Saturday, May. 7, 2016 – Saturday, May. 28, 2016
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM
US/Central
Image by Ashley Hunt
taisha paggett and WXPT in collaboration with Ashley Hunt and Kim Zumpfe
Throughout The School for the Movement of the Technicolor People, free public classes will be held from 1 pm – 5 pm every Saturday in May. The School’s activities include discussions, Houston company members-led workshops, wanderings, gatherings, dispersions, the lifting of people, the staging of images, and other embodied practices whose traces accumulate into a visual archive and temporary installation at DiverseWorks.
For information about the Saturday School schedule please contact Reyes Ramirez, Outreach and Public Engagement Cultivator, at [email protected], or visit the DiverseWorks website, www.DiverseWorks.org.
About the Class
Saturday, May 28, 1-5 pm
Admission: Free
Admission: Free
Enjoy the final day of
The School for the Movement of the Technicolor People.
The School for the Movement of the Technicolor People.
Schedule:
Session I: 1–2 pm
A Collective Journey
Taught by: Eternal Lokumbe
When we move ourselves and meet populations that are unknown to us, how do we choose to see them? How do they choose to see us? With movement and the staging of encounters, this class will aim to deconstruct the scientific myth of race, considering relationships between the major migrations of our collective ancestors and the diverse environments of our collective home of Houston. We will move together, sharing what we know, what we’ve learned and what we are feeling in this exchange. When what we think about each other blends together, we form new collectives — this is our collective journey.
Eternal Lokumbe is a student at the University of Houston studying Anthropology and Creative Work.
Session II: 2:15–3:15 pm
Make Me
Taught by: Norola Morgan
We will begin with a mound of fabric, rudimentary supplies, tools, and encouragement to handcraft crude representations of an aspect of ourselves — past, present, or future. As we work, we will make stories for our figures, consider names and create interaction, working with ideas of identity, memory, desire and transformation.
Norola Morgan is a visual artist, performer, and mom. She offers her creative arts and services through her business MoonYoonits Studios.
Session III: 3:30–4:30 pm
Your Move
Taught by: Caleb Fields
This workshop will examine how we view the world and the differences between how we perceive ourselves, how others perceive us, and how those differences sit within the body. Starting with our natural ability to direct perception and communicate through movement, we will play out examples of these oppositions and interrupt these differences
through an exchange of moves.
Caleb Fields is a local artist/visionary. He has starred in multiple productions, including the character of Sancho in Heather and Ivan Morison’s Slyk Chaynjis, commissioned by and performed at DiverseWorks in 2013.
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HOURS & ADMISSION
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Hours and location vary by project, please visit our website for the most up-to-date information -
DiverseWorks.org - Exhibitions and public programs are free; ticketed performances are pay-what-you-wish.
Directions & Parking
- Paid Parking
- Street Parking
- MetroRail: The MetroRail makes a stop a half-block south of the MATCH at the Ensemble/HCC Station. Mid-Main: Close to the MATCH is the Mid-Main Garage (directly to the south at the corner of Holman and Travis). This garage is accessible through Holman or Travis Street and is open 24 hours. Parking can be paid by credit card or cash at the designated pay machines. And lastly, Street Parking: Metered street parking is available in Midtown. Please read all parking signs carefully, as available street parking changes depending on the time of day.
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