Author Archives: artstudio

Around & About

The High Street Gallery will host an exhibition of photography by Lacie Grant, 7-10 p.m., Nov. 12. The gallery is located in Victoria House, 2110 Victoria St., in Beaumont. “Lacie’s artwork is breathtaking and creative,” Olivia Busceme, gallery director, said. “I feel that the art she produces goes beyond the title of photography and transforms

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‘Celebración del arte Latino’ reception set for Oct. 8

Celebración del arte Latino, hosted by the Beaumont Art League, will feature artwork celebrating the rich and multifaceted cultures and traditions of the Latino communities in Southeast Texas. “The City of Beaumont has a thriving Latino community that makes up close to 15 percent of the city population,” Bridget Johnson, BAL president, said. “The Beaumont community is infused

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View from the Top

Personal Community. I see it as a collective of like-minded people, or people together in close proximity. Usually we think of a town or a neighborhood as a community. It can also mean a club, an association, a guild or a church or like churches and arts organizations, each having their own particular focus but

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Excavating patterns in chaos

Pitak explores push, pull of artistic process in October exhibition “What I love is the physicality, the memory of movement. Making a mark, with a paintbrush or charcoal, whatever, it’s your movement. It’s your breath. It’s how you feel at that moment.” Neal Anthony Pitak is all about process — recycling, regurgitation, expulsion. The results

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Monster Mashup

BCP, Ad-Hoc use ’90s gaming to explore deep issues Dealing with loss, mourning, family issues, and overall geekdom in a setting of a parallel universe sliding between fantasy and reality, “She Kills Monsters” strives to be something other than a traditional, run-of-the-mill community production for its run Oct. 14-29 at the Betty Greenberg Center for Performing

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