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THE ARTS MAGAZINE OF THE ART STUDIO, INC.

NOVEMBER 2004

CREATING HEMP JEWELRY PAGE 8 INSIDE: ‘GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER,’ DVD REVIEW, AND MORE

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IT NEVER FAILS. The first few bills show up and then Andy Coughlan calls, the fearless ISSUE editor.

He is the only person that can order me to create and I do it, monthly, on the fly and quite a bit in a panic.

With that in mind and the fact that this is, in no way, any different than any other month, I begin.

I would like to thank all the members who renewed this month. Thanks even more so because it is a deeper dig in the pockets this year.

It speaks well, to me, of The Art Studio’s fixed position in this community.

With your help and support throughout the years, The Studio has been able to experience the coming of age of so many young people who are able to frequent

ISSUE Vol. 11, No. 3 Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Art Studio, Inc. Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Coughlan Contributing Writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Cleaver, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Dixon Contributing Photographers . . . . . . . Julie Cleaver Cartoonist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Coughlan The Art Studio, Inc. Board of Directors President Ex-Officio . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Busceme Vice-President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Busceme 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 Coffee & Cigarettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 “Getting Away With Murder” . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 Around & About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 “Shotgun” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Hemp Adornments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 Above Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Thoughtcrime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13 Community Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Cartoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Cover Photo: Patsy Williams

by Julie Cleaver

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Chris was one of three students I taught in my very first clay class at The Studio in 1985.

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The Wu-Tang Clan’s Gza and Rza join Bill Murray for a pot of coffee and a chat in the DVD release of “Coffee and Cigarettes.”

Smoke & Joe Jarmusch’s film philosophizes over nicotine, caffeine

Review Jeff Dixon Freelance smoker and coffee afficionado

I used to smoke. Actually I used to smoke a lot. I remember in high school I would drive to the gas station near my house and buy a pack of Camel Lights and a cup of coffee. $4 total for the ability to drive to school, park in the senior parking lot, sit on the trunk of my car, smoke my cigarettes and drink my coffee. Throw in a sports page and runny eggs and you’ve got a typical Irish-American breakfast. People would always ask my why I smoked and I had a slew of answers. My favorite response would always play out like this: Innocent Bystander: Why do you waste your money on those things?

Me: (takes a long drag and exhales) Well I used to sponsor one of those kids in a third world country, but then I realized that for the same amount of money I could buy a pack of cigarettes every week.

Needless to say people liked asking me that question almost as much as I liked answering it.

The question is asked a lot in “Coffee and Cigarettes,” the new film from writer/director Jim Jarmusch.

The point of the movie is, … well, up in the air (no pun intended). The film is composed of several short vignettes, each one

featuring a different set of actors all playing themselves engaged in pleasant conversation over coffee and cigarettes. There really is no correlation between any of the vignettes, aside from a few odd bits of small talk.

The first chapter was actually shot 11 years ago as a short film for “Saturday Night Live” staring Steven Wright and Roberto Benigni. From there it moves on to the newer chapters starring the likes of Alfred Molina, Cate Blanchett, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Bill Murray and even Wu-Tang Clan members the Gza and the Rza. The film is, in its greatest moments, a nicotine filled slice of heaven, and in its worst moments, not really boring, … shall we say less than captivating.

Each chapter has its own rhythm and the success of that rhythm rests on the shoulders of the actors alone.

Jarmusch loves static two-shots and the only time he breaks away is for a bird’s eye view of the table the actors are sitting at, so there is no saving the day through cinematography.

Luckily no one needs any saving as all the actors perform quite well. Molina is a standout in this picture as he desperately tries to get fellow actor Steve Coogan excit-

ed about the fact that they are newly discovered distant cousins. Molina is an absolute joy to watch in this movie. I have never seen him play a character like this, probably because he’s never played himself.

The sheer amount of happiness he exudes makes this my second favorite segment in the movie.

My favorite piece stars Bill Murray, the Gza and the Rza. The chapter makes absolutely no sense and borders on being the most absurd thing I’ve ever seen in an independent film. Who knew the Wu-Tang Clan could act. Their comedic timing is impeccable and the DVD features a gag reel of all the moments their dialogue made Murray burst into laughter during the shoot.

I’ve had to coach my girlfriend on smoking for a play she’s in and the first thing I said to her was this. “Don’t hold the cigarette like it’s a thing. Hold it like it’s the part of your hand that’s been missing.”

This is the movie that has been missing from the DVD collections of smokers.

All in all, for fans of both coffee and cigarettes — or even you health nuts not into polluting your body — this film is, to steal a phrase from Will Ferrell doing an impression of James Lipton, “a delight.”

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MURDER IN THE PLAYHOUSE

Actors make a killing in latest BCP production THE ARTS MAGAZINE OF THE ART STUDIO, INC.

If you are looking for a “thrill” in November, look no further that the Beaumont Community Players’ playhouse where you can be a witness to murder and intrigue — and someone might get away with it.

BCP presents “Getting Away With Murder,” by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, for three weekends beginning Oct. 29.

