New Photography Festival FotoATX Poised For Launch

AUSTIN, TX — A new photography festival dubbed FotoATX is set to launch next weekend, promising to inspire residents and tourists alike through multiple images from across the city.

A collaboration among the Cultural Arts Division the city's Museum and Cultural Arts Centers of the Austin Parks and Recreation Department, the PrintAustin Festival and other community partners, the event serves to celebrate the city's unique character through the lens of multiple photographic perspectives. The festival also showcases the abundance of talent in Austin in promoting the city as a vibrant destination for visual arts tourists, organizers said.

Day-long unified open houses will be staged on Saturday, Jan. 13 at participating sites. Here is a listing of festival participating sites, exhibitions and events:

Asian American Resource Center (AARC)

8401 Cameron Rd.
Where I Belong
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Jan. 13 – Friday June 29, 2018
Open House: Saturday Jan. 13, 12 – 4 p.m.
Description: Co-curated by local Asian American photojournalist Lizzie Chen and the Asian American Resource Center, this exhibit portrays mixed-race Asian American Pacific Islander youth and teens at home in Austin. Multicultural families open their doors to share authentic lived experiences captured on film.
Austin Central Library (ACL)
710 W. Cesar Chavez St.
George Brainard: Austin Originals: Portraits of the People That Shape Our City
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Jan. 13 – Sunday Feb. 18, 2018
Open House: Saturday, Jan. 13, 12 – 4 p.m.

Austin native George Brainard exhibits portraits of the musicians, artists, journalists, and other icons that make Austin unique. His photographs reveal connections, secrets and insights into the incomparable cultural engine that powers Austin life. Many images appeared in Austin Monthly magazine, and some are exclusive to this show.
Brush Square Museums (BSM)
Susanna Dickinson Museum
411 E 5th St.
Historic Downtown
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Jan. 13 – Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018
Open House: Saturday, Jan. 13, 12 – 4 p.m.
Austin’s famous landmarks are featured in a photograph display of historical images of Texas’ first train depot, 6th Street, and others beloved by locals at the Susanna Dickinson Museum Library.
Dougherty Arts Center (DAC)
1110 Barton Springs Rd.
Nancy Mims: Terra Incognita
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Jan. 13 – Saturday February 3, 2018
Open House: Saturday, Jan. 13, 12 – 4 p.m.
Artist’s Reception: Saturday, Jan. 13, 1-3 p.m.
Artist’s talk: Wednesday, Jan. 24, 7 – 8 p.m.
It begins with a walk. Cracks on a sidewalk. Birds on a line, then suddenly in flight. Nancy Mims’ work starts with her daily practice of walking and looking. Tracing a meandering route through her neighborhood, she fills her camera with bits and pieces of what she encounters. Her meticulous process of editing results in a photography collection that reflects this elegant order, and depicts those chaotic forces of change in action, frozen in the moment.
Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB-MACC)
600 River St.
Su-Realidad (Your Reality): An Exploration of Surreal Photography and Installation Art
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Jan. 13 – Saturday March 3, 2018
Open House: Saturday, Jan. 13, 12 – 4 p.m.
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, Jan. 13, 3 – 5 p.m.
This youth installation photography exhibit is curated by the twelve members of the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center teen leadership program, Caminos, which empowers Austin teens to carve their path in the creative arts. Su-Realidad features the unbridled imagination of Austin’s youth.
Elisabet Ney Museum (Ney)
304 E. 44th St.
AWXAW: Austin Women By Austin Women
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, Jan. 11 – Sunday Feb. 18, 2018
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, Jan. 11, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Open House: Saturday, Jan. 13, 12 – 4 p.m.
Artists’ Talk: Saturday, Jan. 27, 2 – 3 p.m.
Austin is a unique city and its people are what make it great. In this gallery show, Austin women at work and play, pioneering, bold and creative, are revealed by Austin women photographers. Learn more about the wealth of energy and spirit Austin women bring to both sides of the camera, through works by Ave Bonar, Amalia Diaz, Christa Blackwood, Hannah Neal and Erica Wilkins, at the home of one of Austin’s most spirited women, Elisabet Ney.
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center (GWC)
1165 Angelina St.
Juntos/Together: Black and Brown Activism in Austin from 1970 - 1983
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, Jan. 11 – Monday April 16, 2018
Curator’s Reception: Thursday, Jan. 11, 7 – 9 p.m.
Open House: Saturday, Jan. 13, 12 – 4 p.m.
Curators’ Talk: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Children’s Program: Identity and Activism: Youth Read-in (Black History Month Kids Day), Saturday Feb. 17, 1 – 3:00 p.m. In collaboration with Black History Month Kids Day, Alan Garcia and Rachel E. Winston will host a youth focused read-in on identity and activism. Free books will be provided to the first 25 participants.
Film Screening & Discussion: 1983 Klan March in Austin Texas, Thursday, April 5, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
This exhibition focuses on expressions of solidarity between African American and Latino activists during a period of social change demanded by two of the city’s visible ethnic groups. Curated by Alan Garcia and Rachel E. Winston, the exhibition of archival photographs are on view at the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural & Genealogy Center from January 9 to April 16, 2018. Garcia is the founder of ATX Barrio Archive and Winston is the Black Diaspora Archivist of the Benson Latin American Studies and Collections at the University of Texas
Lewis Carnegie Gallery (LCG)
1312 East Cesar Chavez St.
Sev Coursen: Built Environments
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Jan. 13 – Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018
Open House: Saturday Jan. 13, 12 – 4 p.m.
Artist’s Reception: Saturday, Jan. 13, 6 – 9 p.m.
Artist’s Talk: Saturday, Jan. 20, 3 – 4 p.m.
Using color, composition, and patience, Sev Coursen documents buildings and other environments across Texas.
McCallum High School Arts Department (McC)
5600 Sunshine Dr.
Process Repeated
Exhibition Dates: Saturday Jan. 13 – Tuesday February 13, 2018
Open House: Saturday, Jan. 13, 2 - 5 p.m.
Photos from students in McCallum High School’s Photography program. Artists include Liliana Aleman, Madison Olsen, Gerardo Galindo, and Finn Corbett.

Old Bakery and Emporium (OBE)
1006 Congress Ave.
Photograph in Imagery
Exhibition Dates: Friday, Jan. 5 – Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018
Artists’ Reception: Friday, Jan. 5, 5 -- 7 p.m.
Open House: Saturday, Jan. 13, 12 – 4 p.m.
Photo processing has changed rapidly in the last few years. Time honored, straight-from-the-camera photos and those that are digitally modified, printed on paper, canvas, or metals are featured in this exhibition. Artists include Michael Smith, Pete Holland, Dwight Casey, Roger McBee, David Parsons, and Chris Cina.
For additional information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/FotoAtx or www.FOTOATX.org.

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