Issue Magazine - September 2014

THE ARTS MAGAZINE OF THE ART STUDIO, INC.

SEPTEMBER 2014

INSIDE: DISCOVERING BELARUS, ‘BOADICEA IN ALBION,’ CARLO BUSCEME IV AT C.L.A.S.S., AND MORE

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A View From The Top Greg Busceme, TASI Director

I LOOK FORWARD TO the call from our editor, Andy Coughlan, that ISSUE is soon to come out and my contribution to this prize-winning magazine is in demand — at least by Andy’s standards, which is the deadline.

(Editor’s note: I sense a heavy dose of sarcasm in that paragraph).

Nonetheless, I feel that it is important that I keep our readers up to date on the feel of the organization in a real sense.

One innovation you will see when you come to view the first show of the season, “Earthly Delights” on Sept. 6, is new lighting in the parking lot. Thanks to Mark Jacobson, artist and long-time member, who made the lights happen.

Recent developments that are not so successful are the box exhaust fan on the roof. Bad bearings on the fan and rotting wood on the box requires major repairs and a lot of hands to haul supplies and equipment up the outside of the 25-feet building. Roof repairs are also soon to be done, but, as yet, not done along with a much-needed deck out the backside of the clay studio. We need room enough to store equipment that currently takes up space in the interior work areas.

ISSUE Vol. 21, No. 1 Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Art Studio, Inc. Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Coughlan Copy Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tracy Danna Contributing Writers. . . . . . . . . . . . Elena Ivanova, . . . . . . . . . . Hayley Bruyn, Catalina Castillón Contributing Photographers . . . . . . . Larena Head, . . . . . . . . . Mauruce Abelman, Elena Ivanova Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Dodson The Art Studio, Inc. Board of Directors President Ex-Officio . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Busceme Vice-President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Busceme Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Roberts Treasurer/Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Gallaspy Members at Large: . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila Busceme, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth French, . . . . . . . . . . Andy Ledesma, Stephan Malick, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Butler

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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 Discovering Belarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 GabFest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Carlo Busceme IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 ‘Earthly Delights’ Tenants Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 Andy Coughlan’s ’Boadicea in Albion’ . . . . . . . . Page 10 Cook at High Street Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13 Glass, Marks at Dishman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13 “It Ain’t Easy” at AMSET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13 Thoughtcrime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Cover photo: Artist Gina Garcia works in her space at The Art Studio in preparation for the Tenants Show,

by Andy Coughlan

Our studio space is currently at capacity and has been for some time.

This indicates the seriousness of artists in the area to dedicate themselves to their art and see themselves as contenders in the visual arts scene.

All embryos require incubation and all artists require incubation to grow and develop as an artist. And to grow and develop as a artist, one must grow and develop as a person, however good or bad, and be true to who they are.

Our residents are working diligently to complete work for the Tenants Show. I wish we had more space to accommodate all those artists who want a space and can’t get it.

Big future plan — expansion of studio space — providing a new addition to open access to more studios through a 40- x 80-feet extension off the proposed clay room deck. Yes, I know it takes money, yet without some form of vision to where we can go, we end up with no vision and no future.

We are already the “Impossible Dream.” Few people thought we’d survive the first five years much less 30.

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———— TRAVEL ————

Discovering Belarus

The Revolucion Hostel, Revolutsionnaya St., 16 in Minsk. The art in the hallway depicts famous revolutionaries, including Malcom X and Mahatma Ghandi.

The Discreet Charm of Minsk Editor’s note: ISSUE contributor Elena Ivanova spent the summer in Eastern Europe doing research for a book. This story is a the first in a four-part series chronicling her adventures and the artistic discoveries she made along the way.

O Belarus, my briar-rose cherished, O leaf of green, O flower of red, In the wild wind you shall not perish, Nor choke, by rank weeds overspread.

— Uladzimir Dubouka, translated by Vera Rich THE EVENING SUN GLOWED over the skyline of the capital city of Belarus as my train slowed down at the Central Railway Station.

“Kvitnei, Belarus!” (“Blossom, Belarus!”) announced the banner stretched atop a tall building. My bags pulling heavily on my shoulders, I rejected the original plan of traveling by subway and headed towards the line of taxicabs instead. About twenty minutes later and one hundred thousand Belorusian rubles ($10) lighter, I was standing in front of a 16-

Story and photos by Elena Ivanova

The official Mascot of 2014 World Ice Hockey Championship in front of St. Virgin Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Minsk.

story high apartment building which housed, in one of the apartments, my home away from home — King Hostel.

The first question on the mind of every traveler is, of course, where to stay. When I planned my trip I wanted to find a place close to historic downtown and not to pay though the nose. But before I share my hostel experience, let’s backtrack and ponder a more general question: why Belarus and Minsk in particular?

