Diverse Works Inc.

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“Founded by artists in 1982, diverseworks is nationally known for its groundbreaking artistic programming, meaningful engagement with communities, and advancement of progressive art and ideas in houston and the nation. The organization provides commissioning opportunities for emerging and mid-career artists to create new multidisciplinary work, and acts as a launching pad for young artists, collective and future arts organizations. Diverseworks supports artists and projects that inspire dialogue about contemporary issues and culture and offer experiential and progressive works of art that compel viewers to broaden their perceptions of what art is and how art can be a critical tool for addressing social, cultural, and aesthetic concerns. Major programs in 2019-2020 bayou city be all (october 20, 2019) a community-driven project, bayou city be all celebrated the music, culture, and art of lgbtq+, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, and non-binary artists through live performance, fashion, and music. An advisory committee, in coordination of curator ashley dehoyos, borrowed from the kiki tradition to present ten performance artists and collectives who pushed the boundaries of drag through new works that ranged from puppetry, dance, spoken word, and visual art. Nick vaughan and jake margolin: cabin boy blue (november 7, 2019 houston and new york-based artists nick vaughan and jake margolin presented a performance lecture, cabin boy blue, that included video, photography, sound, and spoken word in the houston public library-julia b. Ideson building in downtown houston. Vaughan and margolin's work brings to light little known lgbtq+ histories from each u.s. State. Cabin boy blue shared their research to date on the early histories of queer life along the mississippi river, which includes the shipping industry, trade, and the making and transporting of indigo. Nick vaughan and jake margolin - 50 states: louisiana (february 29 may 18, 2020) nick vaughan and jake margolin's large-scale, multimedia exhibition, 50 states: louisiana, opened at diverseworks with a live performance on february 29, 2020. The work unearths a 1720s history of a same-sex couple involved in the burgeoning indigo trade in colonial louisiana. The work brings together the artists' research into the louisiana state archives; interviews with historians, indigo experts, and members of new orleans' lgbtq+ community; and their travels to louisiana and dauphin island, alabama. It is the sixth iteration of the artists' life-long 50 states project that reveals little-known lgbtq+ historical narratives in each u.s. State. The gallery installation was closed to the public on march 16th due to the covid-19 pandemic; the artists created an alternative, online version that diverseworks presented on its website and vimeo channel through may 18. Virginia grise: rasgos asiaticos (september 2019-april 2020) production and community programming for virginia grise's site-specific performance and installation, rasgos asiaticos, took place throughout 2019-2020. The final presentation was postponed to fall 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic. The work examines migration and displacement and aims to re-present a history of chinese settlement in the u.s.-mexico borderlands. The performance in houston has been developed through conversations with local community members. In october, diverseworks presented a public lecture by grise at the university of houston's blaffer art museum titled, these are my papers, which told her personal story and journey behind rasgos asiaticos. In january and february grise conducted writing workshops at alabama song, diverseworks, and community artists and the graduate students at the university of houston. A collective poem by workshop participants was published online in april 2020 to mark the original opening date of the performance. Project freeway fellowship in july 2020, diverseworks organized the second iteration of the project freeway fellowship program”

“Contract labor: program service expenses 9,140. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 500. Total expenses 9,640. Artist fees: program service expenses 36,991. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 36,991. Other professional fees: program service expenses 23,037. Management and general expenses 91. Fundraising expenses 1,200. Total expenses 24,328.”