Come and observe one of the earliest photographic techniques in action! Portrait photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley, known nationally for her work using the 19th-century wet-plate collodion tintype process, which she has been using to make portraits since 2004, will be set-up to make portraits of visitors to MATCH on January 13th and 14th. Using antique brass …

CO-PRESENTED WITH THE HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS FESTIVAL Director Abigail Child will be in attendance. -- Free event – no tickets or Festival Badge necessary. Seating is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit Houston Cinema Arts Society for more information about the Festival. -- Abigail Child’s trilogy of short films made between 2002 …

CO-PRESENTED WITH THE HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS FESTIVAL -- Directors Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan in attendance -- Free event – no tickets or Festival Badge necessary. Seating is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit Houston Cinema Arts Society for more information about the Festival. -- Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan direct, produce …

HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS FESTIVAL AT DIVERSEWORKS Director Abigail Child in Attendance -- Free event – no tickets or Festival Badge necessary. Seating is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit Houston Cinema Arts Society for more information about the Festival. -- Abigail Child’s series Is This What You Were Born For? is one …

HOUSTON CINEMA ARTS FESTIVAL AT DIVERSEWORKS Some spaces are illuminated by the sun. Some are lighted by a single bare bulb. Other spaces can be brought to light by a bright idea. The experimental films in this program are divergent in approach, but all engage with the space before the camera, as well as the …

Join us for an open forum discussion moderated by Henry G. Sanchez and Xandra Eden that focuses on the artist's position in society/communities and artist concepts of extraterritoriality and citizenship. Guests include Phillip Pyle II, Pedro Lasch, Deborah Grotfeldt, Terry Suprean, and others. This conversation is part of the "Lines Drawn" project at DiverseWorks.

Please note that you have until 11:59pm on November 6, 2017 to submit your application, however, we encourage you to submit it before 5pm. We will only have support staff available until 5pm to answer any questions for you about the application. All materials must be submitted by this deadline. The application is online.

Join DiverseWorks and choreographer Takahiro Yamamoto on Sunday, October 29th for an evening of food, art, and performance centered on the subject of the detour and other influences of Japanese history and culture. This exclusive event includes tickets to the Sunday performance of Yamamoto’s new dance work, Direct Path to Detour, and a cocktail reception …

Join artists Maria-Elisa Heg, Stacy Kirages, Evan McCarley, and Sarah Welch of Zine Fest Houston for a Lines Drawn-themed zine-making workshop. This workshop will focus on DIY publishing techniques and the use of collage in zines. Basic supplies such as paper, pens, magazines, scissors, and glue sticks will be provided. Participants may bring optional materials …

Join DiverseWorks for the regional premiere of Portland, Oregon-based choreographer Takahiro Yamamoto's new dance work, Direct Path to Detour, in Matchbox 2 at the MATCH. Tickets: Pay What You Wish Performance is 60 minutes; Friday and Saturday performances are followed by an audience talkback with Yamamoto. Co-commissioned by DiverseWorks, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati …

The Kijana Youth Creative Music Ensemble an ensemble of global migrants based in the Gulfton neighborhood of Houston, Texas a project of Kijana Youth, Nameless Sound, and the Alliance for Multicultural Community Services Featuring: Celine Eric Gideon Jennifer Peter Rogers Sifa Sifa Yelizabeth Mr. David Mr. Muhammad performing improvisations on keyboards, marimbas, xylophones, percussion, and …

Print to Empower is a letterpress wood type workshop for 14 participants. Application and advance registration is required. Application deadline: October 2 This letterpress workshop will introduce 14 participants to the ways that printing has historically been used—and continues to be used—as a tool to affect social change. A brief history of empowerment through print …

Organized by artist Carrie Schneider, this event invites artists to meet with activists for a rapid-fire brainstorming session to generate an abundance of ideas for creative tactics of changing public imagination, unsticking a stuck issue, and collaborative possibilities between artists and activists in Houston. Artists must pre-register for this event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artistactivist-matchmaking-event-tickets-37788248669 Six issues undergoing major …

++ La información en español sigue abajo ++ Please join us for a collective, choral reading of "Antígona González" (Les Figues Press, 2016) with author Sara Uribe and Houston-based women artists, writers, activists, and organizers. The reading will be in Spanish, with John Pluecker's translations projected in English. Longlisted for the 2017 Best Translated Book …

Please join us for the opening reception of Lines Drawn, a project that explores how artists reimagine, disrupt and question received notions of borders and boundaries. By addressing issues of immigration, nationalism, equity and human rights through their work, the artists encourage us to contemplate the many barriers in our own lives as social constructions …

W/ REGINA AGU, PETER LUCAS, AND ADRIENNE PERRY On the final evening of the exhibition "into the midst of things," Houston artists Regina Agu, Peter Lucas, and Adrienne Perry will present a live, de-centered collage of words, images, films, sounds, and music from a wide variety of sources. This unique event will shift the gallery’s …