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By Bill Davenport on May 8, 2013
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced it’s Art Works Grants, and 31 Texas nonprofits have benefited, to the tune of $788,500, total. Among [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged amoa/arthouse, big thought, cite magazine, dallas arts, diverseworks, fresh arts, houston arts alliance, Jillian Conrad, Nasher Sculpture Center, NEA, rice university, spacetaker, theaster gates, University of houston, ut permian basin, womenand their work |
By Bill Davenport on April 18, 2013
Longtime DiverseWorks Performance and Artistic director Sixto Wagan has been appointed the inaugural Director of the Center for Arts Leadership at the University of Houston. [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diverseworks, loris bradley, rice unveristy, sixto wagan |
By Bill Davenport on February 8, 2013
Yesterday was a big day for venerable Houston alterna-space DiverseWorks. Exactly 30 years ago, on February 7, 1983, DiverseWorks’ inaugural exhibition was presented at Texas [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged carolione huber, diverseworks, michael peranteau |
By Bill Davenport on January 23, 2013
Diverseworks has extended the deadline for Houston-area artists who are Diverseworks members ($35, if you’re just joining now) to apply for studio visits with Naomi [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diverse discourse, diverseworks, mpagi sepuya, naomi beckwith |
By Rachel Hooper on January 20, 2013
Saw a lot of amazing art this week. Not only were the works themselves curious, mysterious, visceral and fascinating in so many ways, but in [...]
Posted in Blog, Wax by the Fire | Tagged Art League Houston, camh, comic, curtis gannon, dance, davide savorani, diverseworks, drawing, el rincon social, galveston artist residency, galveston arts center, installation, jesse bransford, josh bernstein, Kathryn Kelley, mandala, mark ponder, patrick renner, performance, sculpture, slide jam, text, tony feher |
By GT contributors on January 6, 2013
Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for the best spring shows around the state. Think we missed something great? Post it in the comments section [...]
Posted in Article, Feature, Uncategorized | Tagged 1117 Garland, 500X, Adam Putnam, Alison Kuo, amset, Andrew Douglas Underwood, andrew wyeth, angela kallus, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Artpace, Ben Shahn, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, brett bloom, Charles Burchfield, Charles Sheeler, colette copeland, Colorful Food, Dave HIckey, Day Wheeler, designated drivers, Diego Bianchi, diverseworks, Edgardo Aragón, Edward Hopper, Fernando Brito, FotoFest, Gary Simmons, George Tooker, Gunilla Klingberg, Interactive Records, Into the Wild Meaning, Ivete Lucas, J. Parker Valentine, Jennifer Ward, Jimmy Peña, Jorge Arreola Barraza, Joseph Cornell, K Space Contemporary, Keri Oldham, kirk hopper fine art, Man Ray, marc fischer, Marcela Rico, Marty Walker Gallery, mckinney avenue contemporary, McNay Museum of Art, miguel aragon, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Okay Mountain, Paul Cadmus, Pedro Reyes, Philip Guston, rice gallery, Roberta Harris, salem collo-julin, sally chandler, Scott Martin, Sterling Allen, Susie Kalil, Suzanne Cotter, Tala Madani, temporary services, terri thornton, Texas State University Galleries, The Jung Center Gallery, The Reading Room, tony feher, UNLV, VAC, Visual Art Center, Yves Tanguy |
By Bill Davenport on September 13, 2012
Along with a new Director, a new space, a new Assistant Curator, and a new Director of External Affairs, venerable Houston alterna-space Diverseworks has just [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged artist board, diverseworks, iac |
By GT contributors on September 6, 2012
Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for Fall 2012! AUSTIN Emily Roysdon: Pause Pose Discompose Visual Arts Center September 21 – December 8, 2012 Super [...]
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By Bill Davenport on August 9, 2012
After 20 years of love/hate in the “docks” warehouse north of downtown, Houston art space DiverseWorks is relocating to 4102 Fannin Street in the heart [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diverseworks, Elizabeth Dunbar, jennifer gardner, keren cytter, Rachel Cook, sixto wagan |
By Bill Davenport on July 26, 2012
On Saturday, July 28, a consortium of Houston arts orgs have organized the first ever Houston Arts Resource Fair, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged dance source houston, diverseworks, houston arts reource fair, tala |
By Claire Ruud on June 27, 2012
There’s been a lot of management turnover within top tier Texas museums over the past year. [Quick recap: Just 13 months ago, Simone Wicha replaced [...]
Posted in Blog, Claire Ruud | Tagged amoa-arthouse, Artpace, blanton museum of art, cost of turnover, Dallas museum of art, diverseworks, Elizabeth Dunbar, employee turnover, gary tinterow, leadership transition, management turnover, maxwell anderson, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, museums, ned rifkin, nonprofit executive search firms, nonprofit management, peter marzio, regine basha, simone wicha, succession planning |
By Rachel Hooper on May 6, 2012
Houston’s universities are important incubators of artistic talent, with many artists in the city having taught at and/or graduated from either the University of Houston [...]
Posted in Wax by the Fire | Tagged art department UH, blaffer art museum, candace reilly, diverseworks, EMERGEncy room, emily link, Matchbox gallery, rice university art, student art, UH, University of houston |
By Bill Davenport on March 10, 2012
Are you the ultimate John Waters fan? Have you fantasized about rubbing shoulders with The Pope of Trash? If so, then thank your yucky stars [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diverseworks, filthier and dirtier, John Waters |
By Bill Davenport on January 31, 2012
It was too loud to talk to her at her at last weekend’s Glasstire/Fresh Arts Disaster Ball at the Colombe D’Or, so Diverseworks is inviting [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diverseworks, Elizabeth Dunbar |
By Bill Davenport on January 4, 2012
Elizabeth Dunbar, the former curator and associate director at Austin’s Arthouse before its conflation with the Austin Museum of Art, has been named Executive Director [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged arthouse, diverseworks, elzabeth Dunbar |
By Carrie Marie Schneider on September 30, 2011
DiverseWorks‘ State Fair feels like a version of “Now THAT’S What I Call Social Practice!” As you walk through, you are beckoned to participate [...]
Posted in Article, Review | Tagged Autumn Knight, clifford owens, diverseworks, Stanford Prison Experiment, state fair |
By Bill Davenport on September 8, 2011
In a witty retort to the commercialism of the upcoming Houston art Fairs, Houston’s Diverseworks Art Space is planning State Fair, an exhibition/event that curator [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diverseworks, state fair |
By Christina Patoski on September 1, 2011
Ever since the mid-1970s, I’ve traveled to Houston whenever it was time for a good art fix. Back then, there were just a handful of [...]
Posted in Article, Feature | Tagged art travel, beer can house, blaffer art museum, breakfast club, camh, cy twombly, diverseworks, flowerman, Houston, houston center for photography, Lawndale Art Center, menil, mfah, orange show, Project Row Houses, Reef, Renzo Piano, rothko chapel, texas art travel, University of houston |
By Bill Davenport on August 29, 2011
After 14 years at Houston’s Diverseworks Art Space, Diane Barber will be stepping down from her post as co-artistic director to pursue other projects after [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diane barber, diverseworks, sixto wagan, william betts |
