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The Mosaic Center

You're invited · Wed, Nov 18 · 5–9 PM

Open House at the Mosaic Center

Come see the Coastal Bend's new home for the LGBTQIA+ community at 1010 S Staples St. Free and open to all (21+ for drinks).

  • Music by DJ Johnny Hotcakes
  • Bar service by Produce® Bar Co. (21+ with ID)
  • Food from the T&K Smokeshack food truck
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Volunteers and board members in front of the freshly painted teal wall at The Mosaic Center
The Pride Corpus Christi board in orange shirts at the 2026 parade and block party
The main room of The Mosaic Center mid-paint, teal wall and wood counter

What happens here

Radio, history, wellness, art, business and Pride: every program here is part of the Center.

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Where we are

Built by volunteers, one milestone at a time.

  1. FCC approval (done) Unity 89.1 FM cleared to move
  2. First archive interview (done) Recorded at the Center in October
  3. Water & plumbing (done) Water on, new faucets & fixtures
  4. Paint, electrical & grounds (underway) Fence screen up, security doors painted
  5. Studio, transmitter & EAS (done) Unity 89.1 FM build-out
  6. Performance stage (underway) Ramp, steps and handrails on
  7. Community mural (still to come) Artist call open now
  8. Doors open (still to come) November 18, 2026

Opening November 18

Opens in 6 days.

