Danielle Weigandt grew up an army brat and lived all over the southern US before her family settled in Utah. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Art Composite Teaching degree from Weber State University in 2013. After teaching two years in junior high and middle school, she received her Masters of Fine
Stephen Wolochowicz was born and raised near Trenton, New Jersey. He holds a BFA from the University of Delaware (2000) and a MFA from Miami University of Ohio (2005). He has taught ceramics at institutions including The University of Notre Dame, The University of Central Missouri, and Central Michigan University. He currently lives, works, and
Patsy Cox was born in 1973 in Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand. She grew up in Dracut, Massachusetts, finished high school in Kearney, Missouri and has lived in Juneau, Alaska, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Newark, Delaware before settling in Los Angeles, California. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Ceramics from Missouri
I spent most of my formative years in the principal’s office, as my teachers didn’t appreciate nor understand the process in which I actualized my philosophy. Ceramics was pretty much the only thing I didn’t get sent to the office for doing, and since my parents met at the Chicago Art institute, my chances of
by Greg Busceme, Sr.Executive Director at The Art Studio, Inc. A little history of TASI may be in order to explain the significance of the name “Gumbo Clayfest“. To begin with, most of “the locals” are familiar with Gumbo but for those who are not, it is a creole roux-based soup with onions, celery and green
LIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC BY: Yummy Yucks (Psych doom pop) Small Town Click (Rap) small grey boxes (Rock) The Very Very Boom (Punk) and hosted by SCOTT MASSEY!
Facebook event link: CLICK HERE The Art Studio, Inc. will host an exhibition of works from the estate of Beaumont artist Steve Hodges, with an opening reception from 7-10pm on Saturday, July 2 at in TASI’s Main Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. Hodges was an Assistant Professor in the Art
photos by Noah Ferguson
words and photos by Meg Baertl Brown Born in Nashville, Tennessee and became a Texas during her sophomore year of high school. Her family moved to Houston upon her father becoming a Professor at Texas Southern University, in addition to her mother teaching in Alvin and Houston ISD.She met and fell in love with her
Made In Southeast Texas by Eleanor Skelton Kierra Sam found out about pop-up shops when she moved to Beaumont in 2019. “I thought it was a great way for people to see and purchase products first-hand,” she said. After Sam launched BoDu Beauty Bonnets in 2021, she started going to markets and exploring vendor opportunities
