ISSUE September 2004

THE ARTS MAGAZINE OF THE ART STUDIO, INC.

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SEPTEMBER 2004

INSIDE: TWANG, TENANTS, AND MORE

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ISSUE Vol. 11, No. 1 Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Art Studio, Inc. Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Coughlan Contributing Writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Show, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ren Brumfield Contributing Photographers . . . . . Trish Coughlan . . . . . . . . . Michael Kattawar, Ren Brumfield Cartoonist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Coughlan The Art Studio, Inc. Board of Directors President Ex-Officio . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Busceme Vice-President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Busceme Assistant Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tracy Danna Chairperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephan Malick 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 Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 “TWANG”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 Around & About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 “Tenants, Anyone?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Studio Summer Spree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 Above Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12 Thoughtcrime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13 Fall Class Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Cartoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Cover Photo by Trish Coughlan

Sometimes life at The Studio reminds me of an old song by Simon and Garfunkel — “It’s All Happening at the Zoo.” We had an excellent Summer ArtsKool with about 40 enthusiastic young people becoming a part of the arts community.

TASI Education Coordinator Ren Brumfield did a great job of putting together an exciting and sane program.

Our focus was on a good experience and challenging projects. Our evaluation sheets showed high scores on all the classes and our teachers this year were topnotch.

Next year we are planning to bring in another age category to better address different styles of learning.

In other news, we received a gift from Al Hebert, widowed husband of Sherri Hebert, a local ceramic artists who worked clay in Southeast Texas for more than 40 years. A very private person, Sherri was known for her phenomenal glazes and inventive, whimsical vessels. She was also known for her ceramic chairs and monumental vessels, some taller than she was.

Sherri was an accomplished artist at Lamar University when I first started learning clay and continued her success-

ful career following the craft fair circuit and doing commission work throughout her life.

She passed away earlier this year from cancer. As a legacy to Sherri’s life, Al decided to sell her supplies and equipment to The Studio for a minimal cost.

It is an impressive array of stuff, including potter’s wheels, pug mill, shelves, chemicals, slab rollers, ball mill and other incidental items including a jewelry set up.

Al’s generosity will save us a ton of money we would otherwise spend on glaze chemicals and shelves.

We are honored to have the tools of such a distinguished and talented artist — a woman I looked up to for all the years I knew her.

Her memory will live on with us as the gift keeps on giving.

Ever hear of an artist named Rosa Husband? She painted in the late fifties to the mid-70s here in Southeast Texas.

One of her customers was Miriam Rogers, president of the Mandala Society, where she, along with other artists were directed to paint mandalas.

Another of Rosa’s major patrons

See VIEW on page 15

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Suspension of Belief Performance gives new meaning to ‘suffering for art’ MY DAUGHTER SAYS I’m a big sissy when it comes to watching “reality” shows on television. I feel something uncomfortable shoot through my own body when I see someone else get hurt. I feel the same thing when I watch someone trying not to vomit as she stuffs her mouth full of cockroaches for the “chance” to win a new car.

The human body can withstand some amazing Commentary things, but it all seems so Ren Brumfield disingenuous. I’d rather watch the discovery channel.

On a hot, humid July night in Beaumont, under a bright half-moon, I sat on the porch at The Art Studio, Inc. with A.J., a body piercer from Amazing Tattoo in Houston. He and two other piercers, Rick, from Houston’s The Electric Chair, and Miss O. of Gulf Coast Tattoos in Port Arthur, were preparing to do a suspension in the gallery.

I told him I had never seen one before and that it attracted me and repelled me at the same time.

Then Madre’s Boy, as the tattoo on his neck wanted me to call him, took a drag of his cigarette, raised one of the two dragons that sit where his eyebrows used to be, and told me that the trick is that there is no trick.

The bands playing out back in the yard were running late, so about 45 minutes behind schedule we were ready to begin. A man dressed in only a swath of cotton fabric, wrapped around him diaper-style, and a light sheen of sweat appeared and headed toward the stage.

His name is James, but everyone knows him as Turtle. He is tattooed and pierced, lean and muscular.

He didn’t look drunk or drugged or crazy as he walked past me and ascended the steps toward a covered table.

Rick meticulously marked entry and exit points for each of the ten hooks required for this “coma-style” suspension. Miss O. followed, preparing each of the carefully chosen sites. A.J. was at a side table opening packages of shiny “J”-shaped needles as big around as soda straws, with eyelets opposite the sharp end.

There was a deep, roaring scream when the first

piercings were made. The crowd responded in-kind, with scattered hooting and clapping. For a second, I felt wrong. As if we were hurting him for our entertainment. But the man on the table was not disturbed.

He stayed focused, breathing, and braced for the next round.

I watched Rick and Miss O. and Madre’s Boy become technicians of an ancient craft, linking art in its most primal form to the 21st century. Conjuring images of newly confirmed men wearing lion’s bone and walrus tusk in their ears and lips, and of modernday medicine men wielding high-tech, hypo-allergenic, space-age stainless steel. They wore their own histories on their sleeves ... and backs, and faces, and ears. I read them as they prepared this man for a journey few of us will ever know.

As the Turtle was hoisted up from the table, rigged up like an extra in a Wes Craven movie, I noticed a calm in his eyes. He could see his own skin pulled taut, and the hooks and the ropes and steel beams, but he looked as if he were floating on the surface of a pool of water. It seemed like the apparatus all faded away and there he was … flying.

