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TASIMJAE submissions due March 22-26
Call for entries for TASIMJAE (The Art Studio, Inc. Member Jurored Art Exhibition) CALENDAR Entry dates March 22-26 Notification by mail March 28 Pick-up works not accepted April 1 by 5 p.m. Opening/awards reception April 2, 7-10 p.m. Pick up exhibited work April 27 Eligibility Open to all members in good standing of The Art
‘RELENTLESS’ PURSUIT
Carlo Busceme IV to unveil fruits of artistic compulsion at TASI Vibrant, complex and subtle. For an artist who sometimes finds it difficult to talk about his art, Carlo Busceme IV’s show, “Relentless,” is an exhibition that he hopes speaks for itself. “I don’t talk about my art. It’s hard for me, sometimes, to put
Buggin’ Out
Shangri La to host exhibition of David Rogers’ giant insects In the 1954 movie “Them,” atomic testing unleashes a swarm of giant ants into the world, causing panic and terror. David Rogers is the artistic equivalent of a nuclear explosion, except he is much nicer and the swarm of enormous ants — and dragonflies, butterflies
Making A Statement
African American Art from the MFAH’s Collection The works on view in a museum at any given time are usually a fraction of what the museum has in its holdings. The other tens of thousands of objects in a museum’s collection offer curators the challenge of creating interesting, new exhibits. The Museum of Fine Arts,
Artist’s Blocks
Street Art to invigorate Downtown Houston “The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of art, and it holds within its communal framework many simpler and more personal forms of art. Mind takes form in the city; and in
AMSET’s ‘Go For The Gold’ fundraiser set for March 10
The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) invites everyone to Go for the Gold on Thursday, March 10 for a chance to win $10,000 in gold or other fantastic prizes at our annual reverse drawing. Join us in the “Goldfinger” theme this year, as we encourage guests to channel their inner spy and dress
A View From The Top
One of the things The Studio is known for is cooperation with other institutions. Partnerships between organizations benefit all parties with a show of mutual support, as well as expanding the outreach and capabilities of both groups. We’ve coordinated with various arts and non-arts organizations in the past and are open to those activities in
On the Cutting Edge
‘Contingent Beauty: Contemporary Art from Latin America’ at MFAH “The Beautiful is always strange.” — Charles Baudelaire. The word “non-traditional” is too trite to describe the exhibition that turned the second floor of the Caroline Wiess Law Building of MFAH into a Mecca of contemporary art this winter. If pressured to summarize my impressions of
Destructive Beauty
Hammonds’ wasteland/wonderland’ explores value of possessions Consumer culture in America is a wonderland; there are always new, shiny things to buy to assert one’s individuality. However, the flip side to this constant consumption is accumulation and even waste. Hollis Hammonds’ show “wasteland/ wonderland,” on view at the Dishman Art Museum, asks spectators to reconsider the