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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;VALUE=DATE:20241108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241111
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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:20250206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250209
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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;TZID=America/Chicago:20250211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250211T203000
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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;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T180000
DTSTAMP:20250424T152835Z
CREATED:20250327T171728Z
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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;VALUE=DATE:20250515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250517
DTSTAMP:20250513T161109Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T210000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception - Anahita (Ani) Bradberry: Spectral Field
DESCRIPTION:OPENING RECEPTION September 19\, 2025 | 6 – 9 PMCurator/Artist Talk 6:45 PM\nSpectral Field is a newly commissioned plasma sculpture installation by Austin-based artist Anahita (Ani) Bradberry that investigates the mindset required to imagine the unfathomable: the baffling cosmic scales of stars\, time\, particles\, displacement\, loss\, and interconnectedness. The exhibition seeks to offer an atmosphere of contemplation and lucidity\, observing the moment when an idea that seems too vast is transformed into a visceral and comprehensible feeling.  \nIn choreography with the cycle of the sun and moon through the gallery\, the work is both a constructed celestial environment rooted in place and time as well as a psychological space for communing with the ineffable. Visitors are invited to spend time with the work\, from the day to evening hours\, to watch and consider the passage of time. \nThe installation will include aspects of Bradberry’s collaboration with scientist Christopher M. Johns-Krull\, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University\, as part of the Open Interval Cohort—a collaborative program for artists\, scientists\, and art organizations—awarded by the Simons Foundation’s Science\, Society and Culture division. \nSpectral Field will be on view through November 8\, 2025. Gallery Hours are Thursdays – Saturdays\, 2–8 pm. Admission is free. \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nAnahita (Ani) Bradberry (b. 1993\, New Haven\, CT) is an Iranian-American artist and writer creating sculptural situations with plasma light. She earned an MA in Art History from American University (Washington\, DC)\, conducting primary research in Tokyo with the help of a Mellon Grant and lecturing on her research at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2016. She later assisted in the archival projects at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art as a Research Assistant. In 2024\, the City of Austin and the Trail Conservancy commissioned the monumental Sun Poem through the TEMPO Public Art Program: a year-long installation at the historic Seaholm Water Intake Facility landmark in downtown Austin. Bradberry’s work has been included in exhibitions at ArtSpring Lichtkunstfest (Berlin)\, Dominique Gallery (LA)\, Two Six Eight Bowery (NYC)\, the Washington Project for the Arts (DC)\, Transformer (DC)\, VisArts (VA)\, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (DC)\, George Washington University’s Gallery 102 (DC) and CICA the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (South Korea)\, Blaffer Art Museum (Houston) and in Austin at Big Medium\, Women & Their Work\, Co-Lab Projects\, and MASS Gallery.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/opening-reception-anahita-ani-bradberry-spectral-field/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251109
DTSTAMP:20251125T172332Z
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SUMMARY:Anahita (Ani) Bradberry: Spectral Field
