Needs From: Volunteer Houston

Volunteer for FotoFest ? Fine Print Auction Welcome to FotoFest?s Spring 2014 season! FotoFest is an international non-profit arts and education organization looking for interested and reliable people 18 years of age and older to participate in our 2014 Biennial Fine Print Auction. The FotoFest Fine Print Auction takes place during the Biennial and is the major fundraising event for FotoFest. Fredrick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, Co-Founders of FotoFest, select and contact photographers, whose work is of interest to the collecting community. In addition to the Auction itself, which will be held on Monday, March 24th, there will be a preview exhibit and an opening reception. Volunteers are needed for duties such as: loading/unloading, wrapping/unwrapping of the prints; set-up and clean-up for the opening reception; catalogue sales; gallery hosting; silent auction set-up, volunteer check-in, general check-in and greeting duties; auction spotters, runners and art handlers. It is not necessary to have an art or photography background ? all we ask for is your enthusiasm, support, generosity, and willingness to learn new things. By volunteering, you will have the opportunity to learn about photography and meet others with similar interests. Please contact Dina Shekhter at info@fotofest.org or 713-223-5522 x19 if you are interested in any of the following volunteer positions for the Fine Print Auction (please specify which position/date you are interested in): Preview at Gremillion Gallery: February 28 ? March 19/20, 2014: 1. Transfer of prints on 2/28/14, noon - 5:00pm (packing, loading, unloading and unwrapping) ? 2 volunteers needed. 2. Layout of photos on 3/1/14, 9:00am - 6:00pm - 2 volunteers needed. 3. Opening Preview (setting up the opening reception, selling auction catalogues, etc.) on 3/5/14, 4:00pm ? 9:00pm ? 5 volunteers needed. 4. Breakdown (take photos down from the walls, wrap and load & unload) on 3/20/14, 9:00am ? 6:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed. Auction Preview at the DoubleTree Hotel Downtown: March 21-24, 2014 1. Set up (set up tables, get easels ready, move prints, unwrap, layout) on 3/21/14, 9:00am ? 5:00pm ? 6 volunteers needed. 2. Gallery sitters on 3/21/14, 5:00pm ? 9:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 3. Gallery sitters on 3/22/14,11:00am ? 2:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 4. Gallery sitters on 3/22/14, 2:00pm ? 6:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 5. Gallery sitters on 3/23/14,11:00am ? 2:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 6. Gallery sitters on 3/23/14, 2:00pm ? 6:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 7. Gallery sitters on 3/24/14,11:00am ? 2:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed 8. Gallery sitters on 3/24/14, 2:00pm ? 6:00pm ? 2 volunteers needed Auction Day at the DoubleTree Hotel Downtown: 3/24/14 1. Silent Auction set up, 9:00am ? noon ? 4 volunteers needed 2. Volunteer check-in, 4:00pm ? 9:00pm ? 3 volunteers needed 3. Guest Check-in desk, 4:00pm ? 8:00pm ? 10 volunteers needed 4. Auction Preview Room, 4:00pm ? 7:00pm ? 10 volunteers needed 5. Spotters (to help the auctioneer to not miss any of the bidders), 5:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 5 volunteers needed 6. Runners (helping out during the auction process), 5:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 4 volunteers needed 7. Art Handlers (carry auction prints into the auction room during the auctioning), 5:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 10 volunteers needed 8. Silent Auction Assistance (watch and guide people while they are bidding for the silent auction), 8:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 5 volunteers needed 9. Wrap and Pack photos, 8:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 15 volunteers needed 10. Check-out artwork (making sure the buyers have paid for and picked up the correct piece), 8:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 4 volunteers needed 11. Check out Payment, 8:00pm ? 11:00pm ? 3 volunteers needed Also, please join us on February 6th from 5PM-7PM at the Boheme Café & Wine Bar for Cultured Cocktails! You will have the chance to find out more about our programs while meeting staff members and other volunteers. Benefits of becoming a volunteer at FotoFest: ? Learn more about photography and art ? Private gatherings to meet and socialize with other volunteers ? Opportunity to join FotoFest's First Look Collectors Program at a discount rate (available after 8 volunteer shifts)

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Join us for FotoFun Craft Night Craft Nights are here so register early to reserve your spot.  Craft Nights are fun, creative and engaging evenings where volunteers come together and make magic by creating the crafts and decorations that will be used for FotoFun, the sole fundraiser benefiting the Literacy Through Photography program.  We rely on volunteers like yourself to make our FotoFun event look amazing, colorful and fun. Once you register we will follow up with you regarding location and any other important information.