“It is appropriate that the play opens on Hallowe’en weekend,” director Ramona Young said. It is a time when we like to dress up and be scared.This play is a thriller, but it has elements of dark humor as well.”

The play centers around Dr. Conrad Bering (Les Warren), a Pulitzer Prize-winning doctor who has selected several individuals for individual and group therapy.This particular evening, the group gathers as usual only to find the doctor has been murdered.

Rather than involve the police and subject themselves to scandal and investigation, the group decides to solve the crime itself.

For those of you who cannot wait for the answers to riddles, Act I ends with the identity of the murderer revealed to the audience.Act II’s suspense stems from watching the group as they try to figure it out.

“The characters in the play display all the deadly sins — lust, greed, gluttony, avarice — all the good stuff,”Young said, with a slightly devilish laugh.

The set plays an important part in the production,Young said,“it’s really like another character.”

“I am so lucky to have a really good cast,”Young, a BCP veteran, said.“Every time I do a play I try to get people in the cast who are new to the BCP stage and this time we have several very good new actors.”

Veteran actor David Hooker plays the part of ambitious political consultant Martin Chisholm.Art Studio patrons will remember Hooker and Young as part of the ACME players ensemble who performed at TASI’s Benefit for Art in April.

“Getting Away With Murder” opens Oct. 29, with additional performances Oct. 30, Nov. 5, 6, 12, 13. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., with an additional matinee at 2 p.m. on Nov. 6.

Tickets are $12 and $10.

For more information, visit the BCP Web site at www.beaumontcommunityplayers.com.

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Kevin Boudreaux, above from left, director Ramona Young, David Hooker and Les Warren rehearse for “Getting Away With Murder.” Young, right center, watches Warren and Hooker rehearse a scene.

Story package by Andy Coughlan

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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.

“In this heated election year, many Americans are reflecting on their own ideas of democracy and what it means to live in a free society,” says Shannon L. Harris, Museum of the Gulf Coast director. “There is no doubt that we live in the freest nation in the world. Yet we still struggle with the complexities and ideals of freedom and civil rights.”

For this reason, THE MUSEUM OF THE GULF COAST and THE ART STUDIO, INC. have made Freedom and Civil Rights the theme of the FOURTH ANNUAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL ART CONTEST. Co-sponsored by the two institutions, this year’s competition calls for submissions from all high school students in Southeast Texas.

“Last year, the contest received a record number of submissions from some extremely talented students,” Harris said. “We are looking forward this year to seeing even more terrific work from the youth of this area.”

All media is accepted, however, artwork is limited to a size of 24” x 36”.

Artwork may be submitted to the Museum of the Gulf Coast located at 700 Procter Street in downtown Port Arthur or The Art Studio, Inc. located at 720 Franklin in downtown Beaumont.

Deadline for submissions is Dec. 31.

All artwork submitted will be on display at The Art Studio, Inc. Jan. 8-22, 2004 and winning pieces will be displayed at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in February. Awards include Best of Show, Best Use of Medium, Best Interpretation of Theme and Best Original Design with prizes consisting of art supplies to encourage the continuance of artistic expression.

For more information, contact the Museum of the Gulf Coast at 409-982-7000 or The Art Studio, Inc. at 409-838-5393.

–––––––– THE ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS hosts HATS AND HEADDRESSES, through Nov. 28. This exhibition consists of approximately 100 hats and headdresses from a private collection of 225. The hats and headdresses are a tribute to the diversity of the world’s cultures. The variety of materials used to create the hats speak to man's ingenuity and creativity, and also, knowledge of the hat can provide insight into a culture’s history, customs, values, beliefs and environment.

Hats are worn to protect the head, but can also confirm religious values, mark life passages, identify an occupation, indicate social status and reflect the wearer's cultural and personal affiliations.

AMSET is located at 500 Main in Beaumont.

Hours are: Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sundays, noon-5 p.m.

For more information, call 409-832-3432 or visit the Web site at www.amset.org.

–––––––– The Silsbee ICE HOUSE MUSEUM announces the arrival of ARTRAIN USA beginning Nov. 18 for 4 days. On board the train is the exhibit “NATIVE AMERICAN VIEWS: A RETROSPECTIVE.” According to the museum’s newsletter, “Through a variety of media, visitors may learn of Native American’s powerful contribution to contemporary art and society, be introduced to numerous commonalities Native and non-Native people share, and consider the complexities of American culture.”

Also on view through November is a complementary exhibit titled “CHILDREN’S ART ON THE AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATION,” on loan from the Blair-Murrah Museum of Missouri.

Through the work of children, one may glimpse life on a modern-day reservation where traditions are honored in the midst of concerns for the future.

For more information about Artrain or the museum, call 409-385-2444 or on the Web at www.icehousemuseum.org.

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

Thursday, Nov. 25, 7-10 p.m. at The Art Studio, Inc.

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Studio to co-host art educators conference exhibition A bevy of art educators will descend on The Art Studio in November for a diverse exhibit.