He was flying and I envied him.

But I’m not ready for a ride that intense yet. Did I say “yet”?

O.K. I did.

But you will never ever catch me even considering going on TV to do anything with cockroaches just to win prizes.

The “Turtle” flies, top, during a suspension demonstration at The Art Studio on July 24. The event attracted a sizeable crowd to watch “Turtle” hang from “J’ hooks.

Photos by Michael Kattawar, top, and Ren Brumfield

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Distinctly Diverse

DIFFERENT APPROACHES U NITE ‘TEXAS TWO DOZEN’ The piece consistsSTUDIO, of an automatic tennis serve exans have MAGAZINE their “Twang,” the dis- OF THE THE ARTS ART INC.

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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 a Rock”

by Bill Davenport and “Sell Me Something Brown”

by Franco Mondini-Ruiz.

Review and photos by Andy Coughlan

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

APRIL 2005

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

See TWANG on page 11

MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF THEMSELVES PAGE 7 INSIDE: LISA REINAUER: JUDGE AND JURY, HOT PIG, AND MORE

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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.

The TEXAS ARTISTS MUSEUM presents “Red Hats and White Magnolias, a solo exhibition of paintings by pastel artist CAROLYN HANCOCK in September. The works are inspired by Jenny Joseph’s poem “Warning.”

“When I am an old woman I shall wear purple with a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.”

Jenny Joseph could not have imagined the wild acceptance her 1961 poem has gained among women who dare to welcome age and to do those outrageous things not allowed in youth. From a chance purchase in 1998 of a red hat for a friend, Sue Ellen Cooper’s red hat ladies now circle the globe. Red Hat Society clubs require only that members be at least 50 years old, and perhaps desire to have fun and enjoy friendships. Whether at symphony or casino, confronting a bevy of red hats, purple dresses and giggles brings a smile. (Information at www.theredhatsociety.com) Hancock has translated the fun and fantasy of the red hat ladies and their poem into paintings.

From “spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves” to “press alarm bells,” the poem comes alive with color and frivolity. Ladies from local red hat clubs graciously posed, grimaced and grinned, as they depicted lines from “Warning.” Area locales, including Fire Museum of Texas, Cook’s Nursery and

Texas Artists Museum, provided appropriate background.

Contrasting and quieting the vividness of red and purple, the September exhibition turns to the white southern magnolia, which Hancock interprets into believable hues and values. Hancock’s magnolias stretch the spectrum of colors, from the opening white on white magnolia through her blue Midnight Magnolia.

“I painted these beautiful blossoms using black and white photos for reference,” Hancock said. “The grayscale allowed me to imagine color patterns based on value. “Kaleidoscope Magnolia” received Best of Show in Texas Artists Museum Membership Show 2003. That one painting sparked my interest in seeing how far I could push color and still be believable. It’s been a fun and stimulating process, with unexpected color combinations.”

Hancock has won numerous local and national awards. Her work may be seen at www.carolynhancock.com.

For additional information, call 409-982-6563.

–––––––– The GOLD COAST FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION meets every Monday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at 2075 St. Helena St. in Beaumont.

Beginner to Advanced are welcome. Cost per class is

$4 for members and $5 for non-members.

For more information, call 409-892-4964 or 409835-6003.

–––––––– The TEXAS ARTISTS MUSEUM announces a call for entries for the 10TH ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED PHOTO CONTEST. Slide entries are due at TAMS by Tuesday, Sept. 7. The exhibition runs Nov. 2-24, with a reception and presentation of awards will be held on Nov. 14 at 3:15 p.m.

Entry Fees are $25.00 (includes 1-3 slides).

All fees are non-refundable. There will be a $10 processing fee on all accepted, shipped works.

Awards are as follows: $300—Best of Show $150—First Place $75—Second Place $50—Third Place $25—Honorable Mention People’s Choice—Ribbon or prize All work must be original black & white or color photos and ready for hanging. Work must be less than two years old and not previously shown at TAMS before. Artwork hung at museum’s discretion.

TAMS takes 30% commission on all sales.

For a prospectus and more information, call TAMS at 409-982-6563.

G SHARP PRODUCTIONS, LAMAR FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION AND THE ART STUDIO present

COMMUNITY CINEMA

Featuring projects from film students at Lamar University and other independent film.

The mission of Community Cinema is to foster creative ideas and talent by focusing on community art and entertainment.

For more information about the Community Cinema event, contact Gordon S. Williams at Lamar University Television 409-880-8038.

OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC $3 donation requested

Friday, Sept. 24, 7-10 p.m. at The Art Studio, Inc.

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Text by Mark Show, Photos by Andy Coughlan

‘Tenants,Anyone?’

Eclectic exhibit showcases TASI residents, launches season

H

as another year gone by already?

It seems like just the other day that The Art Studio was celebrating its 20th birthday.

Well, yes, it has been another year and like ourselves, The Art Studio is one year older and looking for ways to improve itself.

With the addition of a new building and a growing list of new tenants, TASI has good reason to celebrate another year as a center for art and creativity in the Golden Triangle.

The annual tenants show marks the start of another season of exhibitions. This year’s show is titled “Tenants, Anyone?

The show opens with a reception on Sept.

4 and runs through Sept. 25.

With more than 20 residents currently at The Studio, the tenants’ exhibit is a chance to showcase the work being produced at TASI. The show will feature works in a variety of media, both 2- and 3-dimensional.

