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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: CHRISTOPHER K. MORGAN
DESCRIPTION:Join DiverseWorks and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts for the Spring 2022 Diverse Discourse Lecture with Christopher K. Morgan\, choreographer\, educator\, and Vice President of Programming\, Maui Arts & Cultural Center. \nWednesday\, April 6\, 2022\, 6:30 pm\nDudley Recital Hall\nFine Arts Building\, Room 132\nUniversity of Houston\nCampus Map \nIntegrating Identity in Artistic Practice: Decentralizing Eurocentrism in My Dancing Body\na Diverse Discourse Lecture by Christopher K. Morgan \n\nAs a multi-racial\, multi-hyphenate artist I have spent a substantial portion of my career in primarily western influenced art forms that often overshadowed the Native Hawaiian and Polynesian dance forms I learned as a child. For more than 10 years\, I have been on a journey to holistically integrate the multitude of identities I hold into my creative practice. As choreographer\, artist\, and writer Liz Lerman says “Artists can hold many truths at once.” I draw inspiration from this notion as I re-indigenize my practice\, embracing the totality of who I am as human in my artistic practice\, and share this ongoing journey in this Diverse Discourse Lecture.\n\n\nADMISSION: The lecture is free to attend; seating is first-come\, first-served. \nPARKING:  Enter the University of Houston Campus from Elgin Street and turn into Entrance 18 to park in the Elgin Street Parking Garage. UH Visitor Parking Map \nACCESSIBILITY: ASL interpretation will be provided. \n \nSTUDIO VISITS: Houston-area artists may apply for a studio visit with Christopher. Application deadline is Friday\, March 18. Click here for guidelines and the online application portal. \nABOUT CHRISTOPHER K. MORGAN\nChristopher K. Morgan (he/him) is a choreographer\, educator\, facilitator\, curator\, and arts administrator. Known as a thoughtful advocate for cultural integrity\, inclusivity and diverse representation in the studio and on stage\, his Native Hawaiian ancestry and wide-ranging international performance career influence all aspects of his work. Morgan founded his contemporary dance company Christopher K. Morgan & Artists in 2011 to create performances that explore identity\, social\, and cultural issues. Grants and awards include a 2013 Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Fellowship\, 2014 and 2019 NPN Creation Funds\, 2014 and 2019 NEFA National Dance Project Production Grant\, 2018 Native Launchpad Award from the Western Arts Alliance\, and a 2019 Dance USA Fellowship for Artists. \nMorgan is currently Vice President of Programming at Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Previously\, Morgan was Director of the Center for Native Arts and Culture (CNAC)\, Portland\, OR. Prior to that\, Morgan was  Executive Artistic Director of Dance Place in Washington\, D.C.\, where he stewarded the organization through the triple pandemics of 2020 maintaining the entire staff with no layoffs or furloughs while continuing to pay artists and teachers. At Dance Place\, he oversaw the curation of over 30 weekends of performances and artist-centered projects annually\, a school for youth and adults\, and continued Dance Place’s role as a neighborhood community arts center and nationally prominent performing arts presenter. \n\nThe 2021-22 Diverse Discourse Lecture Series is supported in part by HOK and Lovett Commercial.
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LOCATION:University of Houston – Dudley Hall\, Fine Arts Building\, Rm 132\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: AMANDA CACHIA
DESCRIPTION:Join DiverseWorks on September 30 for the Fall 2021 Diverse Discourse Lecture\, Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation\, with Amanda Chachia\, independent curator and critic. \nNOTE: Due to a shift in circumstances\, this event is now online only. The talk is free to attend\, but registration is required to receive the Zoom link:\nRegister for the Zoom Event\nWatch the livestream on YouTube \nABOUT THIS PROGRAM\nCurating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation\nOftentimes exhibitions tack on access once the artwork has already been executed and ready to be installed in the museum or gallery. But what if artists were to ponder access as an integral and critical part of their artwork? Can access be creative and experimental? And furthermore\, can the curator also fold access into their practice\, while working collaboratively with artists\, considering it as a theoretical and practical generative force that seeks to make an exhibition more engaging for a wider diversity of audiences? This talk will consider how a growing number of artists\, curators\, and scholars ponder these ideas through experimental approaches within exhibition-making and artistic practices. \nThe Diverse Discourse Lecture & Studio Visit Series brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with  Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers. \nLive ASL interpretation will be provided for this talk\, which will also be streamed to DW’s YouTube Channel. \nStudio Visits: Houston-area artists may apply for a studio visit with Amanda Cachia through the DiverseWorks Submittable application portal. The portal opens Thursday\, August 12 and closes Monday\, September 13; studio visits will be on September 30 and October 1. \nAmanda Cachia is an independent curator and critic from Sydney\, Australia. She received her PhD in Art History\, Theory & Criticism from the University of California San Diego in 2017. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary art; curatorial studies and activism; exhibition design and access; decolonizing the museum; and the politics of embodied disability language in visual culture. She is currently working on two book projects: a monograph based on her dissertation solicited by Duke University Press\, and the edited volume Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation under contract with Routledge that includes over 30 contributors from around the world. Cachia currently teaches art history\, visual culture\, and curatorial studies at Otis College of Art and Design\, California Institute of the Arts\, California State University Long Beach\, and California State University San Marcos. She serves as caa.reviews Field Editor for West Coast Exhibitions (2020-2023). \n\n 
