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PROJECT FREEWAY: SITE VISITS FALL 2022

PROJECT FREEWAY: SITE VISITS FALL 2022

By Sarah Ramirez and Amari Lavergne, Fall 2022 Interns We are excited to be working with the DiverseWorks Project Freeway Fellows for 2022-23: Stacey Allen and the husband and wife duo of Laura Moreno and Azel Agustin. Their new community-focused projects will address...

MORE THAN A MURAL

By Maya White Visiting the most densely populated neighborhood in Houston, within which about 80 languages spanning from 40 countries co-exist, leaves you feeling one thing — inspired.  There are worlds within the Gulfton community, and it’s weathered many a test to...

MEETING EMMANUEL ENRIQUEZ AND MARGARET SMITHERS-CRUMP

By Gianna Ligotino Two of the foundational principles of DiverseWorks’ Project Freeway are to: 1)  develop new conversations and creative projects in spaces that are outside of a gallery space, such as neighborhood community centers and other non-art venues; and 2) ...

INTERN EXPERIENCE WITH DIVERSEWORKS

By Perata Bradley As a summer intern with DiverseWorks, the goal for me is to gain valuable experience and confidence as an artist and future director of my own art organization and facility.  My assignments consist of fieldwork in the Gulfton community with...
NEW VIDEO: DIVERSE DISCOURSE WITH CANDICE HOPKINS

NEW VIDEO: DIVERSE DISCOURSE WITH CANDICE HOPKINS

On April 1, 2020, DiverseWorks presented a Diverse Discourse lecture, live and online for the first time. Candice Hopkins, independent curator and writer, and Senior Curator of the Toronto Biennial of Art, presented The Golden Potlatch and the Gilded Gaze: Capitalism,...