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ISSUE Vol. 11, No. 8 Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Art Studio, Inc. Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Coughlan Contributing Writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Cleaver, Contributing Photographers. . . Patricia Coughlan, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Churton Cartoonist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Coughlan The Art Studio, Inc. Board of Directors President Ex-Officio . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Busceme Vice-President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Busceme Members At Large . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ren Brumfield, . . . . . . . . . Andy Coughlan, Maribeth Jones, . . . . . . . . . . Beth Gallaspy, Gena Wilkinson, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Wright

The Art Studio, Inc. 720 Franklin Beaumont, TX 77701 409-838-5393 www.artstudio.org artstudio@artstudio.org The ISSUE is a monthly publication of The Art Studio, Inc. Its mission is to publicize The Art Studio and its tenants, and to promote the growth of the arts in Southeast Texas. ISSUE is also charged with informing TASI members of projects, progress, achievements and setbacks in TASI’s well-being. Further, ISSUE strives to promote and distribute the writings of local authors in its “Thoughtcrime” feature.

ISSUE is provided free of charge to members of TASI and is also available, free of charge, at more than 30 locations in Southeast Texas.

Regular features include local artists of note and reputation who are not currently exhibiting at TASI; artists currently or soon to be exhibiting at TASI; Instructional articles for artists; news stories regarding the state of TASI’s organization; and arts news features dealing with general philosophical issues of interest to artists.

Contents Musing on Miracles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Around & About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 TASIMJAE Wrap Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Jackie Stubblefield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 AMSET Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10 Alternative Show Call For Entries . . . . . . . Page 12 Thoughtcrime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13 Community Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Cartoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Cover Photo: David and Jacob Hooker perform a scene from ‘Rhinocoros’ at TASI’s Benefit for Art

By Pete Churton

WONDERFULLY COOL DAYS OF SPRING added to the optimism of a great 8th annual Benefit for Art this month.

Our thanks to all the folks who helped put this project together. It was a great success and went off without a hitch.

My special thanks go out to: Ramona Young, owner of Outside of the Box, printing, banners and displays. Ramona took time out of her work day to help with sponsors, give guidance on arrangements and serve as support for my frazzled mind.

Gladys Thomas, from Sweet Magnolias, who generously arranged all the flower centerpieces and accent decorations. They were beautiful and we truly appreciate the generosity of time and material. Sweet Magnolia is truly sweet.

Eli French, who was kind enough to work on the table arrangements and reservations as well as the auction check out.

Our board members, Andy Coughlan, Beth Galaspy and Tom Wright, for auction arrangements, general assistance and MC and sound.

All went smoothly and netted us about $7,000 that was immediately spent on 3 months of utility bills, notes, insurance and supplies.

So, you guessed it, we are up to date but just barely. Keep those cards and letters coming in!

Administratively, it’s not just Tim and I at the helm anymore! Thank goodness the Muse descended upon the studio and sent us Cathy Atkinson and Monica Hay. Both have been involved with the studio for many years. Monica worked for us this past year and has come back.

Cathy has been involved with The Studio almost since it’s inception and has time now to assist in the office.

Tim has now moved to operations, maintenance, musical events and band space rental.

I appreciate Tim hanging in there with me for the past 7 months as we steered the studio through the dark waters of uncertainty.

We will say goodbye to several board members who’s terms have expired.

Not officially off the board because of a vote technicality, we will soon be searching for new members to carry the torch for TASI. Anyone interested may nominate themselves or another person they feel would be helpful to us.

We are currently identifying candi-

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MIRACLES Creativity rises to the fore at Art Studio’s annual fund-raiser

Commentary and layout by Andy Coughlan Photos by Pete Churton

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rt is an exercise in miracles.

Staring at a blank canvas or a lifeless piece of clay, every artist has prayed for inspiration to come, for the divine spark to kick-start the creative process. If we are lucky, that spark arrives — often after much procrastination — and we end up with something that is aesthetically pleasing and,

maybe, a little profound.

The miracle struck again on April 7 at the Beaumont Club in downtown Beaumont, as The Art Studio, Inc. presented its 8th Annual Benefit for Art. More than 70 patrons of the arts showed up to boost The Studio’s coffers and partake of an evening of entertainment and art collecting.

Anyone familiar with the work-

ings of The Art Studio, Inc. knows that its weaknesses often are also its greatest strengths.

When you have an organization that is run by artists, well, let’s just say that “organization” is often an oxymoron. However, what you do get is a group of hardworking, creative types willing to do what it takes to get it done.

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The Art Studio has been getting it done for more that 20 years, and on the evidence of this year’s benefit, seems destined to keep going.

The past few years have been tough on the arts organizations in Southeast Texas. Both TAMS and the Beaumont Art League have eliminated their adinistrator’s positions, and The Studio has not been immune to the budget crunch.

A shortage of funds meant that the Benefit invitees were a little late going out and there was some doubt among many of us that it would come together. Fortunately, TASI founder and director Greg Busceme works almost exclusively on blind faith in miracles and insisted it would all turn out alright.

The man has seen The Studio grow from nothing to the community jewel it is today, so we just had to trust him.

Well, it all came together just as he said, with the aid of family, friends and arts lovers, we raised more than $7,000, which, as one wag said, will be used to keep the lights on for another couple of months.

The silent auction was a huge success, with Greg opining that it was the best collection of quality items we have had.

