What is most important about your art? Is it the pure satisfaction of doing something well? Being in the present moments as the brush, loaded, delivers the paint to precisely where it needs to be. Your eyes follow the application of paint until the final hair of the brush leaves the canvas, a breath and
The following is a speech givenat the Beaux Arts Ball: Ruby Anniversary on January 21, 2023by TASI Executive Director, Greg Busceme, Sr. During a recent visit from to AMSET to exhibit his work, world renowned ceramic artist James Watkins stated at the end of his discussion, “ART SAVES LIVES”. I think TASI saves lives through
Change is good, or at least inevitable. In the new year we will revamp our administration to continue to serve our community and respond to your needs. We are saying goodbye to Stephanie Orta who has served TASI with dedication and care. Thank you, Stephanie, for your diligence and dedication to our administrative office. In
We learn from our mentors and those lessons become ours and we pass that knowledge on to the next infinitely curious student who wants to find their way in the arts.
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.
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.
The Art Studio will be forty years old in a few months and in forty years so much has changed through technology and social and cultural developments. We work very hard to keep our finger on the pulse of our arts community, but (and this is a good thing) that pulse has grown exponentially. I
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.
On September 23, 2022, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas honored the founder and executive director of The Art Studio, Inc. at their annual gala. The following is the speech he wrote to give at the event. To Lynn Castle, who made AMSET a world class facility and a place that is available to everyone:
Our first step in TASI’s long journey was taken in 1983. Looking back, it was the right time and the right place. Reagan won a second term, and we knew right then that it would be a rough ride ahead. Because of the NEA controversies of 1986 with Mapplethorpe’s homoerotic art and Serrano’s, Piss Christ
