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SUMMARY:Luck of the Draw: Chaos
DESCRIPTION:PURCHASE TICKETS & ART CHANCES\nPARTICIPATING ARTIST RSVP\nEmbrace the Chaos and join artists and collectors on May 14 at Luck of the Draw\, DiverseWorks’ legendarily raucous fundraiser and party. \nWith the artist duo Hillerbrand+Magsamen as Emcees\, a DJ set by artist Jamal Cyrus\, and hundreds of works created especially for DiverseWorks by artists from Houston and beyond\, May 14 is certain to be an evening to remember! \nMore than 200 works on paper\, each one 7 x 9 inches\, will be available for purchase at this year’s event. Participating artists from Houston and beyond include Anahita (Ani) Bradberry\, Tay Butler\, Mel Chin\, Orna Feinstein\, Sheila Pepe\, Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin\, and many\, many more!  All works will be available for the set price of $200. \nHOST COMMITTEE: Blanca Garza\, Chair | Natalye Appel | Cynthia Card | Ignacio Carrión & Brent Armour | Jereann Chaney | Xandra Eden | Ciro Flores | Jennifer Gardner | Hank Hancock & Chuck Jackson | Saúl Hernández-Vargas | Mahenou Ilahi | Philip Karjeker | Tara Kelly | Olivia Kimbrell | Koomah | Karen & Gabriel Martinez | Janet Meyer | Lizbeth Ortiz-Barber | Frederick Rhodes | Heather Rowell | Kellye Sanford & Fritz Lanham | Troy Schaum | David Shelton Gallery | Anthony J. Suber | Jadd Tank | Ichikara Valdez | Tek Wilson & Kevin Bakos \nTHANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS: Ignacio Carrión & Brent Armour\, Jereann Chaney\, Blanca Garza\, Tara Kelly & David Leftwich \nHOW DOES LUCK OF THE DRAW WORK?\nGuests purchase a Ticket to the party for $150 and Art Chances for $200 each. When the lucky winner’s Art Chance number is drawn\, they choose an artwork to bring home. Every Art Chance purchased guarantees one artwork – and of course\, guests may purchase more than one! \nLuck of the Draw is DiverseWorks’ only fundraising event of the year. All proceeds benefit the participating artists and support DiverseWorks’ free exhibitions\, performances\, and programs. \nOn behalf of the DW Board of Directors\, we hope you will join the chaotic fun of Luck of the Draw!  \nPARTICIPATING ARTISTS\nIsela Aguirre | Sterling Allen | Ky Anderson | Daniel Anguilu | Patrick Appel | Richard “Ricky” Armendariz | David Aylsworth | Rabea Ballin | Alex Barber | Julia Barbosa Landois | Darla Barolini | Cecilia Beaven | Jill Bedgood | Erick Antonio Benitez | Chris Bexar | Dawn Black | Dike Blair | Jordan Bolduc | Carolina Borja | Nina Bovasso | Anahita (Ani) Bradberry | Elaine Bradford | Margaret Braun | Tim Brown | Susan Budge | Tay Butler | Margarita Cabrera | Roni Cabrera | Bob Card | Emilio Carrera | Carter | Janice