by TASI Executive Director, Greg Busceme, Sr.
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 and have made conscious efforts in making a place for the creative community of young adults who frequent the studio and are making their mark. I feel like we are part of a larger picture. As if what artists do relates to all creative acts from other artists. Is this what art movements look like from the inside?? Before it has a name it is the rising of creativity until it reaches critical mass and becomes something recognizable like the Renaissance or the Abstract Expressionist Movement.
If all art movements happen like this, and I think they do, could it be happening here?
All the Southeast Texas arts organizations are up to their gills in artists and art. Be it brick and mortar galleries or online websites and group chats, artists in this region are creating more than cities three times our size. Our community is based on the concept of the rugged individual much like I think of Thoreau and Walden Pond– we find ourselves through our creative act in a pure and conscious effort to celebrate our humanness and to project those ideas to others through the visual, performing and literary arts.
The exhibition DOKKAN! reflects the depth and generational progress of our arts community. In a continuum of art, each generation absorbs some of the previous generations’ souls of their art and easily passes on to the next in a never-ending chain of art and beauty.