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Tara Conley & Tria Wood November 11-December 17, 2011 Opening Reception: Friday, November 11, 6-9pmTara Conley & Tria Wood
November 11-December 17, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, November 11, 6-9pm
My Life as a Doll is an immersive art encounter combining rhyme, candy-colored environments, and fantastical sculptural elements to establish a life-sized residence where each room is defined by a pair of pages from a gigantic book. Seductive aspects of this fantasy world slowly give way to reveal the perils for a woman living her life as a doll. By inviting viewers into the personal spaces and narrative …
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
2pm
A Panel Discussion of current social, cultural, and artistic issues raised by My Life as a Doll. Panelists include Kimberly Davenport, Director and Chief Curator, Rice Gallery, Sandra Zalman, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Houston, and Dr. Nels P. Highberg, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Rhetoric, University of Hartford.
Panel to be moderated by Susie Kalil.
Sponsored by KUHF (88.7FM) / KUHA (91.7FM) and Saint Arnold Brewing Company
This event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
7pm
Come by for a Talk and Tour with Tara Conley and Tria Wood as they walk visitors through their installation My Life as a Doll and answer questions.
About My Life as a Doll
Sculptor Tara Conley and writer Tria Wood create a residence with rooms defined by pages from a gigantic book. Seductive aspects of this fantasy world slowly give way to reveal the perils for a woman living her life as a doll. Exploring personal spaces and narrative elements of this character’s life, viewers encounter a complex dialogue about power structures, …
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September 16-18, 2011
George Brown Convention Center
DiverseWorks is proud to be a community partner of the Houston Fine Art Fair
Partnered with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the City of Houston
Considered the biggest and best art show in Texas … ever
$200 million in art presented by 81 top galleries from 13 countries
HOUSTON FINE ART FAIR ANNOUNCES ARTIST HIGHLIGHTS
New Art Fair Showcases World-renowned 20th and 21st Century Works
Anticipation is building throughout Houston and the international art world as the Houston Fine Art Fair puts the finishing touches on its inaugural launch, slated …
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September 9-October 29, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 9, 6-9pm
Curated by GONZO247
Grandalism is a season-long series of street art commissions presented in partnership with GONZO247, founder of Aerosol Warfare. Throughout the season, the DiverseWorks dock will be the backdrop for a series of rotating, large-scale works that features accomplished street artists. Featuring a different artist every 8 weeks, Grandalism showcases the raw talent and innovation of the city’s freshest and most prolific urban artists selected by one of Houston’s most notable street art legends.
About SKEEZ181
Skeez181 is an ex-graffiti writer/artist from Houston Texas …
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September 9-October 29, 2011
Curated by Diane Barber
Opening reception: Friday, September 9, 2011, 6-9pm
Market days: Saturday, September 17, 12-6pm &
Saturday, October 22, 12-6pm
State Fair is a public spectacle that takes as its inspiration the construct of a contemporary art fair and merges it with the age-old tradition of street peddling. Organized to coincide Houston’s first-ever public art fairs, The Houston Fine Art Fair in September and the Texas Contemporary in October, State Fair is an arts-centric trade show with a twist in which artists from around the state will …
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Project Name: STATE FAIR
Deadline to Apply: August 10, 2011 at 5pm
Exhibition Dates: September 9-October 29, 2011 at DiverseWorks ArtSpace
DiverseWorks ArtSpace seeks Texas-based artists to collaborate with DiverseWorks to create a temporary public exhibition that takes as its inspiration the construct of a contemporary art fair and merges it with the age-old tradition of street peddling. Artists are invited to propose projects that explore the notion of street commerce, underground exchange and alternate economies that defy the strictures of the commercial art economy reinforced by the global art fair phenomenon. Hawk your wares! Peddle your services …
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QFest Closing Night
Monday, August 1, 2011
Rice Media Center
7:00PM VIOLET TENDENCIES
Preceded by a Tribute to the Founding Ladies of QFest, honoring Loris Bradley (formerly of DiverseWorks ArtSpace), Sarah Gish (formerly of Landmark Theatres), Marian Luntz (MFAH), Mary Lampe (SWAMP), and Rachel Boyle (Rice Media Center)
VIOLET TENDENCIES
Director: Casper Andreas
Starring: Mindy Cohen, Marcus Patrick, Jesse Archer
An aging fag hag and her gay posse take a rambunctious romp looking for love in all the wrong places! Cohen (best known as Natalie in The Facts of Life) delivers a raucous and …
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QFest presents Poison
20th Anniversary Presentation
Sponsored by DiverseWorks with the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Saturday, July 30, 2011
5pm
Location: Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Oscar-winner Haynes’ feature debut is an unforgettable triptych intertwining a drive-in sci-fi horror, a disturbing family documentary, and a seedy prison melodrama to create a provactive examination of gay identity, gay politics, and gay sexuality. Presented in a new 35mm print!
Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, James Lyons
For QFest information, events and tickets, click HERE.
Presented in partnership with Box13 ArtSpace and Red White Yellow
Curated by Jorge Rojas
Full stream of the collected works that make up Low Lives 3 will be projected within the gallery at Box13 ArtSpace
April 29, 7-10pm
April 30, 2-5pm
Low Lives 3 will be recorded and archived. It will be available for viewing during Box13 ArtSpace Gallery Hours.
April 29-May 21, 2011
DiverseWorks ArtSpace in partnership with Box13 ArtSpace are pleased to present a special co-presentation of Low Lives 3, an international exhibition of live performance-based works transmitted over the …
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