| 08/21/10 |
WE THE PEOPLE: A Celebration of the ARTS & Our Community
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
August 21, 2010
DiverseWorks and K. Dapree present WE THE PEOPLE: A Celebration of the ARTS & Our Community! Saturday, August 21, 6pm-9pm.
It’s the Dawn of A New Day as we celebrate Arts in Our Community thru the Spoken Word, Music, Dance, Performance Arts, and Visual Arts. Come and join some of your favorite artist from the Houston, Dallas and Austin community as we present a collaborative and merged ARTS experience that will be both breathtaking and a celebration...
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| 06/16/10 |
Luck of the Draw 9: The Musical!
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks ArtSpace
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
June 16, 2010
DiverseWorks ArtSpace presents Luck of the Draw 9: The Musical!
Great art that will make your heart sing – created by locally and nationally known artists, some of whom have exhibited at DiverseWorks ArtSpace over the past several years – available at affordable prices. It’s not a song and dance – it’s DiverseWorks’ highly anticipated summer auction, Luck of the Draw 9: The Musical! on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 6:30...
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05/13/10-
05/22/10 |
Vault 6°: Blau & Baptism
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
May 13-May 22, 2010
DiverseWorks, Amy Ell and Toni Leago Valle, present Vault 6°: Blau & Baptism, May 13-15 and 20-22, 2010 at DiverseWorks Art Space. A marriage of two dance companies for the month of May:
something old
something now
something drenched
something blau
Vault
The Onion
The onion, now that's something else.
Its innards don't exist.
Nothing but pure onionhood
fills...
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04/30/10-
06/05/10 |
Keep it Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
April 30-June 5, 2010
DiverseWorks presents the exhibition Keep it Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men, on view April 30 – June 5, 2010. Opening Reception: Friday, Friday, April 30, 6 – 8pm. Workshop: How to be a Yes Man, Saturday, May 1, 2010,11am-1pm. The exhibition was curated by Astria Suparak Organized by Feldman Gallery at Pacific Northwest College of Art and Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University. DiverseWorks Main Gallery.
Considered...
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04/30/10-
06/05/10 |
Flickerlounge - Short Films by Dara Greenwald
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
April 30-June 5, 2010
DiverseWorks and Aurora Picture Show are pleased to partner on Flickerlounge, a season-long cinematic experience in the newly refurbished Project Gallery at Diverseworks. In coordination with the visual arts exhibitions, Aurora will present an eclectic lineup of rotating full-length films, shorts and video presentations to accompany the Main Gallery. April 30, 2010 - June 5, 2010, Short Films by Dara...
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04/22/10-
04/24/10 |
CANCELLED The Rude Mechanicals: The Method Gun
Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex
April 22-April 24, 2010
DiverseWorks presents The Rude Mechanicals: The Method Gun, created by Rude Mechs | written by Kirk Lynn | directed by Shawn Sides, April 22 – 24, 2010, at 8pm, at Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex.
The Rude Mechanicals return to Houston with their latest production, The Method Gun. A play that explores the life, ethos and techniques of actor training guru, Stella Burden, as recounted through the eyes of her...
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| 04/20/10 |
CANCELLED Action Hero: A Western
Rudyard's
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at Rudyard's
April 20, 2010
DiverseWorks presents Action Hero: A Western presented with FuseBox Festival (Austin) and the British Council.
Experimental UK Theatre company Action Hero presents their latest performance A Western to Houston bar goers in April. A Western is a performance and collaboration between the audience and the actors where the immediacy and intimacy of live performance collide with the epic emotional experience of the cinematic blockbuster, a celebration...
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03/12/10-
04/17/10 |
FotoFest 2010 - Allison Hunter: Zoosphere
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
March 12-April 17, 2010
In conjunction with FotoFest 2010, DiverseWorks presents the exhibition Allison Hunter: Zoosphere, on view March 12 – April 17, 2010. Opening Reception: Friday, March 12, 2010, 6 – 8pm. DiverseWorks Main Gallery.
Zoosphere is a transcendent, site-specific installation investigating humankind’s relationship to...
