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Portland - Houston: Dance in Two Cities A CONVERSATION WITH TAHNI HOLT, ALLIE HANKINS, AND EZRA DICKINSON, (PORTLAND) & JHON STRONKS (HOUSTON), AND DANCE SOURCE HOUSTON RESIDENTS ALISA MITTIN AND LORI YUILL Tahni Holt is a choreographer, teacher, curator and organizer based in Portland, Oregon who has been creating performances for the past 18 years. She is deeply invested in the ecology of her field. Holt is inspired by how colleagues in other parts of the world situate themselves depending on the political climate of where they practice. All of Holt’s endeavors are shaped by her beliefs and convictions which invigorate proactive projects of artist-driven empowerment. Allie Hankins is a performer & performance maker, teacher, and researcher currently residing in Portland. She is an inaugural member of FLOCK, a new dance center & creative home to Portland’s experimental dance artists, and a founding member of Physical Education, a critical & casual, reading & researching, drinking & dialoguing, dance & performance body comprised of herself, keyon gaskin, Taka Yamamoto, and Lucy Lee Yim. She was most recently seen performing in works by Taka Yamamoto & Tahni Holt, and in her own solo Like A Sun That Pours Forth Light but Never Warmth. Her new endeavors include a project […]

DiverseWorks on Wednesdays (DWOW): Come and meet the members of THE HUE, as they present behind the scenes knowledge of their process and journeys. Members will talk about their hit single "Slick" and the visual campaign behind it; and will also speak on the future of The HUE and what it means for Space City. Moderated by Robert Hodge (DiverseWorks Artist Board member) with Special Guests Nathaniel Donnett and and Damien Randle FREE Sponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico THE HUE: What happens when you bring together a space hop juggernaut with a spacey electro-soul outfit? THE HUE collective, hailing from Space City, is the aftermath of combining the critically acclaimed groups H.I.S.D. (Hueston Independent Spit District) with their cosmic kinsmen and rising sensation Radio Galaxy. Their mission is to explore the creation of music with no boundaries. Conceived in 2013, this futurist soul hybrid consists of songstress/femcee Spacebunny Jefferson, emcees Scottie Spitten, Equality, and Savvi, along with producers King Midas and DJ Cozmos. Coming off of stellar projects, H.I.S.D.'s 'The Weakend' and Radio Galaxy's 'We Come in Peace', the aptly titled collaborative sequal, 'Aurora' marks a new beginning in the ongoing mission to end the weak […]

  an artist talk about making art through the lenses of data, computation, and the history of painting Using software processes of his own design, Jason Salavon generates and reconfigures masses of communal material to present new perspectives on the familiar. Though formally varied, his projects frequently manipulate the roles of individual elements arranged in diverse visual populations. This often unearths unexpected pattern as the relationship between the part and the whole, the individual and the group, is explored. Reflecting a natural attraction to popular culture and the day-to-day, his work regularly incorporates the use of common references and source material. The final compositions are exhibited as art objects, such as photographic prints and video installations, while others exist in a real-time software context. Based in Chicago, Salavon returns to Houston to unveil a new private commission titled "The Master Index (v.Wade)", which is an organized list of the 5 million most visited English language Wikipedia articles from 2007 to 2013. Salavon was raised in Texas and earned his MFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BA from The University of Texas at Austin. He has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions at the Taubman […]

Qfest Artistic Director Kristian Salinas and Festival Administrator Stephanie Saint Sanchez will present a preview of this year's wide array of festival offerings. Qfest opens Thursday, July 23 and runs through Monday, July 27. Click here for the full schedule and more information. DiverseWorks on Wednesdays is sponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico USA. About Qfest QFest is dedicated to promoting the arts as a powerful tool for communication and cooperation among diverse communities by presenting programs by, about, and of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community. QFest is a sponsored project of The Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP), a 501c3 dedicated to promoting the creation and appreciation of film, video, and new media as art forms of a multicultural community. The story of QFest begins in 1996, when a group of maverick arts organizations collaborated and created The First Annual Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, better known as The HGLFF. Inaugurated by Loris Bradley of DiverseWorks, Liz Empleton of Rice Cinema, Sarah Gish of Landmark Theatres, and Marian Luntz of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The HGLFF would soon grow to include Steve Buck of The Angelika Film Center and […]

jhon stronks and Tek Wilson, members of the DiverseWorks Artist Board, reveal their unique artistic processes and how they navigate performing on the stage, in the gallery, and in unexpected public spaces. Sponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico USA. jhon stronks is a dance maker whose passion for giving addresses the gaps between what is perceived and what is present, landing his work somewhere between a cry for personal consciousness and a plea for social justice. Stronks' choreography combines the fundamental elements of composition and choreography with a convergence of movement styles and techniques drawn from his personal foundation. Stronks' alternative dance-making systems result is the creation of an open space for movement to inhabit, where the context is clear, the eye has choices, and the viewer gets to decide. Tek Wilson is a theater artist based in Houston. As an actor, she has worked with Main Street Theatre, Catastrophic Theater, Infernal Bridegroom Productions, Celebration Theatre, Theater Lab, Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre and others. In 2013, Wilson performed in Heather and Ivan Morison’s exhibition and performance Slyk Chaynjis at DiverseWorks. In 2014, the Morison's invited Wilson to Germany to star in their piece All’s Well That Ends. Currently, Wilson is collaborating on […]