Belarus is hardly a popular destination for western tourists. Many of them even may be hard pressed to find it on the map. Squeezed between Russia from the East and Poland from the West, it nevertheless is slightly bigger in area than England and Scotland combined and almost equals Sweden in its population.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the country became a republic; its first elected President, Alexander Lukashenko, is still at the helm today.

Often referred to in western press as “the last dictator in Europe,” Lukashenko has been continuously criticized for his authoritarian style of government.

He argues that his policy has saved Belarus from financial ruin and civil unrest, the fate of many postsocialist countries. This peculiar coexistence of Soviet-era political and economic systems with laissez-faire capitalism in the sphere of consumer goods

Volume 21, No. 1 and services has given rise to a lifestyle which is sometimes described as “communist chic.”

But let’s leave politics to politicians. As a lifelong student of history and culture, I would like to share my observations of places, customs and people. This is the first installment in the story of my travels to the land which once was a part of Rzeczpospolita, or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The vestiges of this bygone era can still be seen in modern Minsk despite the fact that during World War II the city was virtually razed to the ground.

Catholic churches, called locally by a Polish word Ko´sciół, are almost as numerous as Belorusian Orthodox churches. In these early days of June, as I was walking the streets, the Orthodox-Roman Catholic forum was being held in the city, a living testament to the continuing presence of both denominations in the recently atheist Soviet socialist republic.

Belorusians are proud of their past and commemorate their national heritage in new monuments.

As I ascended the hill crowned with the magnificent Cathedral of the Holy Spirit and a former Town Hall, I came face to face with a memorial sign, “Municipal Scales.” Evoking the medieval times when Minsk was a commercial hub, this tongue-in-cheek monument features three merchants, all dressed, according to the West-European fashion of the day, in capes, kneehigh doublets, fitted hose and brimless caps. Each is operating the scales suspended from the ceiling on long chains. Pushed through the links of the chains are rolled-up bank notes of different currencies. The inscription reads: “The city of Minsk, having obtained self-government under the Magdeburg Law (1499), began its rapid development as a centre of crafts and trade, introduced the standards of European metric system, gained the right for the municipal scales installation and for tax collection.” This memorial sign was installed earlier this year.

Belorusians embrace modernity as well. The day I arrived, the city was vibrating with the sounds of rock music as Minsk celebrated the closing of the World Ice Hockey Championship. Cutouts of an athletic and mischievous looking bison, the 2014 official mascot, stayed in city streets and squares two weeks longer providing a perfect photo op for the so inclined.

By the way, if you are wondering why a bison, let me assure you that it has nothing to do with the American buffalo. The European bison, or “zubr” in Belorusian, for centuries lived in the Białowie´sa Forest on the Poland-Belarus border before coming close to extinction in the early 20th century. A relative of the American buffalo, the “zubr” is slightly lighter in body mass while taller at the shoulder, has shorter hair and longer tail and horns. This most powerful of all European animals is continuously used in brands as a symbol of strength, be it a highcapacity truck BelAZ or a knockout vodka, the famous Zubrówka.

The old and the new are side by side in the streets of Minsk. Plain two-story houses and elegant Art Noveau-style buildings from the early 20th century, which miraculously escaped destruction during World War II and have been recently renovated, are within a stone’s throw of excessively ornate Sovietera edifices. Looking down upon both of them as poor relatives are modern skyscrapers whose glassand-concrete walls tower here and there all over the city. The most amazing among them is the National Library of Belarus, a gigantic diamond-shaped structure, which offers a bird’s-eye view of the city from the 23rd floor and a free light show at night.

I got lucky — during my visits to Minsk I stayed in two hostels within a couple of miles from each other, one of which was in a modern high-rise apart-

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The Municipal Scales Memorial in Minsk evokes the medieval the city was a commercial hub. The tonguein-cheek monument features three merchants operating scales with different currencies. The inscription reads, “The city of Minsk, having obtained self-government under the Magdeburg Law (1499), began its rapid development as a centre of crafts and trade, introduced the standards of European metric system, gained the right for the municipal scales installation and for tax collection.”

ment complex and the other in an old building.

Perched, like an eagle’s nest on the 11th floor, King Hostel is a refurbished, two-story loft that commands a spectacular view of the Svisloch River and the city. It is located in a residential area where traffic is light and the nearest café is about 20 minutes walking distance. In the morning joggers run in the park along the river banks and during the day playgrounds are filled with children.

The hostel offers rooms with two, three and four beds. I opted for a bed in a three-person room at $20 per night and for most of the time I was its single inhabitant.