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03/12/10-
04/17/10 |
Flickerlounge - Kelly Richardson: Twilight Avenger
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
March 12-April 17, 2010
DiverseWorks and Aurora Picture Show are pleased to partner on Flickerlounge, a season-long cinematic experience in the newly refurbished Project Gallery at Diverseworks. In coordination with the visual arts exhibitions, Aurora will present an eclectic lineup of rotating full-length films, shorts and video presentations to accompany the Main Gallery. On view March 12-April 17, 2010; Opening Reception: Friday, March...
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| 02/19/10 |
Debutantes Run Wild! The 2010 DiverseWorks Gala
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
February 19, 2010
DiverseWorks presents Debutantes Run Wild! The 2010 DiverseWorks Gala. Friday, February 19, 2010, 7:30 pm- Midnight.
Gala co-chairs Patrick and Tracey Keegan and the distinguished gala committee has selected The Bell Tower, 901 West 34th Street, 77018, (thebelltoweron34th.com) as the fitting locale for the Winter party of Houston’s most passionate contemporary art supporters. Honorees include Artists:...
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02/12/10-
02/13/10 |
So Percussion - Imaginary City
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
February 12-February 13, 2010
DiverseWorks Presents So Percussion - Imaginary City, February 12 & 13, 2010, at 8pm. Commissioned by DiverseWorks with Myrna Loy Center/ Helena, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts and National Performance Network.
The New York Times described So Percussion as “brilliant” and Billboard Magazine called them “Astonishing.” Imaginary City is the newest work by Brooklyn’s So Percussion. The...
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| 01/27/10 |
2010 Idea Fund Grantees Special Reception and Presentation
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
January 27, 2010
Join DiverseWorks as they celebrate the 2010 Idea Fund Grantees at a Special Public Reception and Presentation on January 27, 2010, 6-9pm at Diverseworks.
The Idea Fund, a re-granting program administered through Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks Artspace and Project Row Houses, and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, announces the 2010 The Idea Fund Grantees. The following ten Texas-based...
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01/21/10-
01/23/10 |
Company Clare Dyson: The Voyeur
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
January 21-January 23, 2010
DiverseWorks Presents Company Clare Dyson: The Voyeur Dance. Intimacy. Privacy. Vulnerability. Revelation. DiverseWorks is proud to present the U.S. premiere of Voyeur, the latest performance and installation by Company Clare Dyson that explores notions of intimacy, desire, and the act of revealing and what it means to watch another person.
In this exciting new work, audiences are not passive viewers, they can choose where and how they view the...
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01/15/10-
02/20/10 |
The New Normal
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
January 15-February 20, 2010
DiverseWorks is proud to present The New Normal, an exhibition that brings together 13 artists who use private information as raw material and subject matter. Each of the works in the exhibition offers access to the private sphere of the artists themselves, of strangers, and of public officials. The works take diverse forms—video, websites, novellas, found objects, and photographs—to question the forced and voluntary confessions that make the private sphere visible...
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11/07/09-
12/19/09 |
Tierney Malone: Third Ward is My Harlem
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
November 7-December 19, 2009
DiverseWorks presents the exhibition Tierney Malone: Third Ward is My Harlem, on view Nov. 7 – Dec. 19, 2009. The title of the show comes from a recent drawing by Malone containing a line declaring, "Houston is my New York, Third Ward is my Harlem." Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, 6 – 8pm. Commissioned by DiverseWorks. In the DiverseWorks Main Gallery.
Houston artist Tierney Malone transforms the DiverseWorks Main Gallery into a...
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10/16/09-
10/17/09 |
Morgan Thorson: Heaven
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
October 16-October 17, 2009
DiverseWorks is thrilled to debut the world premiere of Heaven, an extraordinary collaboration between Minneapolis-based choreographer, Morgan Thorson, the band, LOW (Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker), Lighting Designer, Lenore Doxsee, and Visual and Costume Designer, Emmet Ramstad, that explores emotional and physical manifestations of ecstatic perfection.
Culling forms and concepts from religious practices as strategies for creating the same state through dance,...
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| 10/10/09 |
Je me laver, Je regarde moi-même
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
October 10, 2009
DiverseWorks presents Je me laver, Je regarde moi-même, a panel discussion, Saturday, October 10, 11 am – 1 pm.