The National Council of Art Administrators conference will be hosted by the Lamar art department and an exhibition of artwork by the administrators will be held at The Studio.

“This is not the first successful joint programming between the Art Studio and the art department,” Donna Meeks, Lamar art department chair and conference host, said. “However, it is the first ever members’ exhibition being organized for the NCAA. This makes The Art Studio’s role in the conference unique.

“The idea of an exhibition was initiated by Gary Greenberg from Pennsylvania, who is both a member of the NCAA and The Studio.

The National Council of Art Administrators is an organization of visual arts professionals representing programs in schools, colleges, and universities throughout the United States.

Membership is open to art department chairs, deans, directors and presidents of art schools, directors of university-affiliated museums, and other positions in the visual arts in higher education, Meeks said.

Meeks said the conference tries to come up with a short, catchy title. Previous conferences have included “Blur” and “Bucks.”

Meeks said “Bucks” was the name of the conference hosted by the University of Arizona. The logo employed a dollar sign

and a bucking horse.

“During an exchange amongst administrators, it was playfully suggested that a Texas conference have a gun in its title,” Meeks said. “Shotgun came from the popular phrase, ‘calling shotgun,’ used to secure one’s position for the ride. I employ a lot of vernacular in my work and so I decided to employ it in titling the conference. ‘Shotgun’ seemed to be a perfect metaphor for the current push towards interdisciplinarity and undergraduate research on university campuses as well as the interdisciplinarity often employed in much contemporary art practice. “‘Calling shotgun’ connects conceptually, at least for me, with calling one’s place in those efforts.”

The NCAA’s primary purpose is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, the identification of problems, and the generation of shared solutions to the multitude of issues that confront visual arts administrators in higher education today, Meeks said.

This takes place primarily during the annual conference each fall. NCAA became an independent organization in 1972.

Meeks said she expects around 80 at the conference from as far away as Ontario, Canada and London, England.

Among the states represented are Arizona, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, Michigan, Washinton (state), Rhode Island, New York, Ohio, Connecticut, Maryland, Illinois, California, Colorado,

Wyoming, Mississippi, North Carolina, Vermont, as well as Louisiana and Texas.

The exhibition at the The Studio will open on the traditional first Saturday of the month (Nov. 6), with an other reception on Nov. 11 where Studio patrons can meet and mingle with the conference participants.

“Participation of both the Art Studio and the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in a Lamar University department of art event demonstrates to our conference audience the strength of this area’s art community,” Meeks said.

At press time, there were 13 artists slated to exhibit, with the possibility of more added to the show.

“Conferences always represent the cooperation of many persons. Greg Busceme has done an excellent job in organizing this aspect of conference programming for which I am grateful,” Meeks said.

“With this exhibition, conference attendees are able to do more than just visit Beaumont. They will have participated in our art community.”

Meeks said that area art administrators and museum professionals are eligible to attend conference programming with the purchase of a day pass. Interested persons should phone the Department of Art at 409-880-8141.

For more information about the exhibit, call The Studio at 409-838-5393.

Story by Andy Coughlan

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Hemp Adornments

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Daughter’s birth turns artist’s hobby into thriving business estled among a cluster of law offices and small businesses on Nederland Avenue sits a two-room shop about the size of an average bedroom. The strains of the Johnny Rivers tune “Slow Dancin’” and the heady fragrance of burning incense waft through the open doorway whose door announces the presence of “Patsy’s Hemp Creations.” The walls in the shop are adorned with tie-dyed shirts, brightly-colored canvases from local artists and photos of a man bearing a strong resemblance to Ernest Hemingway holding a succession of obscenely large catfish.

A lone display case sits in the middle of the room, filled with an array of lovingly-made hemp jewelry. More of the same covers two fabric-draped tables that take up the rest of the space in the front of the shop. At the rear of the shop, wearing a tie-dyed shirt and barefoot save a toe ring, sits Patsy Williams, the owner and proprietor of the multitudinous offerings of hemp jewelry.

Meanwhile, blissfully unaware of her surroundings, the reason for

it all sleeps soundly beneath a blanket on the floor, one perfect pink foot with five tiny toes poking out.

“Madlyn is the whole reason I started this business,” Patsy says of the three-year-old owner of the foot, whose ankle is garlanded with hemp. “When I was pregnant with her, I thought, ‘Well, I created her. I’m responsible for her. I’ll raise her.’ I figured this would give me a job where I could stay home. I could even breastfeed at work,” she says.

Patsy had been making hemp jewelry for several years before her pregnancy, having fallen in love with a collection of scattered beads found about the floor of an old rented house. Those first beads made their home in a wallet-sized tackle box as Patsy began giving away her jewelry to friends.

Word of mouth quickly spread, and soon she was visiting craft shows on the weekends. Fees paid to reserve booths at shows turned over into tidy profits, and the idea of opening a shop began

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Distinctly Diverse “You tell me what you like — multicolored, large beads, small beads.

