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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 below! AUSTIN Alison Kuo: Colorful Food 1117 Garland January 4 – February 14 Former Austin resident and current School of Visual Art grad student, Alison Kuo will present a psychedelic [...]
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 November 30, 2012
The Idea Fund has announced the ten Texas-based artists collectives with unusual projects for their 5th round of grants: The Bridge Club – Art and Performance Collaborative (Huntsville); Erin Curtis (Austin); Bill Davenport (Houston); Esteban Delgado (San Antonio); Everything Records / Robert Hodge and Philip Pyle (Houston), Madsen Minax (Houston); Ryan O’Malley, Joe Peña, Dr. [...]
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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 announced a new artist board. A recent press release from Diverseworks describes the reshuffle as a return to the org’s artist-founded roots: “as DiverseWorks celebrates its 30th Anniversary, we have [...]
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 smart curator and art historian Andy Campbell invited New York- and Stockholm-based artist Emily Roysdon to take over the VAC’s Vaulted Gallery for the fall semester. I first heard of Roysdon in [...]
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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 of midtown. This move, the third in the organization’s history, jumps the gun on the org’s anticipated move into proposed Independent Arts Collaborative. Located at the intersection of Fannin and [...]
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. at the University of St. Thomas’ Jones Hall, 3910 Yoakum St. The free event aims to connect individuals and arts organizations with professional development opportunities like funding, housing, marketing, audience [...]
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 Ned Rifkin as Director of the Blanton Museum of Art after Rifkin had spent only two years in the post. Five months later, Maxwell Anderson became the new Director of [...]
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 or Rice University. But the thing with incubators is that they can be a bit isolating, which is why it is refreshing to see both schools putting forth greater efforts [...]
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 because a very generous DiverseWorks supporter has donated two tickets (a $500 value) to This Filthy World: Filthier and Dirtier and given you a chance to claim them! Post a [...]
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 artists to meet and greet its new Executive Director, Elizabeth Dunbar, at a reception on Wednesday, February 1 from 6-8pm.
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 of Houston’s Diverseworks Artspace. During her tenure in Austin, Dunbar became known for edgy programming, perhaps too edgy: she was ousted amid controversy from her position last year, leaving the [...]
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 in an idea barter booth, to ask an artist about his role as a shrimp salesman, to chat with a gossip swapper, to play a carnival game with candlemakers, to [...]
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 Diane barber describes as “sensory overload”, “picture walking into the carnival midway at the rodeo at dusk.” This Friday from 6-9pm, 16 booths manned by artists playing the role of [...]
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 fine art galleries to visit. The Museum of Fine Arts was a long way from becoming one of the largest museums in the United States. And the Contemporary Arts Museum [...]
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 September 14, although she will remain involved in the upcoming Tara Conley show, State Fair, and Marina Zirkow’s residency. Barber will likely not be replaced; Sixto Wagan, the remaining artistic [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diane barber, diverseworks, sixto wagan, william betts |
By Bill Davenport on July 25, 2011
Culturemap’s Steven Thomson questions whether the upscaling and combining of several of Houston’s important arts orgs into the new Independent Arts Collaborative building, now in the planning stages for a Main St site in Midtown, will slam the door on the many low-budget groups that use the orgs’ spaces on a part time basis. Of [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diverseworks, horsehead theater, independent arts collaborative, nonprofit organizations houston, org ecoogy, steven thomson, suchu dance |
By Bill Davenport on July 1, 2011
The Independent Arts Collaborative (what an oxymoron!) has made a down payment on is the former City of Houston planning and permits building at 3400 Main St. in Houston as the site for a brand new multi-venue for arts across the street from the HCC light rail stop. Catastrophic Theatre, DiverseWorks, Main Street Theater and [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged bob schultz, diverseworks, independent arts collaborative, suchu dance |
By Bill Davenport on May 17, 2011
From 6-8pm network, schmooze, wheedle, score face time, confab, kiss ass, or break balls at Diverseworks’ art-world Industry Night. Fun! fun! fun! and Free! Don’t forget your promotional materials, hearty handshake, and ingratiating smile.
Posted in Newswire | Tagged diverseworks, diverseworks industry night in two hours- get ready!, industry night |