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-amanda-cachia/
LOCATION:Online\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE: LARRY OSSEI-MENSAH
DESCRIPTION:Join DiverseWorks live and online for the Spring 2021 Diverse Discourse Lecture with Larry Ossei-Mensah\, Curator-at-Large\, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and Co-Founder of ARTNOIR. \nThis online lecture will be presented via Zoom; registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Please register only once per email address. The lecture will also be live-streamed to the DiverseWorks YouTube channel. \nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with  Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers. Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. \nSTUDIO VISITS\nArtists living in Harris County may apply for a virtual studio visit with Larry Ossei-Mensah.\nApplication Deadline: April 6\, 11:59 pm\nOnline Application Portal \nABOUT LARRY OSSEI-MENSAH\nLarry Ossei-Mensah uses contemporary art as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. The Ghanaian-American curator and cultural critic has organized exhibitions and programs at commercial and nonprofit spaces around the globe from New York City to Rome featuring artists such as Firelei Baez\, Allison Janae Hamilton\, Brendan Fernandes\, Ebony G. Patterson\, Modou Dieng\, Glenn Kaino\, Joiri Minaya and Stanley Whitney to name a few. Moreover\, Ossei-Mensah has actively documented cultural happenings featuring the most dynamic visual artists working today such as Derrick Adams\, Mickalene Thomas\, Njideka Akunyili Crosby\, Federico Solmi\, and Kehinde Wiley. \nA native of The Bronx\, Ossei-Mensah is also the co-founder of ARTNOIR\, a 501(c)(3) and global collective of culturalists who design multimodal experiences aimed to engage this generation’s dynamic and diverse creative class.  ARTNOIR  endeavors to celebrate the artistry and creativity of Black and Brown artists around the world via virtual and in-person experiences.  Ossei-Mensah is a contributor to the first-ever Ghanaian Pavilion for the 2019 Venice Biennial with an essay on the work of visual artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. \nOssei-Mensah is the former Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator at MOCAD in Detroit. Ossei-Mensah currently serves as Curator-at-Large at BAM\, where he curated the NY Times heralded exhibition\, Let Freedom Ring in January 2021. \nOssei-Mensah has had recent profiles in such publications as the NY Times\, Artsy\, and Cultured Magazine\, and was recently named to Artnet’s 2020 Innovator List. Follow him on Instagram at @larryosseimensah  and Twitter at @youngglobal. \nPhoto credit: Andy Boyle
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE WITH ADRIEL LUIS
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Asia Society Texas Center \nJoin us online on Wednesday\, October 7 at 6:30 pm for the Fall 2020 Diverse Discourse Lecture with Adriel Luis\, Memory Transplant. Luis is Curator of Digital and Emerging Practice at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. REGISTER HERE \nWhat makes a place? What are the elements that constitute a sense of here? As of late\, most of the sites that surround us seem as remote and inaccessible as anywhere else in the world. Meanwhile\, we have learned to forge intimacy and share experiences that transcend space and borders. But can any measure of technology\, online interaction\, or knowledge accumulation from afar instill a pulse of a city\, a familiarity with culture\, and a notion of having been there – in the absence of physical presence? In Memory Transplant\, writer and curator Adriel Luis attempts to form a relationship with Houston through a series of virtual studio visits with artists\, video chats with community\, and research online. Through this process\, he reflects on the obstacles and opportunities of building community in an age of social distance. \nAdriel Luis is a community organizer\, artist\, and curator who believes that our collective imagination can make a reality where we all thrive. His life’s work is focused on bridging artistic integrity and social vigilance. He is a part of the iLL-Literacy arts collective\, which creates music and media to strengthen Black and Asian American coalitions; is creative director of Bombshelltoe\, which works with artists to highlight marginalized communities affected by nuclear issues; and collaborates with dozens of artists and organizations through his curate and design engine\, Phenomenoun. Adriel is the Curator of Digital and Emerging Practice at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center\, where he advocates for under-served communities to be treated and represented equitably by museums and institutions. He and his team have been curating Culture Labs — an alternative to museum exhibitions\, built on community-centered beliefs. \nAbout Diverse Discourse\nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with  Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers. Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. \nAbout Asia Society Texas Center\nWith 14 locations throughout the world\, Asia Society is the leading educational organization promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among the peoples\, leaders\, and institutions of Asia and the rest of the world. Asia Society Texas Center executes the global mission with a local focus\, enriching and engaging the vast diversity of Houston through innovative\, relevant programs in arts and culture\, business and policy\, education\, and community outreach.
