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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250517
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SUMMARY:12 Minutes Max: ESP
DESCRIPTION:May 15 & 16\, 2025 | 7 pm The DeLUXE Theater3303 Lyons Ave\, Houston\, Texas 77020GET TICKETS\nDiverseWorks is excited to present a new edition of 12 Minutes Max on May 15 and 16\, 2025\, organized by the DiverseWorks Artist Advisory Committee at the historic DeLUXE Theater in Fifth Ward. \nA short-form performance showcase for new and in-progress works up to twelve minutes long\, 12 Minutes Max: ESP is presented over two evenings with a unique line-up each night (see the full schedule below). Lead artists are: Aveda Adara\, Mashal Awais\, Emilio Carrera\, Shelby Craze\, Eli Greene\, Loren Holmes\, Koomah\, Alexandra Lechin\, Adele Nickel\, Corey De’Juan Sherrard Jr.\, Jadd Tank\, and Isabella Mireles Vik. \nThe theme of this festival revolves around the initials ESP. Whether you interpret it as experimental short performances\, extrasensory perception\, extra saucy pasta\, every sexy person\, or simply enjoy something performative—it’s up to you. We are not defining ‘experimental’ in any particular way. Let the experiment be whatever you believe it means today. There are no parameters for artists in this one-of-a-kind program. \nPERFORMANCES \nThursday\, May 15 at 7 PM\, doors 6:30 PMFeaturing:Aveda AdaraMashal AwaisShelby CrazeAlexandra LechinAdele Nickel with Kyle RuckerJadd Tank with Nora Alami \nFriday\, May 16\, 7 PM\, doors 6:30 PMFeaturing:Emilio CarreraEli GreeneLoren HolmesKoomah with John Faust\, Melp\, and Olly OxenCorey De’Juan Sherrard Jr.Isabella Mireles Vik with Aufheben Ensemble \nApproximate run time: 72 minutes\, no intermission \nADMISSIONPay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25. Get Tickets \nLOCATIONThe DeLUXE Theater3303 Lyons Ave\, Houston\, TX 77020 \nPARKING AND TRANSPORTATIONThe DeLUXE Theater is located at 3303 Lyons Avenue in the heart of Houston’s historic 5th Ward. If driving\, you can exit at I-59 & Lyons Ave. or I-10 at Gregg St. or Waco St. The main parking lot is located behind the theater at the corner of Gregg Street and New Orleans Street. Parking is free\, with additional street parking available in the surrounding neighborhood. \nThe theater is accessible by METRO (click HERE for a map) and by bicycle (the theater houses a 20-bicycle storage rack near the parking lot). \nACCESSIBILITYThe DeLUXE Theater is fully ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible. If you require wheelchair-accessible seating\, please indicate this when ordering your tickets so we can best accommodate your needs. Wheelchair-accessible parking is available to the left of the building.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/12-minutes-max-esp/
LOCATION:The DeLUXE Theater\, 3303 Lyons Ave\, Houston\, TX\, 77020\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse,DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T180000
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SUMMARY:A Gift From The Bower Catalogue Launch
DESCRIPTION:April 26\, 2025 | 11 am – 6 pm Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature (LSCAN)26041 Midline Rd. Cleveland\, Texas 77328MORE INFO\nDiverseWorks is launching the A Gift from the Bower catalogue on Saturday\, April 26\, during the joint closing of A Gift from the Bower and the opening of an exciting new exhibition Heard of G.O.A.T.s at the Surls + Locke Museum of Texas Art—an organization currently in the planning and fundraising stages for a museum projected to open in 2030. \nJoin us for a full day of festivities from 11 am to 6 pm\, including guided tours\, access to nature trails\, and food and beverages. The A Gift from the Bower catalogue will be available for $24 (20% discount for members). \n \nEVENT DETAILS\nFor the events on April 26th\, please park and use the complimentary shuttle service below: \nTrailers of Texas12650 Cole DriveSplendora\, TX 77328
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/a-gift-from-the-bower-catalogue-launch/
LOCATION:Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature (LSCAN) *Parking and shuttle service at 12650 Cole Drive Splendora\, TX 77328\, 26041 Midline Rd\, Cleveland\, TX\, 77328 \, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse,DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250211T203000
DTSTAMP:20250326T162125Z
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SUMMARY:The Idea Fund: Round 18 Awards
DESCRIPTION:February 11\, 2025 | 7 PM Eldorado Ballroom2310 Elgin St\, Houston\, TX 77004MORE INFO\nThe Idea Fund\, a re-granting program administered by DiverseWorks\, Aurora Picture Show\, and Project Row Houses\, and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, is thrilled to announce the selection of 12 projects by Houston-based artists to receive grants of $5\,000 each for the Round 18 grant cycle. Join us at Eldorado Ballroom on February 11\, 2025\, at 7:00 PM as the 12 grantees introduce their project proposals to the public. \nThe Idea Fund Round 18 grant recipients are: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton\, Chap Edmonson and Mark Francis\, Dr. Lindsay Gary\, LaKeisha Rochelle Randle\, Lualo Studio (Rea Sampilo\, Trisha Morales\, Christian Toledo\, and Jenah Maravilla)\, Cat Martinez and Blya Krouba\, IPOCA Collective (Intersex People of Color Artist Collective)\, Stacey Allen/Nia’s Daughter Movement Collective\, Open MFA (Sol Diaz-Peña\, Ryan Hollaway\, Hillaree Hamblin\, Lorena Mitchell\, Cynthia Jamileth Giron\, Andrea Garcia\, and Amanda Powers)\, Taller Latino\, Rising Tide Project\, Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/the-idea-fund-round-18/
LOCATION:Eldorado Ballroom\, 2310 Elgin Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse,DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250209
DTSTAMP:20250326T172138Z
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SUMMARY:Praise Music Sonogram
DESCRIPTION:February 6 – 8\, 2025 | 7 PMMatchbox 1 @ MATCHAdmission: Pay-what-you-wish. $25 suggested.GET TICKETS\nJulia Barbosa Landois’s Praise Music Sonogram is a live performance that combines spoken word\, video\, and experimental sound to tell a story of motherhood\, miscarriage\, and abortion access across national and state borders. Contrasting an unexpected experience in a European haven for healthcare seekers with the medical scarcity and the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade in the U.S.\, Barbosa Landois delivers a narrative that is both deeply personal and unexpectedly comedic. \nCollaborating with Julia Barbosa Landois on this production are Candice D’Meza (Director)\, Andrew Martinez (Musician and Live Performer)\, and Edgar Guajardo (Technical Director). The performance is accompanied by a storytelling and knowledge-sharing zine\, Tía Sabiduría\, that is informed by the DIY aesthetic of Barbosa Landois’ youth. Special thanks to zine co-designer Tina Hernandez and to the following local organizations that helped shape and/or were part of outreach actions for this project: Deeds not Words\, Fund Texas Choice\, Houston Women’s Reproductive Services\, MECA\, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast\, and ZineFest Houston. \nPraise Music Sonogram exists where storytelling\, community medicine\, and transnational healthcare persist as resistance to geographic borders and limits on bodily autonomy. In development as part of a 2023 NPN Creation Fund grant from August 2023-December 2024\, the work premieres at DiverseWorks before traveling to the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of El Paso and Links Hall\, Chicago. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nJulia Barbosa Landois is a Houston-based multidisciplinary artist whose work teases profundity and absurdity from the everyday and examines the relationship between the intimate and the public. Her unsettling and sometimes funny performances often use commonplace technologies like a cell phone or stationary bike in unexpected ways. Her work is included in the current exhibition Xican-a.o.x. Body (Pérez Art Museum\, Miami\, June 13\, 2024 – February 16\, 2025)\, curated by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill\, Gilbert Vicario\, & Marissa Del Toro. Landois’s live performances have been presented at Fusebox Festival (Austin)\, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Blaffer Art Museum (University of Houston)\, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara\, and Blue Star Contemporary (San Antonio)\, among others. Awards include grants from the National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC)\, Puffin Foundation\, and Houston Arts Alliance\, and residencies at Lawndale Art Center\, Santa Fe Art Institute\, and Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Germany). \nSUPPORT\nPraise Music Sonogram is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by DiverseWorks\, The Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts\, and NPN. For more information: www.npnweb.org. \nPraise Music Sonogram is supported in part by the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation. Additional program and general operating support is from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance\, Texas Commission on the Arts\, The Brown Foundation\, Inc.\, Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts\, Houston Endowment\, Ruth Foundation for the Arts\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, and Teiger Foundation.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/praise-music-sonogram/
LOCATION:MATCHBOX 1\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse,DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241111
DTSTAMP:20251125T205606Z
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SUMMARY:River on Fire - Art + Climate Justice Symposium
DESCRIPTION:  \nArt + Climate Justice Symposium\nNov 8 – 10\, 2024\nAdmission: Free \nThe River on Fire: Art + Climate Justice Symposium centers on topics such as the legacy of oil and gas\, the Gulf Coast as a precarious region\, and artistic and curatorial sustainable practices. The symposium features a full day of panel discussions\, art breaks\, and opportunities for socializing and building community.\n \nHoustonians have become increasingly aware of the city and region’s vulnerability to climate change. Record heat\, flooding caused by heavy rain\, tropical storms\, hurricanes\, and more recently— record freezing temperatures that knocked out the Texas power grid—make it harder to deny our current climate crisis. The River on Fire: Art + Climate Justice Symposium centers on how art and climate action can help shift the climate change narrative and build a better future. \nCLICK TO READ PARTICIPANT BIOS\n\nSYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE\nFriday\, Nov 8: Workshop and Reception\n3:30 pm | Workshop: Sustainable Practices for Artists and Curators\nJack Massing\, Hannah Chalew\, and Ashley DeHoyos Sauder \n6 pm | Symposium Reception\nSpoken word by Aris Kian\, Houston Poet Laureate \n\nSaturday\, Nov 9: Symposium\n9:30 am – 6 pm \n9:45 am | Welcome Ceremony\nAshley DeHoyos Sauder and Eddie Garcia \n10 am | Panel #1\nHouston Is Not a Sacrifice Zone\nErandi Treviño\, Steve Rowell\, Joe Robles IV\, and Aaron Ambroso \n12:30 pm | Lunch Break \n2 pm | Keynote Address: Collaborating from the Ground Up\nDr. Kirsty Robertson\, Director\, The Centre for Sustainable Curating and Co-Founder\, Synthetic Collective \n3:15 pm | Panel #2\nWater is Life: Advocacy\, Pollution & Policy\nAlice Liu\, Laura Napier\, Jackie Medcalf\, and Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud \n4:45 pm | Panel #3\nThe Future: Looking at the Gulf for New Possibilities and Perspectives\nDenise Fraizer\, Brandon Ballengée\, Willow Naomi Curry\, Stephany Valdez\, and Ashley DeHoyos Sauder \n\nSunday\, Nov 10: Workshop\n11 am | Soil Science Workshop\nRebecca Verm and​ Carolina Aranibar-Fernández. \n\nSUPPORT\nRiver on Fire is supported in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts\, the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance\, The Brown Foundation\, Inc.\, Houston Endowment\, DiverseWorks members and patrons\, and Teiger Foundation\, with climate coaching for exhibition production and programming provided by Rute Collaborative as part of Teiger Foundation’s Climate Action Pilot. \nThe River on Fire: Art + Climate Justice Symposium is supported by a grant from Teiger Foundation for participation in the Climate Action Pilot\, the Texas Commission on the Arts\, and DW Art + Climate Partners.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/river-on-fire-art-climate-justice-symposium/
LOCATION:MATCH Gallery\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse,DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241117
DTSTAMP:20250326T171719Z
CREATED:20240325T162701Z
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SUMMARY:River on Fire - Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:River on Fire\, Installation documentation\, 2024. Photos: Sol Diaz-Peña.\nRiver on FireOpening Friday\, September 27\, 5 – 8 pmSeptember 28 – November 16\, 2024Gallery Hours: Thursdays – Saturdays\, 12 – 6 pmAdmission: Free \nRiver on Fire is a multidisciplinary exhibition showcasing the work of 14 artists who respond to environmental crises and climate change. Curated by Ashley DeHoyos Sauder\, the exhibition draws inspiration from a long history of environmental activism related to river fires across the nation— events that have significantly shaped understandings of ecological preservation and environmental advocacy.  \nThe featured artists: Carolina Aranibar-Fernández (San Francisco\, CA)\, Brandon Ballengée (New Orleans\, LA)\, Alana Bartol (Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada)\, Christina Battle (Edmonton\, Alberta\, Canada)\, Hannah Chalew (New Orleans\, LA)\, Lili Chin (New York\, NY)\, Willow Naomi Curry (Houston\, TX)\, Heather L. Johnson (Houston\, TX)\, Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud (Houston\, TX)\, Laura Napier (Ann Arbor\, MI)\, Kristi Rangel (Houston\, TX)\, Joe Robles IV (Pasadena\, TX)\, Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez-Delgado (Roswell\, NM/Puerto Rico)\, and Zuyva Sevilla (Albuquerque\, NM) bring attention to pressing ecological issues. Through artistic research and lived experience\, they highlight the unique environmental challenges facing local\, regional\, and national landscapes. View artist bios \nThrough creative action and building a historical understanding of these types of cataclysmic events\, River on Fire seeks to provide a platform for conversation and awareness of ongoing environmental issues. The relationship between living in a city dominated by industry and co-existing with environmental disaster in the wake of climate change has brought the city’s resilience into question and increased concerns over the continuation of industry practices that place people and the natural world at risk. As Houston continues to grow\, the effects of climate change have become increasingly severe— record heat waves\, flooding\, more frequent and intense hurricanes\, and massive power outages are clear signs that we already have to confront new and different ways of being. River on Fire asks: how do artists and creative practices shift the narrative and introduce possible solutions in a city with such a complex ecosystem? \nRiver on Fire includes internal evaluations of DW exhibition practices and implementation of sustainable exhibition design developed through a year-long Climate Coaching Pilot with the Teiger Foundation and Rute Collaborative\, a Canadian-based environmental consultant. The impetus for the project comes in part from Houston’s entwined history with the oil\, gas\, and chemical industries and the curator’s youth spent living in Houston-area neighborhoods close to these industries.  \nRiver on Fire is presented in conversation with the eighth iteration of the Texas Biennial The Last Sky\, co-curated by Ashley DeHoyos Sauder\, Erika Mei Chua Holum\, and Coka Treviño. Biennial artists featured in River on Fire include Brandon Ballengée\, Heather L. Johnson\, Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud\, Laura Napier & Zuyva Sevilla. \nCheck back for updates on related programs. \nRELATED PROGRAMS\nthe air we breathe online workshop with Christina BattleOctober 7 – November 1\, 2024 \nArt + Climate Justice SymposiumNovember 8 – 10\, 2024Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kirsty RoberstonCLICK TO REGISTER \nPRESS\nRead Survival and Perseverance: River on Fire at DiverseWorks Centers Climate Justice\, Arts and Culture Texas (Sep 2024).Read New Exhibition Tackles Complicated Emotions Of Pollution And People\, Texas Signal Media Foundation (Oct 2024).Listen to Ashley DeHoyos Sauder\, Kristi Rangel\, Willow Naomi Curry\, and Heather L. Johnson talk about River on Fire on Gulf Streams (Sep 2024). \nSUPPORT\nRiver on Fire is supported in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts\, the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance\, The Brown Foundation\, Inc.\, Houston Endowment\, DiverseWorks members and patrons and Teiger Foundation\, with climate coaching for exhibition production and programming provided by Rute Collaborative as part of Teiger Foundation’s Climate Action Pilot. \nThe River on Fire: Art + Climate Justice Symposium is supported by a grant from Teiger Foundation for participation in the Climate Action Pilot\, the Texas Commission on the Arts\, and DW Art + Climate Partners. \nPARTNERS
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/river-on-fire/
LOCATION:MATCH Gallery\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse,DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240927T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240927T200000
DTSTAMP:20240918T143100Z
CREATED:20240808T191045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T143100Z
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SUMMARY:River on Fire - Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Joe Robles\, Deer Park ITC Fire\, from the series Still Growing Up Here\, 2019\, Image courtesy of the artist.\nRiver on Fire – Opening ReceptionFriday\, September 27\, 5-8 pmAdmission: Free \nRiver on Fire is a multidisciplinary exhibition showcasing the work of 14 artists who respond to environmental crises and climate change. Curated by Ashley DeHoyos Sauder\, the exhibition draws inspiration from a long history of environmental activism related to river fires across the nation— events that have significantly shaped understandings of ecological preservation and environmental advocacy.  \nThe featured artists: Carolina Aranibar-Fernández (San Francisco\, CA)\, Brandon Ballengée (New Orleans\, LA)\, Alana Bartol (Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada)\, Christina Battle (Edmonton\, Alberta\, Canada)\, Hannah Chalew (New Orleans\, LA)\, Lili Chin (New York\, NY)\, Willow Naomi Curry (Houston\, TX)\, Heather L. Johnson (Houston\, TX)\, Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud (Houston\, TX)\, Laura Napier (Ann Arbor\, MI)\, Kristi Rangel (Houston\, TX)\, Joe Robles IV (Pasadena\, TX)\, Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez-Delgado (Roswell\, NM/Puerto Rico)\, and Zuyva Sevilla (Albuquerque\, NM) bring attention to pressing ecological issues. Through artistic research and lived experience\, they highlight the unique environmental challenges facing local\, regional\, and national landscapes. \nFor more details about the exhibition and related programs click here.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/river-on-fire-opening-reception/
LOCATION:MATCH Gallery\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse,DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240407T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240407T150000
DTSTAMP:20240405T163136Z
CREATED:20240315T051315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T163136Z
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SUMMARY:MEMORY FLEET: A RETURN TO MATR - performance with talk back
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 7\, 2pm-3pmApprox. Run Time: 1hrAdmission: Pay-what-you-wish. Suggested $25.GET TICKETSPlease note: Performance will be followed by a talkback with the artist. \nLOCATION\nHouston Met Dance4916 Main StHouston\, TX 77002</br/> \nParking: Free parking is in the Met Dance lot (entrance on Main) and on surrounding streets. Please observe all signs. \n\nMemory Fleet: A Return to Matr is inspired by the shared memories and lived stories of the Aunties and Matriarchs who have shaped Hearn’s life. The project celebrates their influence and impact throughout the North and South side communities of Houston braiding together oral histories with practices of adornment and care through movement and dance.  \nMemory Fleet is created for the people and places that have mothered Jasmine. It is for all Black people who mother. The project began with Hearn’s return home and a solo performance\, MEMORY KEEP(H)ER (2016)\, made with their grandmother\, Claudette Nickens Johnson\, to build an alternative archive for her stories as Johnson began to lose her ability to remember. \nFor direct inquiries to the artist about the project please email memoryfleet@gmail.com. For press inquiries please email eva@diverseworks.org. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nJasmine Hearn – They/Them was born and raised on occupied lands now known as Houston\, TX. They studied dance with a multitude of teachers including their sister\, cousins\, aunties\, teachers\, and friends at family events\, church\, and at the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Jasmine is an internationally touring interdisciplinary artist\, director\, choreographer\, organizer\, doula\, performer\, director\, and a Rome Prize Fellow with Athena Kokoronis at the American Academy in Rome. Jasmine has also been awarded three Bessie Awards for Outstanding Performance (2017) with skeleton architecture\, Outstanding Performance (2021)\, and Outstanding Production (2021) with the cast and crew of The Motherboard Suite. \nJasmine has creatively collaborated with artists Solange Knowles\, Alisha B. Wormsley\, Vanessa German\, Marjani Forté-Saunders\, Maria Bauman\, Lovie Olivia\, Ayanah Moor\, Staycee Pearl\, Holly Bass\, Li Harris\, and companies\, Urban Bush Women\, David Dorfman Dance\, and Helen Simoneau Danse\, which have produced solo and collective dance choreography for performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, New York Live Arts\, the Guggenheim Museum\, the Getty Center\, the 2019 Venice Biennale\, the Ford Foundation\, Danspace Project\, BAAD!\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, and other internationally acclaimed art spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Their commitment to performance is an expansive practice that includes dance\, embodied sound\, garment design\, painting\, and the archiving of matrilineal memory. Jasmine gives gratitude to Spirit\, their mothers\, and all the mothering Black people\, who have supported their dreaming dancing moving remembering body. \nWebsite: https://www.jasminehearn.comInstagram: @jasminehearncollaboratesInstagram: @memory_fleet \nSUPPORT\nMemory Fleet: A Return to Matr is presented and produced by DiverseWorks in collaboration with Houston Met Dance. \nMemory Fleet: A Return to Matr’s presentation in Houston is supported in part by an Arts Projects grant from the National Endowment for the Arts\, The Hollyfield Foundation\, and the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts. \nMemory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a 2022 Creative Capital and 2022 National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by DiverseWorks in partnership with Chocolate Factory Theater\, Queens\, NY\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, New York Live Arts\, New York\, New York. Memory Fleet was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. \nPRESS\nEllis Orts\, Neil\, “Memory\, Mothers\, and Home” OutSmart Magazine (March 2024). \nWozny\, Nancy\, “Many Bodies in One: The Deep Practice of Jasmine Hearn\,” Dance Magazine (Jan 2022). \nPARTNERS