The room was furnished with a wardrobe, a night stand and a TV. All channels were in Russian and the choice was limited, so I preferred to watch

the changing scenery out of my window. And what a gorgeous sight it was!

The amenities were basic, but nice and comfortable: two bathrooms, each with a shower stall, a sink, two toilets, and a kitchen with a refrigerator, a microwave, an electric stove and a washer. I bought groceries at a nearby store and enjoyed quiet meals in the kitchen. (By the way, Belorusian dairy, meats and baked goods are delicious!) The overall experience was closer to staying in an apartment than in a dorm.

By contrast, Revolucion Hostel where I stayed during my second visit looks like a well-run dorm.

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Divergent Theater to present women’s monologues Sept. 5, 6 WOMEN OF ALL AGES will find stories they can identify with — and men might get a few handy tips on dealing with them — as Divergent Theater presents “Gab Fest: An Evening of Women’s Monologues,” Sept. 5 and 6 at the Logon Café.

Show times are 8 p.m., and tickets are $10 online at www.divergenttheater.com or $15 at the door.

Divergent Theater, a new theater company, formerly Outside the Box, launches its 2014-15 season with an evening of stories that are at times thought-provoking and at others just plain hilarious. From struggles with makeup to the travails of aging, “Gab Fest” literally has something for everyone.

“This script draws on some of the great female writers of our time,” director Ramona Young said. “The monologues really do encompass everything about the female condition.

“However, although this show is about women, it is definitely not just ‘for’ women. I think any man who attends will see plenty of parallels with the actions of their wives and girlfriends. And who knows, they might just learn something. I am sure all women would appreciate that.”

The cast features leading local actors, including Brooke Hall, Rachel Cain, Monica Cobb, Gladys Thomas, Victoria LeBlanc and Roxane Gray.

“Staged readings are always such fun,” Young said. “They allow for a level of audience interaction that regular stage shows do not. We want people to come out, have a bite to eat and a couple of drinks, and just have a fun evening.”

The Logon Café is located at 3805 Calder Ave. in Beaumont.

For more information, visit divergenttheater.com or the Divergent Theater Facebook page.

BELARUS from page 5 Tucked away in a quaint two-story building in the old town, it is just around the corner from a busy thoroughfare with a large shopping center, cafés and restaurants, a subway station and other means of public transportation.

A winding staircase painted with the progression from the ape to the human to the robot leads from a small reception desk to the second floor. The rooms are furnished with bunk beds and individual lockers and accommodate from four to 12 guests. I stayed in a 10-person room, all by myself, at $16 per night.

The bathroom is spacious and is equipped with three shower stalls, three toilet stalls and a sink. A coin washer also is available. The kitchen is small, but well organized, with a refrigerator, a stove and a microwave.

The hallway opens into a spacious patio overlooking a quiet street on one side, and a courtyard on the other side. What a treat it was to stretch my legs on a bench after long walks or to start my day with a few yoga exercises! For those who prefer to relax with a glass of beer, there is pub in the same building.

One thing that stood out for me in Revolucion Hostel was the art in the hallway.

The hostel takes its name after Revolutsionnaya (Revolution) street on which it is located. In accordance with its

name, the hallway is decorated with pictures of revolutionaries of all backgrounds and creeds. Whoever came up with this idea apparently had a great time finding appropriate candidates. Maximilien Robespierre, Oliver Cromwell, Che Guevara, Leonid Brezhnev, Mao Zedong, Kim Ir Sen, Malcolm X, Haile Selassie, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi.... Most images are accompanied with a proper quote, sometimes in the person’s native language, sometimes in Russian.

I also noted a couple of Soviet-era political posters which made me smile. Oh the good old days! Then we knew who the bad guys were and ridiculed them to the full extent of our socialist sense of humor.

Of course, King Hostel and Revolucion are just two examples of numerous accommodation options in Minsk which ran from modest hostels to luxurious hotels to private apartments. Whatever your choice, you may be assured of a secure and safe environment. Belarus is known as one of the safest East-European countries, whether you travel in a big city like Minsk or in rural areas. It also has some of the cheapest goods and services.

Now that the question of accommodation is settled, get ready for the menu of Belorusian cultural experiences. In the next installments of my travelogue I will take you on a tour of Minsk, including the National Library and Museum of Fine Arts, before we head northeast of the capital to the city of Vitebsk, the homeland of Marc Chagall.

The apartment complex on Storozhevskaya St., 8. King Hostel is an apartment on the 11th floor.

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Fever Dreams

BUSCEME TO EXHIBIT PAINTINGS AT FINDERS FAYRE, SEPT. 4

JUST GLANCING AT CARLO Busceme IV’s paintings elicits a visceral reaction. A barrage of vibrant colors and textures, and an undeniable emotion seems to leap off the canvas to call attention to something unnamable, yet unmistakable.

