Category Archives: Studio Ink

INK ON INC. – April 2023

There are moments in the history of this organization that were major turning points in the growth and development. Not all the events were outstanding but even little changes in administrative procedure and studio policy have made a huge difference in the forward trajectory of TASI. We have focused on diversity-in art and in people

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style files: Melissa DeGarmo

“As a teenager I always idolized the way Gwen Stefani, Madonna, and Joan Jett dressed, but I never had the confidence to even try. As an adult, I have to give the biggest shout out to (Marjorie) Grace Mathis our Southeast Texas style icon. I was just getting my feet wet in the fashion world when I met her and she was exuding confidence in all her crazy unique outfits, and I wanted to be like that.”

March 25: TOGA! Band Nite

The Art Studio Inc. brings on another awesome local lineup of LIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC on the last Saturday of each month! This month, IT’S A TOGA PARTY! Wrap yourself up in bedsheets if you wanna get into the theme. (Or just come as you are!) ~~~~THE LINEUP~~~~(subject to change, and listed in no particular order)

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“The Art of Mental Health” open-entry exhibition kicks off Mental Health Awareness month at TASI

“Art has the power to render sorrow beautiful,make loneliness a shared experience,and transform despair into hope.” – Brene Brown The expression of a person’s feelings, ideas and humanness depends on a release. It is in art that one can find such a release. Art provides a safe refuge where a person can unmask emotions, process

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