The entertainment was provided by the Acme Players 2.0, a group of area thespians, named for the warehouse attached to the present Studio building, who gather once a year to throw caution — and dignity — to the wind and perform skits. This year’s group comprised Roxanne Gray, who recited a variety of poetry, father and son Hookers, David and Jacob, who performed a scene from Eugene Ionesco’s “Rhinocoros,” Lydia Harris, who did a monologue from Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband,” and yours truly did an Edwardian melodramatic poem that was not as serious as one might think. Ramona Young capped off the

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MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF THEMSELVES PAGE 7 The members of the Acme Players 2.0 strutted their stuff at the Beaumont Club on April 7 as part of The Art Studio, Inc.’s Benefit for Art. The players were, clockwise from above left, David and Jacob Hooker, Roxanne Gray, Andy Coughlan, Lydia Harris and Ramona Young.

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Around & About If you come across any interesting exhibitions, museums or other places on your travels, share them with us. Call 409-838-5393, or contact us through our web site at www.artstudio.org. Be sure to include the location and dates of the subject, as well as any costs.

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John Fulbright Wendy Levine Carol Kelley Laura Burlton Sarah Lipscomb Through June 17 London Hair Company 2227 Richmond Ave. Houston, Texas 77098

The BEAUMONT ART LEAGUE will host its annual PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW beginning with a free reception May 7, from 7-9 p.m.

Other upcoming shows at BAL include the BEAUMONT CAMERA CLUB SHOW in July and the 3D and PORTRAIT SHOWs in August.

BAL is located at 2675 Gulf Street in Beaumont.

For more information, call 409833-4179 or visit their Web site at www.beaumontartleague.org. _______________ The BLAFFER GALLERY, located on the campus of the University of Houston, is hosting TERRY ALLEN: STORIES FROM DUGOUT, through June 11.

A multidisciplinary artist in the truest sense of the term, Terry Allen creates work that ranges from drawing, painting and mixed-media sculpture, to live theater and music.

He is a composer, pianist and singersongwriter of country-rock music with his own Panhandle Mystery Band based in Lubbock. “Stories from DUGOUT”, combines sculptural tableaux, music and live performance that draw on Allen’s memories for his West Texas childhood.

DUGOUT began as in 1994 as a program for National Public Radio and has evolved into a three-part series of works combining drawing, sculpture, installation art, and multimedia theatrical productions. Each segment presents a sweeping, nonlinear narrative about the “Man,” a minor league baseball player from St. Louis who meets, falls in love with, and marries the much younger “Woman,” a lounge singer from the mid-west. Loosely based on the life story of Allen’s parents, the work explores the deepening complexity of their lives both musically and visually, creating a rich tapestry that is personal, historical, and universal all at the same time. Blaffer Gallery will present selected works from Dugout I (2001), a series of drawings and staged mixed media installations and Dugout II: HOLD ON to the house (2004), monumentallyscaled multimedia interior tableaux.

The Blaffer also hosts ALAIN BUBLEX: PLUG-IN CITY (HOUSTON) through June 11.

The exhibit features large scale photographs by French artist Alain Bublex including selections from his series, Plug-In City (2000) and new works created especially for Houston. Bublex’s work is a hybrid composition based in equal parts on

the exploration of historical city planning documents, and personal, sometimes humorous takes on contemporary urban reality. His imaginary spaces, often extrapolated from late 20th century visionary utopian architecture, become a lens for imagining an ideal lived environment. For Blaffer Gallery, Bublex visited Houston to research the city’s unique take on urban living: diverse styles of domestic architecture jutting up against warehouses; sprawling open spaces adjacent to jammed-packed strip-malls; acres of paved and tarred parking lots and gigantic mazes of six- and eight-lane freeways. Recognizing that Houston, among all American cities, presents remarkable design and function challenges, Bublex will create a new series of photographs, taking off from the earlier Plug-In City series.

Contrary to the works realized in Europe, which address almost exclusively the urban landscape, Bublex plans for the Houston exhibition a series of montages that also look at the natural landscape. As he says “I believe that contrary to Europe, where it is essentially the buildings that give identity to a specific place, in America the natural landscape has more importance.”

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BOXED IN Haynes’ assemblage takes top prize at TASIMJAE

Richie Haynes was the star of the show at TASIMJAE (The Art Studio, Inc. Members Jurored Art Exhibition) in April.

Haynes was awarded first place for his assemblage titled “Made of Stars.” Haynes wins $100 and a one-man show at The Art Studio in May, 2006.

Second place went to Sam Keith for his watercolor, “Dancers Dance.” Elmer Spence earned third place for his oil on canvas, titled “Caribbean Beach.”

Honorable mentions were awarded to Trish Coughlan for “3K: Reflections,” Julie Lee for “Partnered,” and Kimberly Brown for “Mommy…Come Quick.”

The show featured 33 works by 23 area artists that were selected from more than 70 entries. The juror for this year’s show was Lisa Reinauer, head of the art department at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La. The artists selected for the show represent ed Beaumont, Orange, Sour Lake, Houston, Warren and Lake Charles, La. TASIMJAE is open to all Art Studio members and offers a glimpse at the diverse works currently being produced by area artists.

For details on how to become a member of TASI, call 409-838-5393.

Tricia Grice, top, examines “Made of Stars,” the winning entry in this year’s TASIMJAE contest.

The winning piece was made by Richie Haynes, pictured left with juror Lisa Reinauer.

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Salvation & Jackie Stubblefield, 2004 TASIMJAE winner, continues exploration of faith paintings

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by JULIE CLEAVER

t is rare for outsiders to catch a stolen glimpse into the intimacies of another’s relationship. It is rarer still for those intimacies to be made available for the general public to view.

For artist Jackie Stubblefield, the understanding gained from her intimate relationship with Jesus Christ is one that she feels she must share.

Speaking through the symbol of a heart, Stubblefield explores “soteriology,” the study of salvation in Christ, by indirectly incorporating Biblical scripture into impressionistic oil paintings.

“In the plan of salvation, it is the condition of the heart that is important,” she says. “It is the seat of who we really are.”

