Public Program

OPENING RECEPTION September 19, 2025 | 6 - 9 PMCurator/Artist Talk 6:45 PM Spectral Field is a newly commissioned plasma sculpture installation by Austin-based artist Anahita (Ani) Bradberry that investigates the mindset required to imagine the unfathomable: the baffling cosmic scales of stars, time, particles, displacement, loss, and interconnectedness. The exhibition seeks to offer an atmosphere of contemplation and lucidity, observing the moment when an idea that seems too vast is transformed into a visceral and comprehensible feeling. In choreography with the cycle of the sun and moon through the gallery, the work is both a constructed celestial environment rooted in place and time as well as a psychological space for communing with the ineffable. Visitors are invited to spend time with the work, from the day to evening hours, to watch and consider the passage of time. The installation will include aspects of Bradberry's collaboration with scientist Christopher M. Johns-Krull, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, as part of the Open Interval Cohort—a collaborative program for artists, scientists, and art organizations—awarded by the Simons Foundation’s Science, Society and Culture division. Spectral Field will be on view through November 8, 2025. Gallery Hours are Thursdays - Saturdays, 2–8 pm. […]

  OPENING: September 19, 2025, 6–9 PMGALLERY HOURS: Thurs - Sat, 2–8 PM Spectral Field is a newly commissioned plasma sculpture installation by Austin-based artist Anahita (Ani) Bradberry that investigates the mindset required to imagine the unfathomable: the baffling cosmic scales of stars, time, particles, displacement, loss, and interconnectedness. The exhibition seeks to offer an atmosphere of contemplation and lucidity, observing the moment when an idea that seems too vast is transformed into a visceral and comprehensible feeling. In choreography with the cycle of the sun and moon through the gallery, the work is both a constructed celestial environment rooted in place and time as well as a psychological space for communing with the ineffable. Visitors are invited to spend time with the work, from the day to evening hours, to watch and consider the passage of time. The installation will include aspects of Bradberry's collaboration with scientist Christopher M. Johns-Krull, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, as part of the Open Interval Cohort—a collaborative program for artists, scientists, and art organizations—awarded by the Simons Foundation’s Science, Society and Culture division. RELATED EVENTS Friday, September 19, 6–9 PMOpening Reception Artist and Curator Talk: 6:45 PM Sunday, September 21, 2025, […]

Registration Required - Click to Register Join DiverseWorks and Inprint on Sun Day for a participatory, experimental, and stimulating creative writing activity. Participants will be guided through an hour-and-a-half writing workshop centered around Anahita Bradberry’s exhibition Spectral Field. Spectral Field is a plasma sculpture installation that investigates the frame of mind required to imagine the unfathomable: the baffling scales of the stars, time, particles, displacement, loss, and interconnectedness.  This writing workshop will be held in the MATCH Gallery in the presence of plasma (neon) art and will be led by Hannah Kelly. Kelly, a former recipient of an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellowship, is a fiction writer, editor, and author of the short story collection As Most Things Are. This workshop is free and open to the public, with no prior writing experience necessary. Advance registration is required. Click here to register. About Sun Day: Sun Day is a national mobilization on September 21, 2025, that celebrates the power of solar and wind energy.  About Inprint: Inprint is a nonprofit organization in Houston that provides low-cost and free literary programs for all ages. About the Instructor: Hannah Kelly is a fiction writer from Charleston, SC. She holds a BFA in fiction writing from Emerson College, where she published […]

TALK: 6:30 pm, Dec. 9, 2025STUDIO VISIT DEADLINE: Dec. 1, 2025 Join DiverseWorks in welcoming Louise Martorano, Managing Director of National Programs, Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST), to Houston as part of the Diverse Discourse Lecture & Studio Visit Program. The Diverse Discourse Lecture and Studio Visit Program brings curators and artistic directors to Houston to share their knowledge and ideas through free public lectures and visits with local artists. Louise Martoranos’ talk, It's Not Out of Reach, will take place at the DiverseWorks Gallery @ MATCH at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, December 9, and is co-hosted by Lawndale Art Center. Artist careers are often volatile and can be a rollercoaster when it comes to economic stability, financial security, and dependable infrastructure. This talk and discussion place these challenges at the center of our attention, offering strategies for artists to skillfully approach uncertainty across issues of space, ownership, financial stability, and scarce opportunities. Drawing on 17 years of experience in supporting artists’ careers and in caring for our arts and culture ecosystems, the goal of this talk is to reassure participants that the path to being an artist with a sustainable career is not out of reach. APPLY FOR A […]