Special Events

Celebrate DiverseWorks' 40th and James Surls' 80th Birthdays on April 13th at a garden party in Historic Montrose! Individual Tickets: $150 / $100 for DiverseWorks Members Thursday, April 13, 2023 6:30 - 9:30 pm Hors d'Ouevres & Birthday Cake by Little Kitchen HTX Cocktails by Robin Berwick / Double Trouble THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Live Oak Anonymous Magnolia Ignacio Carríon & Brent Armour Cedar Itchy Acres Gardens & Art H. Russell Pitman Palmetto Jeff Beauchamp Harry Bowles Lynn Goode & Harrison Williams Janet Meyer SCHAUM/SHIEH Sixto Wagan & Matthew Dirst Lillian & Bob Warren In-Kind Donors Sarah Balinskas & Jeff DeBevec Laura Calaway Sponsorship opportunities range from $1,000 – $8,000 and include recognition on all materials. The print deadline for sponsorships is March 1. Proceeds from The Birthday Party will support DiverseWorks’ exhibitions, performances, and programs – including A Gift from the Bower, opening April 22 & 23 at the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature @ Splendora Gardens (LSCAN). This outdoor, multidisciplinary, multigenerational exhibition takes place in natural galleries formed by small clearings in the piney woods of Southeast Texas.

Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks’ famed fundraising event, returns on Friday, May 17, 2024 at the MATCH. This year, the theme is Ecosystem – reflecting DiverseWorks’ commitment to our forthcoming Climate Action Plan and the exhibition and performance series, River on Fire, opening this fall.

A chance to view all of the artwork from our fundraising event, Luck of the Draw. Exhibition hours are free and open to the public. Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks' annual fundraiser features more than 200 original works of art created by artists from across the country, each available for $200.