Donate - Annual Fund 2025
December 2025 – January 2026
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DiverseWorks depends on donations of all sizes to continue our work as a space for artistic experimentation, a commissioner of new works, and an advocate for artists of all disciplines.
Diverse Discourse Lecture & Studio Visit Program: Louise Martorano
December 9, 2025, 6:30 PM
MATCH Gallery
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.
TOWN MEETING 1978-2028 Bimonthly Planning Meeting
December 14, 2025, 6 PM
MATCH Gallery
Join Rendezvous Center for Art 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. This gathering is free, and registration is required.
Art Tides Podcast - Episode 3
November 7, 2025, 2 PM
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A podcast about climate actions by small to medium-sized art organizations. DiverseWorks host Jennifer Gardner sat down with Dan Torop, Photographer and Assistant Professor at Cornell, who collaborates on the arts programming at The Soil Factory, an experimental arts/ecology space in Ithaca, NY. Click through to watch.
Anahita (Ani) Bradberry: Spectral Field
September 20 – November 8, 2025
MATCH Gallery
A solo exhibition of new work by plasma sculptor Anahita (Ani) Bradberry.
Sun Day Inprint Writing Workout
September 21, 2025, 11 AM
MATCH Gallery
A writing workshop centered around Anahita Bradberry’s exhibition Spectral Field.
12 Minutes Max: ESP
May 15 & 16, 2025
The DeLUXE Theater
A short-form performance festival for new and in-progress works up to 12 minutes long, featuring local artists selected by the Diverseworks Artist Advisory Committee.
Art Tides Podcast - Episode 2
May 23, 2025
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A podcast about climate actions by small to medium-sized art organizations. DiverseWorks host Jacq Garcia sat down with Liz Chalfin, Founding Director of Zea Mays Printmaking (Florence, MA), on Instagram LIVE to discuss how they are engaging with climate justice within their organization. Click through to watch.
A Gift from the Bower Catalogue Launch
April 26, 2025
Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature (LSCAN)
DiverseWorks is launching the official A Gift from the Bower Catalogue on April 26 at the joint closing of A Gift from the Bower and the opening of an exciting new exhibition.
Art Tides Podcast - Prototype
February 21, 2025
@DiverseWorks
A podcast about climate actions by small to medium-sized art organizations. DiverseWorks host Anthony Suber sat down with Mary V. Bordeaux, Ed.D. Co-Founder and Co-Director of Racing Magpie (Rapid City, SD) on Instagram LIVE to discuss how they are engaging with climate justice within their organization. Click through to watch.
Praise Music Sonogram
February 6 – 8, 2025
MATCHBOX 1
Julia 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.
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Founded by artists in 1982, DiverseWorks is a force that continues to shape contemporary art practice in Houston and across the nation. A multidisciplinary arts nonprofit, we support artists through the commissioning and presentation of new projects and thrive on collaborations. We invite you to join us as we expand notions of what art is, where art happens, and what art can do.
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DiverseWorks has been, and still is, one of those special organizations on the face of the Earth…. I have grown here as an artist and became a stronger art community member, and by default a better citizen of Houston, and therefore the world.
Jack A Massing — Artist, Houston
Jack A Massing — Artist, Houston