Then you and I build it,”

one of the kids or something, who to take form. So one night two years doesn’t have much money, I pull them ago, driving down the darkened aside and we go through these beads stretch of the avenue with her husto find something we can make for a band, Patsy spied a lone fluorescent dollar or so,” Patsy says. light and a “For Rent” sign on the When she arrives at a stopping door of the shop in which she now point on Charley’s anklet, Patsy shows resides. off some of her previously crafted jew“ I know this is crazy,” she told her elry, all of which comes with a replacehusband, “but I want to look at this to their craft. on the wall,” he says, “You can point at ment guarantee should it break. place.”

Something for everyone, indeed, the state, and she knows the capital. Sharks teeth and alligator gar scales The fortuitous incident took a fortunate turn when Patsy placed a because Patsy often custom-crafts her She even knows some of the elements have proven to be popular, she says. phone call to the Dowden family, the jewelry according to customer specifi- on that periodic table.” He points to Beads in area school colors sell quickThe piece consists of an automatic tennis serve the balls hit the wall and bounce randomly away as a exans have their “Twang,” the disowners of the building. cations. To prove this, she enlists the her collection of books, with titles like ly and coins from other countries add machine that fires a series of balls (each labeled museum guard chased after them. This viewing tinctive vocal style that distin“The woman’s husband had help of Charley, a fellow hempster “Potty time,” “Who is Jesus,” and the an exotic flair, but Patsy says her “Joey”) against a wall on which is a large Argyle pat- emphasized a sense of “play,” with the machine, like guishes them from people from recently had a stroke and she was kind who has all but taken up residence on ever-popular “Green Eggs and Ham.” favorites are ones she created by taka rambunctious child, teasing its reluctant “playother states. “Twang” also refers to tern that may or may not be a net. The machine is ing apart store-bought jewelry and enough to see me and even rent the a chair against the wall. She measures “This is her place,” he says. labeled “Playmate” and the balls are fired with mate.” the guitar sounds of Texas R&B “Yeah, she’s the hemp mascot,” spreading the adornments out among shop to me on a month-to-month his ankle in preparation for a new cremonotonous regularity, with the gallery walls echoThe same piece, but two games and, therefore, and country.

Patsy interjects. several hemp pieces. She welcomes basis,” she said. “She has since worked ation. ing a repetitive thud thud thud, like the Dada sound- two different pieces.

At the Art Museum of While she continues flinging, trades in the form of beads or charms. with me, even during the slow “You tell me what you like — multracks of Kurt Schwitters.

Even though the “Playmate” is inanimate, Southeast Texas, “Twang” is a The business’s main customer months.” ticolored, large beads, small beads. Charley assumes the role of unofficial The “Joey” of the title refers to Joey Powers has created a performance piece reminiscent group show of contemporary Now, Patsy’s wares — her hemp Then you and I build it,” she says as marketing director for the shop. He base is among the 18-to-25 year olds, Mussacchio, a childhood friend of the artist who is of the 1960s Fluxus group, whose creations existed in Texas sculpture featuring work by necklaces, rosaries, bracelets, and eye- she pins a string of hemp to her shirt shows off a collection of beads that but Patsy fondly remembers a 64-yearnow dead. the reactions of the viewer. a dozen artists. glass chains — are accompanied by and furiously begins to “fling” an have no real place among the dozens old police dispatcher with a penchant Powers plays with our emotions and delicately Does the lifeless “Playmate” long for someone Texas is both Western and the handmade offerings of other local green-beaded anklet for Charley. As of clear plastic tackles boxes chock- for slave anklets. balances the the joys of childhood with the loss of Southern, cotton and cowboys, and with whom to play? It seems to connect with the “I almost hate those things artists. “Something for everyone,” she she does this, Charley extols the many full of bits of colored beads. The bead innocence. quintessentially American past-time — a simple a multitude of clashing cultures. If proudly proclaims of the displays of virtues of little Madlyn, still out for purgatory includes several beads that game of catch.

Another piece that demands viewer participathere is one thing that defines are no longer available. incense, candles and glass pieces bear- the count on the floor. tion is Justin Kidd’s “In and Out Box.” Visitors to the opening witnessed the balls Texas, it is its indefinability.

“You see that poster of the states “Sometimes if I get a customer, ing the names of other people devoted HEMP on page Consisting of aSee crudely constructed mailbox12 “Twang,” like the state that bouncing off two walls and back into the machine, hanging on the wall, visitors to the exhibit are invitcompleting a never-ending solitary game of catch. links these artists, incorporates a ed to “mail” a postcard from the Czech Republic plethora of styles and forms.

The piece had a melancholy quality that reflected Among the strongest pieces on display is “Love- both the loss of a childhood friend and of childhood PATSY Joey,” a study of friendship, loneliness and loss by itself.

WILLIAMS, far However, visitors at a later date may have seen Michael Powers.

See TWANG on pageleft,11owner of Patsy’s Hemp * Hemp is Not marijuana Creations, adjusts * Over 25,000 products can be made Among the works a variety of hemp from featured in hemp necklaces and *“TWANG: Industrial hemp has a THC content jewlry that hang in Contemporary her shop. between one-half and one percent.