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/memory-fleet-a-return-to-matr-4-7-2024/
LOCATION:Houston Met Dance\, 4916 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse,DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240407T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240407T130000
DTSTAMP:20240405T162711Z
CREATED:20240329T005357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T162711Z
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SUMMARY:MEMORY FLEET: Installation Walk-Through with Lovie Olivia
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 7\, 12:30pm-1pm \nAdmission: FreeGET TICKETS  \n\nMemory Fleet: A Return to Matr is inspired by the shared memories and lived stories of the Aunties and Matriarchs who have shaped Hearn’s life. The project celebrates their influence and impact throughout the North and South side communities of Houston braiding together oral histories with practices of adornment and care through movement and dance.  \nMemory Fleet is created for the people and places that have mothered Jasmine. It is for all Black people who mother. The project began with Hearn’s return home and a solo performance\, MEMORY KEEP(H)ER (2016)\, made with their grandmother\, Claudette Nickens Johnson\, to build an alternative archive for her stories as Johnson began to lose her ability to remember. \nFor direct inquiries to the artist about the project please email memoryfleet@gmail.com. For press inquiries please email eva@diverseworks.org. \nLOCATION\nHouston Met Dance4916 Main StHouston\, TX 77002 \nParking: Free parking is in the Met Dance lot (entrance on Main) and on surrounding streets. Please observe all signs. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nJasmine Hearn – They/Them was born and raised on occupied lands now known as Houston\, TX. They studied dance with a multitude of teachers including their sister\, cousins\, aunties\, teachers\, and friends at family events\, church\, and at the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Jasmine is an internationally touring interdisciplinary artist\, director\, choreographer\, organizer\, doula\, performer\, director\, and a Rome Prize Fellow with Athena Kokoronis at the American Academy in Rome. Jasmine has also been awarded three Bessie Awards for Outstanding Performance (2017) with skeleton architecture\, Outstanding Performance (2021)\, and Outstanding Production (2021) with the cast and crew of The Motherboard Suite. \nJasmine has creatively collaborated with artists Solange Knowles\, Alisha B. Wormsley\, Vanessa German\, Marjani Forté-Saunders\, Maria Bauman\, Lovie Olivia\, Ayanah Moor\, Staycee Pearl\, Holly Bass\, Li Harris\, and companies\, Urban Bush Women\, David Dorfman Dance\, and Helen Simoneau Danse\, which have produced solo and collective dance choreography for performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, New York Live Arts\, the Guggenheim Museum\, the Getty Center\, the 2019 Venice Biennale\, the Ford Foundation\, Danspace Project\, BAAD!\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, and other internationally acclaimed art spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Their commitment to performance is an expansive practice that includes dance\, embodied sound\, garment design\, painting\, and the archiving of matrilineal memory. Jasmine gives gratitude to Spirit\, their mothers\, and all the mothering Black people\, who have supported their dreaming dancing moving remembering body. \nWebsite: https://www.jasminehearn.comInstagram: @jasminehearncollaboratesInstagram: @memory_fleet \nSUPPORT\nMemory Fleet: A Return to Matr is presented and produced by DiverseWorks in collaboration with Houston Met Dance. \nMemory Fleet: A Return to Matr’s presentation in Houston is supported in part by an Arts Projects grant from the National Endowment for the Arts\, The Hollyfield Foundation\, and the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts. \nMemory Fleet: A Return to Matr is a 2022 Creative Capital and 2022 National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by DiverseWorks in partnership with Chocolate Factory Theater\, Queens\, NY\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, New York Live Arts\, New York\, New York. Memory Fleet was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. \nPRESS\nEllis Orts\, Neil\, “Memory\, Mothers\, and Home” OutSmart Magazine (March 2024). \nWozny\, Nancy\, “Many Bodies in One: The Deep Practice of Jasmine Hearn\,” Dance Magazine (Jan 2022). \nPARTNERS
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/installation-walkthrough-with-lovie-olivia/
LOCATION:Houston Met Dance\, 4916 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diverse Discourse,DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160217T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160217T180000
DTSTAMP:20160126T220805Z
CREATED:20160126T001921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160126T220805Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays: Creative Voo Doo
DESCRIPTION:Presented in collaboration with the DiverseWorks Artist Advisory Board\, DiverseWorks on Wednesdays (DWOW) is an itinerate series of arts activities. For Creative Voo Doo\, Artist Advisory Board members Tek Wilson\, jhon stronks\, and Alisa Mittin will guide audience members through a fun and energetic creative process in order to produce a new multi-disciplinary artwork. \nFREE \n6 pm: refreshments in the gallery courtesy of Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico USA \n6:30 – 8 pm: Creative Voo Doo in MATCHBOX 2
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-on-wednesdays-creative-voo-doo/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, MATCHBOX 2\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151202T200000
DTSTAMP:20151202T022636Z
CREATED:20151202T022636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151202T022636Z
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SUMMARY:Last Chance Moving Sale & Holiday Happiness Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Our Drinks with DiverseWorks Happy Hour at Axelrad has been cancelled\, but the celebration continues! \nStop by DiverseWorks for our FINAL public event in the Fannin location before we move to the MATCH. \nWe’ll have Saint Arnold’s Beer and plenty of Holiday Cheer! So put on that “ugly” sweater and raise a glass to DiverseWorks’ past\, present\, and future. \nPlus – it’s your last chance to score on some great deals from our moving sale. Tables\, desks\, vases\, filing cabinets\, lights\, etc.\nAnd of course\, Luck of the Draw artworks always make great gifts!