Stubblefield previously explored the fragility of the human soul through the symbol of an egg in works such as “Sublime Commutation,” in which a slightly cracked egg sits contemplatively before its reflection in which all traces of imperfection are missing.

Although she remains enamored of the egg’s shape, texture, color and fragility, she says she believes it represents something she has done, and she is eager to press on toward the next series.

Pressing on became difficult due to a family illness, and she is painting overtime, with help from her husband, to catch up in time for the May 7 opening of her exhibition at The Art Studio.

But before even a single brush stroke could be applied to canvas, there was intense research to be done.

“This research includes the Bible, commentaries, word studies, Bible lessons of both past and present spiritual leaders, thesaurus, dictionaries and various other resources,” she says. In addition, she says she finds the internet to be a great help in this research.

Once the topic is researched in accordance with her

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tinctive vocal style that distinguishes them from people from other states. “Twang” also refers to the guitar sounds of Texas R&B and country.

At the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, “Twang” is a group show of contemporary Texas sculpture featuring work by a dozen artists.

Texas is both Western and Southern, cotton and cowboys, and a multitude of clashing cultures. If there is one thing that defines Texas, it is its indefinability.

“Twang,” like the state that links these artists, incorporates a plethora of styles and forms.

Among the strongest pieces on display is “LoveJoey,” a study of friendship, loneliness and loss by Michael Powers.

Among the works featured in “TWANG: Contemporary Sculpture from Texas,” on display through Sept. 26 at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, are, clockwise from left, “E.B.” by Erick Swenson, “Museum Bench”

by Chris Sauter, “Two Paintings on all-encompassing standard, the idea is broken down a Rock” into segments which become individual paintings.

by Bill In Davenport one piece, a large white heart, pierced and and “Sell stands Me bleeding, before a stained glass window Something bearing the Greek letters of Alpha and Omega, Brown” and the end, a reference to the beginning by Franco1:8, which, in the King James Version, Revelation Mondini-Ruiz. reads, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”

Beneath the heart, across the black-and-white checkered floor present in many of her works, is written “tetelestai,”or “it is finished,” Christ’s last Review and from upon the cross a Greek term words spoken photos byto stamp “paid” upon a receipt or on a once used Andy criminal’s charges when they had completed their Coughlan sentence.

machine that fires a series of balls (each labeled “Joey”) against a wall on which is a large Argyle pattern that may or may not be a net. The machine is labeled “Playmate” and the balls are fired with monotonous regularity, with the gallery walls echoing a repetitive thud thud thud, like the Dada soundtracks of Kurt Schwitters.

The “Joey” of the title refers to Joey Mussacchio, a childhood friend of the artist who is now dead.

Does the lifeless “Playmate” long for someone with whom to play? It seems to connect with the quintessentially American past-time — a simple game of catch.

Visitors to the opening witnessed the balls bouncing off two walls and back into the machine, completing a never-ending solitary game of catch.

The piece had a melancholy quality that reflected both the loss of a childhood friend and of childhood itself.

However, visitors at a later date may have seen

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the balls hit the wall and bounce randomly away as a museum guard chased after them. This viewing emphasized a sense of “play,” with the machine, like a rambunctious child, teasing its reluctant “playmate.”

The same piece, but two games and, therefore, two different pieces.

Even though the “Playmate” is inanimate, Powers has created a performance piece reminiscent of the 1960s Fluxus group, whose creations existed in the reactions of the viewer.

Powers plays with our emotions and delicately balances the the joys of childhood with the loss of innocence.

Another piece that demands viewer participation is Justin Kidd’s “In and Out Box.” Consisting of a crudely constructed mailbox hanging on the wall, visitors to the exhibit are invited to “mail” a postcard from the Czech Republic

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Stubblefield hopes the out-of-proportion heart, a perspective that could be labeled surreal, will create a dialogue between the artist and the viewer that perhaps “there is more here than meets the eye.”

Although she does not expect the viewer to translate every symbol, she hopes they will be intrigued by the portrayal of her belief.

She says she wants the audience “to understand the plan of salvation and what Jesus Christ did for us.” There are many components to explain salvation, she says, but only one “very simple decision.”

For the artist, the path of creation for this particular series has taken place during a period of many changes. In her opinion, some are good, some bad.

She says she finds herself relaxing again and

returning to her abstract roots, although she does want to maintain a literal presentation. Externally, an accumulation of several world events have caused an impact on her work.

“I have great concern for the movement to remove God as the basis of our government,” she says, not meaning that Christians are to rule but that the principles that were set forth in the beginning of this country were God based.

“Maybe we have forgotten who God is,” she says.

Regardless of the world’s view of God, Stubblefield says she still finds her faith in Christ to be the catalyst for her work.

“I want to show who Jesus Christ is,” she says.

“He is not a myth. He is God. Christianity is not about how good I am, it’s about how good God is.”

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Blobs and Book Bits

SMITH, LETSCHER FIND HAPPINESS IN THE DETAILS REVIEW

By ANDY COUGHLAN

Charlotte Smith, top with “Very Canary,” and Lance Letscher, above with “Fade,” exhibit their work at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.

Photos By ANDY COUGHLAN

Everyone has doodled at some point.

Sitting in a class or business meeting, the mind tends to wander and the pen begins to spiral through the confines of the ruled paper and margins, around the three holes on the edge until one is faced with an intricate pattern that is vaguely reminiscent of … something.

Imagine the same process being married to extraordinary skill and you still only scratch the surface of the work of Charlotte Smith, whose exhibition titled “Pile Up” is on display at The Art Museum of Southeast Texas through June 10.

Dallas-based Smith has created a series of paintings that are at once 2and 3-dimensional. She uses acrylic paint and builds, what can only be described as, blobs of paint that seem to grow organically from the surface of the canvas.

