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2008-2009 LTP Teacher Training
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LTP teacher training sessions for the 2008-2009 school year have begun.
The first Teacher Training session and Professional Development Workshop was held May 17, 2008 at FotoFest Headquarters with teachers from the Houston and Dallas area.
If you are interested in scheduling a training session please contact Marianne Stavenhagen for details.
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| FotoFence 2008, May 12-22, 2008
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FotoFence 2008
FotoFest Headquarters
May 12-22, 2008
1113 Vine Street
Houston, TX 77006
Read about FotoFence 2008 in the
Literacy Through Photography Newsletter
Students from 16 Houston-area elementary, middle and high schools showed their work at FotoFence 2008. Students’ stories and photographs address experiences from their own lives, their families, communities and dreams as well as global warming, immigration, neighborhood violence, and drunk driving.
FotoFence is the year-end project of FotoFest’s Literacy Through Photography education program, designed to help young people achieve better communication and writing skills through the stimulus of photography. FotoFence is an exhibit of over 400 student-created posters with photographs and written essays. Literacy Through Photography has operated in Houston-area schools since 1990, reaching over 1,500 students annually.
With the school-based work, FotoFence 2008 featured winners from the Houston Press High School Photo Contest and a special project with Baylor School of Medicine’s Transition Medicine Clinic. The Houston Press High School Photo Contest awards prizes to three or four students monthly. A single $1,000 college scholarship is awarded at the end of the year to one of the monthly winners. The winner of the scholarship was announced at the FotoFence May 11 event.
For more stories from FotoFence 2008,
click here
FotoFence Image Galleries
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FotoFence 2008 Participating Schools
Amigos Por Vida, Houston;
Chinquapin School, Highlands;
Cullen Middle School, Houston;
East Early College High School, Houston;
Eisenhower Middle School, Wyckoff, NJ;
Furr High School, Houston;
Helms Elementary, Houston;
Nadine Kujawa Elementary, Houston (WITS);
Houston; KIPP Shine Prep, Houston;
La Porte High School, La Porte;
Pomeroy Elementary School, Pasadena;
Yzaguirre School For Success, Houston;
Sinclair Elementary, Houston;
Southmore Intermediate, Pasadena;
Spring Branch Elementary, Spring Branch;
Spring Woods High School, Spring Branch;
Velasquez Elementary, Richmond;
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FotoFest Student Tours
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Photo by Mark Mulligan
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FotoFest schedules student tours for every one of its exhibitions, both during and between the Biennials. During FOTOFEST2008, over 800 Houston-area students visited the Biennial exhibits throughout the festival.
For more information on scheduling a student tour please contact Marianne Stavenhagen at ltp@fotofest.org or call 713-223-5522 ext. 19.
Download tour information.
Download map to FotoFest.
Tour Image Galleries
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All You Need is Love - FotoFun 2008: Saturday, February 9, 2008
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FotoFest Headquarters
Saturday, February 9, 2008
1113 Vine Street
Houston, TX 77006
713-223-5533 ext. 26
FotoFest's third annual children's party, FotoFun, occured Saturday, February 9th, 2008 at FotoFest headuarters. This year's family focused event was a super-groovy, creative time that introduced children to the hands-on, artistic world of photography while having loads of hip, happening fun!
This year's theme, All You Need is Love, was a colorful, energized swirl of engaging activities for ages 3-12 fostering children's love of art and photography.
Over 200 parents and children attended the event. Kids created collages, photograms and prints at the activity stations, dressed up and hopped into the photo booth, then joined the scavenger hunt.
All funds from the FotoFun event supported Literacy Through Photography.
For more information about FotoFun, please call Marianne Stavenhagen at 713.223.5522 Ext. 19.
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FotoFence 2007 - May 14 - 19, 2007, Memorial City Mall
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May 14 - 19, 2007
Memorial City Mall
near Ice Skate USA
I-10 at Gessner (MAP)
Special Reception for LTP Students, Teachers, Families, and Friends:
Saturday, May 19, 11am - 1pm.
Literacy Through Photography mounted its seventeenth annual exhibit of student art and writing projects at Memorial City Mall (I-10 at Gessner).
The student works included collage posters with original writing and photographs exploring Self, Family, Community, and Dreams.
For more information about FotoFence 2007, please contact Marianne Stavenhagen at ltp@fotofest.org or 713.223.5522 Ext. 19.
IMAGE: FotoFence 2006 at The Galleria. Students work at FotoFence bookmarker station at reception.
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