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/last-chance-moving-sale-holiday-happiness-celebration/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151021T200000
DTSTAMP:20150910T234533Z
CREATED:20150905T012630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150910T234533Z
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SUMMARY:DWOW @ Aurora Picture Show
DESCRIPTION:Objects\, Matter\, and the Dream State\nDiverseWorks on Wednesdays goes on the road to Aurora Picture Show for an evening of films related to Katie Grinnan’s exhibition\, Nocturnal Hologram (on view at DiverseWorks through November 14). Dive into a surreal dream world with short films by avant-garde filmmakers who have inspired Grinnan\, including Maya Deren\, Stan Brakhage\, and others. As Grinnan uses a network of video reenactments\, objects\, and images to create sculpture\, these filmmakers use editing\, jump cuts\, hand-painted film\, and assemblage techniques to create unusual relationships that allow for multiple interpretations. \nCo-presented by DiverseWorks and Aurora Picture Show. \nimage: Stan Brakhage\, Mothlight (still)\, 1963
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/dwow-aurora-picture-show/
LOCATION:Aurora Picture Show\, 2442 Bartlett\, Houston\, TX\, 77098\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150805T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150805T200000
DTSTAMP:20150805T225034Z
CREATED:20150728T205939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150805T225034Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays: jhon stronks & Tek Wilson
DESCRIPTION:jhon stronks and Tek Wilson\, members of the DiverseWorks Artist Board\, reveal their unique artistic processes and how they navigate performing on the stage\, in the gallery\, and in unexpected public spaces. \nSponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico USA. \njhon stronks is a dance maker whose passion for giving addresses the gaps between what is perceived and what is present\, landing his work somewhere between a cry for personal consciousness and a plea for social justice. Stronks’ choreography combines the fundamental elements of composition and choreography with a convergence of movement styles and techniques drawn from his personal foundation. Stronks’ alternative dance-making systems result is the creation of an open space for movement to inhabit\, where the context is clear\, the eye has choices\, and the viewer gets to decide. \nTek Wilson is a theater artist based in Houston. As an actor\, she has worked with Main Street Theatre\, Catastrophic Theater\, Infernal Bridegroom Productions\, Celebration Theatre\, Theater Lab\, Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre and others. In 2013\, Wilson performed in Heather and Ivan Morison’s exhibition and performance Slyk Chaynjis at DiverseWorks. In 2014\, the Morison’s invited Wilson to Germany to star in their piece All’s Well That Ends. Currently\, Wilson is collaborating on the development and production of Alva Hascall’s script Winifred\, based on the life and experiences of Winifred Wagner. An early version of Winifred was staged at DiverseWorks in April 2014. Wilson is also serving as the editor of Robert Ellerman’s book about Stanislavsky’s and Strasberg’s work on the evolution of the System and the Method.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-on-wednesdays-jhon-stronks-tek-wilson/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150722T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150722T200000
DTSTAMP:20150708T032627Z
CREATED:20150708T032542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150708T032627Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays: Qfest Pre-Party & Preview
DESCRIPTION:Qfest Artistic Director Kristian Salinas and Festival Administrator Stephanie Saint Sanchez will present a preview of this year’s wide array of festival offerings. Qfest opens Thursday\, July 23 and runs through Monday\, July 27. Click here for the full schedule and more information. \nDiverseWorks on Wednesdays is sponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico USA. \nAbout Qfest\nQFest is dedicated to promoting the arts as a powerful tool for communication and cooperation among diverse communities by presenting programs by\, about\, and of interest to the gay\, lesbian\, bisexual\, transgender and queer community. \nQFest is a sponsored project of The Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP)\, a 501c3 dedicated to promoting the creation and appreciation of film\, video\, and new media as art forms of a multicultural community. \nThe story of QFest begins in 1996\, when a group of maverick arts organizations collaborated and created The First Annual Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival\, better known as The HGLFF. Inaugurated by Loris Bradley of DiverseWorks\, Liz Empleton of Rice Cinema\, Sarah Gish of Landmark Theatres\, and Marian Luntz of The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, The HGLFF would soon grow to include Steve Buck of The Angelika Film Center and Andrea Grover of The Aurora Picture Show. In its early years as a multi-venue annual event\, The Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) served as the festival’s non-profit fiscal sponsor. The first co-presidents of the HGLFF were Gudrun Klein and Andrew Edmonson\, followed by Margaret Zigman and Ernie Manouse. In 2005\, Margaret Zigman became the festival’s President. \nIn 2006\, the festival’s tenth anniversary\, under then-Board President Sixto Wagan\, Rob Arcos\, formerly of Landmark Theatres\, was named Festival Director and Kristian Salinas was named Program Director. Now charged with creating its own program\, the festival condensed its previous two week run into a five-day weekend. In 2007\, led by new Executive Director Kristian Salinas\, The HGLFF’s 11th year launched with a new name – QFest. \nEntering its 19th year\, QFest returns to its roots\, once again engaging The Southwest Alternate Media Project as its Fiscal Sponsor. Sharing philosophies and missions\, SWAMP and QFest mutually benefit one another through their partnership\, and as a result\, positively impact the cultural landscape of the Greater Houston Area.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-on-wednesdays-qfest-pre-party-preview/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150603T200000
DTSTAMP:20150602T225321Z
CREATED:20150602T225223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150602T225321Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays: Jason Salavon
DESCRIPTION:  \nan artist talk about making art through the lenses of data\, computation\, and the history of painting \nUsing software processes of his own design\, Jason Salavon generates and reconfigures masses of communal material to present new perspectives on the familiar. Though formally varied\, his projects frequently manipulate the roles of individual elements arranged in diverse visual populations. This often unearths unexpected pattern as the relationship between the part and the whole\, the individual and the group\, is explored. Reflecting a natural attraction to popular culture and the day-to-day\, his work regularly incorporates the use of common references and source material. The final compositions are exhibited as art objects\, such as photographic prints and video installations\, while others exist in a real-time software context. \nBased in Chicago\, Salavon returns to Houston to unveil a new private commission titled “The Master Index (v.Wade)”\, which is an organized list of the 5 million most visited English language Wikipedia articles from 2007 to 2013. \nSalavon was raised in Texas and earned his MFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BA from The University of Texas at Austin. He has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions at the Taubman Museum\, Roanoke\, VA; the Columbus Museum of Art; and the List Visual Arts Center\, MIT\, Cambridge\, MA. His work is included in public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Whitney Museum of Art\, and the Art Institute of Chicago\, among many others. Previously\, he taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was employed for numerous years as an artist and programmer in the video game industry. Currently he is an associate professor in the Department of Visual Arts and the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-on-wednesdays-jason-salavon/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Houston\, 77004
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150520T200000
DTSTAMP:20150518T212248Z
CREATED:20150518T212213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150518T212248Z
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SUMMARY:DWOW Presents: Talkin' Slick with THE HUE
DESCRIPTION:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays (DWOW):\nCome and meet the members of THE HUE\, as they present behind the scenes knowledge of their process and journeys. Members will talk about their hit single “Slick” and the visual campaign behind it; and will also speak on the future of The HUE and what it means for Space City. \nModerated by Robert Hodge (DiverseWorks Artist Board member) with Special Guests Nathaniel Donnett and and Damien Randle \nFREE\nSponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico \nTHE HUE:\nWhat happens when you bring together a space hop juggernaut with a spacey electro-soul outfit? THE HUE collective\, hailing from Space City\, is the aftermath of combining the critically acclaimed groups H.I.S.D. (Hueston Independent Spit District) with their cosmic kinsmen and rising sensation Radio Galaxy. Their mission is to explore the creation of music with no boundaries. \nConceived in 2013\, this futurist soul hybrid consists of songstress/femcee Spacebunny Jefferson\, emcees Scottie Spitten\, Equality\, and Savvi\, along with producers King Midas and DJ Cozmos. \nComing off of stellar projects\, H.I.S.D.’s ‘The Weakend’ and Radio Galaxy’s ‘We Come in Peace’\, the aptly titled collaborative sequal\, ‘Aurora’ marks a new beginning in the ongoing mission to end the weak and space up the world through sound and color. What’s your hue?
