Passport Tickets

As a Focus-Level Passport Holder, you are invited to join the members of the Contemporary Arts Center for an Exclusive Reception of Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs: The One-Eyed Thief.

View three exhibitions and enjoy light refreshments at three specially designed FotoFocus locations, all within walking distance of Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine: Stills at the Michael Lowe Gallery, Vivian Maier: A Quiet Pursuit  at 1400 Elm Street & David Benjamin Sherry: Western Romance at 1500 Elm Street.

Focus-Level Passport holders are invited to celebrate the FotoFocus Biennial 2014 with directors and curators and organization members from the more than 50 museum, gallery, school and community venues participating in this edition of FotoFocus.

Join the select group of Fotogrammers and submit your images by using #FotoFocus2014 for possible posting to the live Instagram feed in the Art Hub — a 25- to 30-square-foot cube with parachute "walls" — designed by architect José García for Washington Park. The FotoGram live feed may also be viewed simultaneously at Memorial Hall, 21c Museum Hotel, Japp's Since 1879 & Neon's Unplugged. The featured film for the Screenings exhibition will be on view at Lightborne Studios, 212 E. 14th St.

Triumph of the Wild

8 pm: A show of films, live musical accompaniment and solo performances, featuring the animated films of Martha Colburn with pianist and composer Thollem McDonas and Tatiana Berman and the Constella Ensemble.

Doors open at 6:30. Theatre opens at 7:30. Early arrival is recommended to enjoy complimentary appetizers on the lower level of Memorial Hall. The theatre opens at 7:30, with General Admission Seating for Zoom and Flash Passport Holders. (See Focus-Level Passport offerings for the evening in the listing below.)

Focus-Level Passport Holders may access to the Parkview Room, the private lounge, where hors d’oeuvres and refreshments are available from 6:30 pm. As an additional benefit, you will also receive Reserved Seating for the Opening Performance. Relax and enjoy the Opening Party knowing you will have your place reserved.

Photography in Dialogue

1pm: Film: Gerhard Richter Painting, 2011 (97 mins), by Corrina Belz — Response by Artist Anne Lindberg, Kansas City/New York

3:30 pm: Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs:The One-Eyed Thief— Conversation between Chief Curator Raphaela Platow, Contemporary Arts Center, and FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore

5 pm: Vivian Maier: A Quiet Pursuit — Forum with Gallerist Deborah Bell, New York; Gallerist Howard Greenberg, New York; and Art Critic Richard B. Woodward, New York. Moderated by Kevin Moore

Program subject to change.

For Zoom- and Focus-Level Passport Holders, this night includes light fare — created by the Taft Museum’s Executive Chef Luke Radkey — along with beverages from a hosted bar. Docent-led tours of the exhibition inform as well as entertaining. Complimentary valet parking is also included.

Landscapes

1pm: Film: Somewhere to Disappear, With Alec Soth, 2011 (57 mins), by Laure Flammarion and Arnaud Uyttenhove | Response by Artist Matthew Porter, New York

3pm: Conversation between Artist Elena Dorfman, Los Angeles,and Museum Director Alice Gray Stites, 21c Museum Hotel. Moderated by Curator and Art Dealer Damon Brandt, New York.

4:30pm: Conversation between Artist David Benjamin Sherry and Associate Curator Elizabeth Siegel, Art Institute of Chicago. Moderated by Kevin Moore.

6pm: Shadow and Substance: Photography and the American Civil War: Keynote Address by Jeff L. Rosenheim, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

At 6 pm, all Passport Ticket Holders are invited to attend the keynote address.

Program subject to change.

Enjoy a private dinner and select viewing of Hybridity: The New Frontier with other Focus-Level Passport guests and the visiting art community.

For FotoFocus Passport Holders at the Flash, Zoom and Focus levels, the Contemporary Arts Center will remain open so you can view the exhibit at a leisurely pace. Once you’ve explored the contemporary art, enjoy a cocktail in the FotoFocus Lounge on the third floor.

Obscura, a classically and elegantly re-interpreted “cocktail lounge” in downtown Cincinnati offers the Jim Thompson Room for all FotoFocus Passport holders of all levels. Enjoy craft martinis and nibbles at reduced prices in the lavish leather surroundings named for the prominent American businessman who thrived in Asia.

Focus-Level Passport Holders have the chance to enjoy brunch and mingle with the FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore as well as a select group of exhibiting artists and members of the FotoFocus team.

Urbanscapes

1pm: Film: Bill Cunningham New York, 2010 (1:24mins), by Richard Press and Phillip Gefter. Response by Photography Director Ivan Shaw, at Vogue, New York.

3:30 pm: Forum on street photography: Guests include Curator Steven Matijcio, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Associate Curator of Photography Brian Sholis, Cincinnati Art Museum; and FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore

5pm:  FotoGram@ArtHub

Forum moderated by Photography Director Ivan Shaw of Vogue. Guests include: Architect José Garcia, Designer of the Art Hub in Washington Park and Publisher Nion McEvoy, of Chronicle Books and Co-Curator of the Stills exhibition.

Programs and times subject to change.

Artist, Author and Director John Waters',This Filthy World begins at 8pm
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Theatre opens at 7:30 pm. The performance begins at 8 pm. General Admission Seating. Early Arrival is recommended. Additional information to follow. (See Focus-Level Passport offerings for the evening in the listing below.)

Take in the show from the best seats in Memorial Hall. You’ll enjoy the area reserved especially for Focus-Level Passport Holders. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Theatre opens at 7:30 pm. John Waters performance begins at 8 pm.

Enjoy a FotoFocus After Party at a select Over-the-Rhine Hot Spot.

Forum

1pm: Input/Output Exhibition: Forum with Artist Jordan Tate, Artist Aaron Cowan and Artist Rachel de Joode
2:30pm: Conversation between Co-Founders Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell, Transformer Station — on Bidwell Projects and Transformer Station, Cleveland
3:30pm: Forum on film, with Filmmaker Martha Colburn, Berlin, and Executive Director Kristen Erwin Schlotman, Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Film Commission. Moderated by Kevin Moore

Program subject to change.

As a Zoom- or Focus-Level Passport Holder, you are invited to join the members of the Cincinnati Art Museum for an Opening Reception forEyes on the Street.

FotoFocus Passport Ticket Holders at all levels will have reserved seating at the Greaves Concert Hall during this Artist Talk and presentation by Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols, whose exhibition of photographs, The Short Happy Life of the Serengeti Lion, is on view in the Fine Arts Center. A private dessert reception to meet Mr. Nichols will take place following the Artist Talk and book signing.

FotoFocus Passport Ticket Holders at all levels will have reserved seating at the Greaves Concert Hall during this Artist Talk and presentation by Joel Sartore, whose exhibition of photographs, The Photo Ark, is on view in the Fine Arts Center.A private dessert reception to meet Mr. Sartore will take place following the Artist Talk and book signing.

All Levels of Passport Ticket Holders receive free entry into all Participating Venues. Please have your Passport ready.