Public Program

As an initial venture into a new program, from June-August 2018, DiverseWorks will engage in conversations and visits to help us to identify community partners and artists in the Alief area of Houston. Team Members will work to establish relationships with artists, community members, and organizations working in this neighborhood and find ways for potential future collaborations. We are particularly interested in creating platforms that will question the familiar and expose the unfamiliar, and provide pathways for artists to connect across geographic/cultural/economic/artistic boundaries. Project Freeway was developed in response to the rapid growth and diversification of the city of Houston and DiverseWorks' desire to support innovative artists’ projects that engage all Houstonians in the arts and urgent social issues in ways that contribute to a more socially progressive city. Project Freeway is supported by the New Pathways|Houston Incubating Innovation program, a partnership between EmcArts and the Houston Arts Alliance, with funding from the Houston Endowment. More info:

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 6:30 pm Project Row Houses 2521 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004 Attend this free info session to learn more about The Idea Fund, a regional re-granting program for artists. The Idea Fund, a re-granting program administered by DiverseWorks in partnership with Aurora Picture Show and Project Row Houses and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, announces its eleventh round of funding for artist-generated and artist-centered projects. Supporting individual artists, curators, collectives, collaboratives or partnerships in the Greater Houston Area, The Idea Fund awards 12 - 15 grants at three distinct levels: Spark ($1,000), Catalyst ($4,000) and Stimulus ($7,000). Geographic Eligibility: Open to artists living in the Greater Houston Area. The lead artist must reside in one of the eligible counties: Harris, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Waller, Chambers, Liberty, or Montgomery. More info and application at www.theideafund.org. Applications for Round 11 open on Monday, August 13, 2018 and close on October 29, 2018. Grants are highly competitive and awarded by a panel of arts professionals and a past Idea Fund grant recipient. The Idea Fund is committed to supporting new practices in contemporary art by funding unconventional projects and ideas that promote collaboration and […]

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 7:30 PM Aurora Picture Show 2521 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004 Attend this free info session to learn more about The Idea Fund, a regional re-granting program for artists. The Idea Fund, a re-granting program administered by DiverseWorks in partnership with Aurora Picture Show and Project Row Houses and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, announces its eleventh round of funding for artist-generated and artist-centered projects. Supporting individual artists, curators, collectives, collaboratives or partnerships in the Greater Houston Area, The Idea Fund awards 12 - 15 grants at three distinct levels: Spark ($1,000), Catalyst ($4,000) and Stimulus ($7,000). Geographic Eligibility: Open to artists living in the Greater Houston Area. The lead artist must reside in one of the eligible counties: Harris, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Waller, Chambers, Liberty, or Montgomery. More info and application at www.theideafund.org. Applications for Round 11 open on Monday, August 13, 2018 and close on October 29, 2018. Grants are highly competitive and awarded by a panel of arts professionals and a past Idea Fund grant recipient. The Idea Fund is committed to supporting new practices in contemporary art by funding unconventional projects and ideas that promote collaboration and […]

Saturday, September 22, 1 pm Gallery Talk: Thinking in Aggregate Cymene Howe, Associate Professor of Post-Human Anthropology, Rice University Roger Moore, Ph.D., President, Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc. Laura August, Ph.D., Writer and Curator Lily Cox-Richard, Artist and Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University Moderator: Xandra Eden, Executive Director & Chief Curator, DiverseWorks For this public conversation, an anthropologist, archeologist, writer, curator, and sculptor dig into each other’s work, thinking together to create a new conceptual aggregate. The conversation begins with each participant sharing nuggets from their own areas of research, which include ice, sidewalks, aggregates, mud and blue. Audience members are invited to contribute to the mix by posing questions and adding ideas.  

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 6:30 pm MECA 1900 Kane Street, Houston, TX  77007 Attend this free info session to learn more about The Idea Fund, a regional re-granting program for artists. The Idea Fund, a re-granting program administered by DiverseWorks in partnership with Aurora Picture Show and Project Row Houses and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, announces its eleventh round of funding for artist-generated and artist-centered projects. Supporting individual artists, curators, collectives, collaboratives or partnerships in the Greater Houston Area, The Idea Fund awards 12 - 15 grants at three distinct levels: Spark ($1,000), Catalyst ($4,000) and Stimulus ($7,000). Geographic Eligibility: Open to artists living in the Greater Houston Area. The lead artist must reside in one of the eligible counties: Harris, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Waller, Chambers, Liberty, or Montgomery. More info and application at www.theideafund.org. Applications for Round 11 open on Monday, August 13, 2018 and close on October 29, 2018. Grants are highly competitive and awarded by a panel of arts professionals and a past Idea Fund grant recipient. The Idea Fund is committed to supporting new practices in contemporary art by funding unconventional projects and ideas that promote collaboration and non-traditional modes […]