Craft Nights (for all Ages)
http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/507330594073 October 8, 2014 October 22, 2014
December 3, 2014
January 27, 2015

Adult Craft Night (21+)
http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/10062027040123 November 12, 2014

January 13, 2015

Volunteer for the actual day of FotoFun
February 7, 2014 | from 1 - 6 pm
This is a super fun day where volunteers get to assist our young guests in doing arts and crafts and other responsibilities through out the event.http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/45573958405 

We look forward to working with you!   If you have further questions please send us a message at ltp2@fotofest.org

FotoFest is seeking volunteers, 18 or older, to gallery hosts for REFUGEE, an important exhibition addressing the global refugee crisis. REFUGEE originated at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles California. A timely exhibition, REFUGEE allows audiences to engage with the plight of refugees and reflect on their condition. A core principle of REFUGEE is to present these diverse populations with both dignity and respect, even as they have endured often unwelcoming conditions and hostile environments in order to find their new beginnings. The exhibition includes work by photographers Lynsey Addario, Omar Victor Diop, Graciela Iturbide, Martin Schoeller, and Tom Stoddart.

Gallery hosts greet guests and assist with Virtual Reality headsets. Gallery Hosts allow us to keep exhibitions open to the public. REFUGEE is open May 12 to July 15, 2017. Gallery Hours are Wednesday–Saturday, 11am to 5pm. FotoFest is located in Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, Houston 77007. Please contact Marianne if you are interested in volunteering 713 223 5522 x19 or info@fotofest.org.

Please help FotoFest welcome the fall season by volunteering to Gallery Host during re/thinking photography/contemporary conceptual photography in Texas. Gallery Hosts welcome visitors, ask them to sign in, answer questions and are a presence in the Gallery. Volunteers are the foundation of FotoFest.   PLEASE USE Signup.com TO VOLUNTEER OR CONTACT MARIANNE AT INFO@FOTOFEST.ORG Shifts are 3 hours long: 11am to 2pm and 2pm to 5pm The Gallery is open: Wednesday-Saturday October 25 to November 25, 2017 FotoFest is located in Silver Street Studios 2000 Edwards St., Houston, TX 77007 FotoFest Office: 713 223 5522  

 

Rabéa Ballin, Amasunzu (Hip-Hop gains a classic), 2017. Courtesy of the artist

FotoFest International and HCP, come together again to present the 7th in a series of exhibitions highlighting Texas artists. re/thinking photography opens Oct. 20, 2017 at FotoFest, and the following Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 at HCP. re/thinking photography is a single exhibition split between the two venues. The exhibiting artists from Houston are: Bennie Flores, Ansell, Drew Bacon, Rabéa Ballin, Rosine Kouamen, MANUAL [Suzanne Bloom & Ed Hill], Emily Peacock, and Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin. Austin: Peter Leighton, Bucky Miller, and Sherwin Rivera Tibayan. Dallas: Kalee Appleton, Rachel Cox, Molly Shigemoto, and Kevin Todora. And San Antonio: Joe Harjo, and Mark Menjivar. Image: MANUAL, Monet.

FotoFest International is a non-profit photographic arts and education organization based in Houston, Texas. Co-founded in 1983 by Frederick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, FotoFest promotes U.S. and international engagement with artists and ideas through museum-quality photo-based art from around the world. The first FotoFest Biennial was held in 1986. It is the first and longest running photographic arts festival in the United States, and it is considered as one of the leading international photography Biennials in the world.

 

FotoFest uses signup.com to schedule volunteer shifts--Click here

FotoFest is pleased to announce its fall exhibition, Hillerbrand+Magsamen: nothing is precious, everything is game, on view from October 8 through November 22, 2025, in Houston at its Silver Street Studios gallery. This exhibition is a mid-career survey of Houston-based artists Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen, celebrating 25 years of collaboration. It is curated by Steven Evans and Madi Murphy.

 

Collectively known as Hillerbrand+Magsamen, the duo transforms the everyday into the extraordinary—turning household items, family rituals, and suburban chaos into playful, profound reflections on art, life, and togetherness. Their practice embraces a playful and inclusive approach to art-making, rejecting notions of exclusivity in the art world.

Houstonians will know Stephan from his many years teaching photography at UofH and HCP. Mary was the curator at Aurora Picture Show and is currently working at the Menil Collection.

Gallery Hosts are the backbone of FotoFest, they allow us to keep the exhibitions open to the public. You don’t have to be a photography expert to be a gallery host; a friendly face, neat appearance, and an interest in photography is all that is required. A FotoFest staff member will greet you in the gallery, review procedures, and give you a tour of the building and the exhibition. We are less than 2 minutes away in a nearby building and always available to assist you. The gallery can be quiet during the week, please feel free to bring your tablet/laptop, a book or a small project. Please bring a jacket or sweater with you if you tend to get cold. Water and light snacks provided, and Wi-Fi is available.

The gallery is open: Wednesday-Saturday, noon to 5PM. The shifts are 11:45AM to 2:30PM and 2:15PM to 5PM