Sculpture Marijuana from has the content of 15 to 20 Texas,” Patsy measures percent. To get high from hemp, you on display husband Charley’s would have to smoke a telephone pole through Sept.

26 leg, left, for an size at the Art cigarette in one sitting. The large anklet.

Museum of volume of vapor, gas, smoke and high Southeast Texas, temperature would kill you. are, clockwise * Hemp has no illicit use. It is the from left, equivalent of non-alcoholic beer.

“E.B.” by The Declaration of Independence and Erick *Swenson, “Museum Bench” the U.S. Constitution are drafted on

by Chris Sauter, hemp paper. Old Glory is made from “Two Paintings hemp fiber. So were the first pair of on Levi’s. a Rock” Farming only six percent of the U.S.

by Bill *Davenport and “Sellwith Me hemp would end America’s Something dependence on fossil fuels.

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These patrons have joined TASI’s expansion Adams & Coffey, P.C. Alphabet Soup, Inc. / Martha & Wayne Hale Alpha Omega Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Phi Omega Chapter, Kappa Alpha Roberto Armijo Emeline Auzenne Bonnie Baker & Sidney Brown Barry Barnette in honor of Abigail Barnette & Brandon Barnette C. Delle Bates Bob Black in honor of Gary Tucker, Bonnie Black, Daphne Black, Charlie Black & Trixie Tucker Laurie & Jason Blewett Mr. James B. Broussard, Sr. Kimberly Brown Carlo & Charlene Busceme, Jr. Carlo & Becky Busceme, III in honor of Carlo Busceme, Jr., Charlene Busceme, Olivia Serio & in memory of Marietta Fertitta Dr. Margaret D. Cameron Beau Carroll Leslie C. Carter Chris Castillo & Darragh Doiron Rob Clark & Jerry Thacker Harold & Sylvia Clubb Joanne L. Cook in honor of William J. Cook, John W. Cook & Anne L. Cook Charmaine Costner Ann Creswell Yolanda Cuniff

Judy Oldfield Darby Alison Dessommes Nick & Jacqueline DeVries Melanie Dishman Dishman Art Museum Ed & Mary Anne Dix Sister Jo Rita Fertitta Joseph & Sandy Fertitta in honor of Olivia Serio Pep & Nancy Fertitta Elizabeth French Sonia Galewsky Pete Churton & Beth Gallaspy Suzanne Garrett in honor of Dwain Ener and Clifford Marie Ener Robert, Alison, Simon, Dane & Zoe Gonzales Mr. Brooks Goodhue Frances Grinnell Stace Harden Sue & Pat Harrigan Stacey & Richie Haynes Kathe & Jim Hendricks Gina Hinson in loving memory of Gary Hinson & Tracy Young Cox Tony & Gisela Houseman in honor of Samantha Means, Emily Means, Bradley Hobert & Abigail Hobert Brian Hudson Herman Hugg Image Specialists/Rohn Wenner Robert James Mrs. Helen R. Johnsen Dr. and Mrs. Mo Kalbaugh in honor of Greg Busceme and Sandy Laurette

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November 2004 ISSUE • 11

Education is key to growth

Above Board Stephan Malick, TASI Board Chairperson

HELLO AGAIN FRIENDS. THE TASI exhibition season is again in full swing with many opportunities for the community to see what local artists have to offer. Most recently, the exhibition by Rose Sprott Swain was a colorful and eye-opening experience.

The Studio itself is always a work in progress. This summer we were fortunate enough to acquire much new and needed equipment such as throwing wheels for clay classes and a multitude of tools for the foundry and workshop. In addition, we have started to sell art supplies needed for K-12 schools and college students. We hope to continue to expand our offerings.

Also, hint, hint, look for news from Greg concerning repairs to HVAC in the office and big, BIG thank-yous from those who made it happen.

I’ve taken time during these columns to talk about things that may not necessarily relate directly to the area art scene, but perhaps, to issues larger than our community. I think most things in our world are relative.

There is always some connection for us to make or be a part of and I think many things connect to art.

This time I’m going to talk about education. We all have a connection to this. You may recall, I’m a high school journalism teacher at West Brook, but I also have daughter in kindergarten at Caldwood Elementary.

Education is one of those items it seems

for which every few years, the state or the federal powers that be come up with an accountability plan. Accountability plans are good.

We need evaluative measures to make sure what we’re doing is right, but our current plans need some tweaking. Over the past 20 years we have been making some improvements, but we’ve also been taking some steps back.

Some items to ponder are as follows. (To be honest these are things I’ve mostly heard from colleagues, I generally have awesome students): • Stop being wishy-washy with standards.

I believe the federal government and the department of Education, along with state governments and Congress, need to push for a national, integrated system of standards for curriculum and operations. The “No Child Left Behind” program attempts that, but is essentially an unfunded mandate of requirements many states already have in place.

Local school boards still have too much control, which is good if you have a good board, bad if you don’t. A student should be able to go from state to state, school to school without losing credits or being left behind.