Smith said she works horizontally

on the canvas, often crawling across them on a frame made by her husband.

The work is reminiscent of the plaster relief maps made in middle school geography class that showed the landscape of some, preferably, hilly terrain.

Except this terrain is as colorful as a psychedelic ’60s lava lamp — and twice as “trippy.”

The seven pieces are strictly nonrepresentational, yet they seem familiar.

They are meditative and intimate, but, although they are not large pieces, they are large in scale. Smith’s pieces seem to capture the whole universe.

The dark “Constellation” seems to explode from the canvas. The blobs, stretching at most an inch from the surface, seem to be reaching out as if to pull the viewer deep into the image. If one stares at it long enough, it is as though one begins to feel the rush of space whooshing by.

“Aquatica,” a languid blue piece, reminds one of watching a Jacques Cousteau documentary, leading the viewer through a magical undersea world where strange, colorful creatures weave in and out of undiscovered flora.

The largest of the pieces, “Very Canary,” is a visual feast of swirls and circles, like a thousand eyes staring at the viewer, daring one to turn away which we cannot do for fear of missing something.

It is impossible not to engage with Smith’s world of topographical whimsy.

And if one allows oneself to be sucked in to the musicality inherent in the work, one can dance for hours through Smith’s enchanted terrains.

A companion exhibition at AMSET is Lance Letscher’s “Books and Parts of Books.”

The exhibit is just as it sounds.

Letscher takes found paper from books and letters, and transforms them into images that seems simple on the surface but carry within their artistic DNA the sum of human existence.

In “Aqueduct,” Letscher gives us an image of a portion of a bridge, but when one examines closely, one finds areas that are composed of pages from a cookbook. The architecture is truly

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Ramona Young, far left, hams it up with D.J. Kava during her rendition of “When You’re Good to Mama” at TASI’s benefit on April 7.

Tom Wright, left, was master of ceremonies for the event.

MIRACLE from page 5 program with a rousing performance of “When You’re Good to Mama” from “Chicago.”

As the nominal organizer of the performance (in truth, I simply called and asked them pick something and do it), I would like to point out that these wonderful performers donate their time and talent for free, so go and support them in the myriad of community theater productions to which they attach themselves.

Young also was responsible for signs, stage, table layouts and a mutitude of other tasks. She wears me out just watching her work and she has been a real asset to The Studio.

Special thanks should be extended to Elizabeth French and Beth Gallaspy for all of the “boring stuff” that has to be done and which I don’t want any part of.

Tom Wright supplied music and sound and acted as MC for the evening, despite throwing out his back earlier in the day — suffering for art, as he said. Admirable Dinghy ably manned the bar and a variety of others contributed to making the event a success.

Those of you who were there, thanks for your support and tell your friends so they can be part of next year’s event.

To those of you who were not there, as they say in baseball parlance, there’s always next year — and it’s not too late to donate.

I suppose miracles do happen. But don’t ask me how.

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built on the lives of faceless and nameless individuals. Whose cookbook is it? Individuals are lost in the pages of history, but Letscher immortalizes them in his images.

They are the building blocks of his work.

Several of Letscher’s pieces, such as “Fade,” are a nod to American history, looking for all the world like quilts, which themselves were made from scraps of “found” material.

Letscher obsessively builds and builds his images, using all parts of the books and papers he finds.

“Clouds and Landscape” is a relief panel made from paper and card, with heavy, rusted staples holding it in place. The piece manages to be both sturdy and ethereal.

Letscher’s work has echoes of the Dada constructions of Kurt Schwitters, and one can also see some early Mondrian in Letscher’s trees.

“Small Cloud Study” incorporates shredded paper, a move which relates the temporary nature of both clouds and information.

“Park” and “Park With Circular Garden” are lessons in the complexity of simplicity. Letscher has

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“built” areas of color that are simplified landscape shapes. From a distance, the pieces are stunning in their simple use of color fields. But it is only as one gets closer that one appreciates the intricacy of the “simple” shapes.

Smith and Letscher turn obsessive craftsmanship into a visual feast — and prove that, sometimes, the simplest things are the most complex.

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Alternative Show & Acoustic Jam THE ART STUDIO’S ANNUAL ANYTHING-GOES ART EXHIBIT

No Judging! No Fees!

Submissions will be accepted June 2-4, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

All 2D work must be ready to hang. (please use wires, not sawtooth hangers!)

3D work must stand unassisted.

Anyone may enter.

Also on display at AMSET through June 10 is “THE ART OF THE CUE” featuring hand-crafted sticks by RICHARD BLACK, comprising more than 30 intricate, hand-crafted cue sticks made by this master craftsman from Humble, and “WHISTLER: REALISM IN PRINT,” a collection of 23 etchings by the artist best known for the painting “Arrangement in Grey and Black” (a.k.a. “Whistler's Mother”).

Entry will be on a first-come, first-served basis until the gallery is full.

On display until June 25.

OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, June 4, 2005, 7-10 p.m.

Bring your instruments for an evening of acoustic improvisation or just bring yourself and friends to see the art, dance to the music, or even wax poetic.

This is a free event and open to the general public.

Don’t miss this evening of art, music, and free expression.

The Art Studio, Inc. is located at 720 Franklin in Downtown Beaumont.

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Poetry, short fiction, scholarly works and opinion pieces may be submitted for review. All works must be typed or submitted on a disk (using approved word processing software), or may be sent to TASI by e-mail. All works are subject for review by our editor, be rejected or edited of on an the automatic basis of grammar, piece consists tennisspelling serve exans have their “Twang,” the dis- and mayThe or content. machine that fires a series of balls (each labeled tinctive vocal style that distinThe opinions expressed in “Thoughtcrime” do Argyle not neces“Joey”) against a wall on which is a large patguishes them from people from sarily reflect the opinions of TASI, its Board of Directors, is other states. “Twang” also refers to tern that may or may not be a net. The machine editorial staff, or donors to balls TASI. Send typedwith works to: labeled “Playmate” and the are fired the guitar sounds of Texas R&B ISSUE’s

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Authors must submit a daytime telephone number along with submissions.

