Public Program

PANEL DISCUSSION Join DiverseWorks and the African American Library at the Gregory School on Thursday, October 21 at 6:30 pm for this virtual event, presented in conjunction with artist Candice D'Meza's forthcoming project, WAIL. REGISTER HERE Leading the discussion with Candice D'Meza will be esteemed panelists Dr. Naomi Reed, Mr. Sam Collins III and Dr. Theresa Jach who will each explore topics such as acknowledging history as part of a contemporary conversation, creating change through ancestral work, and the need for community healing around sites of trauma.  The goal is to provide context and increased understanding of the sites of the state-sanctioned convict leasing camps sites in Sugar Land (active from 1877 - 1912) and the aforementioned themes, connecting Houston history to the vestiges of slavery and forced labor that have not only shaped our country but the world. PARTICIPANTS Samuel Collins, III is a historian and founding member of The Bryan Museum’s Delegados Advocate Board, which was formed in 2017. The Delegados are a group of mid-career professionals with a passion for the Museum and the history it represents and who come together to share their time, talent, and network to help promote and support the Museum. Sam serves on several other boards […]

PANEL DISCUSSION WITH HSPVA ALUMNI On Saturday, October 30 at 1 pm, Kinder HSPVA alumni will share the importance of having their creativity supported and encouraged when they were in their teens. Join artists Isela Aguirre, Will Michels, Lovie Olivia, and Lordy Rodriguez as they discuss how art led them to build unique career paths and lives. Presented in conjunction with The Happening: Kinder HSPVA 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, on view at DiverseWorks through November 27, 2021.

A PARTICIPATORY CRAFT EVENT WITH THE WRITER OF RASGOS ASIÁTICOS This hands-on craft-making activity invites you to contribute to the making of DiverseWorks' newest project rasgos asiáticos. The author Virginia Grise will be on hand to teach you how to make specialty piñata lanterns that will become part of the site-specific installation at the SITE Gallery Train Shed at Sawyer Yards. rasgos asiáticos emerges from an exploration of the histories and intersections of Mexican and Chinese culture, a confluence mirrored in the crafted lanterns. We will have drinks and snacks and if you can, please bring a bag of oranges, tangerines, and/or grapefruit as an offering to also be used in the installation! This activity takes place in the SITE Gallery Train Shed (next to the Silos) at Sawyer Yards, on Saturday, November 13 from 12 - 3 pm, during the 2nd Saturday Market. More info about rasgos asiáticos...

View of the Rio Grande River from the Boquillas Canyon Trail, near Big Bend National Park along the US/Mexico Border. REGISTER The Overlapping Territories Symposium is a program of Overlapping Territories: A Knowledge-Building Research Lab, on view April 1 - April 23. Organized by DiverseWorks Curator, Ashley DeHoyos, the symposium centers on topics such as Indigeneity, settler-colonialism, and migration. Advance registration is required. All events are at MATCH, 3400 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002. DOWNLOAD THE OT SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM (PDF) Schedule  Friday, April 22, 5:30 - 6:30 PM Welcome Happy Hour & Overlapping Territories Exhibition Tour with Curator Ashley DeHoyos Optional (requires a separate ticket): Friday, April 22, 7 PM Womb, a project of Body as a Crossroads A new dance work by Los-Angeles based choreographer Marina Magalhães Saturday, April 23 9 AM WELCOME & LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ASHLEY DEHOYOS, Curator, DiverseWorks 9:30 AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS NIKESHA BREEZE, interdisciplinary artist (Santa Fe, NM) Working from a Global African Diasporic, Afro-Centric and Afro-Futurist perspective, Nikesha Breeze’s interdisciplinary work reimagines the possibility of healing intergenerational traumatic inheritance through the intersection of art and ritual. 11 AM WHY DOES LAND MATTER? CAROLINA ARANIBAR-FERNANDEZ, visual artist (Phoenix, AZ); JENELLE ESPARZA, interdisciplinary artist, (San Antonio, TX); MATT MANALO, visual artist (Houston, TX). […]

REGISTER TO PLAY The Third Ward Monopoly Club (TWMC) started in 2012 and sought to organize and develop a group of tournament-level Monopoly players. TWMC met weekly at the Eldorado Ballroom and featured numerous artists and community members of Houston’s Third Ward. The weekly meetings worked as a way for fellowship and the spawning of ideas and collaborations across the city. This year, TWMC celebrates its 10th year with a week-long tournament. Art League Houston, DiverseWorks, and Project Row Houses will each host a night of Monopoly, featuring five games and one winner. These three winners will then compete at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston for the championship game. Monday, June 13 6–8 PM Art League Houston 1953 Montrose Boulevard. Houston, Texas 77006 Tuesday, June 14 7–9 PM Diverseworks @ MATCH 3400 Main Street Houston, Texas 77002 Wednesday, June 15 6–8 PM Project Row Houses 2521 Holman Street Houston, Texas 77004 Thursday, June 16 6–8 PM Contemporary Arts Museum Houston 5216 Montrose Boulevard. Houston, Texas 77006