“The tenants show gives us a chance to show our work on an annual basis,” Cyndi Grimes said.

Grimes has been a tenant at The Studio for five years and spends her time working with clay.

“I like spinning or throwing clay on a wheel,” she said.

Some of the artists use the show’s deadline as a motivation to work on a few things.

“It forces me to finish some projects that have been hanging around,” Andy Coughlan said. “Some of us need a reason to quit procrastinating.”

At any given time there is a quantity of works in various stages of progression around The Studio.

The Studio offers artists a place not only to work, but also to hang out with other artists and exchange ideas.

Visitors to The Studio will often find several artists on the back porch, taking a break and enjoying a give and take of ideas, seeking

See TENANTS on page 10

Art Studio tenant Cyndi Grimes

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Summer Fun at TASI Artists, visitors mingle during second annual open house THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER echoed through the building, mixing with the steady drone of electric fans and the hum of conversation, as the arts-curious mingled with a variety of artists at The Art Studio’s second Summer Spree on Aug. 7.

The open house featured a variety of artists demonstrating their skills. Artisans demonstrated clay work, glass bead work, jewelry making, drawing, storytelling and even

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Oil Painting VICKI ELLIS Hemp PATSY WILLIAMS Drawing KAREN MEDRANO, SHEILA MOLANDES Basketry EMMA HUGHES Jewelry Making CINDI PICOU Glass Bead Making RIKKI MITMAN Sculpture GENA WILKINSON Handbuilding w/ clay KATHERYN "KATA" ROGERS Foundry GREG BUSCEME, HEATHER EAGER, STEPHAN MALICK Storytelling ANDY COUGHLAN

foundry demonstrations.

The blistering triple-digit temperatures of the previous week broke just enough to allow visitors to watch demonstrations in relative comfort (another plea for help with a new air conditioner seems appropriate here — we have no pride).

With temperatures only in the high 80s, the Saturday afternoon event was a relaxed and casual affair for all (with the exception of Greg,

Stephan and Heather, who not only had to put up with the summer heat, but were fully decked out in protective gear for the foundry demonstrations).

Thanks to all the artists who demonstrated their considerable skills.

And thanks to all of you who popped by for a visit.

Judging by the amount laughter, a lot of fun was had by all.

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Distinctly Diverse

DIFFERENT APPROACHES U NITE ‘TEXAS TWO DOZEN’ The piece consistsSTUDIO, of an automatic tennis serve exans have MAGAZINE their “Twang,” the dis- OF THE THE ARTS ART INC.

T

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 a Rock”

by Bill Davenport and “Sell Me Something Brown”

by Franco Mondini-Ruiz.

Review and photos by Photo package by Andy Coughlan Trish Coughlan

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

APRIL 2005

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

See TWANG on page 11

MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF THEMSELVES PAGE 7 INSIDE: LISA REINAUER: JUDGE AND JURY, HOT PIG, AND MORE

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TENANTS from page 7 a moment of relaxation and clarity.

The ground floor hosts the tenants who work with clay and offers them a place to fire the pieces they are working on.

Upstairs, on the second floor, is where visitors can find painting spaces.

Clint Ray bends down close to the floor as he works on his current piece, a massive landscape stretched across the floor. He paints with long fluid back-and-forth strokes, working as if nothing could distract him from what his mind is seeing on this “blank slate.”

When he’s not painting Ray is sculpting.

Unlike many artists, Ray said he wasn’t inspired initially by famous painters.

“Buckminster Fuller was one of my favorite inspirations,” Ray said.

Fuller is responsible for developing the geodesic dome.

At a recent gathering for tenants where they picked the show’s title, Rhonda McNally, a tenant for three years, walked into the kitchen area and grabbed one of the last stuffed mushrooms.

McNally teaches foundry at The Studio to students aged 17 and up, but her medium of preference is clay. Her mother, Helen Kaspar, has been a tenant with the Art Studio for several years.

“My mother is very artistic,” McNally says, “She can do anything.”

McNally gives a lot of credit to the professors at Lamar, who have been involved with the

Tenants Suzanne Garrett, above left, and Sandra Laurette, and Clint Ray, right, at work. foundry process.

“They have given me a lot of support,” she said.

The Studio is in the process of raising money through a capital campaign to develop the building adjacent to the current facility. The development will include a space specifically for foundry.

McNally said that with the extra space there will be more room and facilities to teach foundry.

Like McNally, several of the tenants teach classes during the course of the year.

“Tenants, Anyone?” promises to be an eclectic show, one that reflects the diversity of work, media and creativity to be found at The Studio. The opening reception is free, so sit down a while and chat.

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TWANG from page 5 (the mailbox is modeled on real box in Prague).

Kidd will eventually mail the postcards from Prague, allowing the viewer to “send” a message from a place they have never actually visited.

The artist becomes the vehicle through which the message is transmitted. In the same way that technology allows us to communicate without leaving our rooms, Kidd becomes the human equivalent of the technology.

Margarita Cabrera’s contribution to this eclectic group show is “Piled Up Tension Along the Rio Grande.”

Playing on the political and cultural tensions that exist between Anglo and Hispanic communities, Cabrera solicited individuals to make dental molds by biting down — “releasing the tension” — the results of which are randomly piled. The “released tension” co-exists to create a unified form.