DESCRIPTION: \nOPENING: September 19\, 2025\, 6–9 PMGALLERY HOURS: Thurs – Sat\, 2–8 PM\nSpectral Field is a newly commissioned plasma sculpture installation by Austin-based artist Anahita (Ani) Bradberry that investigates the mindset required to imagine the unfathomable: the baffling cosmic scales of stars\, time\, particles\, displacement\, loss\, and interconnectedness. The exhibition seeks to offer an atmosphere of contemplation and lucidity\, observing the moment when an idea that seems too vast is transformed into a visceral and comprehensible feeling.  \nIn choreography with the cycle of the sun and moon through the gallery\, the work is both a constructed celestial environment rooted in place and time as well as a psychological space for communing with the ineffable. Visitors are invited to spend time with the work\, from the day to evening hours\, to watch and consider the passage of time. \nThe installation will include aspects of Bradberry’s collaboration with scientist Christopher M. Johns-Krull\, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University\, as part of the Open Interval Cohort—a collaborative program for artists\, scientists\, and art organizations—awarded by the Simons Foundation’s Science\, Society and Culture division. \nRELATED EVENTS\nFriday\, September 19\, 6–9 PMOpening Reception Artist and Curator Talk: 6:45 PM \nSunday\, September 21\, 2025\, 11 AM – 12:30 PMSun Day Inprint Writing Workout \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nAnahita (Ani) Bradberry (b. 1993\, New Haven\, CT) is an Iranian-American artist and writer creating sculptural situations with plasma light. She earned an MA in Art History from American University (Washington\, DC)\, conducting primary research in Tokyo with the help of a Mellon Grant and lecturing on her research at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2016. She later assisted in the archival projects at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art as a Research Assistant. In 2024\, the City of Austin and the Trail Conservancy commissioned the monumental Sun Poem through the TEMPO Public Art Program: a year-long installation at the historic Seaholm Water Intake Facility landmark in downtown Austin. Bradberry’s work has been included in exhibitions at ArtSpring Lichtkunstfest (Berlin)\, Dominique Gallery (LA)\, Two Six Eight Bowery (NYC)\, the Washington Project for the Arts (DC)\, Transformer (DC)\, VisArts (VA)\, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (DC)\, George Washington University’s Gallery 102 (DC) and CICA the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (South Korea)\, Blaffer Art Museum (Houston) and in Austin at Big Medium\, Women & Their Work\, Co-Lab Projects\, and MASS Gallery. \n 
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/anahita-ani-bradberry/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250921T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250921T123000
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SUMMARY:Sun Day Inprint Writing Workout
DESCRIPTION:Registration Required – Click to Register\nJoin DiverseWorks and Inprint on Sun Day for a participatory\, experimental\, and stimulating creative writing activity. Participants will be guided through an hour-and-a-half writing workshop centered around Anahita Bradberry’s exhibition Spectral Field. \nSpectral Field is a plasma sculpture installation that investigates the frame of mind required to imagine the unfathomable: the baffling scales of the stars\, time\, particles\, displacement\, loss\, and interconnectedness.  \nThis writing workshop will be held in the MATCH Gallery in the presence of plasma (neon) art and will be led by Hannah Kelly. Kelly\, a former recipient of an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellowship\, is a fiction writer\, editor\, and author of the short story collection As Most Things Are. This workshop is free and open to the public\, with no prior writing experience necessary. Advance registration is required. Click here to register. \nAbout Sun Day:\nSun Day is a national mobilization on September 21\, 2025\, that celebrates the power of solar and wind energy.  \nAbout Inprint:\nInprint is a nonprofit organization in Houston that provides low-cost and free literary programs for all ages. \nAbout the Instructor:\nHannah Kelly is a fiction writer from Charleston\, SC. She holds a BFA in fiction writing from Emerson College\, where she published the short story collection As Most Things Are with Wilde Press. She also holds an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Houston\, where she was an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellow and also held a Provost Fellowship. She has taught literature and creative writing at Inprint and the University of Houston and has served as a fiction editor for Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/sun-day-inprint-writing-workout/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251209T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251209T200000
DTSTAMP:20251205T164038Z
CREATED:20251105T205136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T164038Z
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SUMMARY:DIVERSE DISCOURSE: LOUISE MARTORANO
