Of all the qualities that are important to succeeding as an artist (or an arts administrator), perseverance stands out as the mortar that holds together the bricks of administrative skills — diplomacy, financial skills, good reasoning skills and empathy, to name a few — that build the walls of a successful organization. No skill is
Ad Hoc Beaumont will bring the first mobile pop-up art show to Beaumont. Inspired by the success of food trucks, Ad Hoc Beaumont is taking art out of the galleries and into the streets on April 7 with Beaumont’s first mobile pop-up show. “We want to help people think about art in different ways and
An exhibition of Luxury Cars from the Art-Deco Era at MFAH “Father made the most popular cars in the world; I just wanted to make the best.” — Edsel Ford At the dawn of civilization, a scantily clad Sumerian put the wheels on a cart. Five and a half thousands years later, humankind came up with
A look at Shakespeare’s coining skills 400 years after his death “What’s in a word?” When it comes to William Shakespeare, quite a lot, it seems. Scholars estimate that 10,000 to 12,000 new words were coined between 1500 and 1650, of which half are still in use. And no one person is credited with coining
Kessler’s collection covers high & low This is the latest in an ongoing series about Southeast Texas art collectors. Some people focus on collecting high-brow contemporary art works, while others collect banal items such as baseball cards and Coca-Cola products. Jamie Paul Kessler, however, accumulates it all. He is a collector of collections. “I’m not a snob,
Art Studio membership show opens with reception 7-10 p.m., April 2 The Art Studio, Inc. Member Jurored Art Exhibition (TASIMJAE) will be on display in April, opening with a free reception 7-10 p.m. April 2. This year’s juror is Houston-based artist Michael Meazells. Last year’s winner was Avril Falgout and she will be the exhibiting
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Call for entries for TASIMJAE (The Art Studio, Inc. Member Jurored Art Exhibition) CALENDAR Entry dates March 22-26 Notification by mail March 28 Pick-up works not accepted April 1 by 5 p.m. Opening/awards reception April 2, 7-10 p.m. Pick up exhibited work April 27 Eligibility Open to all members in good standing of The Art
Carlo Busceme IV to unveil fruits of artistic compulsion at TASI Vibrant, complex and subtle. For an artist who sometimes finds it difficult to talk about his art, Carlo Busceme IV’s show, “Relentless,” is an exhibition that he hopes speaks for itself. “I don’t talk about my art. It’s hard for me, sometimes, to put
Shangri La to host exhibition of David Rogers’ giant insects In the 1954 movie “Them,” atomic testing unleashes a swarm of giant ants into the world, causing panic and terror. David Rogers is the artistic equivalent of a nuclear explosion, except he is much nicer and the swarm of enormous ants — and dragonflies, butterflies
