Posted by Monica Danna on Jan 26, 2009 in
arts + events Internationally renowned choreographer, Pat Graney, makes a grand return to Houston as she takes over DiverseWorks’ entire building with her latest exhibition and performance House of Mind. In an amalgamation of female memory, collective unconscious, and family and cultural histories, Graney creates an expansive kinesthetic sense of her work that takes the audience on an intense and thought-provoking journey through her past, her mother’s battles with Alzheimer’s and the quirky imagination that Houstonians saw in The Vivian Girls (2005) and Sleep (1998). The public is invited to tour the installation, a multi-sensory experience that physically manifests aspects her mind, and then experience a choreographed performance, in which each viewer’s experience will be as unique as memory itself.
Just a little info on the exhibit from Shawna:
“This is by far the biggest installation/ performance that we have ever done!!! The installation will take over the entire space (theater, main gallery, and project space- 6000 sq. feet). There’s going to be 100,000 button waterfall, a book room consisting of 4,000 books, and several performances at the beginning of the run. We’ve definitely never done anything like this. I’m so excited. I just saw the performance in Seattle and it was so good!!”
The installation for House of Mind will be on view during gallery hours. Admission is free and open to the public.
If you would like to purchase tickets to the House of Mind performances, look and click here. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for DiverseWorks members and $8.00 for students and seniors. Seating is EXTREMELY LIMITED, so reserve your tickets ASAP.
Pat Graney
House of Mind
Installation on view: Jan. 30- Feb. 21, 2009
Performances: Jan. 30 & 31, Feb. 5 – 7, 2009
7:30 pm
DiverseWorks Main Gallery, Project Space, and Theater
Tags: arts + events, diverseworks, houston, installation art, pat graney, performance art
Posted by Monica Danna on Oct 27, 2008 in
arts + events Did you miss Ben Tecumseh DeSoto speaking at the press meeting, as well as, at the Spacetaker Artist Speakeasy? Well I did, too. And I’m not about to miss him again. If you haven’t seen this incredible exhibit at Diverseworks, it closes this weekend. I urge you all to check it out.
Tomorrow! Healthcare for the Homeless Meeting!
DiverseWorks and the Understanding Poverty Project will hold a reception at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, for the general public and media to learn more about Healthcare for the Homeless – Houston, an organization that provides healthcare services to homeless men, women and children. Understanding Poverty, a more than 20-year photo investigation by photographer Ben Tecumseh DeSoto will serve as the background of the event.
Click
HERE to catch a video and read an article by Douglas Britt on
Understanding Poverty in The Houston Chronicle.
Don’t forget that this is the last week to check out Understanding Poverty at DiverseWorks! The exhibition closes on Saturday, November 1st!
Tags: Ben Tecumseh DeSoto, diverseworks, Healthcare for the Homeless, photography
Posted by Monica Danna on Sep 19, 2008 in
arts + events Yep, Ike tried to knock this one out last week, but Ike can’t keep Ben Tecumseh DeSoto down. So Diverseworks declared, “On with the show!” And so it is.
Looking to get out of your no AC abode tonight? Stop by Diverseworks from 6-8pm for a seaon opening reception.
Understanding Poverty
Photography by Ben Tecumseh DeSoto
Curated by Clint WillourWords by Ann Walton Sieber
Light Installation by Sarah Whatley Ayers
Sept. 19 – Nov. 1, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri., Sept. 19, 2008
6-8pm
DiverseWorks Main Gallery
Houston-based photojournalist Ben Tecumseh DeSoto opens the 2008-2009 season with Understanding Poverty, a multimedia exhibition that sheds light on poverty and homelessness in America by encompassing a 20-year investigation into life on the streets. DiverseWorks partners with the Houston Endowment to bring DeSoto’s incredibly moving work to the Main Gallery.
Check out the latest issue of the Free Press featuring Ben’s image of Barry on the cover. Plus, it includes a great piece on Understanding Poverty from Editor, Omar Afra.
Special Thanks to Houston Endowment, Que Imaging, FotoFest, and UPP Collective.