DESCRIPTION:TALK: 6:30 pm\, Dec. 9\, 2025STUDIO VISIT DEADLINE: Dec. 1\, 2025\nJoin DiverseWorks in welcoming Louise Martorano\, Managing Director of National Programs\, Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST)\, to Houston as part of the Diverse Discourse Lecture & Studio Visit Program. The Diverse Discourse Lecture and Studio Visit Program brings curators and artistic directors to Houston to share their knowledge and ideas through free public lectures and visits with local artists.  \nLouise Martoranos’ talk\, It’s Not Out of Reach\, will take place at the DiverseWorks Gallery @ MATCH at 6:30 pm on Tuesday\, December 9\, and is co-hosted by Lawndale Art Center. Artist careers are often volatile and can be a rollercoaster when it comes to economic stability\, financial security\, and dependable infrastructure. This talk and discussion place these challenges at the center of our attention\, offering strategies for artists to skillfully approach uncertainty across issues of space\, ownership\, financial stability\, and scarce opportunities. Drawing on 17 years of experience in supporting artists’ careers and in caring for our arts and culture ecosystems\, the goal of this talk is to reassure participants that the path to being an artist with a sustainable career is not out of reach. \nAPPLY FOR A STUDIO VISIT: \nDeadline: December 1\, 2025Houston-area artists working in all disciplines (including visual artists\, writers\, dancers\, choreographers\, and performance artists) are invited to apply through Submittable. Artists selected by the visiting curator will be notified in early December. \nVISITING SPEAKER BIO:\nLouise Martorano has 20 years of nonprofit arts and culture experience with a focus on building infrastructures of support to stabilize artists careers. Prior to joining the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (“CAST”) as the Managing Director of National Programs and launching CAST Colorado\, Louise served for 15 years as the Executive & Artistic Director of RedLine Contemporary Art Center\, a non-profit contemporary art center and 2 year artist residency located in Denver. In this position\, Louise developed the Artist-in-Residence program\, developed\, facilitated and supported the curation of over 300 exhibitions\, launched both regranting and fiscal sponsorship programs to make philanthropic funds more accessible to artists and community organizations\, and launched a Satellite Studio initiative to negotiate affordable studio\, commercial and live/work spaces for artists and arts and culture organizations. From 2019 – 2025\, the Satellite Initiative resulted in adding 79 affordable artists studios into the Denver Metro Area\, 4 new live/work housing developments\, and negotiated 8 new locations for arts & culture nonprofits that previously did not have their own space. In 2017\, she was awarded a Livingston Fellowship for leadership from the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation. Louise holds a M.H. from the University of Colorado at Denver with a focus in Contemporary Art History & Music. She is a Trustee for the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation\, Board Chair for the Harmony Hammond Trust\, Board Treasurer for the National Performance Network and the Denver Center for African Art. \nABOUT DIVERSE DISCOURSE:\nInitiated in 2013\, Diverse Discourse brings curators\, artistic directors\, and critics from across North America to Houston. While here\, they present a free public lecture and conduct studio visits with Houston-area artists\, performers\, and writers. These visits often lead to long-term relationships and future projects\, contributing to Houston’s reputation as an essential center of contemporary curatorial ideas and artistic practice. Previous lecturers have included Candice Hopkins\, Independent Curator & Writer; Senior Curator\, Toronto Biennial of Art\, Kemi Ilesanmi\, Executive Director\, The Laundromat Project\, New York\, NY\, and Christopher K. Morgan\, Choreographer and Vice President of Programming – Maui Arts & Cultural Center\, among others.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/diverse-discourse-louise-martorano/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251214T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251214T200000
DTSTAMP:20251125T201536Z
CREATED:20251124T172433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T201536Z