Post-war Abstract Impressionists revolutionized the way artists used paint, sometimes seeming to “sculpt” with its thickness. Derrick Saunders takes that concept to its (il)logical conclusion with his blocks of latex paint. The pure white square of “CP 69” develops the idea of paint as its own end, with the absence of color emphasizing the purity of the substance.

Often taking up to six months to create, Saunders builds layer upon layer, allowing each to set before the next is added. In the oblong “The Long Skinny (One for the Road),” the colored layers resemble layers of rock and sediment that have trapped the moment of creation.

The viewer becomes an aesthetic archaeologist, able to witness the layers of creativity that are normally hidden from view.

The pieces are cast, but retain a sheen and gelatinous texture that forces the viewer to summon all his or her restraint to avoid poking a finger into it.

Chris Sauter’s “Museum Bench” plays with the notion of positive and negative space.

The bench of the title is built from pieces cut out of the museum wall it faces. Sauter makes no attempt to create a polished piece of furniture. Its edges are rough and flaky and the drywall holes reflect the pattern of the individual parts of the bench.

The piece is both 3D sculpture and, 2D wall piece. It occupies space and non-space. Viewers can look through the wall to see the bench or from the bench out to the lobby.

While Sauter’s bench is made from the museum’s existing drywall, one is reminded of Michelangelo’s view that “David” existed within the stone all along, that the sculptor simply freed him.

One wonders if the bench existed all along and Sauter simply freed it.

Neither the wall nor the bench could exist in its current form without the existence of the other. In the same way, the piece’s functionality co-exists with the aesthetic.

Other artists included in the show are Paul Booker, Bill Davenport, Sharon Engelstein, Paul Fleming, Nancy Granahan, Jessica Halonen, Lily Hanson, Katy Heinlein, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Katrina Moorhead, Teresa O’Connor, Chuck Ramirez, Riley Robinson, Ludwig Schwartz, Hills Snyder, Erick Swenson, Brad Tuckker, Janet Tyson and Kyle Wadsworth.

Anyone looking for a single defining theme for the show will be disappointed. But maybe the diversity on display, like the state that links the artists, is the strength of the show.

The Art Museum of Southeast Texas is located at 500 Main in Beaumont. For more information, visit the museum’s Web site at www.amset.org.

“Twang: Contemporary Sculpture from Texas” is on display through Sept. 26.

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Art, like politics, impacts life

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always interested in what the community has to say.Any comments you have, be it good or bad, I would like to know. Please send your comments to stephanpm@sbcglobal. net. I'd like to know your name so we might talk, but it’s not required.

I’m also interested to know if you would like to give to TASI, whether financial or material, or if you would like to give with your time. We’ve been successful over the last 20 years because we are an organization made up from the community. That's also what is going to keep us successful over the next 20 years.

In the coming months, I’m going to branch out a bit too. I’ll always keep you abreast of what's going on at the studio, but with our editor’s encouragement, I want to discuss other topics, too.

Postscript: As I was writing this, I was reminded this is an election year (another fund-raising letter was next to my keyboard).

I hope everyone watched the Democratic convention (and I hope you are planning to watch the Republican convention) to see what the leaders have to say about how they’re planning to run the country.

Take an interest in what’s going on here and cast your vote. I admit I don’t care much for politicians, I think they are really just

actors with day jobs (kinda like a soap opera), but that is how our system of governance is set up.

Don’t just cast your vote for the guy with the best script, vote for the guy that’s going to positively impact your life.

Remember all politics is local. Politicians need to be held accountable for their actions (or inaction).

The United States is a wonderful country and our leaders need to be held to high standards. Sure, things are good for many of us, but why can’t they be good for all of us?

As a high school teacher, I get to see a diverse cross-section of young people as they mature. They deserve to have the best opportunities to develop their unique potential.

They shouldn't have to suffer illness without health insurance; they should be encouraged to seek the benefits of a lifetime pursuing knowledge; they shouldn’t have to worry that the executives of the company they work for will rip them off, not be punished, and go free with millions; they shouldn’t have to worry that the water they drink and the air they breathe will make them sick.

They shouldn’t have to worry, period.

I know it’s a fantasy. We don’t live in a perfect world. But would it really hurt to try?

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THE ISSUE HAS ENDED ITS SUMMER HIATUS and is back on its monthly track to keep you abreast of happenings, and to showcase many of the activities and people that make TASI what it is — the best art cooperative in the region.

The summer hardly seemed like a break. The office hours may have been a little shorter and thinner staffed, but time on activities, classes and maintenance were at an all-time high.

More than 30 students participated in our ArtsKool program and we can say, after a year’s worth of work, the foundry is fully functioning. You may also notice many additional throwing wheels and kilns for the clay classes and artists.

Typically, summer is when we prepare the gallery walls for a new season of exhibitions. This year in addition to dealing with the stresses of a ton or two of artwork on the walls, we’re repairing a recent visit by termites around the front doors and in the women’s bathroom. Repairs will be ongoing, please excuse the mess.

There are also many things people won’t notice, such as equipment and hand tools, that keep the physical aspect of the studio going. We’re trying our best to keep programming at the highest level of quality. I’m

Band Night

Southeast Texas' premier venue for area musicians playing original compositions

September 18

October 16

The Citizens, Lost City Souls, Molly Maguires

Vertigo Sun, Declare War, 13Deep, Kolaktic, Sivan, The Kidnap Soundtrack

NO GLASS CONTAINERS ALLOWED All shows begin at 8 p.m. • Doors open at 7 p.m.