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/dwow-presents-talkin-slick-with-the-hue/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150422T200000
DTSTAMP:20150422T194149Z
CREATED:20150416T214426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150422T194149Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks On Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Portland – Houston: Dance in Two Cities\nA CONVERSATION WITH TAHNI HOLT\, ALLIE HANKINS\, AND EZRA DICKINSON\, (PORTLAND) & JHON STRONKS (HOUSTON)\, AND DANCE SOURCE HOUSTON RESIDENTS ALISA MITTIN AND LORI YUILL \nTahni Holt is a choreographer\, teacher\, curator and organizer based in Portland\, Oregon who has been creating performances for the past 18 years. She is deeply invested in the ecology of her field. Holt is inspired by how colleagues in other parts of the world situate themselves depending on the political climate of where they practice. All of Holt’s endeavors are shaped by her beliefs and convictions which invigorate proactive projects of artist-driven empowerment. \nAllie Hankins is a performer & performance maker\, teacher\, and researcher currently residing in Portland. She is an inaugural member of FLOCK\, a new dance center & creative home to Portland’s experimental dance artists\, and a founding member of Physical Education\, a critical & casual\, reading & researching\, drinking & dialoguing\, dance & performance body comprised of herself\, keyon gaskin\, Taka Yamamoto\, and Lucy Lee Yim. She was most recently seen performing in works by Taka Yamamoto & Tahni Holt\, and in her own solo Like A Sun That Pours Forth Light but Never Warmth. Her new endeavors include a project in progress titled better to be alone than to wish you were\, her all-levels movement class Transcendentaerobicourage\, and learning  American Sign Language\, which\, as it turns out\, is one of her greatest passions. \nEzra Dickinson is a multi disciplinary artist who began dancing at the age of four\, trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet for twelve years on full scholarship. While attending PNB Ezra also completed a seven year apprenticeship in ceramics. Ezra earned his BFA in Dance with an emphasis in choreography from Cornish College of The Arts. Ezra regularly practices and is commissioned in performance/choreography\, ceramics\, sculpture\, visual art\, photography\, design\, murals\, street art\, film\, animation and textiles. Along with being co artistic director of The Offshore Project and Actually Really\, Ezra is also a member of The New Mystics\, The Maureen Whiting Company and HYPERNOVA. \nAlisa Mittin is originally from Buffalo\, NY. Mitten recently relocated to Houston from Atlanta\, where she had the pleasure of working with Blake Beckham from The Lucky Penny\, Catellier Dance Projects\, and the Core Performance Company\, where she was a former member. She attended The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts. Mittin has performed with various choreographers such as Blake Beckham\, Colin Connor\, Beth Elkins\, Jonathan Fredrickson\, Helen Hale\, Mira Kingsley\, and jhon stronks. Her choreographic work has been showcased in Atlanta\, Buffalo\, Chicago\, Houston\, Los Angeles\, and New York City. She is currently an Artist in Residence at Dance Source Houston. \njhon r. stronks is a dance maker whose passion for giving addresses the gaps between what is perceived and what is present\, and lands his work somewhere between a cry for personal consciousness and a plea for social justice. jhon’s choreography combines the fundamental elements of composition and choreography with a convergence of movement styles and techniques drawn from his personal movement foundation. Stronks alternative dance making systems result is the creation of an open space for the dancing to inhabit\, where the context is clear\, the eye has choices\, and the viewer gets to decide. \nLori Yuill is an independent choreographer\, performer\, and teacher. She did her undergraduate work at Texas Christian University before joining Momentum Danza Contemporanea in Guatemala to perform. In 2000\, Yuill returned to Houston to perform with Suchu Dance. She also made Floating/Falling for the DiverseWorks Houston Performing Artist Residency during this period of time. Yuill moved to Yonkers in 2003 to pursue a masters degree at Sarah Lawrence College. She spent the next decade traveling between New York and DC performing for Sara Rudner\, Anneke Hansen\, Milka Djordjevich\, Enrico Wey\, Stephanie Miracle\, UpRooted Dance and Daniel Burkholder/The Playground. Yuill’s choreography challenges audiences to look at dance in new ways\, and aims to create and connect to community through movement.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-on-wednesdays/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, 77004
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150204T200000
DTSTAMP:20150204T222654Z
CREATED:20150204T033958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150204T222654Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays: Tat2
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Artist Board Member Mark Hirsch\, Tat2 is a sound driven tattooing machine. Tracking the frequency and envelope (volume) of your voice\, the tattoo gun travels upon a canvas and draws the sound as you talk\, sing\, hum\, whistle\, whisper and make any other noise you please. Some canvas will be available to make your own personal sound-tattoo art\, and feel free to bring other materials to try—t-shirt\, tablecloth\, wedding dress\, you name it. Just no skin…yet. \nMark Hirsch describes himself as an InterArtist\, communicating in languages of sound\, film\, code\, and design to realize his ideas. Through his work\, Hirsch seeks to use experimental technology to create new connections to the important\, personal aspects of our lives. A native of the American Midwest\, Hirsch currently resides in Houston\, teaching New Media Technology in the Arts at St. Stephen’s School\, creating art\, and playing in the ol’ softy punk band Money Bear. \nDiverseWorks on Wednesdays is sponsored in part by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico USA.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-wednesdays-tat2/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150121T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150121T200000
DTSTAMP:20150116T231638Z
CREATED:20150113T233601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150116T231638Z
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SUMMARY:Oliver Herring: Artist's Talk
DESCRIPTION:Oliver Herring (b. 1964\, Heidelberg\, Germany) lives and works in Brooklyn\, New York. He received a BFA from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art\, University of Oxford\, England and an MFA from Hunter College\, New York. In 2002 Herring created the improvisatory art event TASK\, an ongoing series of events\, workshops and parties in which participants of all ages and demographics collectively dream up instructions and carry them out with the materials provided. Increasingly\, TASK is becoming a tool in classrooms and communities to access contemporary art in a way that is experimental\, open-ended\, and accessible to anyone. \nHerring’s work has been exhibited widely. In the United States\, his work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art\, NY; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art\, NY; the Whitney Museum of Art\, NY; Performa 09\, NY; the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden\, Washington\, DC; the Baltimore Museum of Art\, MD; The Frye Art Museum\, Seattle\, WA; the Blanton Museum of Art\, Austin\, TX; and the Denver Art Museum\, CO. Elsewhere\, he has exhibited at the Camden Art Center\, London\, England; the Victoria and Albert Museum\, London\, England; The Kyoto Art Center\, Kyoto\, Japan; the Xth Lyon Biennale\, France; Performa 09\, NY; Configura II\, Erfurt\, Germany; and the 2010 Aichi Triennale\, Nagoya\, Japan. Me Us Them\, a fifteen-year survey of Herring’s work\, was organized in 2009 at the Tang Museum\, Saratoga Springs\, NY. TASK has taken place all over the United States and beyond including in classrooms\, museums\, libraries and even a cornfield. Herring was featured on Season 3 of PBS’s program Art21\, Art in the 21st Century. Most recently\, Herring was in residence and exhibited at Telescope in Beijing\, China.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/oliver-herring-artists-talk/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141210T200000
DTSTAMP:20141203T233541Z
CREATED:20141121T030517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141203T233541Z
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SUMMARY:DWOW: UH MFA Graphic Design Students Respond to Posse Comitatus
DESCRIPTION:DIVERSEWORKS ON WEDNESDAYS \nFive University of Houston graphic design graduate students – Jim DeVega\, Laura Hill\, Seth Lapeyrouse\, Allen Van Luu\, and Jason Wheeler – were tasked with conceptually responding to exhibition artists Chelsea Knight and Mark Tribe’s work through personal investigations that converge cultural\, social\, historical\, methodological\, and/or technological contemporary issues within a graphic design context. This graduate-level graphic design seminar offered through the University of Houston School of Art encourages students to pursue advanced research in graphic design and critical theory. The students worked together with Professor of Art Sibylle Hagmann and DiverseWorks Associate Curator Rachel Cook to push the boundaries of design thinking and visual expression. Each student will give a presentation about their project and process\, and each project will be on view in the DWOW gallery space.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/presentation-uh-mfa-graphic-design-students/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141203T200000