Penand names are acceptable, authors theall balls hit the wall bounce randomlybut away as a must supply real names for verification.

All submitted museum guard chased after them. This viewing works become propertyaofsense TASI, of and“play,” whetherwith rejected accepted,like are emphasized the or machine, not returned to the author.

ISSUE does not notify of rejection a rambunctious child, teasing its reluctant “play- by mail or telephone. mate.”

APRIL 2005

monotonous regularity, with the gallery walls echoThe same piece, but two games and, therefore, and country. ing a repetitive thud thud thud, like the Dada sound- two different pieces.

At the Art Museum of tracks of Kurt Schwitters.

Even though the “Playmate” Southeast Texas, “Twang” is a Sara (Sally) Elizabeth is inanimate, If I Died Tomorrow Cockatoos, Cockatoos, Cockatoos The “Joey” of the title refers to Joey Powers has createdGordon-Meadows-Gunn-Gordon a performance piece reminiscent group show of contemporary If I died friend tomorrow, Mussacchio, a childhood of the artist who is of the 1960s Fluxus group, whose creations existed in Texas sculpture featuring work by A cockatoo cream-colored clock caw-cawed, Wisdom what will I have done? now dead. the reactions of the winks viewer.beneath her smile a dozen artists.

Eye to eye to ear.and delicately alarming the glade, and bade me waken on an island mind.

Have“Playmate” I done enough of whatever Powers plays with and our ear emotions Does the lifeless long for someone Texas is both Western and A treasure chest of pearls. should have been done?

(Sleep another five, I thought.) balances the the joys ofachildhood with the loss of Southern, cotton and cowboys, and with whom to play? It seems to connect with the A cigarette, puff of smoke I always thought I would know innocence.follows laughter in a swirl. quintessentially American past-time — a simple a multitude of loud, clashing cultures. If Echo of a marmoset, unsettling, when enough had been done game of catch.

Another piece that demands viewer participais one thing that defines splash of a tropicalthere brook.

But now I wonder if the when I am done tion is Justin Kidd’s “In and Out Box.” Visitors to the opening witnessed balls Texas, it is its indefinability.

Nobles oblige, a talisman “Honey? ‘Wake yet?” will I have done enough?

Southern charm, constructed extended arm Consisting of a crudely mailbox “Twang,” like the state that bouncing off two walls and back into the machine, I smell caffeine on her tongue. and then a caller. hanging onNow the wall, visitors to the exhibit are invitcompleting a never-ending solitary game of catch. links these artists, incorporates a If I died tomorrow, As she slips under warm, green-wrinkled shade, But please, from the Czech Republic ed to “mail” a postcard plethora of styles and forms.

The piece had a melancholy whatquality will I that havereflected accomplished?

No mention of a dollar.

A bag-full of fragrant coffee beans spill down to the stream, Among the strongest pieces on display is “Love- both the loss of aWill childhood friend and of childhood I have accomplished the work of some meddlesome monkey.

Joey,” a study of friendship, loneliness and loss by itself. all I set out to accomplish?

A home bedecked with fancies However, visitors a later date may have seen Michael Powers.

See TWANGcomprehension on page 11 “Rise and shine!”

If I doatnot know from memory’s what I set out to accomplish Blue light washes brand new sheers The sun tumbles up on a slippery rock, “No news. Now news.

Will I have truly accomplished silvery-smooth, like a spoon on the floor, Oh, and Dear, please, what I set out to accomplish?

Among the works clanging along in the shadowy shallows, Disconnect the telephone extension.” featured in banging and clanging along in the water.

If I died tomorrow, “TWANG: “What is what will be said of me?

“Don’t do that!”

Contemporary Is meant to be.

If good things are said will that mean She yells at the cat.

Sculpture from Why worry now, whatever can we do? that I am a success?

And upTexas,” jumps a rumba-rumbling hum.

What is Or will I have done just enough on adisplay Is meant to be.

“Made cup for ya, Hon.” to succeed Oh look! through Sept. 26coconut bowl rolls hairily-narrowly under my nose.

A big brown In doing enough of the things Is that Gerard Depardieu?” at the Art expected of me?

“Time to go to work.”

Museum of The boss,Texas, with a paisley sarong, A silky smoke ring Southeast If I died tomorrow, will I have lived Unfolds above her head. seems a bit odd in her voice. are, clockwise as well as I could have lived?

She shares a sip of sherry “You’re gonna from left, be late again.”

Fuck it, I’ll worry about it tomorrow.

And tucks herself to bed. by While “E.B.” a hum-along gaggle of dream-girls jiggle in thin pale cloth, Andy Coughlan Erick Swenson, Donna Rae Wisor the boss smiles wet, furry lips.

“Museum Bench” The cat licks my bald spot.

by Chris Sauter, “No! No! No!” Woke up at Four “Two Paintings And her hand on comes flying-fish out of a salt-warm pool, Ever woke up at 4 and wish you hadn’t Swoopsa (oops!)

Rock” into loops of green tangle-vines.

Wished upon what once was ABill fatDavenport tabby tiger takes a swipe (a wide miss) by When dreaming ran wide open “Sell Me bird-of-paradise. at and a peek-a-boo And you weren’t always behind Something Standing at nights closed curtains “Look, it’s seven o’clock.”

Brown” Behind the scenes of something bigger Her breasts fall over my face.

by Franco Where indecisiveness didn’t lead to a broken heart And the cockatoo stops cawing in the jungle.

