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09/25/2026

We're excited to partner with Untitled Art, Houston for its second edition, taking place October 2–4, 2026, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, with a VIP and Press Preview on Thursday, October 1. The fair will bring together 99 international galleries, along with engaging VIP and public programming. Learn more at untitledartfairs.com and follow .

🏷️ Use code 26CULTURALPARTNER_HTX for 15% off Any Day Single Admission tickets!

Volunteers are needed for FotoFest's fall exhibition, "Across the Americas: FotoFest, Latin America, and Latino Cultures...
09/24/2026

Volunteers are needed for FotoFest's fall exhibition, "Across the Americas: FotoFest, Latin America, and Latino Cultures in the United States," on view October 1 through November 14, 2026, at the Silver Street Studios gallery in Houston.

We seek friendly and reliable Gallery Hosts to provide a welcoming presence for visitors. The volunteer shifts range from 11:45 AM – 2:30 PM and 2:15 PM – 5 PM.

🔗 Sign up for a shift today: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/452223548062/false #/invitation

📸 Tere Garcia

Have you gotten your copy of "Global Visions: FotoFest at 40?" The book invites readers to look closely, think generousl...
09/22/2026

Have you gotten your copy of "Global Visions: FotoFest at 40?" The book invites readers to look closely, think generously, and consider photography's enduring power to connect us.

📕 Order your copy today: https://fotofest.org/biennial2026-book

📸 Prince Varughese Thomas, "Wife," 1993. From the series "InterSect." Courtesy of the artist and Hooks-Epstein Galleries.

This Sunday, join us at MFAH for the screening of "The Low Turn Row: A Journey in Time" by our co-founders Wendy Watriss...
09/17/2026

This Sunday, join us at MFAH for the screening of "The Low Turn Row: A Journey in Time" by our co-founders Wendy Watriss and Frederick Baldwin.

In this long-term documentary project, Watriss and Baldwin returned to the East Central Texas community they had documented decades earlier, photographing and recording residents as they reflected on the complexities of integration and community history.

Following the screening, stay for a conversation with Watriss, filmmaker John Simmons, and 'Low Turn Row" associate producer Celia Lightfoot.

🎟️ Purchase tickets here: https://fotofest.org/biennial2026-mfah-films
📅 Sep 20 | 2–3:30 PM
📍 Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Brown Auditorium Theater), 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX

📸 Family Musicians and Songsters Performing at a Large African American Family Reunion, East Central Texas, 1978. Photograph by Wendy Watriss and Frederick Baldwin, 1978.

Be sure to join us for our Shared Habitats Photo Walk with Bayou City Waterkeeper and Latino Outdoors this Saturday! 🐦Le...
09/15/2026

Be sure to join us for our Shared Habitats Photo Walk with Bayou City Waterkeeper and Latino Outdoors this Saturday! 🐦

Led by Alenka Cardenas, participants will trek through Robert C. Park and explore photography as a way to document what becomes visible when we slow down and pay attention, and how images can help us better understand, value, and protect the shared habitats around us.

The walk will conclude with a kid-friendly Biodiversity Pod workshop.

🔗 Free registration here: https://fotofest.org/photowalk-3
🗓️ Sat, Sep 19 | 8:30–11 AM
📍 Meet at: Robert C. Stuart Park, 7250 Bellfort Ave, Houston, TX

📸 Greg Lavaty

We are excited for our fall 2026 exhibiton, "Across the Americas: FotoFest, Latin America, and Latino Cultures in the Un...
09/10/2026

We are excited for our fall 2026 exhibiton, "Across the Americas: FotoFest, Latin America, and Latino Cultures in the United States." It explores the organization’s long-standing engagement with artists from Latin America and Latino communities in the United States and reexamines FotoFest’s dialogue fostered among generations of artists, national histories, and photographic traditions over the past four decades.

The exhibition brings together documentary, conceptual, and experimental approaches to history, place, imagination, and identity. It is organized into four thematic chapters: "Image and the Constructed Self; Memory, Archive, and History; Place, Territory, and Transformation;" and "Experimental Worlds: Concept and Fiction."

RSVP for the opening reception here: https://fotofest.org/opening-reception-fall-2026

🗓️ On View: Oct 1 – Nov 14, 2026 | Wed–Sat, 12–5 PM
📍Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards St, Houston, TX

📸 Carlos and Miguel Vargas, “Isabel Sánchez Osorio,” Arequipa, Peru, c. 1926. Courtesy of Asociación Vargas Hnos.

Photo Walk Feature: Jessica UrestiFrom our second Photo Walk with Reel Quick Film Lab, Friends of Columbia Tap, and TCAA...
09/06/2026

Photo Walk Feature: Jessica Uresti

From our second Photo Walk with Reel Quick Film Lab, Friends of Columbia Tap, and TCAALH.

📆 Apr 2026
📸 Jessica Uresti

This month at FotoFest, gear up for professional development with The Meeting Place at FUJIKINA NYC 2026! Additionally, ...
09/01/2026

This month at FotoFest, gear up for professional development with The Meeting Place at FUJIKINA NYC 2026!

Additionally, join us for the long-awaited screening of "The Low Turn Row: A Journey Time" at MFAH, and a photo walk launching our fall 2026 exhibition, "Across the Americas: FotoFest, Latin America, and Latino Cultures in the United States."

View our Linktree for program details: https://linktr.ee/fotofest

📝 Ongoing — Registration for The Meeting Place by FotoFest at FUJIKINA NYC 2026
💼 9/16 — Virtual Workshop: Preparing for Portfolio Reviews*
🐦 9/19 — Shared Habitats Photo Walk / Caminata Fotográfica de Hábitats Compartidos
🎞️ 9/20 — Film Screening: "The Low Turn Row: A Journey in Time"
📌 9/23 — Virtual Workshop: Researching and Ranking Reviewers*

*For registrants of The Meeting Place by FotoFest at FUJIKINA NYC 2026.

📸 1–4, 6) Iain Cridland, Tere Garcia, Chris Spain
🖼️ 5) Photographers Wendy Watriss and Frederick Baldwin, East Central Texas. Photograph by Jerry Click for an article in the Houston Post, early 1970s.

Photo Walk Feature: Arlishia SmithFrom our second Photo Walk with Reel Quick Film Lab, Friends of Columbia Tap, and TCAA...
08/30/2026

Photo Walk Feature: Arlishia Smith

From our second Photo Walk with Reel Quick Film Lab, Friends of Columbia Tap, and TCAALH.

📆 Apr 2026
📸 Arlishia Smith

FotoFest brings The Meeting Place to FUJIKINA NYC 2026 for a half-day of portfolio reviews with 25 expert Portfolio Revi...
08/27/2026

FotoFest brings The Meeting Place to FUJIKINA NYC 2026 for a half-day of portfolio reviews with 25 expert Portfolio Reviewers to review the work of 50 photographers.

Participating photographers will share their photography portfolio with three reviewers during one-on-one portfolio review sessions, each lasting 20 minutes. Physical portfolios of prints are encouraged but not required. Registration is first come, first served.

View the registration process here: https://fotofest.org/fujikina-2026

🗓️ Sat, Oct 17 | 9:30 AM–12 PM
📍 Lower East Side, New York City

📸 Tere Garcia

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