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SUMMARY:TOWN MEETING 1978-2028  Bimonthly Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Free – Registration Required\n(da clic aquí para español)\nJoin Rendezvous Center for Art and DiverseWorks for a gathering and planning meeting for the 2028 50th Anniversary of Town Meeting I. Dinner will be provided by Rendezvous\, and Spanish/English language interpretation will be available. \nGrowing out of a June “Town Meeting 1978-2028” Symposium at Art League Houston\, this is the second bimonthly meeting for planning the 2028 50th Anniversary of Town Meeting I\, the landmark gathering of 4\,000 queer Houstonians at the Astro Arena which catalyzed Houston’s queer community and led to the creation of important institutions including the Montrose Center and Legacy Health. \nThis gathering is free\, and registration is required. \nTOWN MEETING 1978-2028\nBimonthly Planning Meeting\nSunday\, December 14\n6 pm-8 pm\nat DiverseWorks\nMATCH Gallery\, 3400 Main St. \nFeaturing presentation by:\nAnandrea Molina\nExecutive Director\, Organización Latina Trans in Texas (OLTT)\nFree – Registration REQUIRED \nDinner will be provided!\nSpanish/English Language Interpretation will be available \nABOUT TOWN MEETING 1978-2028\n“Town Meeting 1978-2028” is an initiative instigated by queer Houston artists Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin and is supported by Rendezvous Center for Art\, a new nonprofit dedicated to supporting interdisciplinary art that explores the rich diversity of queer experiences. These bi-monthly planning meetings will be held at different arts and queer serving organizations.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/town-meeting-1978-2028-bimonthly-planning-meeting/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260303T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260303T210000
DTSTAMP:20260224T195509Z
CREATED:20260224T195503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T195509Z
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SUMMARY:The Idea Fund: Round 19 Awards and Presentations
DESCRIPTION:March 3\, 2026 | 7 PM\n Aurora Picture Show \n5601A Navigation Blvd.\, Houston\, Texas 77011\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 13 projects by Houston-based artists to receive grants of $2\,500 and $5\,000 for the Round 19 grant cycle.  \nJoin us at Aurora Picture Show on March 3\, 2026\, at 7:00 PM as the 13 grantees introduce their project proposals to the public. The Idea Fund Round 19 grant recipients are: Saran Alderson; Salima Bowaniya\, Sol Diaz-Peña & Ryan Hollaway; Mitchell Collins & Sofia Silueta; Friends Gallery; Preston Gaines; Jessica Carolina González; Jennifer Marion; Tobe Mokolo; Quentin Pace; Joe Robles; Jesse Spiehler & Logan Tuttle; aisha tida; Chris Wicker\, Anna Taylor & Trent Teinert. Admission is free\, and all are welcome.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/the-idea-fund-round-19-awards-and-presentations/
LOCATION:Aurora Picture Show\, 5601a Navigation Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260319
DTSTAMP:20260324T175415Z
CREATED:20260113T193350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T175415Z
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SUMMARY:Hong Hong: The Past Does Not Need You\, But It Borrows Your Mouth
DESCRIPTION:Performances: March 17-18\, 20267:30 PM\, doors 6:30 PM \nDiverseWorks presents The Past Does Not Need You\, But It Borrows Your Mouth\, an exhibition of newly commissioned works by Hong Hong. This multidisciplinary presentation weaves together a four-channel video installation\, sculpture\, and live performance. Together\, these works consider geography as a poetic structure\, time as acquisition\, history as erosion\, and language as something transmitted through nonlinear experience. \nThe exhibition unfolds as two coexisting experiences. On March 17 and 18\, the gallery will be open from 12–5 PM for visitors to experience the video installation and sculpture. Evening live performances at 7:30 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM) will activate the space\, bringing all components of the work together in a unified\, time-based presentation. \nThe presented works extend from a series of durational performances on Angel Island and the Marin Headlands between 2025 and 2026. In each performance\, Hong Hong continuously walked the island’s perimeter and along the California coast. This repetitive circumambulation marked the island and shoreline’s spiritual resonance\, notating them as sites where miracles occurred. \nThe Past Does Not Need You\, But It Borrows Your Mouth continues ongoing research from Hong Hong’s residency with DiverseWorks in Fall 2025. \nDATES & TIMES:\nOPEN INSTALLATIONFour-channel video installation and sculptureTuesday\, March 17 & Wednesday\, March 18\, 12 PM – 5 PMFree admission. No tickets required. \nLIVE PERFORMANCES*Tuesday\, March 17\, 7:30 PM\, doors open 6:30 PMWednesday\, March 18\, 7:30 PM\, doors open 6:30 PMPay-what-you-wish\, $25 suggested. All are welcome. Tickets required. \n*Ticket holders are encouraged to arrive at 6:30 PM to experience the video installation before the start of the performance. \nARTIST BIO:\nBorn in Hefei\, Anhui\, China\, Hong Hong works with image-making and language through