Emphasis should be on Language Arts, Math, Science and, of course, Art. • Fund schools appropriately at all levels, across all states. I’m not saying throw money at schools, but fund schools on the same level.

Fund teachers’ pay with that of equivalent

professions. The same could be said for police officers, fire fighters and social workers. It’s funny, the people we require the most of in our society for progress, stability and safety all seem to get the short-end of the financial stick.

• Provide real help for the disabled and mentally challenged. Full inclusion in the classroom is nice, but not always practical for emotionally disturbed and mentally challenged students. When teachers have to devote the majority of class time to deal with one student and has to exclude the rest of the class on a regular basis there is something wrong. Let’s face it, it’s a nice thought to be one big happy family, but when students aren’t intellectually capable of participating in a classroom I think it is cruel to put them in such a situation. For students who have disabilities that are mentally debilitating, portions of their school day should be spent in a class where they can receive individual attention. How many employers do you know that would retain an employee who is not capable of doing work?

• Make parents accountable for their children. Schools are responsible for everything that goes on with students, regardless if things happen inside or outside the classroom. I think parents should have to sign a

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contract to enroll their child in school. If the child or parent can’t abide by the contract they should have to go to school somewhere else. That includes dumb things like dress codes and attendance (most states, including Texas have truancy laws), but also like coming to school prepared with class materials (a Free Lunch-like program could be set up for supplies based on economic need) and a good attitude. If students show up and don't want to work, the parent should be held responsible, not the teacher.

• Reference students’ academic abilities truthfully.

This one I have dealt with personally. I teach a writing based course.There is always a student who will do poorly and I’ll talk to the parent and hear, “Jim Bob loves to write and has always made A’s on his writing . You’re not being fair.” What I do is a check of their records (if they have any) and find, usually, the student made B’s and C’s and failed or did very poorly on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test. What’s going on here, probably the teacher socially promoted the student or they didn't do any real meaningful work or maybe the student had a bad day. Fairness has nothing to do with it.

Noun plus a verb, plus a direct object (usually another noun) makes a sentence. That is a skill that is supposed to be learned way before high school and if their previous teacher did a lousy job, they should be held accountable, too.

Folks, if you have kids in school, get involved in their school. Keep in mind that approximately nine months out of the year for hours each day your child is there.

Don’t be the parent that needs special consideration, but demands the same standard be applied to all students.

Education is one of many things that sets Americans apart from the rest of the world, let us keep it the best.

though,” she says, “because I’m a perfectionist, and that is not easily achieved with those. A quarter of an inch off, and you can pull a toe or injure an Achilles tendon.”

Perhaps the trendiest and most original idea in Patsy’s shop is the little basket of clear beads with pressed flowers between them. “Flower burgers,” Madlyn calls them. They are meant to be used like the popular Orbis rings, and they come five to a set and are interchangeable in a hemp necklace. They take nearly two months to create, because Patsy presses the flowers herself.

“It’s amazing to watch them go from 3D to 2D in a matter of weeks,” she says.

Here Madlyn begins to stir, and pops her blonde head out from beneath her blanket. She smiles at her mom and Charley, and rises to stretch, ready to get involved in whatever it is that is happening at the moment. Charley sits down to help her create a hemp bracelet. She chooses two green spring beads and a baseball charm. Here, surrounded by her mother’s work, it is obvious that she is the most prized of Patsy’s creations.

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Band Night

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Buffalo Blonde • Book of Days Voodoo House

Lower Class Brats (Austin) • Zombilly The Put-Downs • Molly Maguires

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Distinctly Diverse

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.

If you are interested in being a featured reader for Thoughtcrime: The Reading, simply write an email with a sample of your poetry to artstudio@artstudio.org.

Thoughtcrime: The reading offers a forum for any poet who wishes to present their original have their “Twang,” the diswork in a nurturing exans environment. tinctive vocal style that distinguishes them from people from other states. “Twang” also refers to November Baby the guitar sounds of Texas R&B and country. the Art Museum of Hoarfrost formedAt before Southeast the dawn, the day of Texas, “Twang” is a group show of contemporary your beginning.Texas sculpture featuring work by a dozen artists.

She tried to feel its Texas is both Western and Southern, cotton and cowboys, and brittle pattern through a multitude of clashing cultures. If the window glass there is one thing that defines Texas, it is its indefinability. as she lay waiting “Twang,” in like the state that the hall for the links nurse these artists, incorporates a to get aofblanket. plethora styles and forms.

Among the strongest pieces on display is “LoveJoey,” a study of friendship, Her eyes, upturned andloneliness and loss by Michael Powers. gray, so like the

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

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hammered sky, Among the works couldfeatured barely in close the moment “TWANG: you began.

Contemporary Sculpture from liquid pain A quaking, Texas,” congealed beneath on display her stenciled sheet. through Sept. 26 at the Art It froze between her thighs Museum of Southeast Texas, and shattered suddenly clockwise toare, shards of ice, from left, “E.B.” by blue-white and biting, Erick Swenson, hung wildly “Museum Bench” in the windowed

by Chris Sauter,sky.