A Special Performance by Saddi Khali at the Opening Reception of Understanding Poverty
September 19, 2008
DiverseWorks Main Gallery
7pm
Saddi Khali is a poet, performer and photographer from New Orleans. Khali’s work has been featured in numerous journals and anthologies, including Dark Eros, and has been used on several album and book covers, most notably, Triksta: Life and Death and New Orleans Rap by Nik Cohn.
He was featured on Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on HBO, Apollo Theater Salon Series and Uprooted: The Katrina Project. Khali leads an organization that creates and promotes healthy images of people of color in the media.
Tags: art opening, arts + events, diverseworks, photography
Posted by Monica Danna on Aug 21, 2008 in
arts + events 
Molly Gochman
Give-Away Release Party III
Experiential Opening: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 6-9pm
2445 North Blvd.,
Houston, TX, 77098
Exhibition Dates: August 23- August 28, 2008
Houston-New York based, experiential Artist Molly Gochman presents Release: Give-Away III as her last event at Commune on 2445 North Blvd, Houston.
The space will become alive with the interactive experience of Molly’s work on Saturday, August 23rd, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Molly Gochman’s GIVE-AWAY PROJECT is a series that continually unfolds. Release: Give-Away III addresses relationships with change through exhibiting large-scale prints and intimate paintings, inspired by aspects within these prints. Both the prints and paintings serve as a way of archiving choices, circumstances, and personalities. During the exhibition, the image on selected prints will become less distinct. People will use cleansing tools designed to correlate with the body as instruments for physically engaging with the work. Release encourages one to be present, connect, and let go.
Creating opportunities for community interaction, connection, and exchange is a primary investigation of Molly Gochman’s work. When she began the GIVE-AWAY PROJECT in 2002, Gochman invited people throughout Houston to take place in an exchange, “Take home free clothes by modeling what you love”. People came throughout the evening the night of Give-Away Part I. Led by their curiosity, participants wove between the candy colored clothing and each other. It seemed as if garments were hovering at various heights within a large warehouse space. People chatted with each other. They also interacted with the objects by fondling them and evaluating their sizes and other features. They were considering the possibilities for these objects. Then, through documenting themselves with their chosen items, participants helped Gochman fulfill one of the intentions of this work, to investigate and record taste.
Read more…
Tags: arts, arts + events, diverseworks, houston, houston arts, molly gochman
Posted by Monica Danna on Jul 31, 2008 in
arts + events,
happy hour DATE: Sunday, August 3, 2008
TIME: 5pm-until they kick us out!!
LOCATION: Poison Girl Lounge, 1641 Westheimer, Houston, TX, 77006
(close to Wetheimer & Dunlavy)
Join the Staff of DiverseWorks for
Drink Houston Better at Poison Girl Lounge. Sit back and chill with us over tasty drinks and enjoy one of Houston’s favorite watering holes. The best part of all is that the profits from the night are donated to DiverseWorks. To accompany the delicious cocktails, you can enjoy the incredible jukebox that is dedicated to Texas music as well as the amazing pinball selection. Plus, DiverseWorks will have a raffle featuring a dinner for two to
La Mexicana, art work from local artists, and tickets to some of Houston’s hottest events.
Drink Houston Better is Poison Girl’s continued effort to make Houston not only tipsy, but a better place to live. Every first Sunday of the month you can do your part by doing what you love, drinking! Poison Girl generously donates the profits from an evenings bar tab to local non profits. We heart Poison Girl!
Tags: arts, arts + events, bars, diverseworks, happy hour, poison girl
Posted by Monica Danna on May 22, 2008 in
arts + events grossman has been creating weekly private dinners that benefit diverseworks. dubbed “Ad Hoc” the dinner bring together a diverse group of artists, journalists, and friend to the house for excellent food and (way too much) wine.
we had an awesome time. in attendance last night was diverseworks director diane barber, the orange show’s philip marshall, kaplan, grossman, houston journalist nancy wonzy, and artists Melanie Crader and Mick Johnson. Crader was showcased pieces she specifically created for the night’s dinner.
for more information, check out the chronicle piece on the dinners here: www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/5777325.html
Tags: arts, david grossman, diverseworks, food, houston, jeff kaplan, phillip marshall, wine
