Collective Presence is a hub for creative and cultural activity to address topics related to the social and political environmental issues of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Through a series of micro-residencies, workshops, and community discussions invited artists will join DiverseWorks from February 21 – April 14, 2019, to create new work on site and in conversation with each other. Read more
"Make Art, Not War" has become a cliché sentiment, perhaps to the point of losing its meaning. But, artist Ganzeer asks, is there something to it? Is it at all possible that art represents antitheses to a culture of warfare that has dominated humanity since the beginning of our time?Read more
Taking place at “Houston's birthplace,” Allen's Landing on Buffalo Bayou, Gardner's Salt Water Sweet Water is a site-specific response to Houston's own history of commerce and construction. Visitors will interact with these histories through a presentation of projected image, sound, and performance.Read more
Jennif(f)er Tamayo's LA QUEERADORA installation sits at the intersection of digital cultural production and embodied cultural performance. It asks: How do material bodies, whose lives hold an archive of cultural knowledge and experience, compete with a manufactured and digitally porous production of identity?Read more