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: CANDICE HOPKINS
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Spring 2020 Diverse Discourse Lecture with Candice Hopkins\, independent curator and writer\, and Senior Curator\, Toronto Biennial of Art. \nDue to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic\, the content and format of the lecture has shifted. Instead of her originally planned lecture\, Sounding the Margins: Towards Decolonial Listening\, Hopkins will present\, The Golden Potlatch and the Gilded Gaze: Capitalism\, Infection\, and Early Colonialism. \n**This event will be presented live online via Zoom and Facebook Live. Registrants will receive access instructions and the Zoom link via email on Wednesday\, April 1 prior tot he event start time. Those who wish to view via Facebook Live do NOT need to preregister through Eventbrite. The recorded lecture will also be made available on DiverseWorks’ website after the event.** \nCLICK TO REGISTER \nGiven the present climate\, this lecture will center on the relationships between Indigenous economies\, extractive colonialism and its attendant metaphors of infection and sickness. Beginning in the 1800s with the Klondike Gold Rush\, early forms of capitalism and resource extraction in my homelands of Yukon\, Canada were commonly described as viral: “So infectious was the Klondike epidemic that that flimsiest rumor served to send hundreds dashing to the farthest corners of the northern hemisphere.” There remains a performative rhetoric of “sickness” associated with capitalist desire\, one which enacts the symptoms of Western colonialism while simultaneously constituting a public acknowledgment of colonialism’s existence and its inherent violence. Through looking at the relative contingencies between Indigenous economies and wealth and colonial capitalism\, this talk seeks to learn from this particular historical moment as a means to shed light on our own. — Candice Hopkins \nThe Potlatch Bug\, flyer developed for The Seattle Golden Potlatch\, July 15-20\, 1912. \nCandice Hopkins is a curator and writer of Tlingit descent originally from Whitehorse\, Yukon. Her writing and curatorial practice explore the intersections of history\, contemporary art\, and indigeneity. She works as senior curator for the Toronto Biennial of Art and was a part of the curatorial team of the Canadian Pavilion of the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019\, featuring the work of the media art collective Isuma. She is co-curator of notable exhibitions including the 2018 SITE Santa Fe Biennial\, Casa Tomada; documenta 14 in Athens\, Greece and Kassel\, Germany; Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art; Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years; and the 2014 SITElines biennial\, Unsettled Landscapes. Her writing is published widely and recent essays and presentations include “The Gilded Gaze: Wealth and Economies on the Colonial Frontier\,” for the documenta 14 Reader\, “Outlawed Social Life” for South as a State of Mind\, and Sounding the Margins: A Choir of Minor Voices at Small Projects\, Tromsø\, Norway. Hopkins has lectured internationally including at the Witte de With\, Tate Modern\, Dak’Art Biennale\, Artists Space\, Tate Britain\, Yale University\, Cornell University\, and the University of British Columbia. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Hnatyshyn Foundation Award for Curatorial Excellence in Contemporary Art and the 2016 Prix pour un essai critique sur l’art contemporain by the Foundation Prince Pierre de Monaco. Hopkins is a citizen of Carcross/Tagish First Nation. \n\nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers. Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. Most recently\, Diverse Discourse lecturers were Shea Little\, co-founder and Executive Director\, Big Medium\, Austin;  Sonia Guiñansaca\, Managing Director\, CultureStrike; and Kemi Ilesanmi\, Executive Director\, Laundromat Project\, New York. \nNOTE: Houston-area artists are invited to apply for a studio visit with Candice Hopkins. The application deadline is Tuesday\, March 10. Click here for online application & guidelines.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-candice-hopkins/
LOCATION:ONLINE\, TX\, United States
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE W/ SHEA LITTLE
DESCRIPTION:DiverseWorks is thrilled to welcome Shea Little to Houston for the Fall 2019 Diverse Discourse Lecture on October 2 at 6:30 pm at MATCH – Matchbox 2 theater. This talk is free\, but an RSVP is required. \nABOUT SHEA LITTLE \nShea Little is the co-founder and Executive Director of Big Medium in Austin\, as well as being a co-founder of the East Austin Studio Tour\, the Texas Biennial\, and Cantanker Magazine. He is also a working artist who has shown his work throughout the state both as an individual artist and also as part of the three-person collective\, Sodalitas. He received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts\, New York\, NY. \nBig Medium is a non-profit organization dedicated to championing and cultivating artists and contemporary arts in Austin and across Texas. By providing city and state-wide programming\, affordable studio spaces\, innovative exhibitions\, and professional development opportunities for artists\, Big Medium works to foster the arts\, empower artists\, and facilitate an inclusive cultural dialogue between artists and their communities. \nBig Medium produces the West Austin Studio Tour\, the East Austin Studio Tour\, the Texas Biennial\, and the Big Medium Gallery. The Texas Biennial is a geographically-focused\, independent survey of contemporary art. For each edition of the Texas Biennial\, different curators present the current trends of art-making across the state in unique ways and varied spaces. The next iteration of the Biennial will take place in 2020 and will again be located in Austin with plans to bring other cities and their communities to a centralized location. TX★20 will convene the people and organizations who produce and promote the arts in Texas. \nBig Medium provides additional opportunities for artists through the Tito’s Prize\, the LINE Residency\, and an international exchange program. It also provides studio space to artists at Canopy and umbrella artists through the Sponsored Projects program. The newest program\, Creative Standard\, offers professional development workshops\, presentations\, and resources to support local artists at any stage of their career. \nABOUT DIVERSE DISCOURSE \nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with  Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers.  Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. \nSTUDIO VISITS \nArtists must apply online to be considered for a studio visit with Shea Little. \nStudio Visit Application Deadline: Monday\, September 23 (11:59 pm)