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Distinctly Diverse

Thoughtcrime: The Reading

Held the third Thursday of the month at The Art Studio beginning at 8 p.m.. The reading consists of a speaker followed by an open mic reading. The event is free.

September Featured Reader

Thoughtcrime

Submission Guidelines and Disclaimer ISSUE 720 Franklin, Beaumont, TX 77701 ISSUE solicits and publishes the work of local authors. Poetry, short fiction, scholarly works and opinion or e-mail: pieces may be submitted for review. All works must be artstudio@artstudio.org. typed or submitted on a disk (using approved word processing software), or may be sent to TASI by e-mail. All Authors must submit a daytime telephone number along with all submissions. Pen names are acceptable, works are subject for review by our editor, and may be rejected or edited on the basis of grammar, spelling or but authors must supply real names for verification. All content. The opinions expressed in “Thoughtcrime” do submitted works become property of TASI, and whether not necessarily reflect the opinions of TASI, its Board of rejected or accepted, are not returned to the author. ISSUE Directors, ISSUE’s editorial staff,the or donors to TASI. Send wall doesand not notify of rejection by mail or telephone.

The piece consists of an automatic tennis serve balls hit the bounce randomly away as a typed works to: machine that fires a series of balls (each labeled museum guard chased after them. This viewing

DIFFERENT APPROACHES U NITE ‘TEXAS TWO DOZEN’

NAN LEWIN has worked her creative gene exans their “Twang,” since the age of seven withhave poetry, songs and artthe distinctive vocal style that distinto quench her, “irresistible urge to perform and “Joey”) against a wall on which is a large Argyle pat- emphasized a sense of “play,” with the machine, like them get the written wordguishes spoken,” she from said. people from a rambunctious child, teasing its reluctant “playother states.are “Twang” also refers to tern that may or may not be a net. The machine is Her main interests in writing romance, Waiting for the News the gothic world and a rugged style of of street “Playmate” and the balls are fired Solo with mate.” the guitar sounds Texas R&B I Am labeled Still A Kid politics. monotonous regularity, with the gallery walls echoThe same piece, but two games and, therefore, and country.

At five a.m., Nan has studied in classes gifted and It’s hard to saytwo if I am happy pieces. ingme, a repetitive thud thud thud, like the Dada sounddifferent At thefor Artthe Museum of Believe I know you, talented from age eleven through high school in I stand beneath two level trees I think you might agree tracks of Kurt Schwitters.

Even though the “Playmate” is inanimate, Southeast Texas, “Twang” is a All of you. I am fifty-eight both Iowa and Colorado. of different species, The “Joey” of the title refers to Joey You are a coward Powers has created a performance piece reminiscent group show of contemporary She attended university in California where work by YearsMussacchio, old and I ama now waiting forcreations the newspaper. something childhood friend of the artistAnd whothere’s is of the 1960s Fluxus group, whose existed in Texas sculpture featuring she honed her skills, crafting her unique blend For years, the oak and pine wrong with me Dealing with aging. Being 58 now dead. the reactions of the viewer. a dozen artists. of creativity and style that can be felt in her have shared and delicately But somehow I stumbled Powers plays with our emotions Does the or lifeless Texas is both Western and Is not much better worse“Playmate” long for someone readings. the birds squirrels, Into this willingly to play?

It seems to connect with the balances the the joys of childhoodand with the loss of cotton and and Than with beingwhom eighteen or thirty-eight.

As the writer of Southern, an astrology column incowboys, an arched above my driveway.

And I am caught innocence. quintessentially American past-time — a simple a multitude of clashing cultures.

If underground review magazine in Europe, Nan I am drowning game of catch.

Another piece that demands viewer participathere is oneofthing that defines has experienced many aspects the world Remember when you were eight?

In your tumultuous I have seen these trees tion issea Justin Kidd’s “In That and Out Box.” Visitors to the opening witnessed the balls it and is itsinindefinability. which can be heardTexas, and felt her writing I was eight for a year.

But if you don’t mind grow tall together Consisting of a crudely constructed mailbox “Twang,” like the state that bouncing off two walls and back into the machine, and songs.

Please when on I gothe wall, visitors is, suddenly, trees with my brother. solitary game of hanging to the exhibit are invitcompleting a never-ending catch.excuse me links these artists, incorporates aI climbed I think I just might to me. ed to “mail” a postcard remarkable from the Czech Republic plethora of styles and forms.

The one pieceofhad melancholy quality that reflected I smoked my acousin’s I think I just might For, when I was a boy, Among the strongest pieces on display is “Lovebothwas thefrom loss of a childhood friend and of childhood Desire For Sounds Cigs. She Alabama.

Go at it solo trees seemed to simply be Joey,” a study of friendship, loneliness and loss by itself.

You want to make it right and seemed always However, visitors at a later date may have seen Michael music is Powers. the desire of the ancients See TWANG on page 11 This is where it gets fun …

Up until the very end they simply would. passed along the way But I won’t break baby This cousin, an Alabaman, nature combined with mathematics I certainly won’t bend Now, anew, I stand upon an Wanted me to try something soundsthethat linger but do not stay Among works Somehow I drowned unfamiliar edge of morning New. I squeezed her, I adored featured in In your cold-ass sea and appreciate music “TWANG: is a desire for sounds Her. She was about forty at that time.