repetition\, disruption\, movement\, accumulation\, limitation\, translation\, evaporation\, and dispersion. She considers the materiality of the body\, the histories of craft\, the semiotics of poetry as well as the field of painting in relation to identity\, memory\, nations\, and land. Hong’s practice centers the creation and preservation of a Chinese-American subjectivity rooted in largeness\, multiplicity\, opacity\, self-definition\, and self-determination. \nHong Hong is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts (2025)\, Chiaro Award in Painting at Headlands Center for the Arts (2025)\, Tulsa Artist Fellowship (2024 – 2026)\, United States Artists Fellowship in Craft (2023)\, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in Painting (2023)\, Carnegie Foundation Fellowship at MacDowell (2020)\, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center (2019)\, and Artistic Excellence Fellowship from the Connecticut Office of Arts (2019). She has participated in residencies at McColl Center for Art + Innovation (2022)\, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (2020 – 2021)\, Yaddo (2019)\, and I-Park (2018). \nHer work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at Real Art Ways (Hartford\, CT)\, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville\, AR)\, Oklahoma Contemporary (Oklahoma City\, OK)\, Georgia Museum of Art (Athens\, GA)\, Ortega Y Gasset Projects (New York\, NY)\, Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockland\, ME)\, NXTHVN (New Haven\, CT)\, Fitchburg Art Museum (Fitchburg\, MA)\, Tephra Institute for Contemporary Art (Reston\, VA)\, San Francisco Center for Book Arts (San Francisco\, CA)\, Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Los Angeles\, CA)\, Akron Art Museum (Akron\, OH)\, Asia Society Texas Center (Houston\, TX)\, and University of Texas at Dallas (Dallas\, TX)\, among others.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/hong-hong-the-past-does-not-need-you-but-it-borrows-your-mouth/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – MATCHBOX 1\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260414T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260414T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T185153Z
CREATED:20260325T182650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T185153Z
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Sharon Louden
DESCRIPTION:FREE REGISTRATION\nApril 14\, 2026 | 6 PM\n The Jung Center\, 5200 Montrose​ Blvd. Houston\, TX\nJoin DiverseWorks\, Archway Gallery\, and the Jung Center for a conversation with Sharon Louden\, artist and author of Last Artist Standing: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life Over 50\, a book of interviews​ with artists offering models of resilience​ and ingenuity\, ​a​s well as pragmatic solutions. Centered on “Last Artist Standing”\, this forum explores how artists can sustain their lives\, especially in uncertain times. We’ll share paths to sustainability\, resilience\, and intergenerational collaboration. Audience participation is encouraged to generate pragmatic solutions in a collective\, inclusive conversation. \nSharon Louden is a visionary leader with decades of experience across arts sectors. She wears many interchangeable hats: artist\, educator\, advocate\, consultant\, community builder\, and editor of the Living and Sustaining a Creative Life series of books. As the founder and director of the Institute for Sustained Creativity\, Louden amplifies creative voices and advances meaningful opportunities for artists — particularly those who are underserved and underseen — across all disciplines to help sustain their creative lives.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/a-conversation-with-sharon-louden/
LOCATION:The Jung Center\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260514T220000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150743Z
CREATED:20260122T182837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T150743Z
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SUMMARY:Luck of the Draw: Chaos
