Global travels give local artist new lens to view humanity
2018
The Art Museum of Southeast Texas will host “Jerome Cabeen: Window to the World – The People & The Places,” Nov. 21-Feb. 2, in AMSET’s Café Arts Series for Local Artists. On Sunday, Dec. 8, 1-3 p.m., AMSET will host a free and open to the public artist’s reception.
Cabeen graduated from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas with a Bachelors of Fine Art in 1990. He taught art at the high school, middle school and elementary school levels in Houston, while painting and drawing on the side. In 2004, Cabeen begin an international journey that would lead to his immersion into photography. From 2004 through 2010, he lived in Honduras, Central America and Liberia, Africa, teaching art and directing Catholic missions. His experiences in these countries, as well as the 30 others that he has visited, gave him a new window in which to see the common thread that connects us all – our humanity.
The exhibition “Window to the World – The People & The Places” is a photo journal of his experiences and interactions with people and places from around the globe, Cabeen said.
“We all tell stories with our lives, whether we realize it or not,” he said. “That in itself is art. When I stepped foot onto the beautiful soil of Honduras for the first time in September of 2004, my story changed, for the better. I truly believe that the human spirit yearns for wholeness; it thirsts for the sacred knowledge that can only come by the uncomfortable expedition of the heart.”
Cabeen said he never imagined the impact that his travels would have on him.
“Now I cannot imagine what my life would be if I had not made these, at times, reluctant journeys,” he said. “For in them, after all of the fears and trepidation subsided, what I found is when I embraced another person, looked into their eyes, what I saw was me. “Window to the World – The People & The Places” is a tribute and celebration of all those that blessed my path with their love, kindness and humanity.”
For more information, visit www.amset.org or call 409-832-3432.