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-w-shea-little/
LOCATION:MATCH – Matchbox 2\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: SONIA GUIÑANSACA\, MANAGING DIRECTOR\, CULTURESTRIKE
DESCRIPTION:Join DiverseWorks on Thursday\, March 28 for the Spring 2019 Diverse Discourse Lecture with Sonia Guiñansaca\, Managing Director\, CultureStrike. \nSonia Guiñansaca is an internationally acclaimed queer migrant poet\, cultural organizer and activist from Harlem by way of Ecuador. Guiñansaca\, a VONA/Voices and BOOAT Alumni\, has performed at The Met\, Brooklyn Museum\, The Highline\, Joe’s Pub\, El Museo Del Barrio\, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe\, Lehmann Maupin Gallery and has been featured by NBC\, PBS\, Latina Magazine\, Pen American\, the Poetry Foundation\, and the United Kingdom’s Diva Magazine to name a few. They have emerged as a national leader in the undocumented/migrant artistic and political communities. Guiñansaca was named as 1 of 10 Up-and-Coming Latinx Poets You Need to Know by Remezcla and is currently leading cultural equity work as the Managing Director of CultureStrike. \nDiverse Discourse Studio Visits: Application Deadline March 18\nHouston-area artists working in any media or discipline (including visual artists\, performance artists\, media artists/filmmakers\, writers\, dancers\, and choreographers) may apply online for studio visits with visiting Diverse Discourse speakers. \nCLICK FOR ONLINE APPLICATION &  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-sonia-guinansaca-managing-director-culturestrike/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks (Gallery @ MATCH)\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: KEMI ILESANMI
DESCRIPTION:Join DiverseWorks at MATCH for the Fall 2018 Diverse Discourse Lecture with Kemi Ilesanmi\, Executive Director\, The Laundromat Project\, New York\, NY. \nThis lecture is co-presented with the Center for Art and Social Engagement\, Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts\, University of Houston. \nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with  Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers.  Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. \nSTUDIO VISITS\nHouston-based artists working in all disciplines (including performance) may apply for a studio visit with Diverse Discourse visiting lecturers. Artists are selected for studio visits by each visiting lecturer. Selected artists will be notified directly by DiverseWorks staff to schedule a visit. \nAPPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday\, October 22 / Click for online application and eligibility requirements \nABOUT KEMI ILESANMI\nKemi Ilesanmi is Executive Director of the Laundromat Project in New York City. With over 20 years experience in the cultural arena\, Ilesanmi is inspired by the immense possibilities for joy and change at the intersection of arts\, activism\, and community. Prior to joining The LP\, she was Director of Grants and Services at Creative Capital Foundation where she supported the work of American artists making adventurous new work. From 1998-2004\, she was a visual arts curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. While there\, she organized several exhibitions\, including The Squared Circle: Boxing in Contemporary Art\, and ran the visual arts residency program. She holds a Masters in Public Administration from New York University and a BA in Afro-American Studies from Smith College. She is also an alumna of the Coro Leadership New York program. \nThe mission of The Laundromat Project is to advance artists and neighbors as change agents in their own communities. The LP envisions a world in which artists and neighbors in communities of color work together to unleash the power of creativity to transform lives. They make sustained investments in growing a community of multiracial\, multigenerational\, and multidisciplinary artists and neighbors committed to societal change by supporting their artmaking\, community building\, and leadership development.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-kemi-ilesanmi/
LOCATION:Matchbox 1 at MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181023
DTSTAMP:20181002T213342Z
CREATED:20181002T213329Z
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SUMMARY:FALL 2018 DIVERSE DISCOURSE STUDIO VISIT APPLICATION DEADLINE
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 22 (11:59 pm): Diverse Discourse Studio Visit Application Deadline \nCLICK FOR APPLICATION & INFO
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/fall-2018-diverse-discourse-studio-visit-application-deadline/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180417T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180417T200000
DTSTAMP:20180405T172818Z
CREATED:20180323T153113Z
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: DREW KLEIN
DESCRIPTION:DREW KLEIN\, PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTOR\, CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER\, CINCINNATI\nTUESDAY\, APRIL 17\, 2018\, 6:30 PM \nREC ROOM\n100 Jackson Street\nHouston\, TX 77002\nPARKING INFO & MAP \nFREE. Seating is limited. Reserve free tickets online. \nRec Room Bar will open at 5:00 pm. \nCO-PRESENTED WITH REC ROOM ARTS \n \nABOUT DREW KLEIN\nDrew Klein is Performing Arts Director at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati\, Ohio. There\, he curates and oversees the Black Box Performing Arts Series\, an eight-month season of performance-based projects that explores the full spectrum of disciplines. \nCollaborating with revered figures like Mark Mothersbaugh and Saul Williams\, and new makers like Dana Michel and Ligia Lewis\, Klein’s curation centers on championing the adventurous within a context that honors the community for which he is working. Creating a prominent platform for international work in the Midwest\, he has provided US premieres for artists like Ingri Fiksdal\, Jisun Kim\, and Mithkal Alzghair. Exclusive and co-commissioned performance works include Brian Harnetty’s Shawnee\, Ohio\, Takahiro Yamamoto’s Direct Path To Detour\, Kaneza Schaal’s JACK&JILL\, and Jens Lekman’s storytelling project Ghostwriting. Invested in the careers of Cincinnati’s own artists\, he has produced and commissioned projects by artists such as Eddy Kwon\, Napoleon Maddox\, and Sheida Soleimani. Klein oversaw the CAC’s two-year application process to successfully join the National Performance Network as a partner organization in 2016. \nPrior to joining the CAC\, Klein worked in the New York independent film world with film mogul John Sloss’ sister companies Cinetic Media and Sloss Eckhouse LawCo LLP\, as well as with Barcelona-based production company Garage Films. He holds a BFA in Electronic Media from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.  \nABOUT DIVERSE DISCOURSE\nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers. Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. Previous lecturers have included Naomi Beckwith\, Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator\, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy\, Curator of Contemporary Art\, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros; Diana Nawi\, Associate Curator\, Perez Art Museum Miami; Thomas Lax\, Associate Curator of Media and Performance Art\, Museum of Modern Art\, New York; and Chris Sharp\, independent curator\, writer\, and critic\, Mexico City\, among others. \n\nphoto: Salena McKenzie
