Submission dates May 31st-June 2nd, 2022 The Alternative Show (June 2022) has no juror, entry fees or exhibition requirements. Artists in the community of all ages are welcome to participate and enter up to two pieces. All 2D work must be ready to hang (wires, no sawtooth). All 3D work must have firm base. Work
In TASI’s Maudee Carron Gallery The Art Studio, Inc. is excited to be featuring tenant-artist Victor Higginbotham. It doesn’t take long to realize that Victor is a unique creature. This Cali-Cajun has deep family ties to Southeast Texas and Western Louisiana but has lived in California as well as Dallas and Houston. Educated at Lamar
Closing Reception: Friday, April 22nd @ 5 PM The Avenue Cafe and The Art Studio, Inc. feature a showcase of local art. In March and April 2022 artists Mark and Elizabeth Nesmith are featured.The Avenue Cafe is open 7AM – 7PM everyday. The Avenue Coffee & Cafe is locally owned and operated in downtown Port
TASIMJAE 2022(The Art Studio Inc. Membership Juried Exhibition)JUROR-Redbud Gallery, a fine art space located in the historic Houston Heights neighborhood. Redbud Gallery (founded 1999) is located in the Houston Heights at 303 E. 11th Street, at the corner of East 11th and Cortlandt Street, adjacent to Artist Sharon Kopriva’s Studio. Their goal is to purchase
Nadia Garza is a visual artist originally from Monterrey, Mexico. Garza has recently moved to Beaumont, Texas and become active with both The Art Studio, Inc. and the Beaumont Art League. The Art Studio, Inc is excited to display Garza’s work and introduce her to the Southeast Texas public through her solo show in our
Artists Peter Nguyen and Stephen Rousset share a painting studio space at TASI. It seems suitable that they share a show. The two artists are quite prolific and seem to greatly benefit from the camaraderie a shared space can create. Peter Nguyen has been painting for seven years and drawing off and on since grade
In February 2020, a series of shows began at The Art Studio, Inc. Curated by assistant curator, Michelle Cate, the Pop Up gallery first featured Nathan Yellow-Jones’ exhibit, “Sentiment.” The continued use of this gallery space has doubled the number of shows held at TASI annually, despite the global pandemic. “Pop-Up” might imply the scale
In 2021, Lynn Sweat, Lamar alumn and early supporter and collaborator of The Art Studio, Inc. has gifted dozens of works to help Raise the Roof at TASI. Lynn Sweat, fine art painter and commercial artist, is most widely known for his illustrations of the children’s book series, Amelia Bedelia, for over 30 years. Sweat
Artist Wayne Goodman has been a plumber as well as bookseller. He discovered he had a knack for art and storytelling in 2012 when he began drawing with a child of a friend. They drew together on the same sheet of paper and the experience inspired him to begin taking drawing and painting more seriously.
Simply put, perceptions are our sensations interpreted in the light of experience. One could say that all art is based on perception, but the term is even more relevant when the art is created from the perspective of an “outsider.” Vera was born during the demise of the Soviet Union, in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg.