Busceme will exhibit his work at Finder’s Fayre during First Thursday at the Mildred, Sept. 4, 5-9 p.m. The show is part of the Contemporary Local Artists Showcase Series (C.L.A.S.S.).

Busceme describes his work as an “expressive, spontaneous, aggressive, surreal, geometric mash up of a fever dream,” adding that childhood nightmares served as a starting point for his artistic journey.

“I had fever dreams about shapes somehow not working together,” he said. “I didn’t understand it and it was horrifying. I think I started playing with (art) so I could understand why it felt the way it did.

I became kind of obsessed with it, because I had never experienced anything like that — I had never thought like that.

“It’s exploring my own psyche and trying to understand how I feel about stuff. It’s trying to make tangible something that is ineffable to me, something that I can in no way describe otherwise.”

Busceme earned a BFA in Studio Art and Painting from Lamar University in December 2013.

He said his painting process involves exploring layers.

“I want to leave a visual history of what it was that I was doing, so the viewer can kind of experience me experiencing the painting,” he said. “It’s a lot of very quick, spontaneous, and intuitive mark making. I’ll lay something down, based on some kind of instinct, and then react to it. So there is no real plan going into it, I just kind of feed off of what’s going on in life at the moment.

“It’s an emotional process — it’s reactive. Forms shift in and out of existence and recognizable images occur.”

After he finishes a canvas, Busceme said he looks at it, and his reaction to that piece goes on to the next piece he works on.

“So it’s just this big domino effect of trying to get ‘it’ in the most sincere way you can. You keep trying to make the work that does its job the best.”

Busceme said the works he plans to display at Finder’s Fayre all come from the same internal space.

“That’s why they work as a series,” he said. “Not that they’re all the same painting, it’s just the fact that I happen to be me, and I’m making things that are not from direct observation, so they happen to look very similar.

“It has nothing to do with an objective decision to say, ‘Hey, I’m going to make a series (of pieces) that look similar and have a similar content.’ It’s just using a human form or a portrait style as a tool.”

Busceme said using human forms is a conscious decision to help the viewer relate to the work more easily.

Story by Hayley Bruyn

Photo by Larena Head

Artist Carlo Busceme IV will exhibit his paintings at Finders Fayre Antique Store, 5-9 p.m., Sept. 4 “It helps people relate to what it is I’m putting on the canvas,” he said. “If it’s just a bunch of abstract marks and lines and shapes, it can be viewed as some kind of experience the artist had with the piece — but I think it works better whenever you view it as a human being in the environment. I felt that I needed to do it because I wasn’t being as efficient as I needed to be without using the human form.”

Busceme said that he will be at the reception for the show and wants to hear people’s perspectives on the work.

“I want to hear what they see, because I make it so I can understand something that I don’t already understand, and if other people share what they experience, it helps me understand what it is that’s going on; it’ll help me kind of further my ability to emote,” he said, laughing.

“I want people to see that I’m putting some very

severe and sincere effort into understanding something. When I’m looking at artwork that I really like, I like it because I see sincerity, and I see the artist trying to understand what was going on. Through that, I can pretend that I’m trying to figure out what’s going on at the same time with them, so I’m sharing the experience that the artist had with their painting — and I want people to be able to share that with me.

I want to share my experience with what it is I was doing.

“It’s just about showing people that you can relate. People want to relate to each other.”

Finder’s Fayre Antique Store is located in the Mildred Building on Calder Avenue in Beaumont.

For more information, visit www.finders fayre.com.

To see Busceme’s art, visit www.carlobuscemeIV .tumblr.com.

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Earthly Delights TASI TENANTS OPEN NEW SEASON WITH ANNUAL SHOWCASE “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, sweat and tears.”

THESE FAMOUS WORDS By Winston Churchill could apply to The Art Studio’s tenants. OK, not the blood. Nor, perhaps, the tears. But certainly the sweat, as they toil in preparation for September’s season-opening exhibition.

“Earthly Delights,” the annual Tenants Show opens Sept. 6 with a free reception, and runs through Sept. 26. The show features work by more than 20 artists who work in a variety of disciplines.

Among the artists showing in the exhibition for the first time is the youngest tenant, 13-year-old John Alexander. The Marshall Middle schooler has been working in clay since he took classes from Studio founder Greg Busceme three years ago. He was instantly hooked.

“I committed to it — I was determined to do it,” he said. “I really love the pottery — the whole process of making pots on the wheel.”

Alexander said that The Art Studio offers him a chance not only to work on his skills, but also to draw inspiration from the other artists who work there.