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-drew-klein-cac-cincinnati/
LOCATION:REC ROOM\, 100 Jackson Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180404
DTSTAMP:20180315T180932Z
CREATED:20180315T180801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180315T180932Z
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE: SPRING 2018 STUDIO VISIT APPLICATION DEADLINE
DESCRIPTION:SPRING 2018 DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE & STUDIO VISITS:\nDREW KLEIN\, PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTOR\, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER (CAC)\, CINCINNATI \nSTUDIO VISITS:\nArtists must apply to be considered for a Diverse Discourse studio visit with Drew Klein. Artists working in all disciplines\, especially performance or multi-disciplinary artists\, are encouraged to apply.\n\nSTUDIO VISIT APPLICATION DEADLINE:\nTuesday\, April 3\, 2018 \nONLINE APPLICATION \nLECTURE w/ DREW KLEIN:\nTuesday\, April 17\, 6:30 pm\nat Rec Room\, 100 Jackson Street\, Houston\, TX 77002\nfree and open to the public; Rec Room bar will be open at 5:30 pm \nABOUT DIVERSE DISCOURSE:\nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with selected Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers. Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines (including performance) to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. \nABOUT DREW KLEIN:\nDrew Klein is Performing Arts Director at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati\, Ohio. There\, he curates and oversees the Black Box Performing Arts Series\, an eight month season of performance-based projects that explores the full spectrum of disciplines. \nCollaborating with revered figures like Mark Mothersbaugh and Saul Williams\, and new makers like Dana Michel and Ligia Lewis\, Klein’s curation centers on championing the adventurous within a context that honors the community for which he is working. Creating a prominent platform for international work in the Midwest\, he has provided US premieres for artists like Ingri Fiksdal\, Jisun Kim\, and Mithkal Alzghair. Exclusive and co-commissioned performance works include Brian Harnetty’s Shawnee\, Ohio\, Takahiro Yamamoto’s Direct Path To Detour\, Kaneza Schaal’s JACK&JILL\, and Jens Lekman’s storytelling project Ghostwriting. Invested in the careers of Cincinnati’s own artists\, he has produced and commissioned projects by artists such as Eddy Kwon\, Napoleon Maddox\, and Sheida Soleimani. Klein oversaw the CAC’s two-year application process to successfully join the National Performance Network as a partner organization in 2016. \nPrior to joining the CAC\, Klein worked in the New York independent film world with film mogul John Sloss’ sister companies Cinetic Media and Sloss Eckhouse LawCo LLP\, as well as with Barcelona-based production company Garage Films. He holds a BFA in Electronic Media from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. \n 
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-spring-2018-studio-visit-application-deadline/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171201
DTSTAMP:20171004T182416Z
CREATED:20171003T171734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171004T182416Z
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE STUDIO VISIT APPLICATION DEADLINE
DESCRIPTION:Houston-based artists working in all disciplines (including performance) may apply for a studio visit with Diverse Discourse visiting lecturers. Artists are selected for studio visits by each visiting lecturer. Selected artists will be notified directly by DiverseWorks staff to schedule a visit. Click for online application… \nFall 2017 Diverse Discourse visiting lecturers are Christopher Y. Lew and Mia Locks\, 2017 Whitney Biennial Co-Curators. \nStudio Visit Application Deadline: October 30 \nDiverse Discourse Lecture w/ Christopher Y. Lew and Mia Locks\nWednesday\, November 15\, 6:30 pm\nDudley Recital Hall\nFine Arts Building\, Rm 132\nUniversity of Houston \nCo-presented with the Art History Program at the University of Houston School of Art
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-studio-visit-application-deadline-2/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170412T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170412T200000
DTSTAMP:20170217T203310Z
CREATED:20170215T162948Z
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
DESCRIPTION:Criticism is Dead. Long Live Criticism\nA Diverse Discourse Lecture by Claudia La Rocco \nApril 12\, 6:30 pm\, Matchbox 4\nReserve free tickets here \nClaudia La Rocco is the author of The Best Most Useless Dress (Badlands Unlimited)\, selected poetry\, performance texts\, images and criticism\, and the novel petit cadeau\, published by The Chocolate Factory Theater as both a print edition of one and a four-day\, interdisciplinary live edition. She edited I Donʼt Poem: An Anthology of Painters (Off the Park Press) and Dancers\, Buildings and People in the Streets\, the catalogue for Danspace Projectʼs PLATFORM 2015\, which she curated. Her collaborators include the choreographer Michelle Ellsworth\, the performance company Findlay//Sandsmark and the saxophonist/composer Phillip Greenlief\, with whom she is animals & giraffes. A columnist for Artforum\, a contributing editor to Emergency Index (Ugly Duckling Press)\, and writer-in-residence at On the Boards theater\, she is editor-in-chief of SFMOMA’s Open Space. \nAbout this talk\, La Rocco says:\nThe demise of traditional criticism has long been rumored. But of course it continues\, in various fits and starts\, alongside platforms that (need it be said?) make everyone a critic. What now is the role of this tradition of public thinking out loud within current public discourse\, which seems at once ever-more expansive and ever-more diminished (or at least fractured)? Here are a few attempts at answering this very big question (which is actually a series of questions)\, drawing on my years as a writer and editor. These attempts will likely be oblique. They might not work. The elucidation of ideas is\, after all\, a dicey business.  \nABOUT DIVERSE DISCOURSE\nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with selected Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers.  Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. \nSTUDIO VISITS WITH CLAUDIA LA ROCCO\nApplication Deadline: March 20 (online)\nClick here application and more info: https://staging.diverseworks.org/in-the-works/diverse-discourse/studio-visits\nImage\, L to R: Davison Scandrett\, Silas Riener\, Claudia La Rocco and Rashaun Mitchell in Taste\, a site-specific performance and installation by Mitchell and Riener\, in collaboration with La Rocco and Scandrett. Costumes by James Kidd. Presented at the BFI Gallery in Miami\, in collaboration with the O\, Miami Poetry Festival. Photo: Gesi Schilling.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-claudia-la-rocco/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Matchbox 4\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170321