And I realized as I fell into this their dim-lit leaves. lovely or jarring or sweet Contemporary Willingly I sympathize entertainment Sculpture from for the savage But excuse me — yeah Again, I climbed a pecan tree … the sleepy sap of limbs entertainment Texas,” for discreet Don’t mind if I go that must be tired Looked at the whole neighborhood, on display Cuz I think I just might of all that reaching up.

So big and funny.

Clouds, kids, music throughcauses Sept. 26love to come I think I might Grown up roofs. My groin along the at theway Art we flutter Go at this solo Some have fallen down; like birds onofthe wing we falter Felt funny. Like yours, now that you Museum My illusions are many more, with winter, will. without Southeast music Texas, the world dies with a shudder Live with a man or woman.

Delirium is running strong I know the oak are, clockwise But I know without a doubt baby We all come to earth to see what there is will lose his leaves.

Nan Lewin from left, This is not His handmaid pine To see. To feel. Oh God, sometimes “E.B.” by This is not will brown a bit, It feels so good or so bad.

Erick Swenson, Where I belong yet cling to green I love your face, your eyes, “Museum Bench” (I know it’s not) no matter if it frosts four days.

Stalled Your hair. I like boys, girls,

by Chris Sauter, Where I belong “Two Paintingswhere to go (I just don’t belong) Men and women.

The warm September dawn not knowing So if you don’t mind is slow and knows not stares from on people i don't know a Rock” I am going to excuse myself hand out reaching for some air to be concerned I might kiss you or be afraid by Bill Davenport and go looking for someone who will care about the lack of light.

Of you. It rains. We all look because I think I might alland i see“Sell Me Wood roaches rattle mad Out our window, sometimes we I think I might Something are people looking down on me across the cracked cement; such a pity Go at this solo Cry or feel all warm inside.

Brown” their cousin crickets count turn your back and fleered flashes blue, It’s hard to say if I am happy

by Franco in Fahrenheit. clear the way I think you might agree Mondini-Ruiz.

I am not as old as a ninetymake a path to save the day And I am tired of drowning The Wellborn's cat Eight, but I am able to almost careful now of what you do I am tired of your sea stares out, eyes only, insure your steps before you move Pee on myself and, all wet pants, So if you don’t mind from the moon-shade cover look for the reasons to stall Meet other people. What do Don’t avert your eyes of her ill-kempt garden. a life on line that is all when I go You think? When the sun Orion is still hunting i choke to say I am going to fly Review and the day Comes out we will dance. night things through the trees no one saved I am going to go photos by why these people stare now i wonder as I wait in the driveway They say, “and we’ll just laugh!”

At this solo … making noise as if to care for the flying news.

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MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF THEMSELVES PAGE 7

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

Andy Coughlan

Hook

George Wentz

Chrissie Mouton

Jesse Doiron

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THE ART STUDIO, INC. CLASS SCHEDULE This fall we are offering another eclectic mix of classes at The Art Studio, Inc. There are a few changes to a some of the familiar classes. Salsa night is now on Wednesdays. Life drawing has not been attracting the numbers it used to, so we will now hold it every other week.

Greg Busceme is going to offer a daytime clay class. It will meet the same number of times as the night

class, but these sessions will be 1 hour shorter. So, it will cost a little less.

George Wentz will be teaching another acrylic painting class. Grace Megnet is coming back in October to do bookbinding. No photography this session, but look for it to return in the future.

We are offering several new classes. Andy Coughlan fuses theater and visual art in a creative new

MASK MAKING Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

Sept. 16-Oct. 21 $100 ($80 for members) Explore the rich tradition of masks in theater. Create and decorate large-form masks for performance or decoration using a variety of techniques from painting to collage.

Imagination is the only limit. This six-week course will also include tips on using your masks in performance and the history of masks around the world.

Instructed by Andy Coughlan.

ADULT BEGINNING DRAWING Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Aug. 31-Oct. 12 $115 ($95 for members) You CAN draw! Learn to draw realistically in this fun and easy class.

Instructed by Karen deMedrano.

ACRYLIC PAINTING Saturdays, 1:30-3 p.m.

Sept. 11-Oct.16 $95 ($75 for members) Learn to express your own ideas and feelings with painter and art educator George Wentz. You will explore brush techniques, acrylic paint mixing, and layering paint.

Supplies to be purchased separately. List available from the Studio.

BASKET CLASS Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sept. 18, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Dec. 4 $32 to $50 Step-by-step instruction in creating a different functional and decorative basket each session. Instructed by Emma Hughes.

For more information and to register, call Emma at 337-527-5328.

FOUNDRY WORKSHOP Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m./Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.

Dates to be announced $100 (80 for members) In this two-day workshop, you will design and cast your original artwork in aluminum.

Ages 15 and older. Limited to six participants. Instructed by Rhonda McNally.

BOOKBINDING Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Oct. 8-Nov. 12 $110 ($90 for members) Learn terms, tools and basic techniques in this introductory class.

Instructed by Grace Megnet.

ADULT CLAY (MORNINGS) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–noon Sept. 14-Oct. 14 $100 ($80 for members) This course is designed for the complete novice at clay work. Students learn the basics of clay manipulation, glazing and firing.

Instructed by Greg Busceme.

ADULT CLAY (EVENINGS) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Sept. 14-Oct. 14 $150 ($130 for members) This course is designed for the complete novice at clay work. Students learn the basics of clay manipulation, glazing and firing.

