Diverse Discourse

DREW KLEIN, PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTOR, CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, CINCINNATI TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018, 6:30 PM REC ROOM 100 Jackson Street Houston, TX 77002 PARKING INFO & MAP FREE. Seating is limited. Reserve free tickets online. Rec Room Bar will open at 5:00 pm. CO-PRESENTED WITH REC ROOM ARTS ABOUT DREW KLEIN Drew 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. Collaborating 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 […]

Monday, October 22 (11:59 pm): Diverse Discourse Studio Visit Application Deadline CLICK FOR APPLICATION & INFO

Join DiverseWorks at MATCH for the Fall 2018 Diverse Discourse Lecture with Kemi Ilesanmi, Executive Director, The Laundromat Project, New York, NY. This lecture is co-presented with the Center for Art and Social Engagement, Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts, University of Houston. Diverse 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. STUDIO VISITS 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. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, October 22 / Click for online application and eligibility requirements ABOUT KEMI ILESANMI Kemi 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. […]

Join DiverseWorks on Thursday, March 28 for the Spring 2019 Diverse Discourse Lecture with Sonia Guiñansaca, Managing Director, CultureStrike. Sonia 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. Diverse Discourse Studio Visits: Application Deadline March 18 Houston-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. CLICK FOR ONLINE APPLICATION &  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

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. ABOUT SHEA LITTLE Shea 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. Big 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. Big 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. […]