collins County College
It was great to be part of
the community, see work, and meet new people.
Liz Steketee, Artist and 2010 Meeting Place Registrant
MARCH 2012
FotoFest’s next Biennial portfolio review in Houston is March 2012. If you would like to participate in the 2012 International Meeting Place, and you are not on our mailing list, please send you mailing address and email to meeting@fotofest.org. Registration information will be sent out in the spring of 2011 and posted on this website.
For more information about the Meeting Place, please contact Marta Sanchez Philippe, Meeting Place Coordinator or Sarah Craig, Meeting Place Assistant, at
meeting@fotofest.org.
To stay up to date on 2012 Meeting Place news and deadlines, subscribe to the FotoFest Email List.