Beaux Arts Ball Now Seeking Sponsors
The Art Studio, Inc. is celebrating its Ruby Anniversary with a glamorous Beaux Arts Ball on January 21, 2023! We are thrilled to have Jackie Simien as this year’s honorary chairperson.
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TASI Partnering with United Way for “Empty Bowls” Project
The Art Studio, Inc. has the distinct honor of participating in a program with United Way to benefit the Food Bank called Empty Bowls. Empty Bowls is a program that began in 1990 at a Michigan high school to draw attention to the plight of the hungry.
TASI celebrates 40 years! Beaux Arts Ball set for January 21, 2023! TICKETS ON SALE NOW.
Lordy! Lordy!Beaux Arts Ball 2023: TASI’s Big 40 is set for January 21st! This year’s fundraiser will include all of the wonderment of our annual party with a flair of elegance to celebrate the 40 wonderful years serving the arts community. Come experience the fabulous fashion, illustrious entertainment, delicious foods, and a stunning silent auction
INK ON INC. – October 2022 “New Brushes”
Change is good. Change is inevitable. Do the same thing day after day and that activity will evolve, seemingly on its own. The same for your art. We all strive to advance our skills and abilities and even though it seems like there is no change, the more you do the better the art becomes.
Gumbo Clayfest: How It Started
by Greg Busceme, Sr. In 1999, we hosted a group of ceramic artists to do clay workshops. The artists were Tom Belden, Gary “Greeny” Greenberg, Connie Albertson, who I knew from grad school, John Eden, Joyce Jablonski, and Chuck Wisinger. Joyce and I met during the clay conference (NCECA) and she led me to meet
Artists of Gumbo Clayfest 2022: Steven Erickson
Steven Erickson received his BFA from Minnesota State University Mankato MN in 1995 Studying under Roy Strassberg and James Tanner. He received his MFA from the University of Delaware in 1997 where he studied with Victor Spinski. After receiving his MFA from Delaware Steven went on to become the Studio Manager at Greenwich House Pottery
Artists of Gumbo Clayfest 2022: Danielle Weigandt
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
Artists of Gumbo Clayfest 2022: Stephen Wolochowicz
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
Artists of Gumbo Clayfest 2022: Patsy Cox
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
Artists of Gumbo Clayfest 2022: Gary “Greeny” Greenberg
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