Or a world of insecure situations Mondini-Ruiz.

Her legs spread wide, over my hips.

Upon a time when a story was brought to you by a faded plot And I couldn’t help but to wonder about it A watery run of flickering fish The loose ends of a lost grip and untangled knots darts down from the bubble and foam of the falls, When I saw more to the once was or the now what isn’t? rolls flickering from, rolls flickering to, rolls flickering under Saw every corner of every block a thin, slant tree, From beginning to end, every blemish scar or unwanted spot Review At every morning when light came they were dark bouncedand in the mist of the soft wet breeze, photos by But now I wake up at 4 to a ghost of fear where rainbows hang in the shower of her hair.

Trapped and lost in a big black box Andy

MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF THEMSELVES PAGE 7

INSIDE: LISA REINAUER: JUDGE AND JURY, HOT PIG, AND MORE

Coughlan

Jesse Doiron

Cody Pastorella

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Volume 11, No. 8

THE ART STUDIO, INC. COMMUNITY SURVEY The Art Studio, Inc. (TASI) wants to know what you think!

Please take a moment to complete this short survey to tell us your interests, help us better meet the needs of our community, attract more members, and determine the effectiveness of our programming and services. In order to make this survey reflective of the entire community, we’ll need a high level of participation. Please feel free to photocopy or request extra copies. And please be honest or even blunt! Your identity is not required, and we need to know your true feelings in order to remain viable.

You may either submit your answers by e-mail to tracyd@artstudio.org or return a paper copy to The Art Studio, Inc., Attention: Surveys, 720 Franklin Street, Beaumont, TX 77701-4424. Please don’t hesitate to call if you have any questions, (409) 838-5393.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to assist us.

I. Background Information Although some of these questions may be personal in nature, we ask to determine what types of populations we’re serving (or not!).

1. Ethnicity (indicate all that apply): ____African American ____Asian American ____Hispanic/Latino(a) ____Native American ____Pacific Islander ____White ____Other:_________________ 2a. Gender: ____Female ____Male

2b. Age ____

3. Current income range: ____Under 11K/yr ____11K-24K/year ____24K-40K/yr ____40K-60K/yr ____60K-100K/yr ____100K+ 4. Highest level of education completed: ____High School ____Associates degree ____Bachelor’s degree ____Master’s degree ____Doctoral degree 5. Are you an artist? ____Yes ____No If yes, medium ____________________________ 6. How did you find out about TASI? ____Word of mouth ____Website ____Direct mail ____The ISSUE ____Media advertisement ____Other:_________________________ __________________________________ 7. Please indicate what types of activities you/your family have attended or participated in at TASI: ____Classes or Workshops ____Exhibitions ____Band Night ____Other: _____________________

8. Rank our activities,from 1 to 6, 1 being most beneficial to the community, 6 being least beneficial. ___Classes, Workshops ___Band Night ___Exhibitions ___The ISSUE ___Sales Gallery ___Affordable studio space __________________________________ __________________________________ 9. What activities or services would you like at TASI that we don’t have now? __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ 10. Is there anything at TASI that you feel is not beneficial to our community ? If so, what? __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ II: Membership 11. Are you currently a member of TASI? ____Yes ____No 12. If Yes, what caused you to become a member? ____To enter our Membership Exhibition (TASIMJAE) ____Attended an Adult Clay Class ____To sell your artwork in our Sales Gallery ____To receive our monthly arts magzine, The ISSUE ____Because you feel TASI is beneficial to your community ____Other : ________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

13. If not, what might motivate you to become a member? ____To enter our Membership Exhibition ____Attending a Class ____To sell your artwork in our Gallery ____To receive our monthly arts magazine, The ISSUE ____Because you feel TASI is beneficial to your community ____Other : ________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ 14. In the future, which of the following TASI activities will you be most likely to participate in? ____Classes or Workshops ____Band Night ____The ISSUE ____Exhibitions ____Sales Gallery ____Studio space ____Other: __________________________________ III: Education 15. How many classes have you attended at TASI? __________________________________ 16. What classes would you like to see offered at TASI? __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

Mission Statement Founded in 1983, The Art Studio, Inc. is devoted to: providing opportunities for interaction between the public and the Southeast Texas community of artists; furnishing affordable studio space to originating artists of every medium; promoting cultural growth and diversity of all art forms in Southeast Texas; and providing art educational opportunities to everyone, of every age, regardless of income level, race, national origin, sex or religion.

PURPOSE The purpose of The Art Studio, Inc. is to (1) provide educational opportunities between the general public and the community of artists and (2) to offer sustained support for the artist by operating a non-profit cooperative to provide studio space and exhibition space to working artists and crafts people, and to provide an area for group work sessions for those artists and crafts people to jointly offer their labor, ideas, and enthusiasm to each other.

GOALS 1.

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17. Please make any additional comments or suggestions about this survey below, or on an additional sheet of paper. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

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18. If you would be willing to be contacted for follow up, please provide your name and a contact e-mail address or phone number on a separate sheet of paper. This identification is optional and will not be associated with your answers on the survey.

Thank You!

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For information on TASI classes, call 409-838-5393 or visit us on the web at www.artstudio.org

To present public exhibitions To provide educational opportunities To provide accessible equipment for artists To provide peer feedback through association with other artists and crafts people

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To present 10 art exhibitions per year To maintain equipment for artists in a safe working environment To provide better access to artists for the public To offer regularly scheduled adult and children’s classes To develop and maintain public activities with all sectors of the community To develop and maintain equipment to aid artists in their work To provide a display retail outlet for artists To expand programming and activities with increased facility space

Volume 11, No. 8

May 2005 ISSUE • 15

by Andy Coughlan

Sontag said “the life of the creative man is led, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.”

