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
by Greg Busceme, Sr.Executive Director at The Art Studio, Inc. A little history of TASI may be in order to explain the significance of the name “Gumbo Clayfest“. To begin with, most of “the locals” are familiar with Gumbo but for those who are not, it is a creole roux-based soup with onions, celery and green
LIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC BY: Yummy Yucks (Psych doom pop) Small Town Click (Rap) small grey boxes (Rock) The Very Very Boom (Punk) and hosted by SCOTT MASSEY!
Facebook event link: CLICK HERE The Art Studio, Inc. will host an exhibition of works from the estate of Beaumont artist Steve Hodges, with an opening reception from 7-10pm on Saturday, July 2 at in TASI’s Main Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. Hodges was an Assistant Professor in the Art
photos by Noah Ferguson
words and photos by Meg Baertl Brown Born in Nashville, Tennessee and became a Texas during her sophomore year of high school. Her family moved to Houston upon her father becoming a Professor at Texas Southern University, in addition to her mother teaching in Alvin and Houston ISD.She met and fell in love with her
Made In Southeast Texas by Eleanor Skelton Kierra Sam found out about pop-up shops when she moved to Beaumont in 2019. “I thought it was a great way for people to see and purchase products first-hand,” she said. After Sam launched BoDu Beauty Bonnets in 2021, she started going to markets and exploring vendor opportunities
words and photos by Lige Menard Humbled and in awe am I to share this FOMO. If seasons are like generations, then May is a cusper. A special month that sits right at the edge of Tranzitions. A time of fertility in nature. A time of youth in blossom. Yet digging deeper, one really finds
Facebook Photo Album of artwork: CLICK HERE Matt Beshears is an artist who has one foot planted firmly in the ancient past and his tongue in his cheek. “Mythos,” his new exhibition will open in TASI’s Maudee Carron Gallery on at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, as part of Beaumont’s city-wide First Thursdays event.
In 2021, Lynn Sweat, Lamar alumn and early supporter and collaborator of The Art Studio, Inc. has gifted dozens of works to help Raise the Roof at TASI. Each painting sold donates a percentage to TASI’s “Raise the Roof” Fundraiser. Lynn Sweat, fine art painter and commercial artist, is most widely known for his illustrations of the children’s