“I like the culture and the fact that we have all these great artists around us to give us inspiration,” he said.

Alexander said he wants to do ceramics alongside whatever career he chooses, but he wants it to be his job when he retires — he’s certainly got long-term goals. As far as a career, he is looking at something in engineering, he said.

“Some of it has to do with the kiln, in fact,” he said. “They have combustion engineers. You have to know a lot about the kiln and what is efficient, and the proper combustion of fuel, things like that.”

Alexander is actually building a kiln at The Studio at the moment.

“I am very grateful to have the opportunity to build a kiln at 13,” he said.

Despite his age, Alexander is at The Studio almost every day during the school holidays and two or three times a week during the semesters. His father Scott is normally found quietly reading or doing paperwork in the corner.

John thinks deeply about his work.

“It’s not just another piece,” he said. “The glazes, the shapes, the forms — it’s unique.”

Artist Gina Garcia has been a tenant for about six months. Like Alexander, she said The Studio offers more than just a place to work.

“I like having a place that I can work freely,” she said, “ and it’s good to have other people around that I can bounce ideas off of and ask questions.”

Story and photos by Andy Coughlan

With a fan blowing his hair, John Alexander works in the heat on a pot in preparation for The Art Studio’s annual Tenants Show.

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Garcia said she encourages visitors to attend the show to get a feel for the work being produced by the tenants.

“Any kind of visually stimulating thing you can think of will be on our walls or on a pedestal, so you want to come out,” she said. “We have a wonderful group of artists, and we have so many different types of work.”

Maurice Abelman is another making his Tenant Show debut, having been at TASI for six months.

He graduated from Lamar with an MA in Printmaking in May. When he was looking for a place to work, The Studio seemed like the obvious choice.

“It’s probably the central hub here in Beaumont for the arts and I wanted to be around like-minded artists and part of the community,” he said.

Abelman said he also draws inspiration from the other tenants.

“Just seeing other people work inspires me to work, too — it’s just being part of everything,” he said. “You can’t really do that when you are alone.

Sometimes the seclusion drives you mad.”

Like many of the artists who have day jobs, Abelman says his hours at The Studio fluctuate.

“I have been bouncing back and forth between here and my house,” he says. “Whenever I was intense into my thesis I was here a lot working on my woodblocks. Since I graduated I haven’t been up here as much as I want to.”

Abelman said the Tenants Show is a great opportunity to see the work that Studio artists are working on. This is his first Tenants Show and he said that he is both a little nervous and also really looking forward to it.

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David Granitz, above, works in his space on the second floor of The Art Studio. The humorus invite and title for this year’s Tenants Show, top, is inspired by the interpretations of Hell by the 15th-century Netherlandish painter Hieronymous Bosch.

“I want to be part of everything and see if I hold my own with everyone,” he said.

Abelman’s work is often complex, but he has a simple philosophy.

“Just keep on making artwork and the rest will sort itself out,” he said.

Also making his Tenant Show debut is David Granitz. He has been a tenant for about six months

this go around, although he said he has been a tenant for more than two years over the past few years.

He said that The Studio is a community and that working around others, such as full-time painter Abigail McLaurin, who also happens to be his girl-

See TENANTS on page 12

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Briton in Beaumont

BOADICEA by Andy Coughlan

AFTER 30 YEARS IN SETX, ARTIST RETURNS TO SPIRIT OF HOMELAND IN BAL EXHIBITION ANDY COUGHLAN IS A fixture in the Southeast Texas arts landscape. In September, he will bring a slice of the English landscape to Beaumont, accompanied by his signature female abstracts.

A native of England, and a longtime resident of Southeast Texas, Coughlan’s paintings earned “Best in Show” in the 2013 Beaumont Art League’s Membership Show. As a result, he will present “Boadicea in Albion,” an exhibition of recent paintings, Sept. 13-26. The exhibition, which features “The South Downs Installation,” will open with a reception, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sept. 13.

Coughlan’s traditional female forms, will fill the Brown Gallery. In the Scurlock gallery, Coughlan will feature an installation representing the English landscape in which he grew up.

The title of the show incorporates elements of his native land.

“I was thinking about these female forms, and I wanted the paintings to represent some sort of heroic, strong female figures,” he said. “So I thought about Boadicea, who was, in about 60-61 AD, a warrior queen who drove the Romans out of Britain at Story by Catalina Castillón

the battle of Londinium, which is now London.

“I really like the idea of having the paintings being named for these strong women. Boadicea is a very English, legendary figure. Of course, like all legends, there is probably more myth than fact, but who wants to live their life surrounded just by facts?

The legend, the myth is great.”

The paintings in that part of the exhibition will all be named for English mythological, literary or historical women.