Caswell | Magdalen Celestino | Isabelle Scurry Chapman | Mel Chin | Chelsea Clarke | Tamirah Collins | Elisabeth Condon | Jonas Criscoe | Mary Cullather | Erin Curtis | MJ Daines | Tyler Deauvea | Emily Dingmann | Laura Veles Drey | Luisa Duarte | Chap Edmonson | Karen Eisele | Diana-Sofia Estrada | Russell Etchen | Amy C. Evans | Orna Feinstein | Emily Fens | Ana Fernandez | Garland Fielder | Rebecca Finley | Sarah Fisher | Mark Francis | Danielle Frankenthal | Janice Freeman | Dixie Friend Gay | Lynn Ganschinietz | Jacq Garcia | Rachel Gardner | Michael Godoy | Sebastian Gomez de la Torre | GONZO247 | Rebecca Rose Grant | Caroline Gray | Tommy Gregory | Margaret Griffith | Antonia Gurkovska | Theresa Hackett | Jessica Halonen | Brandon Tho Harris | Michael H. Henderson | Tina Hernandez | Hillerbrand+Magsamen | Clara Hoag | Keith J. R. Hollingsworth | Kim Hopson | Yu-Ru Huang | Gaby Hurtado-Ramos | Loc Huynh | Hedwige Jacobs | Heather L. Johnson | Ronald Llewellyn Jones | Jesse Alexander Kantu | Philip Karjeker | Cathie Kayser | Amanda Kerdahi | Cindee Klement | Koomah | Jessica Kreutter | Charles Mary Kubricht | Naomi Kuo | Sara Lam | Lynn Lane | Ryan Lauderdale | Joan Laughlin | Laura Lawson | Komie Kim Le | Emily Link | Peter Lucas | Renata Lucia | Giles Lyon | Ruhee Maknojia | Jonathan Marshall | Gabriel Martinez | Jack Massing | Anna Mayer | Ken Mazzu | Kelly McLane | Tracey Meyer Art | Isabella Mireles Vik | Tudor Mitroi | Lorena Morales | Pen Morrison | Kate Mulholland | L Napier | Jessica Ninci | Jim Nolan | Mari Omori | Tuyet Ong-Barr | Lizbeth Ortiz | Julia Oschatz | Carolina Otero | Quentin Pace | Jared Pankin | Emily Peacock | Moe Penders | Sheila Pepe | Adrienne G. Perry | Brian Piana | Chasity Porter | Linda Post | Denise Prince | Gabriel Prusmack | Lisa S. Qualls | Kristi Rangel | Ellen H. Ray | Mitchell Reece | Sarah Greene Reed | Cary Reeder | S Rodriguez | La Performera (Awilda Rodríguez Lora) | Lordy Rodriguez | Alex Rosa | Gerardo Rosales | Heather Rowell | JR Roykovich | Jennifer Sabolcik | Ibrahim Said | Juan R. Sanchez Torres | Kellye Sanford | Daniel Santos | Kay Sarver | Marlo Saucedo | Chris Sauter | Adam Schreiber | Beth Secor | Héctor Serna | Corkey Sinks | John Slaby | Kaneem Smith | Jered Sprecher | Mariam Aziza Stephan | Barry Stone | Anthony Suber | Sarah Sudhoff | Terry Suprean | Rebekah Tee | aisha tida | YE Torres & Tyler Tyger | David Ubias | Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin | Zulma Vega | Holly Veselka | Madelline Vicencio | Marco Villegas | Stacy Lynn Waddell | Angela Guerra Walley | Liz Ward | Bob Warren | Lillian Warren | Brant M. Watson | Doug Welsh | Jeff F. Wheeler | Jeff Williams | Jo Zider \nArtist list as of 4/28/26. Check back for updates!
