FotoFocus Biennial 2018 Passport

PASSPORT BENEFITSEntrance into all 90-plus projects in the 2018 FotoFocus Biennial during the month of October, plus: Thurs, Aug 23, 5:30–8pm FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL PASSPORT LAUNCH Buy your PASSPORT EARLY AND JOIN FOTOFOCUS FOR A NIGHT OUT HIGHLIGHTING THE UPCOMING 2018 FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL PROGRAM Rhinegeist Brewing Co. Annex Thurs, Sept 6, 5–8pm Taft Museum of Art House Party Tour _Ansel Adams: A Photographer’s Evolution_, make art, and socialize with friends while enjoying beverages and bites Taft Museum of Art Fri, Sept 21, 5:30pm Tour of _No Two Alike: Karl Blossfeldt, Francis Bruguière, Thomas Ruff _with Curator Ulrike Meyer Stump, FOTOFOCUS GUEST CURATOR AND INDEPENDENT CURATOR AND LECTURER, Zurich University of the Arts Contemporary Arts Center Fri, Sept 21, 6–8pm _Opening Reception for Wide Angle: Photography Out of Bounds and Chris Engman: Prospect and Refuge _Weston Art Gallery Wed, Oct 3, 6–9pm Members-only Opening Reception for _Life: Gillian Wearing_ and 7pm Conversation with Artist Gillian Wearing and Nathaniel Stein, CINCINNATI Art Museum Associate Curator of Photography Cincinnati Art Museum Thurs, Oct 4, 5–7pm Members-only Opening Reception for _Paris to New York: Photographs by Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott _Taft Museum of Art Thurs, Oct 4, 7pm Keynote Lecture with Clément Chéroux, Senior Curator of Photography, SFMOMA Introduction by FOTOFOCUS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CURATOR KEVIN MOORE Taft Museum of Art Fri, Oct 5, 7–11pm 7pm Conversation with Artist Akram Zaatari and Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator of The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston Introduction by Steven Matijcio, FOTOFOCUS GUEST CURATOR AND CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER CURATOR 8–11pm Opening Celebration for Mamma Andersson: Memory Banks; Akram Zaatari’s The Fold: Space, time and the image; and No Two Alike: Karl Blossfeldt, Francis Bruguière, Thomas Ruff exhibitions Contemporary Arts Center Sat, Oct 6, 9am–4:30pm FOTOFOCUS DAYTIME SYMPOSIUM Includes a complimentary breakfast reception at 9am, followed by a day of conversations with artists, curators, collectors, and writers. Talks at: 10:30am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm, 3:30pm Memorial Hall, Lower Level Sat, Oct 6, 5pm _Teju Cole and Vijay Iyer: Blind Spot _Performance Vanguard composer and pianist Vijay Iyer and Nigerian-American writer and photographer Teju Cole perform the powerful interdisciplinary collaboration_ Blind Spot_, in which Cole’s striking photography and spoken words are accompanied by a live score performed by Iyer’s adept trio for a musical investigation of humanity’s voluntary blindness to tragedy and injustice throughout history Memorial Hall, Anderson Theater Sun, Oct 7, 11am–1:30pm 11am Brunch Reception and 12pm Conversation with Artist Teju Cole and Drew Klein, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Contemporary Arts Center Performing Arts Director The Mercantile Library Sun, Oct 7, 5–7:30pm 5pm Cocktail Reception followed by a 6pm Conversation with Artist Miranda July and Kelly Gallagher, Experimental Filmmaker and Assistant Professor of Media Arts at Antioch College, Ohio Introduction by C. Jacqueline Wood, FOTOFOCUS GUEST CURATOR AND THE MINI MICROCINEMA DIRECTOR The Woodward Theater Thurs, Oct 18, 8:30am–6:30pm PASSPORT DAY-Trip Visit 2018 FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL PARTICIPATING VENUES IN DAYTON, Ohio Seating on the bus is limited. Reservations required. Email info@fotofocusbiennial.org for more information about this trip.  ALL SEATING IS BASED ON FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED AVAILABILITY. ALL TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.  Visit, http://www.fotofocusbiennial.org [http://www.fotofocusbiennial.org/events/?experience-events=biennial] for updated information.