“Two Paintings ’til coldly on slow away, a Rock” they left her you,

by Bill Davenport melting in a pool and “Sell Me Something upon the metal Brown” Franco she lay. tablebywhere Mondini-Ruiz.

Alone and shivering, she wiped the rime from off your face, pulled you Review and to her breast, photos and felt abystinging need.

Andy Coughlan Jesse Doiron

“Joey”) against a wall on which is a large Argyle pattern that may or may not be a net. The machine is labeled “Playmate” Permanent Ink and the balls are fired with monotonous regularity, with the gallery walls echoing a repetitive thud thud thud, like the Dada soundWe really should have written tracks of Kurt Schwitters.

All our plans down withrefers a pen The “Joey” of the title to Joey But for some reason we chose toartist who is Mussacchio, a childhood friend of the now dead.

Use plain chalk lifelesswriting “Playmate” long for someone AndDoes had the to keep them with whom to play? It seems to connect with the Again and again quintessentially American past-time — a simple game of catch.

Every windtothat blew witnessed the balls Visitors the opening bouncing offthat two walls Every rain cameand back into the machine, completing never-ending Erased oura words awaysolitary game of catch.

The piece had a melancholy quality that reflected Itboth gotthe so loss frustrating of a childhood friend and of childhood Writing them over all the time itself.

We even forgot what meant to say However, visitors at awe later date may have seen

If we had been a little wiser and used permanent ink I’m quite sure we’d have remembered better what our hearts felt the moment that we met Tell me, what do you think?

So for our bad decisions it will be our destiny to spend many lonely nights apart but through all this you must know There is no wind or rain That can erase you from my heart Adria Benoit

APRIL 2005

emphasized a sense of “play,” with the machine, like a rambunctious child, teasing its reluctant “playValuable mate.”

The same piece, but two games and, therefore, two different It pieces. is really easy to write Even though the “Playmate” is inanimate, a poem. After my wet Powers has created a performance piece reminiscent release I think ofcreations you — existed in of the 1960s Fluxus group, whose lunch on the banks the reactions of the viewer. of the baguette, Powers plays withLoire, our emotions and fresh delicately balances the the joys of childhood with salt, the loss of sardines, camembert, innocence. sauterne. Just in time Another piece that demands viewer participafor this. tion is Justin Kidd’s “In and Out Box.” Consisting of a crudely constructed mailbox Hours flood to the hanging on the wall, visitors thevalley exhibit are invittears never real. ed to “mail” awhere postcard fromwere the Czech Republic

Luncheon on the grass.

Your apron stained See TWANG page 11 with French on mustard.

A loon calls.

It is sleep for a world to savor rest, restore old selves. How like a salted bird are you.

I don’t love you but when you appear in my head, your eyes in motion, I want to go down to the river once more, although clouds change shape, grass has died, water turns colder, Everything has changed, but the value of precious time.

MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF THEMSELVES PAGE 7 George Wentz

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The muse grabs, holds, amuses, inspires, lets go, brings tears, runs away But never quite out of sight.

Waiting for the search with eager grin, She desires to be caught once more And leads down the well with open eyes.

Randy Pemberton

INSIDE: Whole (Haiku) LISA REINAUER: JUDGE AND JURY, Deep void. Hankering HOT PIG, For sweet tasting completeness.

MORE Smile,AND she is watching.

Andy Coughlan

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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Volume 11, No. 3

by Andy Coughlan

When Sartre said “existence precedes essence,” Genevieve knew he meant we are judged by what we do.

However, with a little moral juggling, she feels justified in defining herself not by “what,” but by “who” she does.

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The Art Studio, Inc., in cooperation with Kroger grocery stores, is proud to offer the Kroger Share Card Program.

Here’s how it works: 1. Pick up a Share Card at TASI (if you don’t have one already) 2. Bring the card with you each time you shop at Kroger 3. Present the Card to the cashier before the cashier rings up your order.

And that’s it! Each time you present the card, a percentage of your purchase is donated to TASI. It’s fast, simple and an easy way to add some much-needed funds to TASI’s coffers. So if you don’t have a TASI Kroger Share Card, ask us for one, and if you have one already, USE IT!

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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 • SHOTGUN 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 • HEMP JEWELRY 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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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 ($75 for members) Twylia Altom, operating a non-profit cooperative to provide some materials separately, list available at Learn to express your own ideas INDIVIDUAL and feel- Sept. 14-Oct. 14 DOWNTOWN FRIEND/BUSINESS Roy Bares, studio space and exhibition space to working THE ART STUDIO, INC. 720 FRANKLIN The Art Studio. ings with painter and art educator George $100 ($80 for members) ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS 500 MAIN Mr. O.W. Sprott Sharon & Roger McCabe Brooke Boyett, artists and crafts people, an area BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS MUSEUMand to provide 1750 IH-10E Wentz. You will explore brush techniques, This course is designed for the complete Instructed by Cindi Picou.