DTSTAMP:20141121T230338Z
CREATED:20141121T230338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141121T230338Z
UID:8952-1417629600-1417636800@staging.diverseworks.org
SUMMARY:DWOW: Curator's Talk with Rachel Cook
DESCRIPTION:DIVERSEWORKS ON WEDNESDAYS \nDiverseWorks Associate Curator Rachel Cook will give a gallery talk and lead a discussion about the current exhibition\, Chelsea Knight &  Mark Tribe: Posse Comitatus.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/dwow-curators-talk-rachel-cook/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141015T190000
DTSTAMP:20141015T020526Z
CREATED:20140930T211755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141015T020526Z
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SUMMARY:Parco dei Mostri Performance #2 at MECA
DESCRIPTION:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays goes off-site to MECA for a Parco dei Mostri performance! \nAs part of Pepe Mar’s residency at DiverseWorks he collaborated with participants in the after-school arts programs at Houston’s Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA). Together with MECA and Nameless Sound’s instructors in art\, music\, and dance they conceived a series of live events\, to be produced and performed by the students\, which fuse Mexican folk traditions with contemporary urban life in an exploration of personal narrative and collective immigrant identity. \nStudents in the visual arts class\, ranging from grades 1 – 8 and joined by a group of 7th grade volunteers from St. John’s School\, are creating wearable art influenced by Mar’s aesthetic. These head pieces\, props\, and other adornments will be key components of a performance piece featuring members of the contemporary dance\, Ballet Folklorico\, mariachi\, and Nameless Sound music classes.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/parco-dei-mostri-performance-2-meca/
LOCATION:MECA\, 1900 Kane Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW,Exhibitions & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141001T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141001T200000
DTSTAMP:20140909T014940Z
CREATED:20140908T214524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140909T014940Z
UID:8754-1412186400-1412193600@staging.diverseworks.org
SUMMARY:DWOW: Third Coast Dance Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Third Coast Dance Film Festival\, curated by Rosie Trump\, Lydia Hance\, Ashley Horn\, and Rebecca Salazar\, celebrates the intersection of contemporary dance and the moving image with a screening series of short dance films. The 2014 festival will screen nineteen film shorts\, including thirteen international films from Canada\, Germany\, Israel\, Mexico\, Norway\, South Korea\, Spain\, and the UK. The program includes three world\, six USA\, and ten Texas premieres.  \nOpening night is at DiverseWorks\, as part of DiverseWorks on Wednesdays. The Third Coast Dance Film Festival was founded in 2010 by Rosie Trump\, and the 2011 and 2012 Festival toured to the Kaleidoscope Arts Festival\, outside of Pittsburgh\, PA. \nRosie Trump is a dance choreographer\, filmmaker\, educator and Artistic Director of Rosie Trump | With or Without Dance\, a pick up company with a hybrid practice of dance and video media.  Trump’s choreography and films have been shown throughout California\, Texas\, and the northeastern United States\, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom\, France\, and Germany. Recently\, her work was presented at the Prague Fring Festival\, Dance New Amerstdam’s Frameworks (New York City)\, the Toothache Duets (London) and Your Move Dance Festival (New Jersey). Trump holds a MFA in Experimental Dance Choreography from the University of California Riverside\, and a BA in dance from Slippery Rock University. She is an Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Nevada\, Reno. \nLydia Hance is the Artist and Executive Director of Frame Dance Productions\, founded in 2010. In the past four years her work has been performed at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Miller Outdoor Theater\, Jones Plaza\, the Pennzoil Place building\, the Port Boliver ferry\, Big Range Dance Festival\, art galleries\, claw foot bathtubs\, and on screens internationally. Her works have also been performed in San Francisco\, Times Square\, and Malaysia. In 2012\, Hance was named Dance/USA Emerging Leader through acceptance into the Dance/USA Institute of Leadership Training. She has been named a Top 100 Creative by The Houston Press\, and Arts + Culture Magazine dubbed her Houston’s “Queen of Curious Locations.” Hance graduated magna cum laude from Southern Methodist University (Dallas) with degrees in Dance Performance and English Literature. She has also trained at the Taylor School\, Graham School\, Tisch School of the Arts\, and Limon Institute. \nAshley Horn is a dancer\, choreographer\, filmmaker\, costume designer\, and artist from the Houston area. She has presented choreography and films at The University of Houston\, Big Range Dance Festival\, The Texas Weekend of Contemporary Dance\, Third Coast Dance Film Festival\, The Houston Fringe Festival\, and Dance Month at the ERJCC\, among other venues. She has created costumes for FrenetiCore\, Frame Dance Productions\, Sol Y Luna Dance\, and her own works. In 2012\, Horn was a recipient of an individual artist grant from the Houston Arts Alliance to create an evening length dance film\, Wanderland. In 2014 she was a recipient of a Hopewerks residency and the Dancer in Residence grant from Rice University. \nRebecca Salzer is a dancemaker whose works transcend disciplinary labels. Her varied collaborative projects and her work for Rebecca Salzer Dance Theater has been supported by the California Arts Council\, the Berkeley Arts Council\, Theatre Bay Area\, and various private and corporate donors. Her work for the stage has been seen at Links Hall\, Chicago; Highways Performance Space and Gallery\, Los Angeles; and at the La Jolla Playhouse. Her films and videos have been programmed in national and international film festivals and on PBS-affiliate stations nationwide. Salzer is a Jacob K. Javits Fellow and holds a MFA in Dance Theatre from the University of California\, San Diego and a BA in Humanities from Yale University. From 2011-14 she was Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at Lawrence University in Appleton\, WI; she joined the faculty at the University of Alabama this fall.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/dwow-third-coast-dance-film-festival/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140917T200000
DTSTAMP:20140918T025659Z
CREATED:20140908T215521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140918T025659Z
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SUMMARY:DWOW: Artist Board Slide Jam
DESCRIPTION:For this DiverseWorks on Wednesdays\, members of the DiverseWorks Artist Board are throwing a slide jam – come and see what their work is all about! \nParticipating Artists: Regina Agu\, JooYoung Choi\, Oscar Rene Cornejo\, David Feil\, GONZO247\, Rebecca Novak \n 
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/dwow-artist-board-slide-jam/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140730T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140730T200000
DTSTAMP:20140715T220524Z
CREATED:20140714T212358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140715T220524Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Artist’s Talk and Pot Luck: Mary Margaret Hansen\nMary Margaret Hansen will talk about her installation\, Second Seating\, currently on view at DiverseWorks in the group exhibition Six of one\, half a dozen of the other. Originally presented in a warehouse just blocks from Minute Maid Park in Houston\, Second Seating features a series of elegant dinner tables and fanciful chandeliers created with recycled objects from Houston’s East End – the industrial heart and historic core of the city. An exchange through food\, objects\, and stories\, Second Seating communicates the richness found within objects and the diversity of a specific neighborhood.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-wednesdays-20/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140716T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140716T200000
DTSTAMP:20140709T023339Z