DTSTAMP:20170315T191620Z
CREATED:20170315T190540Z
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE STUDIO VISIT APPLICATION DEADLINE
DESCRIPTION:Artists of all disciplines\, including performance\, are encouraged to apply for a studio visit with Spring 2017 Diverse Discourse Visiting Lecturer\, Claudia La Rocco. \n**Artists who applied in Fall 2016 do not need to reapply but may update their applications if desired. Please email Taylor Hoblitzell\, Exhibition and Program Coordinator\, at taylor@diverseworks.org to reopen your application. Artists who applied prior to Fall 2016 need to reapply and can email Taylor Hoblitzell to reopen their application.** \nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with selected Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers. Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines (including performance) to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. \nEligibility requirements: \n\nMust reside in Harris County\nMust NOT be currently enrolled in a degree-granting program (ie BFA or MFA)\nMust be a DiverseWorks member at any level (artists who participated in the 2016 Luck of the Draw are current DW members; click here to join today)\n\nPlease note: Artists are chosen for studio visits by each visiting lecturer. You will be notified directly if you are selected for a studio visit. \nTo apply you will need: \n\nA resume or C.V.\nArtist statement (no more than one page or 500 words)\nDocumentation of your work (see application for specific formatting requirements)\n\nSPRING 2017 DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE: \nWednesday\, April 12\, 6:30 pm\nClaudia La Rocco\, Poet\, Critic\, Performer\, San Francisco \nRocco is the author of The Best Most Useless Dress (Badlands Unlimited)\, selected poetry\, performance texts\, images and criticism\, and the novel petit cadeau\, published by The Chocolate Factory Theater as both a print edition of one and a four-day\, interdisciplinary live edition. She edited I Donʼt Poem: An Anthology of Painters (Off the Park Press) and Dancers\, Buildings and People in the Streets\, the catalogue for Danspace Projectʼs PLATFORM 2015\, which she curated. Her collaborators include the choreographer Michelle Ellsworth\, the performance company Findlay//Sandsmark and the saxophonist/composer Phillip Greenlief\, with whom she is animals & giraffes. A columnist for ARTFORUM\, a contributing editor to Emergency Index (Ugly Duckling Presse)\, and writer-in-residence at On the Boards theater\, she is editor-in-chief of SFMOMA’s Open Space.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-studio-visit-application-deadline/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161130T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161130T200000
DTSTAMP:20161111T172512Z
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: DOMINIC WILLSDON
DESCRIPTION:CURATING AND THE CRISIS OF THE PUBLIC\nDOMINIC WILLSDON\nLeanne and George Roberts Curator of Education & Public Practice\, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art \nCurating is the task of making art public. It may entail producing exhibitions\, but also performances and collective actions\, talks and discussions\, screenings\, classes and workshops\, media content and books. But how is it possible to make art public in a time and a place when the very idea of the public is broken? Dominic Willsdon will address this question with reference to curatorial projects he has collaborated to produce — in Brazil\, England\, South Africa and the United States. He will draw on ideas collected in his book Public Servants: Art and the Crisis of the Common Good\, co-edited with Johanna Burton and Shannon Jackson\, which is published this month. \nTICKETS\nDiverse Discourse is free\, but RSVPs are requested.\nClick here to reserve tickets. \nABOUT DOMINIC WILLSDON\nDominic Willsdon is Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Practice at SFMOMA\, where he directs a curatorial department of pedagogical and cultural programming that comprises school initiatives\, public dialogue\, performance\, and film. \nWillsdon was Pedagogical Cloud Curator of the 9th Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre\, Brazil (2013) and is a co-curator of the 9th Liverpool Biennial\, UK (2016). He is a former co-editor of the Journal of Visual Culture\, and co-editor of The Life and Death of Images: Ethics and Aesthetics (Cornell\, 2008)\, Public Intimacy: Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa (YBCA\, 2016)\, Visual Activism (Sage\, 2016)\, and Public Servants: Art and the Crisis of the Common Good (MIT\, 2016). In 2010\, he was the inaugural Kress Research Fellow in Museum Education at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. From 2000 to 2005\, he was Curator of Public Events at Tate Modern where he organized discursive\, film and music programs. \nWillsdon has taught in graduate studies in curatorial practice since 1999\, at the Royal College of Art\, UK\, and the California College of the Arts\, and he organized the curatorial intensive Curating Beyond Exhibition-Making (2012) for Independent Curators International in New York. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Essex\, UK\, a DEA (Diplôme d’études approfondis) in philosophy from the University of Paris\, France\, and an MA with honors in Fine Art from Edinburgh University\, UK. \nABOUT DIVERSE DISCOURSE\nDiverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with selected Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers.  Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-dominic-willsdon-curating-crisis-public/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Matchbox 4\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160518T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160518T200000
DTSTAMP:20160310T223333Z
CREATED:20160309T023958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160310T223333Z
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: SOFÍA HERNÁNDEZ CHONG CUY
