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John Waters (Writer/Director)
Born in Baltimore, MDin 1946, John Waterswas drawn to movies at an early age, particularly exploitation movies with lurid ad campaigns. He subscribed to Variety at the age of twelve, absorbing the magazine’s factual information and its lexicon of insider lingo. This early education would prove useful as the future director began his career giving puppet shows for children’s birthday parties. As a teen-ager, Waters began making 8-mm underground movies influenced by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Walt Disney, Andy Warhol, Russ Meyer, Ingmar Bergman, and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Using Baltimore, which he fondly dubbed the “Hairdo …
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Lone Star Performance Explosion
Houston International Performance Art Biennale 2012
Thursday, March 8, 7 – 11pm DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Friday, March 9, 7-11PM AvantGarden
Saturday, March 10 – Notsuoh, 7-11PM
for more information and tickets: http://lonestarexplosion.org/
Houston’s cultural art scene is set to EXPLODE. For four days and three nights performance artists from around the world will be in our city for the First International Performance Art Biennale 2012.
Hosted at DiverseWorks, Avant Garden and notsuoH the festival will feature international artists Myk Henry from Ireland, Elena Nestorova from Finland, Gim Gwang Cheol from South …
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Performance and Benefit for DiverseWorks ArtSpace
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
8:30pm
DiverseWorks is pleased to present John Waters in his one-man show, This Filthy World: Filthier and Dirtier. This one-night-only benefit event replaces DiverseWorks’ traditional spring gala and provides crucial support for our visual and performing arts programming. A cocktail reception with Waters follows the performance.
John Waters’ one-man show is a “vaudeville” act that celebrates the film career and obsessional tastes of the man William Burroughs once called “The Pope of Trash.” Focusing in on Waters’ early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation …
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
6:30-7:30pm
RSVP: grants@creative-capital.org
Sean Elwood, Director, Artist Programs & Initiatives for Creative Capital, will be present to answer questions regarding the Creative Capital’s current and upcoming grant rounds. Creative Capital supports artists creating adventurous and imaginative work in Visual Arts, Film/Video, Performing Arts, Innovative Literature and Emerging Fields. In 2012, Creative Capital will be considering proposals in Emerging Fields, Innovative Literature and Performing Arts. The online Letter of Inquiry form opens on February 1, 2012 and closes on March 1, 2012.
Far from a traditional funder, Creative Capital is committed to working in long-term partnership …
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Stephan Koplowitz: Task Force
Natural Acts in Artificial Water May 19-20, 2012
2pm and 4pm
Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park sponsored by: Choreographed by international award-winning artist Stephan Koplowitz, this water themed site-specific work is a collaboration with 16 local professional dancers, Houston composer Aaron Hermes and Space City Gamelan. The resulting 45 minute promenade performance event physically and visually animates the entire park and its unique fountain. This new work is a continuation of Koplowitz’s national initiative, TaskForce, which began in Los Angeles (2008) and Plymouth, UK (2009). a part of: a weekend festival of …
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Anthony Barilla & the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Apocalypse Town
Wednesday – Sunday, March 21-25, 2012
Wednesday, March 21 – Pre-performance cocktail reception. 7pm
Thursday-Saturday, March 22-24, 8pm
Sunday, March 25, 6pm
(Purchase Tickets here. Tickets are available – if you have problems with the Ticket Purchasing software, please call: 713.223.8346 and someone will take care of your ticket order.) Sat performances $10; Sunday – Pay What You Can)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission are Chris Bakos, Wayne Barnhill, Kevin Blessington, Jeff Miller, Cathy Power and Kirk Suddreath, with a special guest appearance by John …
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Marina Zurkow Necrocracy March 17-April 21, 2012Opening Reception: Friday, March 16, 6 -8PM Marina Zurkow
Necrocracy
March 17-April 21, 2012 Opening Reception:
Friday, March 16, 6 -8PM
Commissioned by DiverseWorks to be part of Fotofest 2012 Necrocracy is an immersive art exhibition exploring nature and petrochemical production that combines video animation, drawings and sculpture by Brooklyn-based artist Marina Zurkow. In the space, the public is invited to explore a labyrinth-like landscape, populated with an array of petroleum-based artworks and a series of new animated video works. A collateral materials lab and an online survey provide space for audiences …
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