BEAUMONT — Artist Annie Davis Orchard will host a closing reception of her retrospective 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Jan. 5, at Finder’s Fayre Antiques, located at 1485 Calder in Beaumont. “It has been quite an opportunity to show a collection of my work that spans my life over a period of time,” Orchard said.
Stark Museum offers peek inside collection of Orange’s first family ORANGE — We all collect things. Some of us collect stamps, some of us collect postcards — I collect keychains, for reasons that escape me but started when I was a child. The desire to surround ourselves with “stuff” transcends all demographics. Orange’s Stark and
Makeup artist Kindra Leigh Armagh offers some ideas for The Art Studio’s Surrealist Ball. The costume fundraiser will be held Jan. 21. For tickets, visit www.artstudio.org.
Degas: A New Vision” at the MFAH “One must have a high opinion of a work of art — not the work one is creating at the moment, but of that which one desires to achieve one day. Without this it is not worthwhile working.” — Edgar Degas. I was about 7 years old when I
The Art Studio, Inc. is seeking volunteers for its openings and for other activities. Caitlin Duerler, TASI volunteer coordinator, started volunteering after moving home to Beaumont after living in Paris. “I have always been interested in art, but while I was out of the country, I really developed a love for contemporary art,” she said.
The Art Studio, Inc. will host their annual Xmas Nite concert Dec. 25, from 8 p.m. until midnight, featuring four local musical acts. “It’s a good time for hometown friends to get together while folks are in town for the holidays,” Band Nite coordinator Olivia Busceme said. “Everyone seems to breathe a sigh of relief after
BEAUMONT — The High Street Gallery will host “Street Violence is Always Love,” an exhibition of photography by Gabriel Sellers, 7-10 p.m., Dec. 30. The gallery is located in Victoria House, 2110 Victoria St. in Beaumont. “A few months ago, Gabe showed me some photographs he took at some house shows around 2011 and I
The Holidays are approaching and whatever you are celebrating the question is the same — where can I get a gift for that special someone that is unique and affordable? Fortunately, The Art Studio, Inc. has the answer. TASI will host its annual Holiday Shop-O-Rama Extravaganza in December, featuring original art at reasonable prices by a
Surrealist Beaux Arts Ball
André Breton declared in his 1924 essay “The Surrealist Manifesto” that he believes in “the future resolution of…dream and reality, which are seemingly so contradictory, into a kind of absolute reality, a surreality, if one may so speak.” It is post-World War I Europe, Breton has read some Freud and, along with a handful of
