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
Ceramic artists Greg Busceme will present “Fatal Cups” at Finder’s Fayre Antiques. Busceme will be on site to meet, greet and share his work during First Thursday at the Mildred, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Dec. 5. His works will be available to view and purchase through January 2. The exhibition is part of
Global travels give local artist new lens to view humanity The Art Museum of Southeast Texas will host “Jerome Cabeen: Window to the World – The People & The Places,” Nov. 21-Feb. 2, in AMSET’s Café Arts Series for Local Artists. On Sunday, Dec. 8, 1-3 p.m., AMSET will host a free and open to the public artist’s
The Art Museum of Southeast Texas will exhibit “Emily Peacock: Pure Comedy” and “David McGee: Black Painting”s from Dec. 14 to March 1 in the main galleries. On Friday, Dec. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m., AMSET will host a free and open to the public opening reception featuring a gallery talk by artists Emily Peacock and David
Kelli Scofield to present first solo show at TASI in November It’s always difficult finding words to describe someone else’s work to an audience. Art reviews are an imperfect science of conjecture and anticipation — a balancing act between the known and unknown and certainly a challenge between the authentic and the clichéd. Kelli Scofield’s
Gaudi, Güell combine in harmonious balance of nature, man This is the second of a three-part series on the Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi BARCELONA — Painter Bob Ross told us to embrace the ”happy accidents” in art, although Antoni Gaudi would probably tell us that it is simply divine intervention. One such accident of coincidence
HOUSTON — The Aboriginal peoples of Australia refer to their ancestral lands simply as “Country.” Aboriginal culture dates back 80,000 years, and there is rock art that dates back 20,000 years. In many ways, the art of the indigenous Australians has changed little in philosophy. The medium may have changed (sometimes), but the art still
Click here for digital version. Inside: Kelli Scofield’s “Equilibrium” Gaudi’s Park Güell “Mapa Wiya” Aboriginal Art
At the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, works in Prince Varughese Thomas’ “The Legacy of Narcissus” questions viewers to consider the impact of mass media in the ways we perceive and project our individual self, taking into account this Narcissus complex.