Judging by the size of Henrik’s beaker, Genevieve figured boredom was the least of her worries.

cARToon

Hands-On I STORYBOARDING I CLASS with Andy Coughlan I Saturday, April 30 I 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • 20 I I

The Günderssens

$

brought to you by S.E.T.F.O. (Southeast Texas Filmmakers Organization) For more information, contact Karen at 658-3968 or email info@setfilm.org

VIEW from page 3 dates for these positions.

We also continue to seek volunteers for administrative and operational work. Our volunteer base is paramount to advancing the programs and activities of The Studio and expanding our

capability to serve the community.

In that light, thanks to our two new volunteers Brenna Brown and Molly Harrold. I truly appreciate their time and effort to advance the arts.

Got a little time to kill? Waiting for a job to come through? Give us your time.

You never know where it will lead.

WE NOW CARRY

ART SUPPLIES IN OUR SALES GALLERY 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday-Saturday

Ceramics • Paintings • Jewelry Plus Art Studio merchandise including shirts and tote bags.

Whether you are an art collector or just shopping for gifts, we have something for you.

VISIT OUR SALES GALLERY TODAY AT 720 FRANKLIN IN DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT

409-838-5393 • www.artstudio.org

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720 Franklin, Beaumont, Texas 77701

THE ART STUDIO, INC. CLASS SCHEDULE This fall we are offering another class, but these sessions will be 1 mask-making class, and Cindy eclectic mix of classes at The Art hour shorter. So, it will cost a little Picou will show you how to make less. wire-wrapped jewelry.

Studio, Inc. There are a few changes to a George Wentz will be teaching Make sure you pay attention to some of the familiar classes. Salsa another acrylic painting class. Grace the ISSUE, your e-mail, and fliers at INSIDE night is now on Wednesdays. Life Megnet is coming back in October the Studio for updates as we add • JACKIE STUBBLEFIELD drawing has not been attracting the to do bookbinding. No photography even more classes to the list.

• THOUGHTCRIME: FROM session,AREA but lookPOETS for it to return numbers it used to, so weMUSINGS will now this hold it every other week. in the future.

Ren Brumfield, • AROUND & ABOUT: INFORMATION ABOUT ART HAPPENINGS Greg Busceme is going to offer We are offering several new TASI education coordinator • BENEFIT FOR ART a daytime clay class. It will meet the classes. Andy Coughlan fuses the• BAND NIGHT same number of times as the night ater and visual art in a creative new

Volume 11, No. 1

Non-Profit Org U.S. Postage PAID Permit #135 Beaumont, TX

Mission Statement

Founded in 1983, The Art Studio, Inc. is ADULT BEGINNING DRAWING KIDS CLAY MASK MAKING devoted to: providing opportunities for interacTuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. tion between the public and the Southeast Texas Aug. 31-Oct. 12 Sept. 18-Oct. 23 Sept. 16-Oct. 21 community of artists; furnishing affordable stu$115 ($95 for members) $75 $100 ($80 for members) dio space to originating artists of every medium; Explore the rich tradition of masks in the- You CAN draw! Learn to draw realistically Beginning clay class introduces a variety of promoting cultural growth and diversity of all art in this fun and easy class. handbuilding techniques, preparation and ater. Create and decorate large-form masks forms in Southeast Texas; and providing art eduapplication of glazes, and the raku firing for performance or decoration using a vari- Instructed by Karen deMedrano. cational opportunities to everyone, of every age, process. ety of techniques from painting to collage. regardless of income level, race, national origin, Instructed by Katheryn Rogers.

Imagination is the only limit. This six-week BOOKBINDING sex or religion.

When you support The Art Studio with your membership, you receive ISSUE, course will also include tips on using your Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

WIRE WRAPPED JEWELRY Southeast and Southwest s alternative press as well as class schedules, invitations to opening receptions and various Studio functions.

8-Nov. 12 masks in performance andTexas’ the history of Oct.Louisiana’ $110 ($90 for members) Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. masks around the world.

The individuals listed below have recently contributed to the life force of this art organization.

PURPOSE Learn terms, tools and basic techniques in Sept. 8, Oct. 13, Nov. 10, Dec. 8 Instructed by Andy Coughlan. this introductory class. $45 per session The purpose of The Art Studio, Inc. is to (1) ACRYLIC PAINTING Instructed by Grace Megnet.

Introduction to creating unique jewelry Volunteers provide educational opportunities between the using wire and beads. You will learn basic 1:30-3 We Saturdays, couldn’t do it p.m.

Thanks toADULT all these new and renewing members. general public and the community of artists and CLAY (MORNINGS) techniques and complete a bracelet or Sept. 11-Oct.16 without you!

Member support is the backbone of our operations!

(2) to offer sustained support for the artist by Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–noon anklet. Students will need to purchase DISTRIBUTION POINTS $95 ($75 for members) operating a non-profit cooperative to provide Twylia Altom, some materials separately, list available at Learn to express your own ideas and feel- Sept. 14-Oct. 14 INDIVIDUAL DOWNTOWN studio space and exhibition space to working Royings Bares, THE ART STUDIO, INC. 720 FRANKLIN The Art Studio. with painter and art educator George $100 ($80 for members) ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS 500 MAIN Amy Graves artists and crafts people, an area Brooke BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS MUSEUMand to provide 1750 IH-10E Wentz.Boyett, You will explore brush techniques, This course is designed for the complete Instructed by Cindi Picou.