An informal panel discussion with local and regional artists about the “use of the self” in their video/performance work. Participants include Robert Boland, Erick Michaud, Jenny Schlief, among others.
Audience participation is welcomed.
Pictured: Jennifer Schlief, detail of a Still from Girlstar (2007),...
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10/01/09-
10/03/09 |
Ain Gordon: A Disaster Begins
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
October 1-October 3, 2009
DiverseWorks is proud to partner with Pick Up Performance Co(S.) to present the premiere of award winning writer, director and actor Ain Gordon's A Disaster Begins, a fictional account of a lone woman Muriel Halstead and her unbreakable bond with the devastating Galveston hurricane that decimated the Texas island in 1900, taking the lives of 6,000 in a single night. She appears with little more than a glass and pitcher of water to tell her tale of the storm, and unravels with...
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| 09/26/09 |
CANCELLED Paint-A-Thon & Xtreme Meander
Discovery Green
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at Discovery Green
September 26, 2009
DiverseWorks’ cancels 1(ish)K: Xtreme Meander & Paint-A-Thon at Discovery Green.
Team DiverseWorks is injured and has been ordered by medical specialists to take some time to recover, making it necessary to indefinitely postpone our 2nd Annual 1(ish)K: Xtreme Meander and Paint-A-Thon at Discovery Green on September 26, 2009.
09/11/09-
10/24/09 |
Now that I’m by myself, she says, I'm not by myself, which is good
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
September 11-October 24, 2009
DiverseWorks kicks off the season with an exhibit curated by Rachel Cook titled "Now that I’m by myself," she says, "I'm not by myself, which is good.", which brings together artists Brian Bress, Wynne Greenwood, Laurel Nakadate, and Yuki Okumura. On view Sept. 11 – Oct. 24, 2009; Opening Reception Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, 6 – 8pm, DiverseWorks Main Gallery.
Now That I'm by Myself… groups together...
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07/17/09-
08/15/09 |
$TIMULUS: Artadia Awardees 2008 Houston
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
July 17-August 15, 2009
DiverseWorks presents $TIMULUS: Artadia Awardees 2008 Houston.
Showcasing some of the hottest talent in Houston’s vibrant contemporary art community, DiverseWorks once again joins forces with Artadia to present $TIMULUS, opening with a reception from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 17, 2009. The exhibition, on view through August 15, 2009 in the DiverseWorks Main Gallery, features new work by the 2008 recipients of the Artadia Awards. Artadia: The Fund...
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| 07/01/09 |
Luck of the Draw 8: When Art Attacks!
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
July 1, 2009
DiverseWorks presents Luck of the Draw 8: When Art Attacks! Real art – at really affordable prices. Once again, DiverseWorks presents their highly anticipated summer auction, Luck of the Draw 8: When Art Attacks! on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at DiverseWorks Artspace, located at 1117 East Freeway, Houston, 77002.
An impatient art collector? Just like last year, choose to purchase one (or more) of the Top 20 Art Chance Exclusive Access...
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06/04/09-
06/13/09 |
POSTPONED UNTIL 09-10 SEASON Ain Gordon: The Storm Show
Stages Repertory Theatre
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at Stages Repertory Theatre
June 4-June 13, 2009
DiverseWorks is proud to partner with Stages Repertory Theatre and Pick Up Performance Co(S.) to present the premiere of award winning writer, director and actor Ain Gordon's The Storm Show, a fictional account of a lone woman and her unbreakable bond with the devastating Galveston hurricane that decimated the Texas island in 1900, taking the lives of 6,000 in a single night.
She appears with little more than a glass and pitcher of water to tell her tale of the...
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| 05/03/09 |
Jandek and MV & EE perform at DiverseWorks ArtSpace!
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
May 3, 2009
DiverseWorks Art Space presents Jandek and MV & EE.
Jandek Groupies unite! DiverseWorks invites you to a truly unique music event featuring world renowned and mysterious music legend, Jandek. According to a fan website, http://tisue.net/jandek/ , “Everybody knows one thing about Jandek: nobody knows anything about Jandek. There is nothing but the music.”
Houstonians will get the rare chance to see...