DESCRIPTION:Diverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with selected Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers.  Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. Click here for studio visit application guidelines. \nABOUT SOFÍA HERNÁNDEZ CHONG CUY\nSofía Hernández Chong Cuy is the curator of contemporary art for the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros\, a position she has held since 2011. In the past decade\, Hernández Chong Cuy was Director of the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City\, and held curatorial positions at Art in General and Americas Society\, the latter two in New York. She has curated exhibitions for Kadist Art Foundation in Paris\, MALBA in Buenos Aires\, Center for Contemporary Art in Vilnius\, and MUSAC in León. Sofía was an agent for dOCUMENTA(13)\, 2012\, in Kassel. She was also the artistic director and chief curator of the 9a Bienal do Mercosul | Porto Alegre\, which took place from September 13 to November 10\, 2013\, in Porto Alegre\, Brazil. She writes regularly for exhibition catalogs\, magazines and in the blog she initiated\, Sideshows.org. \n 
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-2/
LOCATION:MATCHBOX 4\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160406T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160406T200000
DTSTAMP:20160309T024433Z
CREATED:20160309T023500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160309T024433Z
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE LECTURE: ANGELA MATTOX
DESCRIPTION:Diverse Discourse brings national curators\, artistic directors\, and critics to Houston to present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with selected Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers.  Diverse Discourse provides a significant opportunity for area artists in all disciplines to have their work reviewed by a variety of distinguished arts professionals\, fostering a cultural exchange across the nation between artists and cultural producers. Click here for studio visit application guidelines. \nABOUT ANGELA MATTOX\nAngela Mattox is the Artistic Director of Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA)\, which presents performance and visual art programs and embraces those artists who exist at the borders of disciplines and ideas. Through the annual TBA Festival\, artist residencies\, performances\, exhibitions\, and workshops\, PICA creates a broad platform for contemporary art and vital issues of today. Her global curatorial approach focuses on experimental performance practice\, cross cultural exchange\, and interdisciplinary work. \nMattox was the former Performing Arts Curator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) – San Francisco’s leading multidisciplinary contemporary art center. She joined the curatorial team in 2003 and was instrumental in revitalizing the performing arts presenting program. In her eight years at YBCA\, she supported such visionary artists as Ralph Lemon\, Meg Stuart\, Nick Cave\, Jerome Bel\, Lemi Ponifasio\, Reggie Wilson\, and Cynthia Hopkins.  She commissioned new work by local artists in the Bay Area such as Marc Bamuthi Joseph\, Keith Hennessy\, Sarah Shelton Mann and Jess Curtis. From 1999–2003\, she served as Program Coordinator at Arts International\, a New York based organization dedicated to the support of global cultural exchange in the arts. \nMattox has served as a member of the Japan Foundation’s Performing Arts Japan committee\, the FUSED review panel\, and as a Hub Site for the National Dance Project for four years. She is a member of Contemporary Arts Centers network and the Africa Contemporary Arts Consortium\, Headlands Center for the Arts Program Advisory Council and has served on panels for Doris Duke Charitable Foundation\, Creative Capital\, MapFund\, Mid-Atlantic Foundation for the Arts\, San Francisco Arts Commission\, Western Arts Alliance and the NEA. She received her BA degree through the World Arts and Cultures program of UCLA.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-angela-mattox/
LOCATION:Gallery\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151014T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151014T200000
DTSTAMP:20150922T220817Z
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SUMMARY:Diverse Discourse Lecture: Chris Sharp
DESCRIPTION:Chris Sharp is based in Mexico City and is editor-at-large of Kaleidoscope magazine\, a contributing editor of Art Review\, and his writings have appeared in many print and online publications including Artforum\, Frieze\, and Mousse. In 2013 he co-founded\, with artist Martin Soto Climent\, Lulu\, an independent\, Mexico City-based project space.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-chris-sharp/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150923T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150923T200000
DTSTAMP:20150815T033650Z
CREATED:20150815T033650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150815T033650Z
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SUMMARY:Diverse Discourse Lecture: Xandra Eden
DESCRIPTION:Xandra Eden assumed her position at DiverseWorks in June 2015\, having most recently served as Curator of Exhibitions at the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina\, Greensboro. Previously\, she held positions at The Power Plant\, Toronto; Pollock-Krasner Foundation\, New York; and Women & Their Work Gallery\, Austin. Eden will speak about her past curatorial projects and vision for DiverseWorks’ future programming.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-xandra-eden/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150401T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150401T200000
DTSTAMP:20150305T004606Z
CREATED:20150305T004606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150305T004606Z
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SUMMARY:Diverse Discourse Lecture: Thomas Lax
DESCRIPTION:Thomas J. Lax is Associate Curator of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art. Previously\, he was Assistant Curator at The Studio Museum in Harlem\, the nexus for artists of African descent locally\, nationally and internationally and for work that has been inspired and influenced by black culture. \nMost recently\, he organized the Studio Museum exhibitions When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South (2014) and the Studio Museum’s presentation ofRadical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art (2013). In 2008\, he developed and launched the Museum’s VideoStudio program\, an ongoing series of exhibitions of time-based art; in 2011\, he initiated Studio Lab\, a think tank and short-term residency program for ideas in formation. At the Studio Museum\, he has also organized Fore (2012);Ralph Lemon: 1856 Cessna Road (2012); Lyle Ashton Harris: Self/Portrait (2011); and Kalup Linzy: If it Don’t Fit (2009); among others. Thomas received his BA from Brown University in Africana Studies and Art/Semiotics\, and an MA in Modern Art from Columbia University. \nCo-presented by DiverseWorks and Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-thomas-lax/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150211T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150211T200000
