Workshop and Photo Event: Together in Pictures with Francis Almendárez
- Saturday, Aug 21, 2021 11AM–2PM
Art Alley at Sawyer Yards1502 Sawyer Street
FotoFest invites you to attend a free-to-the-public workshop and photo-taking event hosted by artist Francis Almendárez at The Shed at The Silos in Sawyer Yards, 1502 Sawyer Street, Suite 400 Houston, Texas 77007.
Have your portrait taken by Houston-based artist, Francis Almendárez, or take the opportunity to snap a photo of your loved ones yourself at this family-friendly event. Guests are invited to work with Almendárez to create polaroid photo portraits and to think about the meaning of togetherness in 2021 through written responses to the question, “what does being together mean and look like to you?” Attendees can take their polaroid portraits home with them in a paper sleeve that can be designed and decorated on-site with the help of FotoFest’s dynamic teaching artists. Photographs and responses from attendees will be digitally scanned and presented in an online exhibition via FotoFest’s Instagram page over the course of the following weeks.
This program is held in conjunction with the public art exhibition Public Life: Recording the Blur, on view through August 29 in Arts District Houston, featuring photographic works by artists Francis Almendárez, Yan Wang Preston, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, and Kara Springer.