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05/01/09-
06/13/09 |
New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
May 1-June 13, 2009
DiverseWorks’ Co-director Diane Barber joins forces with Eva Buttacavoli (Austin Museum of Art), Bill FitzGibbons (Blue Star Contemporary Art Center) and Dennis Kois (The Grace Museum) to select artists for New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch, opening with a reception May 1 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., and on view through June 13, 2009.
The triennial’s third exhibition since its 2002 inception showcases emerging Central Texas artists testing the boundaries of...
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04/03/09-
04/11/09 |
Teresa Chapman & Leslie Scates: The Convenient Woman
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
April 3-April 11, 2009
DiverseWorks Art Space presents Teresa Chapman & Leslie Scates: The Convenient Woman.
With her Houston choreographic premiere of Upended in 2006, Nancy Wozny proclaimed Teresa Chapman’s work as “uber-physical and risk-taking.” In her latest dance theatre production, The Convenient Woman, Chapman joins forces with choreographer and performing artist Leslie Scates and designer Frederique deMontblanc to develop a dance-theatre performance...
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| 03/27/09 |
Fire Sale! The 2009 DiverseWorks Gala
Rice Hotel: Crystal Ballroom & Post Rice Lofts
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at Rice Hotel: Crystal Ballroom & Post Rice Lofts
March 27, 2009
DiverseWorks is having a Fire Sale! While the smoke is still clearing from a spectacular 25th Anniversary Season, on Friday, March 27, the Rice Hotel will be transformed into an inferno of festivities for the DiverseWorks 2009 Gala!
Gala Co-Chairs Fernando Aramburo and Sarah Walters and Chuy Terrazas and Christine Johnson and Host Committee: David & Alison Ayers; Diane Barber and Karen Niemeier; Jack and Melissa Belcher; Deborah M. Colton; Bill England...
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03/20/09-
03/21/09 |
Michelle Ellsworth: The Objectification of Things
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
March 20-March 21, 2009
DiverseWorks Arts Space presents Michelle Ellsworth: The Objectification of Things, Friday & Saturday, March 20 & 21, 2009, at 8pm. Commissioned by DiverseWorks with Miami Dade Cultural Affairs and The National Performance Network (NPN).
University of Colorado at Boulder dance professor Michelle Ellsworth has been described as hilarious, neurotic, quirky, a choreographer and, dare we add, brilliant. Her work invariably employs choreography as a vehicle for...
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03/06/09-
04/18/09 |
Solution
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
March 6-April 18, 2009
DiverseWorks invites you to Solution, Curated by Janet Phelps. On display March 6-April 18, 2009 in the DiverseWorks Main Gallery.
The notion of progress is much more than a simple idea; it is a question -- a 10,000-year-old experiment we have participated in but seldom controlled. Humanity has reached a tipping point. Solution poses questions about the nature of progress and offers theoretical solutions intended to head off the potential for...
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02/20/09-
02/21/09 |
Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
February 20-February 21, 2009
Commissioned by DiverseWorks Arts Space with The Pat Graney Company, 7 Stages and NPN, Scott Turner Schofield's Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps will be featured on Friday & Saturday, February 20 and 21 at the Diverse Works Arts Space.
Scott Turner Schofield puts his personal journey from female-bodied boy to butch girl to unrecognizable woman to man on display through his performance, Becoming a Man...
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01/30/09-
02/21/09 |
Pat Graney: House of Mind
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
January 30-February 21, 2009
Internationally renowned choreographer, Pat Graney, makes a grand return to Houston as she takes over DiverseWorks’ entire building with her latest site-specific exhibition and performance House of Mind.
In an amalgamation of female memory, collective unconscious, and family and cultural histories, Graney creates an expansive kinesthetic sense of her work that takes the audience on an intense and...
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| 01/17/09 |
CRAFT ATTACK
DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Presented by DiverseWorks Art Space
at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
January 17, 2009
DiverseWorks presents CRAFT ATTACK, Saturday, January 17, 2009, from 12noon-6pm.
Want to get your hands dirty? Join us Saturday, January 17th from 12 to 6pm for CRAFT ATTACK, an exciting afternoon of crafty fun with Pat Graney! Not only will it be crazy fun to build Houston's biggest button waterfall, book room, and high heel tower, but you will be able to be a part of DiverseWorks history as your work will be part of DW's largest production/installation to...
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