En Foco/In Focus: A conversation on photography's changing landscape February 28, 2013

56 photographs
48 artists
3 floors of art

Join us for an open house and conversation with

Exhibition Curator, Elizabeth Ferrer
En Foco Director, Miriam Romais
and Artists, Luis Delgado Qualtrough
and German Herrera
Enjoy abundant food from the chefs at La Cocina
Conversation starts at 7:30 (4th floor)
CIIS Main Building, Exhibition on 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco CA 94103

"Cultural representation became self-representation, as the camera became a potent means of political and self-expression."--Elizabeth Ferrer, exhibition curator

The artists and works in this exhibition, dating from the 1970s to the present, represent the pluralism of voices within contemporary lens-based media, artists who include some of the most innovative figures in contemporary U.S. art.

From early documentary work, through the multicultural discourse of the 1990s, to the most current works that mirror the contemporary art scene's global landscape, this exhibition, comprised of fifty-six striking images by forty-eight different artists, tells a powerful story, both local and universal.

The exhibition is on view through March 24, 2013.

ABOUT EN FOCO (www.enfoco.org)
En Foco's mission is to support the creation of work by photographers of diverse cultures, primarily U.S. residents of Latino, African, and Asian heritage; and native peoples of the Americas and the Pacific. En Foco makes their work visible to the art world while remaining accessible to underserved communities, using photography as a vehicle to raise awareness and promote cultural equity.

This traveling exhibition is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, Canson Infinity, Archival Methods, and En Foco members and supporters.

Official Website: http://www.ciis.edu/arts