On May 14, embrace the Chaos and join artists and collectors at Luck of the Draw, @DiverseWorks legendarily raucous fundraiser and PARTY! 🐅✨️⚜️
With the artist duo Hillerbrand+Magsamen as Emcees, a DJ set by artist Jamal Cyrus, and hundreds of works on paper created especially for DiverseWorks by artists from Houston and beyond, you don’t want to miss out.
Tickets: $150 ea.
Art Chances: $200 ea.
When your Art Chance number is drawn, choose an artwork to bring home. Every Art Chance purchased guarantees one artwork.
All proceeds benefit the participating artists and support DiverseWorks’ free exhibitions, performances, and programs. Visit diverseworks.org for more information.
Design: @illseabass
"The pṛesi▪︎ɗɛnt is a pɛ▪︎do▪︎phıłɛ and people aren't mad enough about it"
7" x 9"
Marker on Paper
2026
Koomah
This piece will be available exclusively at @diverseworks fundraiser event 'Luck of the Draw'.
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks’ famed fundraising event, returns on Thursday, May 14, 2026, 6:00pm - 10:00pm at the MATCH.
More than 200 works on paper, each one 7 x 9 inches, will be available for purchase at this year’s event. Participating artists from Houston and beyond include Mel Chin, Sheila Pepe, Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin, Anahita (Ani) Bradberry, Emily Peacock, Jack Massing, and many, many more! All works will be available for the set price of $200.
Tickets available at DiverseWorks.org
Come on out Monday, May 4th at 7pm to Friends Gallery (7040 Harrisburg Blvd) for a night of readings featuring poet Ching-In Chen, celebrating the release of their recent book, SHINY CITY.
Rejoined by many of the poets from their last HTX, multimedia project, Breathing in a Time of Disaster (with Cassie Mira)
More about the book:
“Shiny City examines the “real” and imagined history of Riverside, California’s Chinatown, juxtaposed with a speculative shiny city of the global future … Shiny City reconstructs its own kind of history with beauty that emerges from between the cracks.”
Featuring local trans & gender-expansive poets Koomah, solidad decosta, Keagan Wheat, Mariposa Tejada, Stalina Emmanuelle Villarreal!
There will be books for sale, a donation bar &, of course, community!
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@diverseworks Luck of the Draw: Chaos is on May 14!
Embrace the Chaos and join artists and collectors at Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks’ legendarily raucous fundraiser and party.
With the artist duo Hillerbrand+Magsamen as Emcees, a DJ set by artist Jamal Cyrus, and hundreds of works on paper created especially for DiverseWorks by artists from Houston and beyond, May 14 is certain to be an evening to remember!
Tickets: $150 ea.
Art Chances: $200 ea.
When your Art Chance number is drawn, choose an artwork to bring home! Every Art Chance purchased guarantees one artwork – and of course, you may purchase more than one.
Participating artists include Anahita (Ani) Bradberry, Tay Butler, Mel Chin, Orna Feinstein, Sheila Pepe, Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin, and many, many more!
Visit diverseworks.org for the full artist list, more info, and to purchase tickets.
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✨Thank You to Our Major Sponsors:
Ignacio Carrión & Brent Armour
Jereann Chaney
Blanca Garza
Tara Kelly & David Leftwich
All proceeds benefit the participating artists and support DiverseWorks’ free exhibitions, performances, and programs. 🥂
Design: @illseabass
★⋆. Come on out Monday, May 4th at 7 pm to Friends Gallery (7040 Harrisburg Blvd) for a night of readings featuring poet Ching-In Chen celebrating the release of their recent book Shiny City.
Rejoined by many of the poets from their last HTX, multimedia project, Breathing in a Time of Disaster with Cassie Mira.
More about the book:
“Shiny City examines the “real” and imagined history of Riverside, California’s Chinatown, juxtaposed with a speculative shiny city of the global future. . . Shiny City reconstructs its own kind of history with beauty that emerges from between the cracks.“
Featuring local poets:
Koomah @_koomah_
solidad decosta @solidaddecosta
Keagan Wheat @kwheat09
Mariposa Tejada @mari__resiste
Stalina Emmanuelle Villarreal @profstalina
There will be books for sale, a donation bar and of course community!
@chinginchen@friendsgalleryhtx
I'll be giving the Trans & Intersex inclusive Safer Sex presentation at the TRANS Sexual Wellness & Health Fair event on Sunday, April 19.
Registration: /transvoiceschat/wellnessfair
(LINK IN BIO)
Sunday, April 19
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Montrose Center - Rooms 106/107
(First Floor across from the elevators)
Momma cat and kittens update! Kittens are still nursing but also eating wet food. Momma cat lets me get about a foot or so by her but I cannot touch her yet. She doesn't hiss as much when I'm near the kittens.