BEAUMONT CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU 801 MAIN Mary “Cookie” Brown Brad Nelson Ren Brumfield, for group work sessions for those artists and (IN CITY HALL) acrylic paint mixing, and layering paint. novice at clay work. Students learn the BEAUMONT ART LEAGUE (FAIRGROUNDS) 2675 GULF ST Greg Busceme, Joe & Peggy Parigi Brenna D. Brown crafts people to jointly offer their labor, ideas, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RE-STORE 610 TRINITY@ FANNIN Supplies to be purchased separately. List basics of clay manipulation, glazing and LIFE DRAWING GROUP SETAC (INand JULIE ROGERS THEATER) STREET B.J. Bourg, Larry Parsel Yolanda Cuniff enthusiasm to each other. PEARL Every other Monday, 7-9:30 p.m. @ FORSYTHE firing. available from the Studio.

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LU ART DEPARTMENT Andy Coughlan, 1.

To present public exhibitions Rose & Uninstructed Billy Perkinsgroup 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 Stephen Leger TOWN Renee Coughlan, 2. To provideOLD educational opportunities Antonia M. Marino 215 N 11TH @ LIBERTY human form, drawing from a different BANDO’S Sept. 14-Oct. 14 $32 to $50 BRAD’S PLACE 2306 HAZEL @ 7TH Yolanda Cuniff, 3.

To provide accessible equipment SUSTAINING Ann Orchard CARLO’S RESTAURANT 2570 CALDER model each session.

Step-by-step instruction in creating a dif- $150 ($130 for members) GREEN BEANERY 2121 MCFADDIN Jesse Doiron, for artists Mark & Elizabeth Jacobson Mary S. Pentecost HAIRY BUSINESS SALON 2121 MCFADDIN ferent functional and decorative basket This course is designed for the complete JASON’S DELI 112 GATEWAY SHOP CNTR Heather Eager, 4. & To provide peer feedback through associaD. J. Kava Brandi Quinn THOUGHTCRIME: THE READING KATHARINE CO. 1495 CALDER novice at clay work.

Students learn the each session. Instructed by Emma Hughes.

PIG STAND 1595people CALDER Elizabeth French, tion with other artists and crafts & Gary Knight Dr. Robert C. Rogan Thursday of the month of clay manipulation, glazingBarbara and Third PIG STAND 3695 COLLEGE For more information and to register, call basics John Fulbright, RAO’S BAKERY 2596 CALDER Mrs. Kathleen Margaret Solito Free Leaf firing.

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

Beth Gallaspy, OBJECTIVES 2425 S 11TH PoetryParigi night: read, hear, think, and corrupt SUNRISE Coral AnikaInstructed Theill by Greg Busceme.

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

Regina Rogers FOUNDRY WORKSHOP Sara H. Thompson BASIC FOODS 229 DOWLEN Monica Hay, 1.

To present 10 art exhibitions per year BIG D’S 2050 S MAJOR DRIVE Led by Guiseppe Barranco.

SALSA WITH AMBER AND GORDON L.G.B. Taylor Publishing Les Warren Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m./Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.

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

Terry Wiggins Mrs. Mildred S. Wright Dates toJones, be announced KRISTY’S KORNER CALDER Maribeth safe working environment 4285 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. Kava, (@ DELAWARE) FAMILY/GROUP In this two-day workshop, you will design $10 per session ($5 LU students) PATRON NOVROZSKY’S public 4230 CALDER Stephan Malick, THE OPEN BOOK 4245 CALDER Salsa, Merengue, Cha-Cha, Cumbia, and cast your original artwork in aluminum.

Mona Brittain & Donovan Salter Beau Carroll 4. To offer regularly scheduled adult and RED B4 BOOKS 3875 CALDER @ 23RD Marianna Measells, Rhumba.

REED’S LAUNDRY 6025A PHELAN @ PEYTON Ages 15 and older. Limited to sixKaaren partici-& Jerry Clark children’s classes Sheila Molandes THE ROYAL STOP MAJOR DRIVE @ GLADYS pants. Instructed by Rhonda McNally.

PARKDALE Sharon Day 5.NOBLE To develop and maintain public Elizabeth Pearson, BARNES & 4153activities DOWLEN RAO’S BAKERY 4440 DOWLEN Linda Heller & Jeremiah Fox with all sectors of the community Tim Postlewait, MID/SOUTH COUNTY LAMAR STATE COLLEGE, PORT ARTHUR Dave & Dickie Henderson 6. To develop and maintain equipment to aid Clint Ray, MUSEUM OF THE GULF COAST 700 PROCTER Hank Rivers & Ria Lihs PATSY’S HEMP CREATIONS 1221 NEDERLAND AVE artists in their work Katheryn Rogers, JASPER Bob & Laura O’Neill 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 Katheryn Rogers LAMAR STATE 8. COLLEGE, To expandORANGE programming and activities with Gena Wilkinson, Dr. L. Smith & Dr. W. Washburn increased facility space Tom Wright.

Memberships

REGISTER EARLY AS CLASS SIZES ARE LIMITED

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