Coming together

  • The two-bay Unity 89.1 FM antenna mounted at the top of the wood pole in the Mosaic Center lot, with a new flood light below it, above the covered carport and the new stage and ramp
    Nov 11 · Radio antenna up, plus an evening flood light
  • Street view from the corner of Staples and Buford: the Mosaic logo on the pole sign rises above the fenced lot at 1010 S Staples St
    Nov 11 · The sign from Staples & Buford
  • The Mosaic Center's four-color logo mounted on top of the red pole sign at 1010 S Staples St, above the blank sign panel, under a cloudy sky
    Nov 11 · Mosaic logo up on the pole sign
  • The Mosaic Center sign, with its rainbow-edged logo and 1010 S Staples St address, mounted on the red wood wall beside the freshly painted white front door, with the gate open and an “Always make a dramatic entrance” doormat
    Nov 10 · Sign up by the front door
  • The Center’s front door freshly painted white behind its black security gate, lit by the porch’s green and violet lights, with a “Always make a dramatic entrance” doormat
    Nov 9 · Front door painted
  • The Center’s side door freshly painted white behind its dark brown security gate, set in the painted block wall
    Nov 9 · Side door painted
  • A volunteer in safety glasses and a dust mask sands the old peeling paint off one of the Center’s white exterior doors with an orbital sander
    Nov 9 · Exterior doors sanded for fresh paint
  • A volunteer brushes a second coat of red onto one arm of the Mosaic mark on a large hand-painted sign, the purple, gold and teal arms already painted on the white board
    Nov 9 · Second coat on the signs
  • The Center's second steel door behind its security gate: the gate is freshly painted dark brown, the white door behind it still showing worn paint, set in the painted white block wall
    Nov 8 · The second door's gate, painted
  • A large square board painted with the Center's four-colour mosaic mark in red, gold, blue and teal on white, resting on a table indoors
    Nov 8 · A hand-painted mosaic sign
  • A volunteer in goggles and a dust mask sands the old paint off a white steel door behind its black security screen, prepping it to be repainted
    Nov 8 · Prepping the next door
  • The Center's covered patio at dusk: the rainbow ring lamp lit over the new picnic table, a green light glowing on the wall, and the screened fence behind
    Nov 7 · The patio at dusk
  • Green privacy screening now runs along most of the chain-link fence at the edge of the Center's paved lot, with a volunteer at the far end still hanging it
    Nov 7 · The fence screen goes up
  • A volunteer kneels on the patio painting the lower bars of a security door dark brown, a can of enamel and a paint tray on the ground beside them
    Nov 7 · A fresh coat for the door bars
  • A volunteer ties green privacy screening to the top rail of the chain-link fence along the lot
    Nov 7 · Screening the fence
  • Under the patio roof, a volunteer reaches up with a small roller to paint the frame of a barred security door dark brown, holding a paint tray, with the screened fence and picnic table behind
    Nov 7 · Painting the security doors
  • Two new tan leather armchairs side by side on the tile floor, beneath a framed photo of the Pride Corpus Christi team in orange shirts
    Nov 7 · The first chairs are in
  • Under the red-framed carport, a volunteer with a roller and paint tray stands behind a sign board painted white on sawhorses, with a second board drying beside it and the stage and its ramp in the background
    Nov 7 · Painting the new signs
  • A volunteer in overalls sits on a rug screwing the legs onto an upturned brown leather armchair, with a Progress Pride flag and opened boxes nearby
    Nov 7 · Furniture going together
  • The finished stage platform on the lot behind the Center, with a long wheelchair ramp and wooden railings along one side, front steps, and side steps with handrails
    Nov 7 · A ramp for everyone
  • Close view of the stage in afternoon sun: the railed ramp at the back, two steps at the front and a second set of steps with handrails at the side
    Nov 7 · Steps and handrails
  • The Center's covered patio under its new ceiling lamp, ringed in rainbow light above the picnic table, with green privacy screening now up along the back fence
    Nov 5 · A rainbow lamp for the patio
  • Two new lumber frames laid out on the pavement at dusk in front of the covered stage
    Nov 5 · More framing at dusk
  • The stage under a protective plastic sheet with a drill and work gloves on top and its steps in front, beside the Center's red carport
    Nov 5 · Wrapped for the weather
  • On the Center's covered patio, a volunteer at the picnic table sets up the new ceiling lamp from a phone, tools and the lamp's box beside them, on a rainy afternoon
    Nov 5 · Hanging the patio lamp
  • The finished stage platform with wooden steps, standing on the paved lot behind the Center at sunset
    Nov 4 · Decked, steps on
  • A volunteer fastens the plywood deck onto the new stage frame, now standing on its legs outside the Center
    Nov 3 · The stage gets its legs
  • The Center's covered patio after a power wash: clean concrete, a new picnic table, the wood siding ready for fresh exterior paint
    Nov 3 · Washed, ready for paint
  • A volunteer gives a thumbs-up beside the freshly built wooden stage frame outside The Mosaic Center
    Nov 3 · Framing the stage
  • The Center from the parking lot at dusk, its porch glowing in rainbow colors
    Nov 2 · Coming together
  • The Center's porch lit in red, orange, green and blue at dusk
    Nov 2 · Porch lights
  • New lock hardware on the front door
    Oct 28 · New locks
  • Repairing an LED light fixture
    Oct 27 · New lights
  • Lobby chairs set out by the front door
    Oct 25 · The lobby
  • The front office desk with The Mosaic Project on the computer screen
    Oct 25 · Front office
  • The building's electrical panels opened for work
    Oct 16 · Electrical
  • The purple room finished, a ladder still in the corner
    Oct 4 · Purple room done
  • A volunteer working on the floor of the restroom
    Oct 3 · Fixing up
  • A volunteer painting the purple wall, half done
    Oct 3 · The purple wall
  • A volunteer smiling while painting the teal wall
    Oct 3 · The teal wall
  • A volunteer filling a paint tray on the floor
    Oct 3 · Paint day