Instructed by Greg Busceme.

SALSA WITH AMBER AND GORDON Wednesdays, 7:30-9 p.m.

Sept. 8-Oct. 13 $10 per session ($5 LU students) Salsa, Merengue, Cha-Cha, Cumbia, Rhumba.

mask-making class, and Cindy Picou will show you how to make wire-wrapped jewelry.

Make sure you pay attention to the ISSUE, your e-mail, and fliers at the Studio for updates as we add even more classes to the list.

Ren Brumfield, TASI education coordinator

Mission Statement KIDS CLAY Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon Sept. 18-Oct. 23 $75 Beginning clay class introduces a variety of handbuilding techniques, preparation and application of glazes, and the raku firing process.

Instructed by Katheryn Rogers.

WIRE WRAPPED JEWELRY Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Sept. 8, Oct. 13, Nov. 10, Dec. 8 $45 per session Introduction to creating unique jewelry using wire and beads. You will learn basic techniques and complete a bracelet or anklet. Students will need to purchase some materials separately, list available at The Art Studio.

Instructed by Cindi Picou.

LIFE DRAWING GROUP Every other Monday, 7-9:30 p.m.

Sept. 13, 27, Oct. 11, 25, Nov. 8, 22, Dec. 6, 20 $5 per session Uninstructed group creating studies of the human form, drawing from a different model each session.

THOUGHTCRIME: THE READING Third Thursday of the month Free Poetry night: read, hear, think, and corrupt original poems, rants, and stories.

Led by Guiseppe Barranco.

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.

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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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REGISTER EARLY AS CLASS SIZES ARE LIMITED

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

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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

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was a lovely lady named Olla May Hamilton.

Olla May passed away and the executor of the estate called us and asked if we wanted some canvases and old paintings. Of course we said yes and proceeded to pick up the paintings.

When I first saw the work what was impressive was its volume. There had to be 1,500 pieces covering more than half the floor space of her small south-side home.

Work was stacked along every available wall with a path through the middle of the room. Rosa found a patron to be envied by every artist. We now possess this huge array of paintings ranging from 5-feet tall to miniatures that measure 3”x4”.

The work is generally impressionistic covering mostly flowers in vases, or land and cityscapes. Work that was typical of the ’50s and ’60s, some of it very good, and all have frames and good canvas.

We will keep some work, but we also are interested in finding others who would like to own some of Rosa’s work.

We can get it ready and available to the public for sale at aspecial showing soon.

I know little about this artist and would like to know more. Anyone who is familiar with Rosa please contact us and fill us in.

Last item: Termites — we thought we had got ’em, but they just moved to the office area. We noticed some holes in the wall of the women's restroom and upon closer inspection found active termites chewing away at our walls.

They have already eaten into the gallery walls and the front door frame.

We treated that part of the building but it is obvious we will have to treat the entire building to protect it.

Luckily the main structure of the building is brick, concrete and steel, but the offices and class space are wood.

Costs will be in the thousands to get the job done, so expect a letter to our generous constituents to help with this dire emergency.

That's all the news from the top, but just to recap: 1. Need HVA/C 2. Get rid of Termites 3. Buy some if Rosa’s Paintings.

See ya next month.

cARToon

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The Günderssens

by Andy Coughlan

Remembering the last time Pandora opened the box, Genevieve and Renée knew they were in for one wild weekend with the girls!

VISIT OUR SALES GALLERY 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday

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 • TENANTS SHOW 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 • SUSPENSION 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

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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 p.m.

We Saturdays, couldn’t do it withThanks toADULT all these new and renewing members. general public and the community of artists and CLAY (MORNINGS) techniques and complete a bracelet or out Sept. you!11-Oct.16 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 Altom, ($75 for members) Twylia operating a non-profit cooperative to provide some materials separately, list available at to express your own ideas and feel- Sept. 14-Oct. 14 RoyLearn Bares, DOWNTOWN studio space and exhibition space to working Stephen THE ART STUDIO, INC. 720 FRANKLIN TheKuritz Art Studio.

Brooke Boyett, ings with painter and art educatorINDIVIDUAL George $100 ($80 for members) ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS 500 MAIN artists and crafts people, an area Pat A. Instructed Riley &by Holly John A. Aldrete BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS MUSEUMand to provide 1750 IH-10E RenWentz.

Brumfield, This course is designed for the complete Cindi Edna Picou.

You will explore brush techniques, BEAUMONT CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU 801 MAIN for group work sessions for those artists and Greg Busceme, Ms. Sherry R. Steele Twylia Altom (IN CITY HALL) acrylic paint mixing, and layering paint. novice at clay work. Students learn the BEAUMONT ART LEAGUE (FAIRGROUNDS) 2675 GULF ST crafts people to jointly offer their labor, ideas, B.J. Bourg, LIFE DRAWING GROUP Catherine Credson HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RE-STORE 610 TRINITY@ FANNIN of clay manipulation, glazingSylvia and Weir Supplies to be purchased separately.

List basics SETAC (INand JULIE ROGERS THEATER) STREET Bryan Castino, enthusiasm to each other. PEARL Every other Monday, 7-9:30 p.m.

Vicki Ellisfiring. @ FORSYTHE available from the Studio.

Melissa Chaisson, SOUTH END/LAMAR UNIVERSITY Sept. 13, 27, Oct. 11, 25, Instructed by Greg Busceme.