DTSTAMP:20150116T232803Z
CREATED:20150116T232803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150116T232803Z
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SUMMARY:Diverse Discourse Lecture: Diana Nawi
DESCRIPTION:Diana Nawi has served as associate curator at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) since 2012. While at PAMM she has organized newly commissioned projects with Yael Bartana\, Nicole Cherubini\, Bouchra Khalili\, LOS JAICHACKERS (Julio César Morales and Eamon Ore-Giron)\, and Shana Lutker. In 2014\, Nawi organized a new presentation of Caribbean: Crossroads of the World\, curated by Elvis Fuentes\, and curated the first solo museum presentation of the work of Adler Guerrier. In 2015\, she will curate an exhibition of recent work with Iman Issa and a mid-career survey with Nari Ward. Prior to joining PAMM\, Nawi worked as assistant curator on the Abu Dhabi Project of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. She holds a BA from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and an MA from the Graduate Program in the History of Art at Williams College.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-diana-nawi/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140910T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140910T193000
DTSTAMP:20140823T023602Z
CREATED:20140822T234529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140823T023602Z
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SUMMARY:Diverse Discourse Lecture: Dan Byers
DESCRIPTION:Dan Byers is The Richard Armstrong Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Carnegie Museum of Art\, and was co-curator\, with Daniel Baumann and Tina Kukielski\, of the 2013 Carnegie International. His recent projects at the museum include solo exhibitions of Cathy Wilkes\, Ragnar Kjartansson\, and James Lee Byars\, as well as the group exhibitions Reanimation—featuring William E. Jones\, Joachim Koester\, and Nashashibi/Skaer; Ordinary Madness\, a large-scale\, wide-ranging exhibition drawn from the Carnegie’s collection of contemporary art; and the Pittsburgh Biennial\, which featured artists such as Lenka Clayton\, Zak Prekop\, Peggy Ahwesh\, and Frank Santoro. Before joining the staff at the Carnegie\, Dan was curatorial fellow at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis\, and assistant to the directors at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. \nCo-presented by DiverseWorks and Southern Methodist University
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-dan-byers/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140611T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140611T200000
DTSTAMP:20140521T224436Z
CREATED:20140326T223434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140521T224436Z
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SUMMARY:Diverse Discourse Lecture: Astria Suparak
DESCRIPTION:Astria Suparak has curated exhibitions\, screenings\, and performance and music events for art spaces\, film festivals\, and academic venues internationally\, including PS1\, The Kitchen\, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, Eyebeam\, Museo Rufino Tamayo\, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen\, and The Liverpool Biennial\, as well as for non-art spaces such as roller-skating rinks\, elementary schools\, sports bars\, and ferry boats. \nSuparak was director of the Pratt Institute Film Series (1997-2000) and Syracuse University’s Warehouse Gallery (2006-2007). As the director and curator of the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University (2008-2014) she curated Keep It Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men\, the first solo exhibition of the internationally renowned culture-jamming group; Whatever It Takes: Steelers Fan Collections\, Rituals\, and Obsessions\, which explored sports fanaticism as a significant form of cultural production; and Alien She\, on the lasting impact of the global punk feminist movement Riot Grrrl\, among other exhibitions. \nDescribed as prescient and “visually and conceptually stunning\,” Suparak’s work has been critically acclaimed by The New York Times\, The Huffington Post\, Artforum\, Rhizome\, The Village Voice and LA Weekly for its innovative curatorial approaches\, “savvy political consciousness\,” unique contribution to local and larger cultural spheres\, and ability to bridge diverse audiences.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-astria-suparak/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin\, Suite 200\, Houston\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140528T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140528T200000
DTSTAMP:20140326T222254Z
CREATED:20140326T222254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140326T222254Z
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SUMMARY:Diverse Discourse Lecture: Hesse McGraw
DESCRIPTION:Hesse McGraw is a curator and writer and is Vice President for Exhibitions and Public Programs at the San Francisco Art Institute. At SFAI he directs the Walter and McBean Galleries\, and oversees SFAI’s public programs\, visiting artists series\, and public education programs for youths and adults. From 2008 to 2013 he served as chief curator at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha\, Nebraska\, where he developed an exhibition program focused on site-specific\, immersive\, cross-disciplinary\, and socially engaged projects. At the Bemis Center he produced two-dozen exhibitions\, including major public projects with artists Theaster Gates and Michael Jones McKean. \nMcGraw was formerly associate director of Max Protetch gallery in New York\, and was the founding director and curator of Paragraph\, which operates under the non-profit Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City\, Missouri. He lectures widely and his writing has recently been published in Afterall\, Art Papers\, Outpost and in diverse exhibition catalogues. Recent awards and grants include an Andy Warhol Foundation Curatorial Research Fellowship\, an ArtPlace America grant\, a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Artistic Innovation and Collaboration Grant\, an NEA Our Town grant\, and a Harpo Foundation grant.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-lecture-hesse-mcgraw/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin\, Houston\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse
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