  • A volunteer taping window trim before painting
    Oct 3 · Taping trim
  • A pile of old shelving and debris cleared out of the building
    Oct 3 · Clean-out
  • The front office covered in plastic, ready to paint
    Sep 30 · Prep
  • A volunteer patching and priming a hallway wall
    Sep 28 · Patching walls
  • The front office before any work, September 29
    Sep 29 · Before
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  • The Center’s front door freshly painted white behind its black security gate, lit by the porch’s green and violet lights, with a “Always make a dramatic entrance” doormat
    Nov 9 · Front door painted
  • The Center’s side door freshly painted white behind its dark brown security gate, set in the painted block wall
    Nov 9 · Side door painted
  • A volunteer in safety glasses and a dust mask sands the old peeling paint off one of the Center’s white exterior doors with an orbital sander
    Nov 9 · Exterior doors sanded for fresh paint
  • A volunteer brushes a second coat of red onto one arm of the Mosaic mark on a large hand-painted sign, the purple, gold and teal arms already painted on the white board
    Nov 9 · Second coat on the signs
  • The Center's second steel door behind its security gate: the gate is freshly painted dark brown, the white door behind it still showing worn paint, set in the painted white block wall
    Nov 8 · The second door's gate, painted
  • A large square board painted with the Center's four-colour mosaic mark in red, gold, blue and teal on white, resting on a table indoors
    Nov 8 · A hand-painted mosaic sign
  • A volunteer in goggles and a dust mask sands the old paint off a white steel door behind its black security screen, prepping it to be repainted
    Nov 8 · Prepping the next door
  • The Center's covered patio at dusk: the rainbow ring lamp lit over the new picnic table, a green light glowing on the wall, and the screened fence behind
    Nov 7 · The patio at dusk
  • Green privacy screening now runs along most of the chain-link fence at the edge of the Center's paved lot, with a volunteer at the far end still hanging it
    Nov 7 · The fence screen goes up
  • A volunteer kneels on the patio painting the lower bars of a security door dark brown, a can of enamel and a paint tray on the ground beside them
    Nov 7 · A fresh coat for the door bars
  • A volunteer ties green privacy screening to the top rail of the chain-link fence along the lot
    Nov 7 · Screening the fence
  • Under the patio roof, a volunteer reaches up with a small roller to paint the frame of a barred security door dark brown, holding a paint tray, with the screened fence and picnic table behind
    Nov 7 · Painting the security doors
  • Two new tan leather armchairs side by side on the tile floor, beneath a framed photo of the Pride Corpus Christi team in orange shirts
    Nov 7 · The first chairs are in
  • Under the red-framed carport, a volunteer with a roller and paint tray stands behind a sign board painted white on sawhorses, with a second board drying beside it and the stage and its ramp in the background
    Nov 7 · Painting the new signs
  • A volunteer in overalls sits on a rug screwing the legs onto an upturned brown leather armchair, with a Progress Pride flag and opened boxes nearby
    Nov 7 · Furniture going together
  • The finished stage platform on the lot behind the Center, with a long wheelchair ramp and wooden railings along one side, front steps, and side steps with handrails
    Nov 7 · A ramp for everyone
  • Close view of the stage in afternoon sun: the railed ramp at the back, two steps at the front and a second set of steps with handrails at the side
    Nov 7 · Steps and handrails
  • The Center's covered patio under its new ceiling lamp, ringed in rainbow light above the picnic table, with green privacy screening now up along the back fence
    Nov 5 · A rainbow lamp for the patio
  • Two new lumber frames laid out on the pavement at dusk in front of the covered stage
    Nov 5 · More framing at dusk
  • The stage under a protective plastic sheet with a drill and work gloves on top and its steps in front, beside the Center's red carport
    Nov 5 · Wrapped for the weather
  • On the Center's covered patio, a volunteer at the picnic table sets up the new ceiling lamp from a phone, tools and the lamp's box beside them, on a rainy afternoon
    Nov 5 · Hanging the patio lamp
  • The finished stage platform with wooden steps, standing on the paved lot behind the Center at sunset
    Nov 4 · Decked, steps on
  • A volunteer fastens the plywood deck onto the new stage frame, now standing on its legs outside the Center
    Nov 3 · The stage gets its legs
  • The Center's covered patio after a power wash: clean concrete, a new picnic table, the wood siding ready for fresh exterior paint
    Nov 3 · Washed, ready for paint
  • A volunteer gives a thumbs-up beside the freshly built wooden stage frame outside The Mosaic Center
    Nov 3 · Framing the stage
  • The Center from the parking lot at dusk, its porch glowing in rainbow colors
    Nov 2 · Coming together
  • The Center's porch lit in red, orange, green and blue at dusk
    Nov 2 · Porch lights
  • New lock hardware on the front door
    Oct 28 · New locks
  • Repairing an LED light fixture
    Oct 27 · New lights
  • Lobby chairs set out by the front door
    Oct 25 · The lobby
  • The front office desk with The Mosaic Project on the computer screen
    Oct 25 · Front office
  • The building's electrical panels opened for work
    Oct 16 · Electrical
  • The purple room finished, a ladder still in the corner
    Oct 4 · Purple room done
  • A volunteer working on the floor of the restroom
    Oct 3 · Fixing up
  • A volunteer painting the purple wall, half done
    Oct 3 · The purple wall
  • A volunteer smiling while painting the teal wall
    Oct 3 · The teal wall
  • A volunteer filling a paint tray on the floor
    Oct 3 · Paint day
  • A volunteer taping window trim before painting
    Oct 3 · Taping trim
  • A pile of old shelving and debris cleared out of the building
    Oct 3 · Clean-out
  • The front office covered in plastic, ready to paint
    Sep 30 · Prep
  • A volunteer patching and priming a hallway wall
    Sep 28 · Patching walls
  • The front office before any work, September 29
    Sep 29 · Before

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