FRIEND/BUSINESS Shauna Fenton CARLITO’S RESTAURANT 890 AMARILLO @ COLLEGE Charmaine Costner, DOS AMIGAS GOALS 1590 FRANKLIN Nov. 8, 22, Dec. 6, 20 BASKET CLASS Dr. Charles Bollich Amanda Hawkins KAMPUS KORNER RESTAURANT 4637 CALLAGHAN Andy Coughlan, KOCH’S FLOWERS & GIFTS 2270 AVENUE C ADULT CLAY (EVENINGS) $5 per session Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Renee Coughlan, Linda McNeill Jamie Havand LU ART DEPARTMENT 1.

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

Sept. 18, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Dec. 4 Robbie Henderson TOWN To provideOLD educational opportunities BANDO’S2.

215 N 11TH @ LIBERTY Jesse Doiron, human form, drawing from a different Sept.

14-Oct. 14 $32 to $50 SUSTAINING Leslie Magdaleno BRAD’S PLACE 2306 HAZEL @ 7TH 3.

To provide accessible equipment Heather Eager, CARLO’S RESTAURANT 2570 CALDER model each session. $150 ($130 for members) Step-by-step instruction in creating a difPete Churton & Beth Gallaspy Don Mencer GRAFFITI’S CALDER @ MLK (SE CORNER) for artists Elizabeth French, GREEN BEANERY 2121 MCFADDIN course is designed for the complete ferent functional and decorativeKimberly basket This PhylissTHOUGHTCRIME: & Charles Fertitta Miller HAIRY BUSINESS 2121 MCFADDIN Marcus Hammons, 4. ToSALON provide peer feedback through associaTHE READING JASON’S DELI 112 GATEWAY SHOP CNTR novice at clay work.

Students learn the each session.

Instructed by Emma Hughes.

Monica Hay, Dr. & Mrs. John C. White Mildred R. Morgan PIG STAND 1595people CALDER tion with other artists and crafts PIG STAND 3695 COLLEGE For more information and to register, call basics of clay manipulation, glazing and Third Thursday of the month Trishell Joffrion, Gale Foundation Nel Morrison RAO’S BAKERY 2596 CALDER Free firing.

SIGN INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS 2835 LAUREL Emma atJones, 337-527-5328.

Maribeth OBJECTIVES Pam O’Neil SUNRISE 2425 S 11TH Poetry night: read, hear, think, and corrupt SWICEGOOD MUSIC CO. Instructed by Greg Busceme.

D.J. Kava, 3685 COLLEGE PATRON CENTRAL/WEST END original poems, rants, and stories.

Stephan Malick,WORKSHOP Sveta Panchal FOUNDRY BASIC FOODS 229 DOWLEN 1.

To present 10 art exhibitions per year Letitia Rogers & P. Michael Payne Dale M. Parish BIG D’S 2050 S MAJOR DRIVE Marianna Measells, 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 Sheila Molandes Wanda Reymrad GUITAR & BANJO STUDIO 4381 CALDER Wednesdays, 7:30-9 p.m.

Dates to be announced KATHARINE & safe CO. working environment 4218 CALDER Elizabeth Pearson, ANGEL James F. Rozek KRISTY’S KORNER 4285 CALDER Sept. 8-Oct. 13 $100 (80 for members) LOGON CAFE 3805 CALDER 3. To provide better access to artists for the Tim Postlewait, J.C. & Theresa Giglio T.L. Thomas THE MASSAGE INSTITUTE 2855 EASTEX FRWY, SUITE 1 $10 per session ($5 LU students) In Ray, this two-day workshop, you will design Clint (@ DELAWARE) public NOVROZSKY’S 4230 CALDER and castRogers, your original artwork in aluminum. Salsa, Merengue, Cha-Cha, Cumbia, Katheryn 4.BOOK To offer regularly scheduled adult and THE OPEN 4245 CALDER RED B4 BOOKS 3875 CALDER @ 23RD Ages 15 and older. Limited to sixFAMILY/GROUP partici- Rhumba.

Gena Wilkinson, children’s classes REED’S LAUNDRY 6025A PHELAN @ PEYTON Tompants.

Wright, Instructed by Rhonda McNally.

Chris Castillo & Darragh Doiron THE ROYAL STOP MAJOR DRIVE @ GLADYS 5. To develop and maintain public activities PARKDALE Jackie Stubblefield.

Yvette & Rolando BARNES & NOBLE 4153 DOWLEN with all sectors of the community RAO’S BAKERY 4440 DOWLEN Special thanks to Beth Estrada-Gordillo MID/SOUTH COUNTY 6.

To develop and maintain equipment to aid LAMAR STATE COLLEGE, PORT ARTHUR Gallaspy for Summer Spree Roy A, Gorman MUSEUM OF THE GULFin COAST 700 PROCTER artists their work refreshments and everyone PATSY’S HEMP CREATIONS 1221 NEDERLAND AVE that loaned us ice chests, as Dianne Kilpatrick and Doug Head 7. To provide JASPER a display retail outlet for artists For more information on TASI classes, call 409-838-5393 or visit us on the web at www.artstudio.org GALLERY SQUARE 126 LAMAR well as KVLU and Beaumont Michael & Jo Beth Jenkins 8. To expand ORANGE programming and activities with Journal for promotional supLAMAR STATE COLLEGE, ORANGE increased facility space Sam & Wanda Keith port.

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