Public Program

Join DiverseWorks for a live and online artist talk with exhibiting artists Yue Nakayama & Sara Dittrich. This event is free, registration is required for access to the Zoom event. The talk will also be live-streamed on DiverseWorks' Youtube channel. about the artists Yue Nakayama is a Houston-based artist and filmmaker. Screenings and exhibitions of her work have been held at Lawndale Art Center, Houston; Moonmist, Houston; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; ICA Philadelphia; and the Visual Arts Center – University of Texas Austin; among many other venues in the U.S. and abroad. Nakayama is the recipient of awards from the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund – Dallas Museum of Art and Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant. Residencies she has been awarded include the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and The Lighthouse Works Fellowship. She holds a BFA from Denison University and MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Sara Dittrich is an interdisciplinary sculpture artist based in Baltimore, Maryland. She creates introspective environments that spark empathy and connectedness through the use of musical performance, video, and interactive electronic technologies. Dittrich has exhibited her work at notable venues including the […]

Presented by Open Dance Project Register This interactive movement workshop, presented virtually and in-person, is for artists and non-artists alike - dancers, actors, musicians, writers, thinkers, and art appreciators of all kinds! Annie Arnoult, Artistic Director of Open Dance Project, will guide participants in developing ensemble movement, text, and physical narrative. Archival footage, journal entries, letters, weather maps, and environmental recordings will serve as inspiration and inform ODP’s new immersive dance theater performance All the Devils Are Here: A Tempest in the Galapagos (set to premiere in May 2021) and co-produced by DiverseWorks. Together, we will use guided composition exercises to explore our own sense of boundaries and borders, conflicting visions of Paradise, definitions of sexual and moral “rightness,” and colonial instincts, as they relate to a communal examination of basic human rights, social justice, and power structures. Due to mature themes, the workshop is for those 15 years of age and older. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and be prepared to move. This workshop is being offered virtually and in-person at Hunter Dance Center, simultaneously. Registration is limited to 25 participants (virtual) and 10 participants (in-person). In-person participants will be asked to sign a liability release form, wear a […]

REGISTER Amidst a global pandemic and a national reckoning with racism, mental health experts are expecting this year to have a devastating impact on communities of color. Disparities have been illuminated, and Black families are facing an increasing variety of challenges related to income, social injustice and access to quality health care. For this reason, The Black Man Project - filmmaker Brian Ellison, anthropologist Marlon Hall, and sculptor Anthony Suber - is hosting a global conversation focused on the Black male experience in contemporary society. The virtual event aims to reach 3,000 people from around the world to honor the importance of seeking mental health support. Attendees will be connected to Brian, Marlon, and Anthony for a virtual dinner and discussion hosted on the platform Civic Dinners which is designed to create powerful conversations that inspire positive social change. The Black Man Project - L to R: Marlon Hall, Brian Ellison, Anthony Suber. Photo: LeChell Rush Honorat unMASKulinity: A Virtual Salon - Third Ward Edition is made possible by the DiverseWorks Project Freeway Fellowship which provides support for Houston-area artists to create socially-engaged or community-based artistic practices within their own neighborhoods. Support for the Project Freeway Fellowship comes from the Texas Commission on the Arts, City of Houston through […]

Register The closer we get to something physically and spiritually the better we can understand it, what it has done for us, and what it has done to us. Starting from the Gray Street bridge with that in mind, this walking tour will slow us down along the edge of the fast lane and follow State Highway 288 from its origins to its impacts to its future. We will walk along this massive and dominating piece of infrastructure, weave through neighborhoods that have been dissected because of it, and see how the communities have grown around it. We will feel its physicality while communing with its peculiar history and deeply consider its function and impact on the city and our lives. The tour is 2 ½ hours long and will start and end at the intersection of St. Emmanuel & Gray St. (street parking is available in the area). Masks are mandatory, and comfortable walking shoes and highly visible clothing is advised – this is a walking tour along a freeway, all on city-provided sidewalks, but nonetheless, due to the presence of cars and some poor and rather inconsiderate planning decisions, the danger is inherent. Water and snacks from Crumbville will be provided. This walking tour is part […]

REGISTRATION LIVESTREAM ON YOUTUBE Join DiverseWorks and Open Dance Project for a virtual roundtable discussion on the intersecting themes of power, sexuality, and climate change explored in ODP’s new immersive dance, All the Devils are Here: A Tempest in the Galapagos. This discussion is part of a series of public programs that engage audiences with ODP’s research and creative process in the lead up to the premiere of All the Devils are Here in May 2021. Annie Arnoult, Open Dance Project Artist Director, will be joined by GUEST SPEAKERS Rachel Afi Quinn, Assistant Professor, Comparative Cultural Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of Houston Lina Dib, Multidisciplinary Artist Ryan McGettigan, Scenic Designer, Open Dance Project MODERATED BY Niki Kasumi Clements, Assistant Professor of Religion and Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities, Rice University This free roundtable discussion will be hosted on Zoom and live-streamed on DW's YouTube channel. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link and login information. This event is supported in part by the National Performance Network, Cullen Trust for Performing Arts, City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston Endowment, and the John Steven Kellett Foundation. Rachel Afi Quinn is Assistant […]