A quick guide to the 2018 Best Picture Oscar nominees Oscar’s big night is March 4, and everyone is excited to find out which of the movies they saw last year will win the big prize. Except most people have not seen all the movies on the list. If you are one of the great
Gina Marí Garcia’s solo exhibition mixes colorful confection with spiritual soul On a cool January afternoon, Gina Marí Garcia is working hard, smearing paint on a variety of surfaces. “I have this terrible habit — I’ll work, work, work, for months before the show and then, maybe a month or two before the show, I’ll
The Art Studio, Inc. held its annual fundraiser, Bacchanal, Jan. 20. A crowd of revelers dressed for the Roman theme to raise funds for TASI’s art education program and Hurricane Harvey repairs.
AMSET hosts Ellen Tanner’s exploration of classic tales Beaumont may not have collections of Old Masters like in Paris or Florence, but the Bastrop-based painter Ellen Tanner continues their work in the precise handling of her medium and in pushing the boundaries of figurative representation. Her exhibition, “Fables, Families and Myths,” on view now at
The shop local movement comes to The Art Studio, Inc. in December with the Holiday Shop-O-Rama Extravaganza, a sale of hand-made, Southeast Texas-produced, reasonably-priced items suitable for gifts. The early bird sale is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 2, and the event continues with a reception 7-10 p.m. with many of the artists in
TASI’s Bacchanal Beaux Arts Ball set for Jan. 20 The Art Studio, Inc. will host Bacchanal, a costume-themed dance party and fundraiser, Jan. 20, to raise funds to repair Hurricane Harvey damage. Each year, the Beaux Arts Ball is organized as The Studio’s largest and most important fundraiser and is always designed with a specific
They say it’s for the kiddo, but let’s be honest, we know who is really going to be sitting on the living room floor playing with all the cool stuff… No doubt by now we’ve all carved our turkeys or hams and gotten our fill of dressing and greens — don’t spare the hot sauce
Quiet museum shows talent, drive of Edison, America’s greatest inventor To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. It has been said that an hour does not go by where someone is not using an invention that was created by Thomas Edison. The inventor’s work ushered in many of the conveniences
Beaumont businessman, art supporter Carlo Busceme III dies at age 65 The Southeast Texas arts community lost one of its biggest supporters when Carlo Busceme III died Sept. 22. He was a musician, artist and businessman whose greatest gift was the ability to be curious and open to everyone who met him. It would be
TASI November show invites interpretations of compositions The Art Studio, Inc. is encouraging artists to create works for “Sound/InSight,” an open invitational show inspired by a pair of original compositions by Lamar University music majors. The show will open Nov. 4 with a reception 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., and run through Nov. 24. Submissions will be