CREATED:20140709T023339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140709T023339Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Identity Works:  Queer Filmmaking in Houston\nPresented by DiverseWorks\, Out & Equal Houston\, and QFest \nJoin Houston-based filmmakers Anahita Ghazvinizadeh\, Jared Gullet\, Travis Johns\, and Stephanie Saint Sanchez for a presentation of recent work and a discussion moderated by Alfred Cervantes\, Deputy Commissioner of the Houston Film Commission. \nAlfred Cervantes\, Deputy Director of the Houston Film Commission and a native Houstonian\, has worked in various capacities in film for the past 22 years. As a freelancer he worked on Reality Bites\, The Chase\, Jason’s Lyric\, Powder\, and Apollo 13. His duty with the film commission is to promote the greater Houston & Harris County area to film producers\, production executives\, and independent filmmakers\, scout locations\, and facilitate any production’s local filming experience. Some of the recent feature films he has assisted or scouted for are The Tree Of Life\, The Preacher’s Mistress\, The Retrieval\, and Hellion. More information at http://www.imdb.me/alfredcervantes. \nAnahita Ghazvinizadeh received a BFA in film from Tehran University of Art and a MFA in studio arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Gazvinizadeh was selected as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema in 2013 by Filmmaker Magazine. Among the many festivals in which her works have been screened are Melbourne International Film Festival\, Moscow Shorts Film Festival\, Frankfurt Film Festival\, Queersicht Film Festival in Switzerland\, Female Eye Film Festival in Canada\, Slamdance Film Festival and Yasujiro Ozu Film Festival in Italy. \nJarrod Gullett is a principal and producer at Proud Pony International where he turns complex concepts into realities. His specialties are problem solving and bringing the right people together to achieve the best results. His recent work may be seen at weareproudpony.com. \nTravis Johns is a multi-disciplinary filmmaker and co-founder of Proud Pony International\, a new-media collective focusing on high quality video products and creative dressage. An accomplished editor and motion designer\, Travis has worked for clients such as Redbull\, BP\, New Balance\, Scion\, and Howard TV. His short films have screened in festivals all over the country\, including the web-series GET OUT! OF THE CLOSET! at The 15th Annual Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and Chicago’s 29th Annual Reeling Festival. Two of his shorts were selected for the Texas Filmmakers Showcase: It’s for Her (2009)\, and his latest work\, The Trouble with Ray (2014)\, a mini-documentary about legendary activist Ray Hill\, which will screen at The Museum of Fine Arts Houston\, The Austin Film Festival\, and the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival. \nStephanie Saint Sanchez is a by-any-means-necessary media artist\, moviemaker\, and instigator. As founder of La Chicana Laundry Pictures\, she has made over 25 award-winning\, genre-bending shorts. She also founded the Senorita Cinema Film Festival\, the only all Latina film festival in Texas. She is a recipient of a S.W.A.M.P. Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship\, The Idea Fund\, and was a resident in the Lawndale Artist Studio Program. \nQFest 2014: The 18th Annual Houston International GBLT-Q Film Festival is July 24 – 28 at various venues across the city.  QFest is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts as a powerful tool for communication and cooperation among diverse communities by presenting programs by\, about\, or of interest to the gay\, lesbian\, bisexual\, transgender and queer community. For more information visit www.q-fest.org. \nOut & Equal Houston’s vision is workplace equality for everyone regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity / expression. Their mission is to encourage and assist Houston-area businesses foster and maintain LGBT-inclusive work environments. For more information visit www.outandequalhouston.org.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-wednesdays-19/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140709T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140709T200000
DTSTAMP:20140627T020509Z
CREATED:20140627T002752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140627T020509Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Artist’s Talk with Wura-Natasha Ogunji\nAustin-based artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji will discuss her Idea Fund performance project\, one hundred black women\, one hundred actions\, which is included in Six of one\, half a dozen of the other through photo documentation. \none hundred black women\, one hundred actions premiered April 24\, 2010 in Austin\, Texas as part of Fusebox Festival. Black women from around the world were asked to submit an action or gesture of power. These movements were then performed by one hundred black women in east Austin along with a simultaneous live outdoor projection in Clarksville\, west of downtown. The sites for the performance were chosen due to their significance to the history of Austin and specifically to honor and recognize the history of black people in the city. The project performed movements across borders and geographies to envision a cumulative\, collective action translated into a site-specific performance with the weight and critical mass of one hundred black women\, thereby invoking shared power and presence. 
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-wednesdays-wura-natasha-ogunji/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140604T200000
DTSTAMP:20140524T001612Z
CREATED:20140524T001612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140524T001612Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:The Houston VIP Poetry Slam Team and friends present an evening of performance poetry. Watch as a closed list of poets stitch together eloquent writing with theatrical exuberance. This nationally ranked group holds the title of the 2nd Ranked Group Poem Performers in the Nation. This year\, Houston VIP will host the 2014 Southwest Shootout Regional Poetry Festival. For more info\, visit www.Houstonvipslam.com. The Houston VIP Poetry Slam is a program of EXPRESSIONS-EWCOC. \n\nPecha Kucha with Luck of the Draw Participating Artists: Mari Omori\, Katie Mulholland\, Phillip Pyle\, II\, Emily Link\, Sandy Ewen\, Kathy Hall\, Michael Guidry\, Isela Aguirre\, Hillerbrand + Magsamen\, Linda Post\, and Jon Read
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-wednesdays-18/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin\, Suite 200\, Houston\, 77004
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140521T200000
DTSTAMP:20140520T025248Z
CREATED:20140520T024315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140520T025248Z
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SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays returns this week with two great events:Screening: Keren Cytter’s Rose Garden\, 2014 Digital HD video\, color/sound 8:57 minA tragic story takes place in a Texan bar. Its drastic course and the lightness of the composition oppose each other contrapuntally. A virtually musical arrangement is formed by the repetitive employment of various elements (theme music\, changing atmospheres\, rifle shots). The therein presented\, almost emotionless\, acceptance of death is contrasted by the narrative of a father speaking to his son. Rose Garden explicitly criticizes the bigot mixture of family values\, American gun laws\, and societal behavioral patterns in general. \nRose Garden was shot in Houston and features an all-star Houston cast including Winch Eagleton\, Sara Gaston\, Chris Hutchison\, OTIS IKE\, Nick Meriwether\, Emily Peacock\, John Grmillian\, Wayne Gilbert\, and Jim Hatchett. \nDirected by Keren Cytter; Produced by Ivete Lucas; Special Effects by Jack Burn; and Weapons by Pat Henderson. \n________________________ \nPecha Kucha with Luck of the Draw Artists:\nJune Woest\nEarl Staley\nPenny Cerling\nFrank Sherwood White\nEva Maria Lourdes Martinez\nRosine Kouamen\nHiyme Brummett\nKay Sarver \nEach artist will show images and talk about their work in a fast-paced\, fun environment. \n________________________ \nDiverseWorks on Wednesdays is sponsored in part by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico USA. \nFREE \nImage Credit: “Rose Garden” still\, OTIS IKE
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-wednesdays-17/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin\, Suite 200\, Houston\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140423T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140423T200000
DTSTAMP:20140415T204741Z
CREATED:20140415T201121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140415T204741Z
UID:8438-1398232800-1398283200@staging.diverseworks.org
SUMMARY:DiverseWorks on Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Winifred\na new play by Alva Hascall\, with Tek Wilson and Cyrus Moshrefi\nWinifred features guns\, cigarettes\, opera\, cursing\, Nazis\, scatology\, and an amusing pile of steaming maternal manipulation. \nA British orphan\, given in marriage to Richard Wagner’s homosexual son\, Winifred was a friend of Adolph Hitler. She was also director of Wagner’s Festspielhaus Theater and a savior of artists\, gypsies\, homosexuals and Jews. She is a complex character. This theatrical excerpt explores her status as a heroine and victim of Germany’s revisionist history. \nThis is the first time Winifred will be performed in front of an audience\, with a talk back afterwards. \nPlease note: blank gunshots fired and cigarettes smoked during the performance.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverseworks-wednesdays-15/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, 4102 Fannin Street\, Suite 200\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:DWOW
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