DESCRIPTION:PURCHASE TICKETS & ART CHANCES*\nPARTICIPATING ARTIST RSVP*\n*Tickets for Luck of the Draw are no longer available online – but they may be purchased at the door. \nEmbrace the Chaos and join artists and collectors on May 14 at Luck of the Draw\, DiverseWorks’ legendarily raucous fundraiser and party. \nWith the artist duo Hillerbrand+Magsamen as Emcees\, a DJ set by artist Jamal Cyrus\, and hundreds of works created especially for DiverseWorks by artists from Houston and beyond\, May 14 is certain to be an evening to remember! \nMore than 200 works on paper\, each one 7 x 9 inches\, will be available for purchase at this year’s event. Participating artists from Houston and beyond include Anahita (Ani) Bradberry\, Tay Butler\, Mel Chin\, Orna Feinstein\, Sheila Pepe\, Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin\, and many\, many more!  All works will be available for the set price of $200. \nHOST COMMITTEE: Blanca Garza\, Chair | Natalye Appel | Cynthia Card | Ignacio Carrión & Brent Armour | Jereann Chaney | Xandra Eden | Ciro Flores | Jennifer Gardner | Hank Hancock & Chuck Jackson | Saúl Hernández-Vargas | Mahenou Ilahi | Philip Karjeker | Tara Kelly | Olivia Kimbrell | Koomah | Karen & Gabriel Martinez | Janet Meyer | Lizbeth Ortiz-Barber | Frederick Rhodes | Heather Rowell | Kellye Sanford & Fritz Lanham | Troy Schaum | David Shelton Gallery | Anthony J. Suber | Jadd Tank | Ichikara Valdez | Tek Wilson & Kevin Bakos \nTHANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS: Ignacio Carrión & Brent Armour\, Jereann Chaney\, Blanca Garza\, Tara Kelly & David Leftwich \nHOW DOES LUCK OF THE DRAW WORK?\nGuests purchase a Ticket to the party for $150 and Art Chances for $200 each. When the lucky winner’s Art Chance number is drawn\, they choose an artwork to bring home. Every Art Chance purchased guarantees one artwork – and of course\, guests may purchase more than one! \nLuck of the Draw is DiverseWorks’ only fundraising event of the year. All proceeds benefit the participating artists and support DiverseWorks’ free exhibitions\, performances\, and programs. \nOn behalf of the DW Board of Directors\, we hope you will join the chaotic fun of Luck of the Draw!  \nPARTICIPATING ARTISTS\nIsela Aguirre | Sterling Allen | Ky Anderson | Daniel Anguilu | Patrick Appel | Richard “Ricky” Armendariz | David Aylsworth | Rabea Ballin | Alex Barber | Julia Barbosa Landois | Darla Barolini | Cecilia Beaven | Jill Bedgood | Erick Antonio Benitez | Chris Bexar | Dawn Black | Dike Blair | Jordan Bolduc | Carolina Borja | Nina Bovasso | Anahita (Ani) Bradberry | Elaine Bradford | Margaret Braun | Tim Brown | Susan Budge | Tay Butler | Margarita Cabrera | Roni Cabrera | Bob Card | Emilio Carrera | Carter | Janice Caswell | Magdalen Celestino | Isabelle Scurry Chapman | Mel Chin | Chelsea Clarke | Tamirah Collins | Elisabeth Condon | Jonas Criscoe | Mary Cullather | Erin Curtis | MJ Daines | Tyler Deauvea | Emily Dingmann | Laura Veles Drey | Luisa Duarte | Chap Edmonson | Karen Eisele | Diana-Sofia Estrada | Russell Etchen | Amy C. Evans | Orna Feinstein | Emily Fens | Ana Fernandez | Garland Fielder | Rebecca Finley | Sarah Fisher | Mark Francis | Danielle Frankenthal | Janice Freeman | Dixie Friend Gay | Lynn Ganschinietz | Jacq Garcia | Rachel Gardner | Michael Godoy | Sebastian Gomez de la Torre | GONZO247 | Rebecca Rose Grant | Caroline Gray | Tommy Gregory | Margaret Griffith | Antonia Gurkovska | Theresa Hackett | Jessica Halonen | Brandon Tho Harris | Michael H. Henderson | Tina Hernandez | Hillerbrand+Magsamen | Clara Hoag | Keith J. R. Hollingsworth | Kim Hopson | Yu-Ru Huang | Gaby Hurtado-Ramos | Loc Huynh | Hedwige Jacobs | Heather L. Johnson | Ronald Llewellyn Jones | Jesse Alexander Kantu | Philip Karjeker | Cathie Kayser | Amanda Kerdahi | Cindee Klement | Koomah | Jessica Kreutter | Charles Mary Kubricht | Naomi Kuo | Sara Lam | Lynn Lane | Ryan Lauderdale | Joan Laughlin | Laura Lawson | Komie Kim Le | Emily Link | Peter Lucas | Renata Lucia | Giles Lyon | Ruhee Maknojia | Jonathan Marshall | Gabriel Martinez | Jack Massing | Anna Mayer | Ken Mazzu | Kelly McLane | Tracey Meyer Art | Isabella Mireles Vik | Tudor Mitroi | Lorena Morales | Pen Morrison | Kate Mulholland | L Napier | Jessica Ninci | Jim Nolan | Mari Omori | Tuyet Ong-Barr | Lizbeth Ortiz | Julia Oschatz | Carolina Otero | Quentin Pace | Jared Pankin | Emily Peacock | Moe Penders | Sheila Pepe | Adrienne G. Perry | Brian Piana | Chasity Porter | Linda Post | Denise Prince | Gabriel Prusmack | Lisa S. Qualls | Kristi Rangel | Ellen H. Ray | Mitchell Reece | Sarah Greene Reed | Cary Reeder | S Rodriguez | La Performera (Awilda Rodríguez Lora) | Lordy Rodriguez | Alex Rosa | Gerardo Rosales | Heather Rowell | JR Roykovich | Jennifer Sabolcik | Ibrahim Said | Juan R. Sanchez Torres | Kellye Sanford | Daniel Santos | Kay Sarver | Marlo Saucedo | Chris Sauter | Adam Schreiber | Beth Secor | Héctor Serna | Corkey Sinks | John Slaby | Kaneem Smith | Jered Sprecher | Mariam Aziza Stephan | Barry Stone | Anthony Suber | Sarah Sudhoff | Terry Suprean | Rebekah Tee | aisha tida | YE Torres & Tyler Tyger | David Ubias | Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin | Zulma Vega | Holly Veselka | Madelline Vicencio | Marco Villegas | Stacy Lynn Waddell | Angela Guerra Walley | Liz Ward | Bob Warren | Lillian Warren | Brant M. Watson | Doug Welsh | Jeff F. Wheeler | Jeff Williams | Jo Zider \nArtist list as of 4/28/26. Check back for updates!