The “Albion” of the title is one of the oldestknown names given to England.

Coughlan plans to convert the Scurlock gallery into an installation — a room that will serve as a single piece. Seven of Coughlan’s paintings will form a 360-degree abstract landscape.

“So it is ‘Boadicea in Albion,’ because the landscape is Albion, the England where I grew up,” he said. “I am revisiting where I am from — the South Downs of England, complete with rolling green hills,” he said. “The idea is that you will be able to walk into the gallery and be completely surrounded by this experience of being on the south coast of England.”

Coughlan gets animated as he talks about the concept, which will include a soundscape.

“You will walk in through the door, and the entire room will be one single artwork,” he said.

“You can rotate your way around. And as you walk in, the winds will be blowing, and you will be able to hear the sound of the place.”

Coughlan said he was inspired by an Inuit/Eskimo art exhibition at Houston’s Menil Collection a couple of years ago. He recalled that moment of inspiration, remembering that the exhibition was all white and featured very low sounds of the arctic wind.

“I think the winds I am going to have are going to be a little louder,” he said. “We are also going to get some waves from the English Channel. We will see — I am still working on it.”

Coughlan said the landscapes are not trying to be literal representations.

“They are supposed to be a feel for what it is like to be standing on these rolling hills with the wind blowing, and so that is what I am trying to do,” he said. “I think it is almost a nostalgic sort of thing.”

Indeed, nostalgia seems to be the primary reason why Coughlan, who has lived in Southeast Texas for 30 years, is bringing his memories of England into his art and to Beaumont.

“I have been toying with the idea of an installa-

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tion for a long time,” he said. “I am actually going to even expand on it. My nephew Daniel, who lives in England, is actually recording the winds and the birds — the blow from the English channel over the South Downs — so when you walk in the room, not only will you get the paintings, but you’ll also have the sounds that come from being on the hills.”

The BAL show offered the perfect opportunity — and space — for Coughlan to try such a big project.

“The Scurlock gallery has peg boards on the walls — and I never really liked the peg boards,” he said. “So I had this idea of what I could do that will cover them — I am going to have paintings cover them up.

“That’s why there are seven panels, because the walls are comprised of seven peg-boards. Each of these paintings will be something like eight- to tenfeet tall. The smallest painting will be eight to ten feet by twelve feet, the largest will be ten feet by thirty-five feet — very large and kind of intimidating.

I do not remember something like this being done locally.

“I will be using stains and, actually, I will be painting with mops. I’m throwing away the brushes on this one. I will use full-size mops and if anybody comes and sees me do it, it probably will be almost like choreography, really.”

While Coughlan takes his art seriously, he has not lost his British sense of humor in his years “in the Colonies,” as he puts it. He talks about his show title as a “catchy title” that also reflects his love of soccer. His home-town soccer team is Brighton and Hove Albion.

“It is kind of a little humorous, and a little play on that, “ he said.

Coughlan retains his sense of Englishness, although he has actually lived more of his life in Southeast Texas than in England.

“The other day I realized I have spent more years living here than I have there,” he said. “I guess that makes me more Texan than English — I love it here, so I claim both.”

As well as presenting multiple art exhibitions,

Coughlan also acts, directs and writes plays. He is editor of ISSUE arts magazine, and is the Sunday editorial cartoonist for the Beaumont Enterprise.

By day, he is an award-winning journalist, and the director of the University Press student newspaper at Lamar University, where he also teaches.

Southeast Texans who want to be informed about what is going on in the region should just follow him in Facebook, or read his blog. If there is a play, an art exhibition, a concert, a poetry reading, or any other event promoting the arts, one can be certain of his presence and support.

“There is a great arts community in Beaumont, of all kinds — music, theater, etc. — and I try to involve myself in all of it,” he said. “I get fed up with people who call it ‘Boremont.’ There is more than enough to do here. In fact, I could do with there being a little less — it gets tiring sometimes.”

Coughlan also said that there are plenty of opportunities for people to exhibit their own work in the area.

“In October, there will be the Art League’s membership show which is open to anyone who wants to be a member,” he said. “The Art Studio, where I have my work space, also has opportunities for peo-

ple to exhibit. People just need to have an idea, execute the idea, and go put it out there.”

Coughlan definitely puts his ideas “out there.”

While he is hard at work on his abstract females, his enthusiasm turns up another notch when he talks about the landscapes.

“When you see the white cliffs on the top of the Downs and how they roll — if you are going all along the south coast of England, it just rolls and rolls and rolls — because it is sparse, there is not a lot of trees. And that is where I grew up.”

The artist said this is a sort of travel show.

“It is, you know, for people who haven’t traveled to England,” he said. “Maybe it’ll give a sense, more of an experience, of what is like to be on the south coast of England.”

