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Artist's Talk with Wura-Natasha Ogunji Austin-based artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji will discuss her Idea Fund performance project, one hundred black women, one hundred actions, which is included in Six of one, half a dozen of the other through photo documentation. one hundred black women, one hundred actions premiered April 24, 2010 in Austin, Texas as part of Fusebox Festival. Black women from around the world were asked to submit an action or gesture of power. These movements were then performed by one hundred black women in east Austin along with a simultaneous live outdoor projection in Clarksville, west of downtown. The sites for the performance were chosen due to their significance to the history of Austin and specifically to honor and recognize the history of black people in the city. The project performed movements across borders and geographies to envision a cumulative, collective action translated into a site-specific performance with the weight and critical mass of one hundred black women, thereby invoking shared power and presence. 

Identity Works:  Queer Filmmaking in Houston Presented by DiverseWorks, Out & Equal Houston, and QFest Join Houston-based filmmakers Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, Jared Gullet, Travis Johns, and Stephanie Saint Sanchez for a presentation of recent work and a discussion moderated by Alfred Cervantes, Deputy Commissioner of the Houston Film Commission. Alfred Cervantes, Deputy Director of the Houston Film Commission and a native Houstonian, has worked in various capacities in film for the past 22 years. As a freelancer he worked on Reality Bites, The Chase, Jason’s Lyric, Powder, and Apollo 13. His duty with the film commission is to promote the greater Houston & Harris County area to film producers, production executives, and independent filmmakers, scout locations, and facilitate any production’s local filming experience. Some of the recent feature films he has assisted or scouted for are The Tree Of Life, The Preacher's Mistress, The Retrieval, and Hellion. More information at http://www.imdb.me/alfredcervantes. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh received a BFA in film from Tehran University of Art and a MFA in studio arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Gazvinizadeh was selected as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema in 2013 by Filmmaker Magazine. Among the many festivals in which her works have been screened are Melbourne […]

Artist's Talk and Pot Luck: Mary Margaret Hansen Mary Margaret Hansen will talk about her installation, Second Seating, currently on view at DiverseWorks in the group exhibition Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Originally presented in a warehouse just blocks from Minute Maid Park in Houston, Second Seating features a series of elegant dinner tables and fanciful chandeliers created with recycled objects from Houston's East End - the industrial heart and historic core of the city. An exchange through food, objects, and stories, Second Seating communicates the richness found within objects and the diversity of a specific neighborhood.

For this DiverseWorks on Wednesdays, members of the DiverseWorks Artist Board are throwing a slide jam - come and see what their work is all about! Participating Artists: Regina Agu, JooYoung Choi, Oscar Rene Cornejo, David Feil, GONZO247, Rebecca Novak  

The Third Coast Dance Film Festival, curated by Rosie Trump, Lydia Hance, Ashley Horn, and Rebecca Salazar, celebrates the intersection of contemporary dance and the moving image with a screening series of short dance films. The 2014 festival will screen nineteen film shorts, including thirteen international films from Canada, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, Spain, and the UK. The program includes three world, six USA, and ten Texas premieres.  Opening night is at DiverseWorks, as part of DiverseWorks on Wednesdays. The Third Coast Dance Film Festival was founded in 2010 by Rosie Trump, and the 2011 and 2012 Festival toured to the Kaleidoscope Arts Festival, outside of Pittsburgh, PA. Rosie Trump is a dance choreographer, filmmaker, educator and Artistic Director of Rosie Trump | With or Without Dance, a pick up company with a hybrid practice of dance and video media.  Trump's choreography and films have been shown throughout California, Texas, and the northeastern United States, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Recently, her work was presented at the Prague Fring Festival, Dance New Amerstdam's Frameworks (New York City), the Toothache Duets (London) and Your Move Dance Festival (New Jersey). Trump holds a MFA in Experimental […]