Lamar University art professor and artist Prince Varughese Thomas will give a talk about the Art Museum of Southeast Texas’s winter exhibitions, Emily Peacock: Pure Comedy and David McGee: Black Paintings, as part of the Taste of the Arts Lecture Series, Feb. 12, at 11:30 a.m. The talk, which is free and open to the
TASI to present ‘After Mourning,’ Van Gogh-inspired play by Mike Czuba The Art Studio, Inc. will host a staged reading for the U.S. premiere of “After Mourning,” by Canadian playwright Mike Czuba, about the legacy of what was to become of the work of Vincent Van Gogh after he died in 1890. The reading will
Wanted: Experience of post-apocalyptic insanity with hours of mind-blowing entertainment, mayhem and merriment. You’re thinking about the Winter Wasteland, the theme for this year’s Beaux Art Ball, to be held on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at The Art Studio. The BAB is TASI’s largest and most festive fundraiser of the year supporting programming efforts throughout
From The Fly to The Doctor to Galaxy Quest, The Geek has your nerd gift covered The first cold snap has come and gone which means the pumpkins are all rotted by now and the lines at the mall have gotten out of control. So take a load off and put your feet up, I’ve
The 18th-century French Revolution may best be remembered for the use of the guillotine to chop off the heads of monarchs, but the ideological repercussions of overthrowing the government extended beyond the political sphere. The intellectual current of the Enlightenment leading to the revolution not only sparked the 1789 coup d’état, but also impacted literature,
TASI to host annual arts sale, Dec. 5-7 Forget fighting the crowds at the big box stores. Don’t throw your money away on an overpriced trinket that will not be appreciated. Spend your holiday gift-buying cash on unique arts and crafts by local artists. The Art Studio, Inc. will host its annual Holiday Shop-O-Rama Extravaganza,
Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s masterpiece, divinely inspired This is the last of a three-part series on the Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi BARCELONA — “I am an atheist. What is happening to me?” These words, attributed to a visitor, describe the inspiring beauty that is the Sagrada Familia, the architect Antoni Gaudi’s final masterpiece. A South Korea Buddhist
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Just like some of the recent cold fronts moving into the area, TASI’s board is working to instill clear and professional governance to ensure the organization’s vision and mission. In a process that began over a year ago, the TASI board is amending, creating and seeking specific processes and procedures that take away some of
October was an eventful month full of ad-hoc events peppered into our usual schedule of activities. The basis of the hoopla was the exhibition presented by Christopher Troutman, drawing professor in the Lamar University department of art and design, that created quite a bit of excitement around The Studio. Three Lamar faculty members, Troutman, design