URL:https://diverseworks.org/event/luck-of-the-draw-2026/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Art + Climate CONVERSATIONS: Emily Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Presented by DW Art + Climate Partners6:30 pm\, Wednesday\, July 29\, 2026Suggested Ticket Price: $25 (pay-what-you-wish) Tickets on sale soon\nThe DiverseWorks Art + Climate Partners present Emily Johnson as the inaugural speaker for Art + Climate CONVERSATIONS. Join Houstonians\, climate advocates\, dance and art enthusiasts\, and artists alike on the evening of July 29th for a talk by Johnson\, a Yu’pik multi-disciplinary artist\, choreographer\, land and water protector\, and organizer for justice\, sovereignty and well-being. In October 2026\, Johnson’s Overflow Radio will be presented at DiverseWorks. \nArt + Climate CONVERSATIONS highlights artists and creatives that are leading the way on addressing climate-related issues through their work. The DW Art + Climate Partners support and advise on climate programming and future projects. DiverseWorks’ Art + Climate program began in 2023-24 and consists of a climate action plan that guides the organization; programming that increases awareness of the effects of climate change; support for artists to develop environmentally sustainable practices; and the development of a new\, climate-forward facility for artists\, community members\, and other non-profit organizations to share. \nSpeaker BioEmily Johnson is a Bessie Award-winning choreographer\, Guggenheim\, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation\, and United States Artists Fellow\, and recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award. She is based in Lenapehoking / New York City. Emily is of the Yup’ik Nation\, and since 1998 has created work that considers the experience of sensing and seeing performance. Her dances function as portals and care processions\, they engage audienceship within and through space\, time\, and environment — interacting with a place’s architecture\, peoples\, history and role in building futures. Emily is trying to make a world where performance is part of life; where performance is an integral part of our connection to each other\, our environment\, our stories\, our past\, present and future. \nHer choreography and gatherings have been presented across what is currently called the United States and Australia. Her large-scale project\, Then a Cunning Voice and A Night We Spend Gazing at Stars is an all-night outdoor performance gathering taking place amongst 84 community-hand-made quilts. It premiered in Lenapehoking (NYC) in 2017\, and was presented in Zhigaagoong (Chicago) in 2019. She choreographed the Santa Fe Opera production of Doctor Atomic\, directed by Peter Sellars in 2018. Being Future Being\, premiered on Tongva Land in Los Angeles in 2022. In 2011\, DiverseWorks presented her performance The Thank-You Bar in conjunction with the exhibition This is Displacement: Native Artists Consider the Relationship Between Land and Identity (co-curated by Johnson and Diné visual artist Carolyn Lee Anderson).  \nEmily’s writing has been published and commissioned by The Open Society University Network’s Center for Human Rights and the Arts\, ArtsLink Australia\, unMagazine\, Dance Research Journal (University of Cambridge Press); SFMOMA; Transmotion Journal\, University of Kent; Movement Research Journal; Pew Center for Arts and Heritage; and the compilation Imagined Theaters: Writing for a Theoretical Stage (Routledge). \nEmily hosts monthly ceremonial fires on Mannahatta in partnership with Abrons Arts Center and Kai Recollet. She was the Pueblo Opera Cultural Council Diplomat at Santa Fe Opera 2018-2020\, and a lead organizer of First Nations Dialogues. She was a co-compiler of the documents\, Creating New Futures: Guidelines for Ethics and Equity in the Performing Arts and Notes for Equitable Funding\, was a member of Creative Time’s inaugural Think Tank\, and serves as a working consortium member for First Nations Performing Arts.
URL:https://diverseworks.org/event/art-climate-conversations-emily-johnson/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – MATCHBOX 2\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Jesus Benavente: NUESTROWORLD
DESCRIPTION:Jesus Benavente\, A life\, A Home and A Horse Named Triste\, 2021\, courtesy of the artist.\n August-September\, 2026\nNUESTROWORLD is a satirical solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Jesus Benavente\, conceived of as a visual album and immersive “amusement park.” This project features interconnected works unfolding across the gallery and city\, collectively highlighting Houston’s cyclical history of ambition\, folly\, and heartbreak. The title NUESTROWORLD is a play on Astroworld and uses Spanglish to create the phrase “The World Is Ours.” The project draws inspiration from popular events that mark specific eras of Houston’s history\, such as the opening of the world-famous Astrodome and Astroworld Park in the late 60’s\, Selena’s iconic Rodeo performances in the 90’s\, and the folklore surrounding the 1836 capture of Santa Anna during the Battle of San Jacinto as part of the Texas Revolution. Together\, they build a story\, a world developed over time that underscores sacrifice\, instills resilience\, and highlights a Texas attitude of “come and take it.”  \nARTIST BIO:\nJesus Benavente is a visual artist based in Brooklyn\, New York. Jesus earned an MFA from Rutgers University and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent exhibitions and performances include the Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York; Queens Museum\, Queens; LTD Los Angeles\, Los Angeles; Performa 13\, New York; Acre Projects\, Chicago; Chinati Foundation\, Marfa; the Neuberger Museum of Art\, Purchase\, NY; Shin Museum of Art\, South Korea; Vox Populi\, Philadelphia; Socrates Sculpture Park\, New York; and Austin Museum of Art. Benavente was born in San Antonio\, Texas. \n 
URL:https://diverseworks.org/event/jesus-benavente-nuestroworld/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks\, Various Locations TBA\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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SUMMARY:OVERFLOW RADIO: Šakotayišol Nunuš Constellation
DESCRIPTION:October 3-24\, 2026DiverseWorks Gallery @ MATCHGallery Hours: 12 noon – 6 pm\, Thursday-Saturday\nCelebrated for her large-scale social choreographies\, Emily Johnson / Catalyst’s newest project\, Overflow Radio is a performance\, skill-share\, planting of 1000 trees\, and radio transmission from across territories. \nIn conjunction with the world premiere of Overflow Radio in Mni Sóta Makoce (Minneapolis)\, DiverseWorks hosts an Overflow Radio: Šakotayišol Nunuš Constellation here in Houston. Over 24 non-consecutive hours\, we will gather in-person to listen to twelve First Nations and Indigenous authors\, poets\, and scholars live-broadcasting from their home territories and First Nations. We’ll pay attention to other scales\, other forms\, other knowledges. We’ll traverse together\, transcending colonial borders\, languages and time. We’ll feast and celebrate the making of community\, as we practice our shared commitment to creating our possible futures\, as we gather what we need to know. \nThe program is developed in collaboration with Emily Johnson and local Indigenous and Native artists to include talks\, skill-shares\, listening gatherings\, an exhibition\, and performances by Aveda Adara\, Chiara Beaumont\, ChiChi\, Karen Navarro\, Aryn Ward and Monica Villarreal\, with additional participating artists and community partners to be announced. \nThe project is co-organized by DiverseWorks\, Emily Johnson / Catalyst and the participating artists and partners. \nPrograms (please check back for updated information)DW Art + Climate CONVERSATIONS: Emily Johnson\, 6:30 pm July 29Opening Event and Reception: 5 – 8 pm\, October 3Listening Gatherings: 12noon – 6 pm (specific hours TBD)\, October 9-12Diverse Discourse Lecture & Studio Visits: Mary Bourdeaux: October 16-19 / Lecture 6 pm\, Oct. 17Closing Event: TBD\, October 24 \nAcknowledgementsOverflow Radio is a National Performance Network Creation & Development Fund Project commissioned by Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater (REDCAT) and co-commissioned DiverseWorks\, MASS MoCA and University of Minnesota Department of Theatre Arts & Dance\, more information at www.npnweb.org. \nOverflow Radio is developed through creative residencies provided by MASS MoCA\, John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art\, Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater\, University of Minnesota’s Imagine Fund with support from the McKnight Foundation\, and Danspace Project with support from the New York State DanceForce\, a partnership program of the New York State Council on the Arts. \nOverflow Radio is created with generous support from First Peoples Fund\, Howard Gilman Foundation\, Harkness Foundation for Dance\, and the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. \nEmily Johnson / Catalyst is fiscally sponsored by Producer Hub. \nImage: Emily Johnson / Catalyst\, Quilt Being Star\, worn by Ty Fierce Matteba\, photo by Two Hawks Young.
URL:https://diverseworks.org/event/overflow-radio-sakotayisol-nunus-constellation/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Architects of Myths: Farima Fooladi and Ruhee Maknojia
DESCRIPTION:January through February\, 2027\nArchitects of Myths is a two-person exhibition featuring the works of Farima Fooladi and Ruhee Maknojia that explores how their painting practices can build new perspectives that shape society\, offering alternative interpretations of contemporary issues by looking at historical events and ancient folklore. Using creative survival methods\, sci-fi\, and speculative fiction\, the artists will respond to current political\, social\, and spiritual conflicts to help shape new futures.
URL:https://diverseworks.org/event/architects-of-myths/
LOCATION:DiverseWorks – Gallery @ MATCH\, 3400 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions & Performances,Public Program,Special Events
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