A panel discussion on the current state of homelessness in Houston with artist Ben DeSoto, SEARCH Homeless Services Executive Director Thao Costis, Nick Cooper of Food Not Bombs, Dr. Pamela Berger of the Houston Food Bank.
QuAC: A Screening and Discussion with Sixto Wagan and Chuck Jackson QuAC: Queer Artist Collective performed many times on DiverseWorks’ stage. QuAC was a multi-ethnic performance group of twenty-something men and women charged to "fearlessly be themselves." Growing out of New York's Gay and Lesbian Community Center's Youth Enrichment series and Mary Ellen Strom’s School’s Out — The Naming Project, QuAC acted as a community building endeavor for not only the artists themselves, but for DiverseWorks as an organization. QuAC brought a diverse group of individuals from the LGBT community together in order to build self-esteem and and encourage self-reflection through the process of creative writing, movement, and video. Houston Poetry Fest Satellite Readings by Brother Said, Savannah Blue, and Equality The Houston Poetry Fest has been celebrating the crafted word in Houston since 1985. The main event will be held at the University of Houston-Downtown on October 11-13 and will include readings by guest poets and juried winners of the Fest's popular anthology competition as well as a new feature: Saturday morning workshops on writing poetry and getting published by several top Houston poets and writers. Workshops will be held at the Hardy & Nance Studios at 902 Hardy Street. […]
11.13.13 DWOW: Dance, Disaster, and Show and Tell, hosted by Artist Board members Lydia Hance, Hélène Schlumberger, and Carrie Schneider This DWOW mash-up includes: DANCE A screening of Lydia Hance's dance films Framing Bodies: LOVE ME, There's a Height Limit, and Quiver DISASTER REENACTMENTS Artist Elizabeth Eicher’s Disaster Reenactment is a series of events wherein the audience is invited to reenact scenes, moments, actions, or tableaus based on footage from major picture disaster films (think Volcano, Armageddon, The Towering Inferno, etc.). Eicher selects clips from these films and coordinates the reenactments, leaving the audience to make directorial decisions about how to portray the events. Participants gain a renewed sense of agency by embodying the boundaries and roles enacted within the disaster narrative. SHOW AND TELL Come prepared to present a 3-minutes max Show and Tell on any object of your choosing. Be on time to participate, because sign-ups start at 6 pm. The audience will vote on finalists, who will compete in a lightning round and take home a special prize! DWOW is sponsored in part by Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Topo Chico USA.
Hosted by Artist Board member Aaron Parazette Pop-Up Exhibition of works by University of Houston Senior Painting students: Logan Asher, Peter Broz, Quindeel Butt, Gloria Castro, Natasha Crea, Nabila Dababhoy, Sandra de la Rosa, Leah Esparza, Melinda Frydrych, Darwin Itzep, Katie Lamascus, Jordan McGroary, Laura McManus, Nancy Oberer, Javier Pulido, James Radcliffe, Alex Rosas, Cat Salinas, Charlene Scott, Matt Tabor, Nohelia Vargas, and Mary Wemple
The Idea Fund: Presentations by 2014 Jurors Yona Backer, Founding Partner, Third Streaming, New York City Andrew Suggs, Executive Director, Vox Populi, Philadelphia Nathaniel Donnett, Houston-based artist and a The Idea Fund 2011 Recipient Each juror will give a short presentation about their current work, followed by a q&a with the audience. The Idea Fund provides 10 cash awards of $4,000 ($3,500 initial grant plus $500 seed money for future projects) to Texas-based, artist-generated, or artist-centered projects that exemplify the unconventional, interventionist, conceptual, entrepreneurial, participatory, or guerrilla artistic practices that occur outside of the traditional frameworks of support. The Idea Fund is administered through a partnership of DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, and Project Row Houses and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Â