BEAUMONT CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU 801 MAIN Elmer Spence for group work sessions for those artists and Renacrylic Brumfield, (IN CITY HALL) novice at clay work. Students learn the paint mixing, and layering paint. Derrick BEAUMONT ART LEAGUE (FAIRGROUNDS) 2675 GULF ST Stephen crafts people to jointly offer their labor, ideas, Greg Busceme, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RE-STORE 610 TRINITY@ FANNIN basics of clay manipulation, glazing and LIFE DRAWING GROUP Supplies to be purchased separately.

List McCray Nathan SETAC (INand JULIE ROGERS THEATER) STREET enthusiasm to each other. PEARL B.J.available Bourg, from the Studio.

Every other Monday, 7-9:30 p.m. @ FORSYTHE firing.

Alan N. Reeder SOUTH END/LAMAR UNIVERSITY Bryan Castino, Sept. 13, 27, Oct. 11, 25, Instructed by Greg Busceme.

CARLITO’S RESTAURANT 890 AMARILLO @ COLLEGE Nel Morrison DOS AMIGAS GOALS 1590 FRANKLIN Melissa Chaisson, Nov. 8, 22, Dec. 6, 20 BASKET CLASS KAMPUS KORNER RESTAURANT 4637 CALLAGHAN KOCH’S FLOWERS & GIFTS 2270 AVENUE C Charmaine Costner, FAMILY ADULT CLAY (EVENINGS) $5 per session Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

LU ART DEPARTMENT 1.

To present public exhibitions Andy Coughlan, Uninstructed group creating studies of the LU SETZER STUDENT CENTER Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Sept.

18, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Dec. 4 Julia Viator TOWN 2. To provideOLD educational opportunities Renee Coughlan, 215 N 11TH @ LIBERTY human form, drawing from a different BANDO’S Sept. 14-Oct. 14 Mike Moore $32 to $50 BRAD’S PLACE 2306 HAZEL @ 7TH 3.

To provide accessible equipment Yolanda Cuniff, CARLO’S RESTAURANT 2570 CALDER model each session.

Avril Kimler $150 ($130 for members) Step-by-step instruction in creating a difGREEN BEANERY 2121 MCFADDIN for artists Jesse Doiron, HAIRY BUSINESS SALON 2121 MCFADDIN Hoffer This course is designed for the complete ferent functional and decorativeBruce basket& Carey JASON’S DELI 112 GATEWAY SHOP CNTR 4. & To provide peer feedback through associaHeather Eager, THOUGHTCRIME: THE READING Angela Byerly KATHARINE CO. 1495 CALDER novice at clay work.

Students learn the each session. Instructed by Emma Hughes.

PIG STAND 1595people CALDER tion with other artists and crafts Elizabeth PIG STAND 3695 COLLEGE For moreFrench, information and to register, call basics of clay manipulation, glazing and Third Thursday of the month RAO’S BAKERY 2596 CALDER John Fulbright, Free firing.

SIGN INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS 2835 LAUREL Emma at 337-527-5328.

OBJECTIVES 2425 S 11TH Beth Gallaspy, Poetry night: read, hear, think, and corrupt SUNRISE CALL FOR ENTRIES Instructed by Greg Busceme.

SWICEGOOD MUSIC CO. 3685 COLLEGE CENTRAL/WEST END Marcus Hammons, original poems, rants, and stories.

FOUNDRY WORKSHOP BASIC FOODS 229 DOWLEN 1.

To present 10 art exhibitions per year Monica Hay, BIG D’S 2050 S MAJOR DRIVE Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m./Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. SALSA WITH AMBER AND GORDON Led by Guiseppe Barranco.

EARLY BIRD CAFE 5955 PHELAN 2. To maintain equipment for artists in a Trishell Joffrion, GUITAR & BANJO STUDIO 4381 CALDER Wednesdays, 7:30-9 p.m.

Dates to be announced KRISTY’S KORNER CALDER safe working environment 4285 Maribeth Jones, LOGON CAFE 3805 CALDER Sept. 8-Oct. 13 $100 (80 for members) THE MASSAGE INSTITUTE 2855 EASTEX FRWY, 3. To provide better access to artists SUITE for the1 D.J.InKava, (@ DELAWARE) this two-day workshop, you will design $10 per session ($5 LU students) NOVROZSKY’S public 4230 CALDER Stephan Malick, THE OPEN BOOK 4245 CALDER and cast your original artwork in aluminum. Salsa, Merengue, Cha-Cha, Cumbia, 4.

To offer regularly scheduled adult and RED B4 BOOKS 3875 CALDER @ 23RD Marianna Measells, REED’S LAUNDRY 6025A PHELAN @ PEYTON Ages 15 and older. Limited to six partici- Rhumba. children’s classes THE ROYAL STOP MAJOR DRIVE @ GLADYS Sheila Molandes, pants. Instructed by Rhonda McNally. THE ART STUDIO’S ANNUAL ANYTHING-GOES ART EXHIBIT PARKDALE 5.NOBLE To develop and maintain public BARNES & 4153activities DOWLEN Elizabeth Pearson, RAO’S BAKERY 4440 DOWLEN with all sectors of the community Tim Postlewait, MID/SOUTH COUNTY LAMAR STATE COLLEGE, PORT ARTHUR 6. To develop and maintain equipment to aid Clint Ray, MUSEUM OF THE GULF COAST 700 PROCTER PATSY’S HEMP CREATIONS 1221 NEDERLAND AVE artists in their work Katheryn Rogers, JASPER GALLERY7.

SQUARE LAMAR To provide a display retail outlet126for artists Jackie Stubblefield, For more information on TASI classes, call 409-838-5393 or visit us on the web at www.artstudio.org ORANGE LAMAR STATE COLLEGE, ORANGE 8.

To expand programming and activities with Gena Wilkinson, increased facility space Tom Wright.

Memberships

Alternative Show & Acoustic Jam

NoCLASS Judging!SIZES No Fees!

REGISTER EARLY AS ARE LIMITED

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