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/luck-of-the-draw-2026/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260729T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260729T200000
DTSTAMP:20260701T171657Z
CREATED:20260420T181507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T171657Z
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SUMMARY:Art + Climate CONVERSATIONS: Emily Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Presented by DW Art + Climate Partners6:30 pm\, Wednesday\, July 29\, 2026Suggested Ticket Price: $25 (pay-what-you-wish) Get Tickets10% of ticket sales will be donated to the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project\nThe DiverseWorks Art + Climate Partners present Emily Johnson as the inaugural speaker for Art + Climate CONVERSATIONS. Join Houstonians\, climate advocates\, dance and art enthusiasts\, and artists alike on the evening of July 29th for a talk by Johnson\, a Yup’ik multi-disciplinary artist\, choreographer\, land and water protector\, and organizer for justice\, sovereignty and well-being. In October 2026\, Johnson’s Overflow Radio will be presented at DiverseWorks. \nArt + Climate CONVERSATIONS highlights artists and creatives that are leading the way on addressing climate-related issues through their work. The DW Art + Climate Partners support and advise on climate programming and future projects. DiverseWorks’ Art + Climate program began in 2023-24 and consists of a climate action plan that guides the organization; programming that increases awareness of the effects of climate change; support for artists to develop environmentally sustainable practices; and the development of a new\, climate-forward facility for artists\, community members\, and other non-profit organizations to share. \nSpeaker BioEmily Johnson is a Bessie Award-winning choreographer\, Guggenheim\, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation\, and United States Artists Fellow\, and recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award. She is based in Lenapehoking / New York City. Emily is of the Yup’ik Nation\, and since 1998 has created work that considers the experience of sensing and seeing performance. Her dances function as portals and care processions\, they engage audienceship within and through space\, time\, and environment — interacting with a place’s architecture\, peoples\, history and role in building futures. Emily is trying to make a world where performance is part of life; where performance is an integral part of our connection to each other\, our environment\, our stories\, our past\, present and future. \nHer choreography and gatherings have been presented across what is currently called the United States and Australia. Her large-scale project\, Then a Cunning Voice and A Night We Spend Gazing at Stars is an all-night outdoor performance gathering taking place amongst 84 community-hand-made quilts. It premiered in Lenapehoking (NYC) in 2017\, and was presented in Zhigaagoong (Chicago) in 2019. She choreographed the Santa Fe Opera production of Doctor Atomic\, directed by Peter Sellars in 2018. Being Future Being\, premiered on Tongva Land in Los Angeles in 2022. In 2011\, DiverseWorks presented her performance The Thank-You Bar in conjunction with the exhibition This is Displacement: Native Artists Consider the Relationship Between Land and Identity (co-curated by Johnson and Diné visual artist Carolyn Lee Anderson).  \nEmily’s writing has been published and commissioned by The Open Society University Network’s Center for Human Rights and the Arts\, ArtsLink Australia\, unMagazine\, Dance Research Journal (University of Cambridge Press); SFMOMA; Transmotion Journal\, University of Kent; Movement Research Journal; Pew Center for Arts and Heritage; and the compilation Imagined Theaters: Writing for a Theoretical Stage (Routledge). \nEmily hosts monthly ceremonial fires on Mannahatta in partnership with Abrons Arts Center and Kai Recollet. She was the Pueblo Opera Cultural Council Diplomat at Santa Fe Opera 2018-2020\, and a lead organizer of First Nations Dialogues. She was a co-compiler of the documents\, Creating New Futures: Guidelines for Ethics and Equity in the Performing Arts and Notes for Equitable Funding\, was a member of Creative Time’s inaugural Think Tank\, and serves as a working consortium member for First Nations Performing Arts.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/art-climate-conversations-emily-johnson/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – MATCHBOX 2\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260813
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260804T183500Z
CREATED:20260430T193128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T183500Z
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SUMMARY:Jesus Benavente: NUESTROWORLD
DESCRIPTION:Opening Thursday\, August 13\, 2026 | 6 – 8 pm\nDiverseWorks @ 5601 B Navigation Blvd\nNUESTROWORLD is a satirical solo installation by Brooklyn-based artist Jesus Benavente. Featuring newly commissioned works\, NuestroWorld opens on Thursday\, August 13\, 2026\, transforming 5601 B Navigation Blvd\, Houston\, TX 77011 into a fictional visitor center for NuestroWorld\, encouraging guests to explore Houston beyond the gallery walls and experience the city as an amusement park. The installation will be on view through September 13\, 2026\, with a closing party on September 11. Gallery hours are Thursday – Saturday\, 12 – 6 pm. Admission is free. \nThrough satire and spectacle\, NuestroWorld examines how cities construct identity through tourism\, branding\, memory\, and myth\, inviting audiences to reconsider Houston’s past and present. The exhibition draws inspiration from pivotal moments in Houston and Texas history\, including the opening