ISSUE November 2016
Click here to see the full magazine Inside: Garrett and Laurette’s “Anchors,” AMSET Curator Wilson, Reviewing Wood’s “Curtain Call,” Mail Art, Soutine in Smilovichi, and more.
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In writing my little diatribes each month I sometimes feel that I am whistling in the dark. Is anyone really reading these things? Should they? My last month’s attempt to further define The Studio, and open eyes to our goals and aspirations pointed to the outsider artist, the loner who may feel that there is
With a little help from their friends
Garrett, Laurette celebrate friendships in ‘Anchors’ exhibition in November For some, relationships are a fleeting thing. People come. People go. But for others relationships can be the foundation for a lifetime. That’s the idea behind “Anchors,” the exhibition of Sandra Laurette, Suzanne Garrett and friends running Nov. 5 through Nov. 25. The exhibition will include
Savage Confections
Wood’s AMSET exhibition, ‘Curtain Call,’ subverts, repulses, delights On the face of it, the gallery is filled with a syrupy confection of “girly” pastel colors and surrounded by gaudy gold frames — an explosion of stereotypical femininity. But if one draws back the metaphorical curtain, one sees a dark, harsh imagery full of violence, that turns
A Date with Soutine: My Trip to Smilovichi
“My paintings are a heap of shit, but better than Modigliani, Marc Chagall, and Kremegne. Some day I will destroy my canvases but (I am) too cowardly to do it.” — Chaim Soutine SMILOVICHI, Belarus — Bloody carcasses, dead chickens, ghoulish faces…. Even today, having been desensitized by artists like Damien Hirst and other exponents
The Art’s in the Mail
For most museum exhibitions, it is taboo to touch any work of art. The works on display are almost always made by an artist out of reach of the visitor. “The Great Exchange” at the Dishman Art Museum crushes both of those museum norms in this exhibition of mail art. “The show is called ‘The
Stimulating Curator
AMSET’s Sarah Beth Wilson straddles past, present to present art to SETX “Three Als” (1993) by Gael Stack, is an oil painting taking up most of the wall opposite Sarah Beth Wilson’s desk, with marks emulating chalk on a chalkboard. Her office includes a shelf with too many books — from early world art through
Around & About
The High Street Gallery will host an exhibition of photography by Lacie Grant, 7-10 p.m., Nov. 12. The gallery is located in Victoria House, 2110 Victoria St., in Beaumont. “Lacie’s artwork is breathtaking and creative,” Olivia Busceme, gallery director, said. “I feel that the art she produces goes beyond the title of photography and transforms
‘Celebración del arte Latino’ reception set for Oct. 8
Celebración del arte Latino, hosted by the Beaumont Art League, will feature artwork celebrating the rich and multifaceted cultures and traditions of the Latino communities in Southeast Texas. “The City of Beaumont has a thriving Latino community that makes up close to 15 percent of the city population,” Bridget Johnson, BAL president, said. “The Beaumont community is infused
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Personal Community. I see it as a collective of like-minded people, or people together in close proximity. Usually we think of a town or a neighborhood as a community. It can also mean a club, an association, a guild or a church or like churches and arts organizations, each having their own particular focus but