The exhibition will bring a little piece of England to Southeast Texas, in the same way another part of England came three decades ago to add to the Southeast Texas arts landscape.

The Beaumont Art League is located at 2675 Gulf St. in Beaumont.

For more information, visit the “Boadicea in Albion” event page on Facebook, or visit www.beaumontartleague.org.

Artist Andy Coughlan, left, works on a piece for his solo show, “Boadicea in Albion,” opening Sept. 13 at the Beaumont Art League. The show will also feature “The South Downs Installation,” an early prototype of which is pictured above.

The abstract figure drawings in the show, which includes “Ophelia,” left, represent English historical and literary women.

Photo by Elizabeth Fontenot

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TENANTS from page 11 friend, is a great motivator.

“Working next to Abbie can be a struggle sometimes, because it makes me feel like I am not working enough, so it’s motivation,” he said. “To have another artist working, you definitely get a lot of motivation.

“But the facilities are a huge advantage, too. Without money, being pretty poor, this (space) is something I definitely wouldn’t be able to get a hold of without The Art Studio. You don’t have to worry about getting stuff on the floor. I like working at home, but it’s just too much of a mess. Until I have my own studio, this is about as good as it gets.”

Gravitz said that The Studio is more than just an artist’s space.

“It stands for Beaumont,” he said. “The Art Studio is a great symbol for Beaumont community, I have always felt that. A lot of people have doubts about Beaumont, but when you come and you see there’s a thriving artistic community that’s producing some really quality work, it’s inspirational — not only for the artists in the community, but people in general who need a creative spark.”

Other tenants include Barbara Allamon, Dana Dorman, Karen Dumesnil, Beau Dumesnil, Cynthia Grimes, Rhonda Rodman, Sandra Laurette, Suzanne Garrett, Rhonda McNally, Sue Wright, Andy Coughlan, Varley Bruce, Elizabeth Fontenot, Stephen Scales, Nathan Jones and Marcie Morgan. Intermediate tenants include Kailee Viator, Lisa Baumer, Joe Winston and random photographers who use the facility’s darkroom.

The exhibition will include painting, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media and photography.

The Art Studio is located at 720 Franklin in downtown Beaumont.

For information, call 409-838-5393 or visit www.artstudio.org.

Elizabeth Fontenot, right, and Gina Garcia, above, work in their spaces at The Art Studio, Inc. in preparation for the annual Tenants Show which opens Sept. 6.

VIEW from page 3 We were lucky and hopeful and determined and stubborn and open and giving and willing to get where we are today. The same qualities that made us who we are are the same qualities that will drive us to who we are going to be.

Thanks for all the participants of the summer ArtSkool. As usual, it was everything but cool in the temperature sense, but energy was hot for all the work getting done. A special thanks to Elizabeth Fontenot, who filled in for Sheila and me as we went to New Orleans to meet my new grandson, Greg Busceme lll, born July 21, to Jess Ward and Greg Busceme, Jr. Elizabeth took both

of our classes plus her own and did a fantastic job.

I owe her so much for letting us participate in this wonderful family celebration.

Remember, clay classes start Sept. 13, 10 a.m., and other classes will be posted in the near future.

Thanks for reading and see you in the next ISSUE.

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High Street Galler y to host Adam Cook paintings Sept. 5 THE HIGH STREET GALLERY will host an exhibition of paintings by Adam Cook, 7-10 p.m., Sept. 5. The gallery is located in Victoria House, 2110 Victoria St. in Beaumont.

“High Street Gallery is committed to spotlighting up-and-coming Southeast Texas artists that may not have had the opportunity to show at more established galleries yet,” Christopher Maldonado, gallery co-director, said. “This is our second year showing art, having been primarily a music venue for a long time, and we are delighted to have Adam as part of our second season.”

Entry is free and the work will be for sale. Refreshments will be available at the event.

Cook said the best way to describe his work is a mixture of pop art with abstract/neo-expressionism.

“I say this because I like the thought of taking ordinary and mundane things we see all the time and distorting, simplifying, and just plain making the piece say, ‘Here I am!’ along with vibrant colors as well,” he said.

Cook’s work is reminiscent of the street art of Keith Haring. His work is also influenced by Picasso and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

“I also embrace the beauty of imperfection, too, because I’m not a perfect person and I want my art to be an extension of myself,” he said.

“Simple as it may sound, it makes me truly ecstatic to paint and create. So if people are happy and inspired to create from what I do, then I’ve done my job as an artist.”

For more information, email victoriahousetx@gmail.com, or visit the High Street Gallery Facebook page.

For more of Cook’s work, visit www.nakeddads.com.

