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2445 North Blvd., Houston, TX, 77098
Exhibition Dates: August 23- August 28, 2008
Experiential Opening: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 6-9pm
Houston-New York based, experiential Artist Molly Gochman presentsRelease: Give-Away III as her last event at Commune on 2445 North Blvd, Houston. Molly Gochman’s The space will become alive with the interactive experience of Molly’s work on Saturday, August 23rd, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Molly Gochman’s GIVE-AWAY PROJECT is a series that continually unfolds.Release: Give-Away III addresses relationships with change through exhibiting large-scale prints and intimate paintings, inspired by aspects within these prints. Both the prints and paintings serve as a …
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
7-2am
The DW staff is hosting a fun filled night at Poiston Girl. Part of the proceeds go to DiverseWorks, so come and chill with us.
Poison Girl
1641 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77006
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Presented by DiverseWorks and HCP
Friday, July 25, 2008, 8pm-11pm
Houston Center for Photography
1441 W. Alabama, Houston, TX 77006
Based on Mad Libs, your favorite word game, Lens Libs, uses your photographs to “fill in the blanks” of the articles & stories. Not sure how to play? That’s okay! Join us for the fun anyway! A complimentary Mad Lib game will be given to the first 50 guests, courtesy of Penguin Group.
George Alexander
Catherine Anspon
David Crossley
Bill Davenport
John Devine
Christa Forster
Kara …
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DiverseWorks Visual Arts Residency
June 23-July 26, 2008
Meet & Greet: Thursday, July 10th, 6-8pm
Closing of The Real (Art) World: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 6-8pm
This is the true story of four artists, picked to share a studio, work together and have their creative process documented, to find out what happens when people start making art and start getting real. For the third consecutive year, DiverseWorks turns over the 3000 sq. foot main gallery to four artists selected to take part in The Real (Art) World Visual Arts Residency Program. …
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Friday, June 20, 2008
7pm
Free Admission
Discovery Green Park
1500 McKinney
Anhueser-Busch Stage
7:00PM- Ann ‘Sole Sister’ Johnson leads an art class using found objects and DiverseWorks screen prints your T-Shirt with its original artwork.
7:30PM- The Wiggins rocks out Anhueser – Busch Stage and audience members are invited to contribute to a collaborative art project.
Fresh Arts Coalition continues its FREE monthly series at Discovery Green, FRESH FRIDAYS, introducing young and old alike to Houston’s unique and thriving arts’ scene. Friday, June 20, it all gets started at 7:00PM in front of the stage …
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Wednesday, June 18,2008 6:30pm Auction Preview
7:00pm Auction Begins
***WE ARE SOLD OUT OF $250 EXTRA-AWESOME ART CHANCE TICKETS! The EXRA-AWESOME ART CHANCE TICKETS GUARANTEED YOU A SPOT IN THE FIRST TEN INDIVIDUALS SELECTED TO PICK ART***
Otherwise….
$125 Art Chance Tickets
$25 Admission Fee *Please note that the $125 Art Chance ticket, does not include the Admission Fee. Co-Chairs:
Christopher Blanke
J. Douglas Parker Host Committee:
Whit Adams
Bill England
Sonny Garza
Ryan Geiger
Cody Ledvina
Alex Martinez
Carla Martinez
Nick …
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photo by George Hixson
Thursday- Saturday, May 29-31, June 5-7, 12-14
8pm
What happens when anarchists and artists become embroiled in a turf war over who owns the streets? And how does society determine the winners and the losers?
When mysterious paint splatterings begin appearing around the city, targeting the work of prominent street artists, an ironic cat-and-mouse game threatens to expose the toxic truth at the heart of today’s graffiti culture. And a vigilante finds redemption and justice, but not the way he expected.
Based on true, recent events, The Splasher is a …
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
8pm
Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater
Praised as “one of the most profound choreographers of his generation” byThe New York Times, Ronald K. Brown and the award winning Evidence, A Dance Company blend African, modern, ballet, and contemporary dance styles to tell stories of the African Diaspora. In the company’s newest work, One Shot, Brown was inspired by the beauty, sense of community, and legacy captured by the great African-American artist, photographer, and Pittsburgh native, Charles “Teenie” Harris, nicknamed “One Shot.”
Considered one of the largest photographic collections of an urban African-American community, Teenie …
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May 9 – June 14, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, May 9, 2008 – 6-8pm
A Problem of Courage is an installation of video and other works by Kara Hearn that takes a look at the way travesties large and small, imagined and real, mediated and lived hang about. She builds intimate and absurd narratives to animate the ways that fear, regret, grief, horror, and humiliation play themselves out before and after the fact, shifting in and out of consciousness, repeating endlessly, and being re-made along the way. This exhibit will be on view in DiverseWorks Project Space …
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