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Elia Arce: “First Woman on the Moon” photo credit: Martin Cox
Conceived, designed, written, directed, and performed by Elia Arce
Technical Director: Jose María Francos
November 30 & December 1, 7:30 pm: PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Presented by DiverseWorks at FRENETIC THEATER, 5102 Navigation Blvd, Houston
Originally commissioned by Highways Performance Space (Los Angeles), First Woman on the Moon is historically important as one of the earliest performance pieces to give a different voice to the Latino identity movement, focusing more on issues of class and spirituality rather than race and ethnicity. In First Woman, Arce leads the audience through a series of …
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Franklin Evans, “eyesonthedge”, 2012, mixed media installation (detail). Courtesy the artist and Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY. Photo: Adam Reich
November 17, 2012 – January 5, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, November 16, 6 – 8 pm
Artist’s Talk: Saturday, November 17, 2 pm
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO FRANKLIN EVANS TALK WITH TROY SCHULZE ON KUHA FM’S THE FRONT ROW
DiverseWorks is pleased to present the first exhibition in our new Midtown space, houstontohouston, a large-scale installation by New York-based artist Franklin Evans. Evans’ work takes advantage of the indexical nature of materials and …
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This is the city we make together by performing it. Who are you in it? Who represents you?
Co-Presented by DiverseWorks and the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
November 1 – 3, 2012, FREE
City Council Meeting will be presented in three very different locations over three evenings the first weekend in November. Post-show discussions will follow each performance. Admission is free.
City Council Meeting is a participatory theater event about empathy, democracy and power. Combining transcripts from government meetings in several cities, as well as original writing and a surprise ending, City …
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October 10 – 13, 2012
7:30 pm (doors open at 7 pm)
DiverseWorks Theatre
Tickets: $15 general admission / $10 DiverseWorks Members, Students, Seniors
Wednesday, October 10 – Pay What You Want!
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Written and directed by artist Keren Cytter, Show Real Drama is based on the lives of two of her actors who find themselves unemployed after graduating from the University of Acting in Salzburg. After countless failed attempts to get hired, they decide to write and direct scenes for their own showreels. Show Real Drama comes to DiverseWorks following …
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Keren Cytter, "Vengeance" (working title), 2012, HD video still, courtesy of the artist
DiverseWorks opens the 2012-13 Season with Keren Cytter: Video Art Manual
DOWNTOWN – 1117 East Freeway, Houston, TX 77002
September 8 – October 20, 2012
OPENING PREVIEW: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 8-10 PM
GALLERY TALK: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2 PM
MIDTOWN – 4102 Fannin, Houston, TX 77004
(entrance on Cleburne between Fannin and Main)
OPENING SOON
Video Art Manual is a major survey exhibition of works by Israeli-born artist Keren Cytter, whose experimental videos mix disjointed cinematic, literary, and theatrical conventions to …
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January 14-February 26, 2011 Opening Reception: Friday, January 14, 6-9pm Going out of Business Sale: Saturday, February 26, 12-6pmJanuary 14-February 26, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, January 14, 6-9pm
Going out of Business Sale: Saturday, February 26, 12-6pm
Parody of Light challenges the business practices of America’s most collected artist, Thomas Kinkade: Painter of Light. Within an installation that includes the interior of a home and a shopping mall, Patricia Hernandez critiques Kinkade’s practice of digitally reproducing images on questionably “collectible” objects while restricting the sale of his original paintings.
On the final day of the exhibition, Parody of …
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