DiverseWorks Announces RETAIL THERAPY 2011 Gala, 4/2

 

RETAIL THERAPY Gala Kick Off  Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 6-8pm  Momentum Audi, 2315 Richmond, 77098 Get ready to shop until you drop as DiverseWorks kicks off its Retail Therapy Gala with a party on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, from 6-8pm at Momentum Audi. Party goers will enjoy drinks with DW 2011 Gala Co-Chair Jared Lang & Cara Morales, and the Gala host committee.

To RVSP for this event, please contact Tracey Morton at tracey@diverseworks.org or call 713.223.8346. RVSP must be made by 10a.m. Monday, March 14.

ARTIST: Jane Weiner/Hope Stone Dance

Gala Co-Chairs: Jared Lang and Cara Morales

Host Committee: Ana Abud, Diane Barber & Karen Niemeier, William Betts, Adam Brackman, Melanie Crader, David Donnelly, Amy Ell, Loli Fernandez-Andrade, Jason Fuller, Rob Greenstein, Michael Halpin, Stephen Hill & Trevor Eade, Steven Hammer, Patrick & Tracey Keegan, Marshal & Victoria Lightman, Lester Marks, Beth Newhouse, Lan Norwood & Brian Vezey, Paul Pettie, Hal & Marjana Roach, Shavonnah Roberts, Kellye Sanford & Fritz Lanham, Kaneem Smith, Christina Solis & Graham Gaskill, Chuy Terrazas, Myrla Vanegas, Sixto Wagan & Matthew Dirst, Sarah Walters, and Tina & Josh Zulu

Music provided by Thunderpants and DJ Graham Gaskill
Glamour Shots by Frank White Photography
Beer provided by Real Ale Brewing Company
Costumes Recommended!

To be a gala underwriter or to purchase a gala table, click HERE or call Tracey Morton at 713-223-8346 or email tracey@diverseworks.org.

Join us this Friday for three opening receptions: The North Wind and The Sun; Grandalism and flickerlounge: Personal Boundary. Make sure to stop by and say hello to some of the Artadia Awardees from Chicago who are new to Houston and featured in The North Wind and The Sun. Plus, the fabulous folks from Artadia will be here to celebrate the opening with us. Last but not least, Oh My! Pocket Pies! Food Truck will be here! It's your chance to indulge in some delicious local food and we will have some tasty beverages provided by Saint Arnold and Whole Foods. 

The North Wind and The Sun
March 11-April 16, 2011,
Opening Reception: Friday, March 11, 6-9pm
DiverseWorks partners with Chicago's oldest alternative space, the Hyde Park Art Center, to showcase some of the best artists in the South and the Midwest through an exhibit exchange of the 2008 Artadia awardees. Houston represents in Chicago and Chicago represents in Houston in this cross-country cultural showdown. Featured artists include: Melika Bass, Juan Angel Chavez, Jim Duignan, Theaster Gates, Kelly Kaczynski, Dutes Miller & Stan Shellabarger, Kim Piotrowski.

For information on The North Wind and The Sun, visit: http://diverseworks.org/2011/the-north-wind-and-the-sun/.

Special Thanks to KUHF (88.7FM) our media sponsor.
Grandalism featuring ABELS
March 11-April 16, 2011,
Opening Reception: Friday, March 11, 6-9pm
Curated by Gonzo247
DiverseWorks has commissioned new large-scale works from one of the most "up" illegal graffiti artists in Houston, ABELS. He is known for his clean and consistent letter form and recognized as all-city, meaning not bound by one neighborhood or area in graffiti terms.

flickerlounge: Personal Boundary 

March 11-April 16, 2011,
Opening Reception: Friday, March 11, 6-9pm
Curated by Aurora Picture Show
Our good friends, Aurora Picture Show, have curated short films and video art works by two inventive artists working with video and performance, Michelle Handleman and Carol Saft, to run concurrently with The North Wind and The Sun.

Kristina Wong

Cat Lady
Thursday-Saturday, March 24-26, 2011, 7:30pm

DiverseWorks is excited to present the world premiere of Kristina Wong's CAT LADY!

Cat Lady is Ed Hardy meets Lord of the Flies meets cat pee.
CAT LADY is an interdisciplinary performance blending the parallel worlds of two pathetically lonely personas living at the margins of gender and society-musty cat ladies (who make solo performance for a living) and fast-talking male pick-up artists. This multi-media theater piece incorporates the psychology behind hoarding (both of animals and humans), pick-up artist techniques, anecdotes from unmarried women who live alone with cats ("cat ladies"), and Kristina Wong's attempts to simultaneously end racism and get her cat to stop spraying.

Directed by The Rude Mechanicals' Shawn Sides and featuring Kristina Wong, Miss Barbie Q, Clayton Shane Farris and Jabez Zuniga.

Cat Lady is supported by the National Performance Network Creation and Residency Program. More information at NPNweb.org.

 

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