ABOUT CELEBRATING DIVERSITY

Art League Houston is pleased to be invited to participate in Celebrating Diversity Through Art, a unique collaboration of JPMorgan Chase and Art League Houston, which highlights established and emerging artists representative of diverse communities. This program is fully supported by JPMorgan Chase.

UPCOMING CELEBRATING DIVERSITY EXHIBITIONS

HOUSTON (May 18, 2009) - Art League Houston, in partnership with JPMorgan Chase, is pleased to announce the opening of its Healing Art exhibition, which takes place at Heritage Hall in the JPMorgan Chase Building in downtown Houston, on view from June 8 - July 8, 2009, in celebration of Gay Pride Month. This exhibition features photographs and artwork of Art League Houston Healing Art program participants. The opening reception for the exhibition is Thursday, June 18, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Heritage Hall in the JPMorgan Chase building located at 712 Main Street in downtown Houston. The entrance to the building is on Travis.

Changing Lives is the last in a series of four visual art exhibitions that focus on cultural heritage month celebrations. Celebrating Diversity Through Art is a unique collaboration of JPMorgan Chase and Art League Houston, which highlights established and emerging artists representative of diverse communities. This program is supported in full by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation.

PAST CELEBRATING DIVERSITY EXHIBITIONS

HOUSTON (March 10, 2009) - Art League Houston, in partnership with JPMorgan Chase, is pleased to announce the opening of Way Way Out West, which takes place at Heritage Hall in the JPMorgan Chase Building in Downtown Houston, and runs from April 9 - May 1, 2009 as a celebration of Asian Heritage Month. This exhibition features the work of Bennie Flores Ansell, Terry Hagiwara, Sandria Hu, and Rahul Mitra. The opening reception for the exhibition is Thursday April 9, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Heritage Hall in the JPMorgan Chase building located at 712 Main Street in downtown Houston. The entrance to the building is on Travis.

Way Way Out West is the third in a series of four visual art exhibitions that focus on cultural heritage month celebrations. Celebrating Diversity Through Art is a unique collaboration of JPMorgan Chase and Art League Houston, which highlights established and emerging artists representative of diverse communities. This program is supported in full by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation.

Art League Houston, in partnership with JPMorgan Chase, is pleased to announce the opening of Gift of the Spirit, which takes place at Heritage Hall in the JPMorgan Chase Building in Downtown Houston, and runs from January 29 - February 27, 2009 as a celebration of Black History Month. This exhibition is curated by Beth Secor, and features the work of Mequitta Ahuja, Ann "Sole Sister" Johnson, El Franco Lee II, Kaneem Smith, and Dr. Clarence Talley Sr. The opening reception for the exhibition is Thursday January 29, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Heritage Hall in the JPMorgan Chase building located at 712 Main Street in downtown Houston.

Gift of the Spirit is the second in a series of four visual art exhibitions that focus on cultural heritage month celebrations. Art League Houston is pleased to be invited to participate in Celebrating Diversity Through Art, a unique collaboration of JPMorgan Chase and Art League Houston, which highlights established and emerging artists representative of diverse communities. This program is fully supported by JPMorgan Chase.

HOUSTON (September 15, 2008) - Art League Houston, in partnership with JPMorgan Chase, is pleased to announce the opening of Del Otro Lado (From The Other Side), which takes place at Heritage Hall in the JPMorgan Chase Building in Downtown Houston, and runs from October 1 - October 24, 2008, as a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The opening reception for Del Otro Lado takes place on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 from 5:30 - 7:30, with Curator Angel Quesada in attendance.

Del Otro Lado is the first in a series of four visual art exhibitions that focus on cultural heritage month celebrations. Celebrating Diversity Through Art is a unique collaboration between JPMorgan Chase and Art League Houston, which highlights emerging artists representative of diverse communities.

Curator Angel Quesada is an Austin-based artist who was raised along the Texas Borderlands/Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, a place rich in history and folklore. He grew up in a number of border towns, including Laredo, Eagle Pass, and Del Rio. Both his parents still live and work along the border for the United States government. He attended the Massachusetts College of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he studied painting, printmaking, and interrelated media. Quesada has had exhibitions at venues that include Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Galeria Vito Alesio Centro Corporal in Saltillo, Mexico, and the Casa De Sousa in Los Angeles. He has curated shows at Texas A & M University in Corpus Christi, and the Mexican American Cultural Center, Mexci-Arte Museum, and the International Center in Austin. His most recent curated exhibition was Enmascarados: an homage to Lucha Libra for Pump Projects Art Complex in Austin, Texas.