of the Astrodome and Astroworld in the late 1960s\, Selena’s iconic Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo performances in the 1990s\, and the folklore surrounding Santa Anna’s capture following the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836\, highlighting the city’s recurring cycles of ambition\, folly\, and heartbreak. The title plays on “Astroworld” and uses Spanglish to create the phrase “The World Is Ours\,” reframing Houston’s cultural mythology through humor\, nostalgia\, and critical reflection. \nOpening Reception\nThursday\, August 13\, 6 – 8 pm\nArtist and Curator Talk: 6:45 pm \nClosing Party\nFriday\, September 11\, 2026\, 6 – 8 pm\n7 pm: special performance by CTS Trio – Queen of Tejano & Latin Tribute \nARTIST BIO:\nJesus Benavente is a visual artist based in Brooklyn\, New York\, and born in San Antonio\, Texas. Benavente earned an MFA from Rutgers University and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent exhibitions and performances include Reception Rome\, Italy; the Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York; Queens Museum; LTD Los Angeles; Performa 13\, New York; Acre Projects\, Chicago; Chinati Foundation\, Marfa; the Neuberger Museum of Art\, Purchase\, NY; Shin Museum of Art\, South Korea; Vox Populi\, Philadelphia; and Socrates Sculpture Park\, New York. \nWebsite: http://jesusbenavente.net\nInstagram: @testotesto3 \n 
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/jesus-benavente-nuestroworld/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, @ 5601 B Navigation Blvd & Various Locations\, 5601 B Navigation Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261003
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261025
DTSTAMP:20260803T213218Z
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SUMMARY:OVERFLOW RADIO: Šakotayišol Nunuš Constellation
DESCRIPTION:October 3-24\, 2026DiverseWorks Gallery @ MATCHGallery Hours: 12 noon – 6 pm\, Thursday-Saturday\nCelebrated for her large-scale social choreographies\, Emily Johnson / Catalyst’s newest project\, Overflow Radio is a performance\, skill-share\, planting of 1000 trees\, and radio transmission from across territories. \nIn conjunction with the world premiere of Overflow Radio in Mni Sóta Makoce (Minneapolis)\, DiverseWorks hosts an Overflow Radio: Šakotayišol Nunuš Constellation here in Houston. Over 24 non-consecutive hours\, we will gather in-person to listen to twelve First Nations and Indigenous authors\, poets\, and scholars live-broadcasting from their home territories and First Nations. We’ll pay attention to other scales\, other forms\, other knowledges. We’ll traverse together\, transcending colonial borders\, languages and time. We’ll feast and celebrate the making of community\, as we practice our shared commitment to creating our possible futures\, as we gather what we need to know. \nThe program is developed in collaboration with Emily Johnson and local Indigenous and Native artists to include talks\, skill-shares\, listening gatherings\, an exhibition\, and performances by Aveda Adara\, Chiara Beaumont\, Chichi\, Karen Navarro\, Aryn Ward and Monica Villarreal\, with additional participating artists and community partners to be announced. \nThe project is co-organized by DiverseWorks\, Emily Johnson / Catalyst\, and the participating artists and partners. \nPrograms (please check back for updated information)DW Art + Climate CONVERSATIONS: Emily Johnson\, 6:30 pm July 29Opening Event and Reception: 5 – 8 pm\, October 3Listening Gatherings: 12noon – 6 pm (specific hours TBD)\, October 9-12Diverse Discourse Lecture & Studio Visits: Mary Bourdeaux: October 16-19 / Lecture 6 pm\, Oct. 17 \nAcknowledgementsOverflow Radio is a National Performance Network Creation & Development Fund Project commissioned by Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater (REDCAT) and co-commissioned DiverseWorks\, MASS MoCA and University of Minnesota Department of Theatre Arts & Dance\, more information at www.npnweb.org. \nOverflow Radio is developed through creative residencies provided by MASS MoCA\, John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art\, Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater\, University of Minnesota’s Imagine Fund with support from the McKnight Foundation\, and Danspace Project with support from the New York State DanceForce\, a partnership program of the New York State Council on the Arts. \nOverflow Radio is created with generous support from First Peoples Fund\, Howard Gilman Foundation\, Harkness Foundation for Dance\, and the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. \nEmily Johnson / Catalyst is fiscally sponsored by Producer Hub. \nImage: Emily Johnson / Catalyst\, Quilt Being Star\, worn by Ty Fierce Matteba\, photo by Two Hawks Young.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/overflow-radio-sakotayisol-nunus-constellation/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270228
DTSTAMP:20260421T192409Z
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SUMMARY:Architects of Myths: Farima Fooladi and Ruhee Maknojia
DESCRIPTION:January through February\, 2027\nArchitects of Myths is a two-person exhibition featuring the works of Farima Fooladi and Ruhee Maknojia that explores how their painting practices can build new perspectives that shape society\, offering alternative interpretations of contemporary issues by looking at historical events and ancient folklore. Using creative survival methods\, sci-fi\, and speculative fiction\, the artists will respond to current political\, social\, and spiritual conflicts to help shape new futures.
URL:https://staging.diverseworks.org/event/architects-of-myths/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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