Experience a unique evening orchestrated by the internationally renowned conceptual artist Pablo Helguera. This exclusive fundraising event is inspired by childhood fables and includes a cocktail party & exhibition preview, live performance recital, and a whimsically-themed dinner at Brennan's of Houston. 

TICKETS 

$250 DW Members / $300 Non-Members - available at by visiting DiverseWorks.

EVENT SCHEDULE 

• 6 - 7 pm: Cocktails & Exhibition Preveiw - The Fable Is to Be Retold, Gallery
• 7 - 8 pm: Live Performance - The Fable of the Ancient Children and Other Stories, Matchbox 1
• 8 - 10 pm: Artist's Dinner, Brennan's of Houston, 3300 Smith

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

The Fable of the Ancient Children and Other Stories is a unique, three-part performance by Pablo Helguera that is inspired by childhood fables and fairy tales and features adaptations of "The Mock Turtle" from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865), "The Swan" from Camille Saint-Saën's "The Carnival of the Animals" (1886), and Scott Joplin's "Solace (Mexican Serenade)" (1909).

Special thanks to all of the performing artists, including Yvonne Chen (piano), Harrison Guy (dance), Tomas Jonsson (piano), Candace Ratliff (dance), Yvonne Smith (viola), and Nicholas Wong (cello), and Dance Source Houston, Houston Young Artist's Concert, the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Mercury and MATCH.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Pablo Helguera (b. 1971, Mexico City, Mexico) is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist, author, and educator with an interest in socially engaged art and performance. Helguera’s work focuses on a variety of topics ranging from history, pedagogy, sociolinguistics, ethnography, memory, and the absurd, and is presented in unexpected and innovative formats. Helguera has exhibited and performed at the Museo de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; RCA London; 8th Havana Biennal; PERFORMA 05, New York City; MoMA P.S.1; and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and is a recipient of the Guggenheim and Franklin Furnace Fellowships and the Creative Capital and Art Matters grant. He is currently the Director of Adult and Academic Programs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

EVENT CO-CHAIRS

Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal
Austin Werner

EVENT SPONSORS

Fairy Tale Writers:
Dr. Penelope & Mr. Lester Marks

Storytellers:
Jereann Chaney
Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal, Fine Art Appraiser
Rob Greenstein
Janet Meyer & Raequel Roberts
Robert & Mariana Valdes Debes
Austin Werner & Catherine Codispoti 

Narrators:
Jeff Beauchamp
Mahenou & Omer Ilahi
Emily Todd 

Media Sponsor:
Paper City Magazine

All proceeds from A Fabled Evening benefit DiverseWorks' 2016-17 Season.