Public Program

++ La información en español sigue abajo ++ Please join DiverseWorks for a collective, choral reading of Antígona González (Les Figues Press, 2016) with author Sara Uribe and Houston-based women artists, writers, activists, and organizers. The reading will be in Spanish, with John Pluecker's translations projected in English. Confirmed Readers: Jessica Alvarenga María Jimenez Jasminne Mendez Concepción Miranda Cristina RiveraGarza Christine Kovic Judith Santopietro Martina Grifaldo Vanessa Torres Julia De Leon Cindy Peña Silvia Chicas Longlisted for the 2017 Best Translated Book Award for poetry, Antígona González tells the story of one woman's search for the body of her brother who was disappeared in the midst of the ongoing state and non-state violence associated with the war against drug trafficking in Mexico. The book interweaves this horrific narrative with those of other Antigones from across history: from Sophocles to Griselda Gambaro’s Antígona furiosa, Leopoldo Marechal’s Antígona Vélez, María Zambrano’s La tumba de Antígona, and Judith Butler's Antigone’s Claim. Copies of the bilingual edition of the book will be available for purchase. Presented in collaboration with the Failure to Identify series. ++ Les invito a acompañarnos a una lectura colectiva y coral de Antígona González (Les Figues Press, 2016) junto a la escritora, Sara Uribe […]

Advance registration required Organized by artist Carrie Schneider, this event invites artists to meet with activists for a rapid-fire brainstorming session to generate an abundance of ideas for creative tactics of changing public imagination, unsticking a stuck issue, and collaborative possibilities between artists and activists in Houston. Artists must pre-register for this event. Six issues undergoing major public debate in our city will be represented: Environmental Justice, Anti-Gentrification, LGBQTIA+ (SB6), Pro-Immigration, Criminal Justice Reform, and BLMHTX Hurricane Harvey Relief. The overall goal is to offer new ideas to combat scarcity and burnout on the organizing side, and to link artists eager to plug in with political relevance. By collaborating with activists who are subject matter experts linked to Houston organizations, this event aims to offer creative contributions toward long-term, politically effective strategies. We are NOT making signs, we are making new possibilities. This event is presented in collaboration with Art Takes Action Houston.

Print to Empower is a letterpress wood type workshop for 14 participants. Application and advance registration is required. Lead by Keelin Burrows, Curator at the Printing Museum and Travis Smith, museum volunteer and Printer at Workhorse Print Makers Application deadline: October 2 This letterpress workshop will introduce 14 participants to the ways that printing has historically been used—and continues to be used—as a tool to affect social change. A brief history of empowerment through print will be presented at the beginning of the workshop. Participants will use a Showcard proof press and wood type from The Printing Museum’s permanent collection to create a two-color letterpress political poster (edition of 12) for public display and dissemination. Participants will begin the workshop by discussing current social and political causes relevant to the contemporary moment in the nation and how they relate to Houston and the individual. Using the root phrase “PRINT TO EMPOWER…” participants will discuss personal moments of disempowerment they have experienced in their lives in Houston and distill these experiences down to a key phrase or word. Examples might include: PRINT TO EMPOWER AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY PRINT TO EMPOWER LGBT RIGHTS PRINT TO EMPOWER GENDER EQUALITY PRINT TO EMPOWER OPEN IMMIGRATION […]

Idea Fund info sessions give artists a chance to hear from The Idea Fund’s administrators about the application process. This is a great opportunity for artists to ask questions before they apply. ABOUT THE IDEA FUND The Idea Fund is a re-granting program administered by a partnership of DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show and Project Row Houses and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Idea Fund supports individual artists, curators, collectives, collaboratives or partnerships in the greater Houston area. Grant recipients receive funding for projects that exemplify unconventional, participatory or social practice, conceptual, innovative or entrepreneurial, or activist artistic practices. Grants are competitive and awarded by a panel consisting of arts professionals from around the country and a past Idea Fund grant recipient. GRANTS The Idea Fund supports between 12-14 cash awards at three distinct levels: Spark ($1,000), Catalyst ($4,000) and Stimulus ($7,000). The majority of funds will be disbursed at the awards ceremony at the beginning of the year. Every grant recipient will be required to hold one public event or outreach activity in the greater Houston area and to submit a final report at the end of the year. The Idea Fund is a […]

The Kijana Youth Creative Music Ensemble an ensemble of global migrants based in the Gulfton neighborhood of Houston, performing improvisations on keyboards, marimbas, xylophones, percussion, and voice w/movement in the gallery, in conjunction with the exhibition Lines Drawn. Featuring: Celine Eric Gideon Jennifer Peter Rogers Sifa Sifa Yelizabeth Mr. David Mr. Muhammad a project of Kijana Youth, Nameless Sound, and the Alliance for Multicultural Community Services This event is free and open to the public.