‘Party-cipation’ teams TASI, Stark Museum for DIY arts event If you’ve ever dreamed of having your artwork hang in an honest-to-goodness gallery, now’s the time for your dream to come true. Beaumont’s The Art Studio, Inc., in collaboration with art educators from the Stark Museum of Art in Orange, will host “Party-cipation 2.0,” a free do-it-yourself
Film and music festival still ‘Boom’ing after decade With an eye on cultivating local networks of enthusiasts, fans and professionals, the Boomtown Film Festival is entering its tenth year of existence and has earned credibility among area events to literally “see” art in motion. The humble beginnings of a few like-minded folks who got a
Weirdness abounds at TASI fundraiser More than 100 people took part in The Art Studio, Inc.’s Surrealist Ball, Jan. 21. The event raised more than $8,000 for The Studio’s coffers. Many of the guests entered into the spirit of the event and wore extravagant outfits. A costume runway parade showed off the vision of various
The Art Studio, Inc. will host the Surrealist Beaux Arts Ball, a live art exhibition/fundraiser, Jan. 21, to support its art education programs, encourage membership and celebrate the year’s accomplishments of tenants and local artists. “There are going to be many exciting things going on,” Olivia Busceme, event organizer, said. “The event, with all who
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
ISSUE’s resident expert offers ideas to keep your nerds content this season The sweltering heat of summer has given way to the not so bad heat of autumn and that means Christmas must be right around the corner. No doubt you’ve got some eccentric personalities on your Christmas list and you have no idea what
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
Menil Collection hosts ‘Picasso The Line’ exhibition through Jan. 8 Pablo Picasso’s output was prodigious to put it mildly. He is credited with 1,885 paintings, 1,288 sculptures, 2,880 ceramics and 12,000 drawings, not to mention countless prints and tapestries. Is it really possible to appreciate get to the essential genius in the face of such
KEY WEST, Fla. — “We will be in Pensacola Beach anyway, so it’s only a few more hours to Key West,” she said. OK, it’s 14 more hours, but what the heck. I had never been to Florida, let alone the Keys, and it seemed like a cool way to start our summer vacation. I am
