Category Archives: Exhibitions

Local son and artist, Lynn Sweat shows support for TASI’s Raise the Roof effort

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

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You’re invited: TASI ShopOrama 2021

The Art Studio Inc invites SETX Artists and Patrons to SHOPORAMA EXTRAVAGANZA 2021! Dozens of artists showcasing original work, perfect for your loved ones’ holiday gifts! #shoporama2021 #tasifamily #localartistsupportlocalartists
Tuesday to Saturday, Dec. 7th -18th (12 to 5 PM)
Beaux Arts Ball 2022: THE REBIRTH
Celebrate another glorious year at The Art Studio with a party harkening to the age of the Renaissance.
Revelers, don your regalia and enjoy music and dancing, bards and jesters, a banquet feast, and a silent auction of artworks deserving of your honored patronage.
Buy your tickets now to save $$ and support the REBIRTH! of TASI! #savethedate
Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 Link: https://tasirebirth.bpt.me
Now seeking SPONSORS, UNDERWRITERS, and DONORS. Please contact TASI to make a contribution. Thanks in advance for your support
#BeauxArtsBall2022 #tasifamily #therebirth #renaissance
Video: Tyler Hargraves
Creative crew: Russell Smith, Carri O’shea, John Alexander, Scott Laudano, Jenny Petross, Isabella Wonders
The Art Studio Inc
720 Franklin St
Beaumont, TX 77701
409-838-5393, info@artstudio.org

in the pop-up: Sam Daleo, Jr. and Laura Lee Scott “Seeking Beauty; Portal to the Transcendent”

Artists Sam Daleo, Jr. and Laura Lee Scott are exhibiting in the Art Studio, Inc.’s  Pop-Up Gallery in November. They are Lamar University educated artists with a shared appreciation for beauty often found in nature or architecture. In their show, “Seeking Beauty; Portal to the Transcendent,” Daleo’s explorations are in pastel and colored pencil, while

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in the pop-up: ‘The Beauty of Wood’ puts handcarved, exotic wood on display

By Eleanor Skelton Woodcarving has been Richard Spinney’s hobby for half a century. He creates both abstract and more realistic pieces with all types of wood. He carves and his wife paints some of his finished pieces. “I just finished a couple of seagulls, and they’re about half life-size,” he said. “We’re doing a flying

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Allegory of Light by Travis Walthall

“Recalibration of Realities” embraces dream-like contemporary surrealism with schizoid space journey, and apocalyptic strangeness of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Eleanor Skelton People often process difficult circumstances through art. The COVID-19 pandemic and 2020’s vibe that the world we knew is over is filtering through our collective consciousness into the art world.  These are the main themes that surface in a new show at The Art Studio, coming this fall.  “Recalibration of Realities” will

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New Historiography for Black Excellence: Jamal Cyrus “The End of My Beginning” at the Blaffer Art Museum

by Caitlin Duerler Chávez At the 1900 Paris Exposition, W.E.B. Dubois presented an award-winning display of “data portraits”—colorful depictions of demographics of African Americans post-slavery through the turn of the century. Information such as the large concentration of Black people in southern states and the total value of their financial assets were illustrated in a

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