BEAUMONT — The Art Studio, Inc. was well represented at the Press Club of Southeast Texas Excellence in Media awards, held June 10 at the MCM Elegante Hotel, earning 12 awards overall for related publications. ISSUE arts magazine earned first place in the Best Overall Magazine category. “I am absolutely delighted with the award,” editor Andy Coughlan
Falgout, TASIMJAE 2015 winner, turns paper into artistic gold Avril Falgout sits cross-legged on her dorm room floor, a warm pot of corn starch and water by her side and a pile of torn newspaper on the floor. She picks up a strip of paper, dips it in the mixture and applies it to the leg
TASIMJAE 2016, The Art Studio, Inc. Members Jurored Art Exhibition, showed 68 accepted works out of a field of 106 submitted entries, April 7. “It’s great to see the progress of artists you have known and seen over the years. It’s exciting to see what they’ve done and where their art is going,’ Greg Busceme,
TASI’s Band Nite has history of fostering local talent The 33 years of TASI history is like that of many 30-year-olds: Time spent in the trenches building your brand from the ground up and reaching a point where it’s ready to take the step up to the next level. For the last nine years or
A look at Shakespeare’s coining skills 400 years after his death “What’s in a word?” When it comes to William Shakespeare, quite a lot, it seems. Scholars estimate that 10,000 to 12,000 new words were coined between 1500 and 1650, of which half are still in use. And no one person is credited with coining
Kessler’s collection covers high & low This is the latest in an ongoing series about Southeast Texas art collectors. Some people focus on collecting high-brow contemporary art works, while others collect banal items such as baseball cards and Coca-Cola products. Jamie Paul Kessler, however, accumulates it all. He is a collector of collections. “I’m not a snob,
Art Studio membership show opens with reception 7-10 p.m., April 2 The Art Studio, Inc. Member Jurored Art Exhibition (TASIMJAE) will be on display in April, opening with a free reception 7-10 p.m. April 2. This year’s juror is Houston-based artist Michael Meazells. Last year’s winner was Avril Falgout and she will be the exhibiting
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
Hiner’s collection highlights African American experience This is the latest in an ongoing series about Southeast Texas art collectors. Behind armored walls and a heavy, steel door with a complex lock, fertility sculptures with round bellies and buttocks stand guard over stacks of paintings and sculptures. The works belong to Dr. Hervy Hiner, a local
