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TASI darkroom opens

The Art Studio, Inc. has revamped its darkroom facility. Access to the darkroom is open to all members of The Art Studio for a fee of $35 a month, photographer Joe Winston said. “The aim is to get people to sign up for monthly usage access and to get everyone up to speed on the basics

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Repurposed Reads

Hoerth gives new life to ‘retired’ books The table is littered with tiny slivers of paper. Despite the buzz of activity surrounding her, artist Susan Hoerth smiles as she buries herself in a book. Hoerth is not reading, however. She is attacking the pages with scissors and blade. But this is no act of desecration.

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30 and Still Going

TASI celebrates milestone with party, Nov. 16 The rain threatened, but stayed away. It seems the universe loves a good party. When The Art Studio, Inc. throws a party, it attracts a mottley crew of arts lovers, and “TASI to the Max: Thirty Bodacious Years,” The Studio’s 30th anniversary bash, was no exception. More than

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TASI 30 Years: Band Nites

Art + Music = Good Marriage A mob of teenagers gather in the dry, warm Texas night in downtown Beaumont. Death metal radiates from amps and speakers as the rock band thrashes their instruments. Sweaty bodies crash into one another and stringy hair whips into the darkness as heads bang to ear-piercing reverb. Suddenly, there

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American Family Dreams

TASI tenant McLaurin to host ‘Blue and Permanent’ in November It is fairly easy to spot Abigail McLaurin at The Art Studio. She is the slim girl with clothes covered in colored blotches with streaks of charcoal and chalk across her face. She resembles a Dickensian urchin most times, but she isn’t begging for change

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