JAZZ MACHINE by Adam Cook

AMSET CAFE ARTS HOSTS DUBUISSON PHOTOS THE ART MUSEUM OF Southeast Texas is hosting “It Ain’t Easy,” photographs by Zachary Dubuisson, through Oct. 26 in the Cafe Arts.

“This is a selection of images from ‘It Ain’t Easy,’ a visual narrative that is part autobiography and part surreal fantasy,” Dubuisson said. “Loosely inspired

by Homer’s ‘The Odyssey,’ ‘It Ain’t Easy’ is about a young man trying to find his way to a better place.

Led by a mysterious smoking figure and tormented by his own shortcomings, he must traverse a harsh, ever-changing landscape to find his way to his Elysian Fields.

AMSET is located at 500 Main in downtown Beaumont.

For more, visit www.amset.org.

Dishman hosts exhibits through Oct. 1 MARK(ING) TIME: WORKS ON PAPER INVITATIONAL (Lower Gallery) Celebrating the lines and marks made by those artists who work strictly on paper, “Mark(ing) Time” features several internationally recognized artists’ works on paper.

This exhibition brings together traditional and contemporary thought on what constitutes drawing and printmaking today, including artists who work classically with graphite on paper to artists who expand the definition of working on paper to create entire installations.

Patrick Martin: Visions in Glass (Upper Gallery) Zachary Dubuisson “Bildungsroman” 2014 Archival Pigment Print 11x17

Glass artist Patrick Martin’s work develops along two major lines. The first is based upon the concept that objects with an independent existence wholly apart from aesthetic concerns can be transformed into sculpture without robbing them of their historical significance by attempting to negate the original purpose of their existence.

Martin’s motivation is to alter, and thereby immortalize the object, creating something that can address current ideas or comment on contemporary society.

By transforming mundane objects into sculpture, the objects are given a different identity in time and space.

The second area of concentration investigates a narrative approach to sculpture. This involvement with narrative content has been inherent in his work since 1987. His work focuses on making a successful transformation of narrative ideas into visual forms, in which neither one dominates the other.

The themes that dominate the work are based

‘Visions in Glass’ by Patrick Martin is on display at the Dishman Art Museum through Oct. 1. upon current sociopolitical issues, such as the proliferation of violence and gambling, the deterioration of the environment, and the dehumanization of the individual in a modern information-laden and industrial society.

Martin is professor of glass and interim chair of the Department of Art at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. His beautiful cast glass sculptures have been exhibited across the nation and he is the recipient of several artist awards and grants for both his work and his teaching. This is his first time exhibiting at the Dishman Art Museum.

The Dishman Art Museum is located at Lamar University on the corner of E. Lavaca and MLK Pkwy. in Beaumont.

For more information, call 409-880-8959, or visit www.lamar.edu/dishman.

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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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Thoughtcrime Submission Guidelines and Disclaimer ISSUE solicits and publishes the work of local authors. Poetry, short fiction, scholarly works and opinion pieces may be submitted for review. All works must be typed and may be sent to TASI by email or by messaging the ISSUE Facebook page.

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The English Major

Ignorance

She walked like a misplaced comma in the paragraph of her life.

Intuitively she hoped for a short sentence.

Thankfully she had a period.

Ambiguity in not knowing your place is not a total disgrace.

For when in doubt and circumstances or problems in which we have no control over Make an about face…

Just pray!

D.J. Kava

Railroad Memor y Just a black cat on the tracks, about a hundred feet ahead, and a scene split by the gleam of the evening sky in the still warm rails.

Why? Why? Why do the creosote ties try to trip me?

Jesse Doiron

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Life’s too short to lollygag with scalawags, like Grandma used to say.

Wake up…shake the moss out of your ears And adhere to what those “old saints” around you are screaming.

For what they say has much meaning…

Collect it…put in that empty gourd of a brain and redeem it until someday when it is much needed.

Being knowledgeable and letting it be known is not conceited.

It’s ignorant.

Now I must admit that I myself fall short when it comes to feeding our children the food of knowledge Yes, we advise them to attend college to get smart…

But isn’t that like putting the cart before the horse!

Some of our youth can’t even cross the street by themselves…

Let alone be out on their own. So I’m here to tell anyone who will listen. Knowledge is not all It’s cracked up to be without manners, respect, tolerance and not being conceited.

What it all boils down to…and what I’m saying is so true Treat others as you would like to be treated and the fog of ambiguity will dissipate leaving clarity in the minds of our youth before it’s too late.

Dorothy Sells Clover Needs

The Art Studio is looking for energetic people who have a few hours a month to help us in the following areas:

OFFICE SUPPORT BUILDINGS & GROUNDS SPECIAL EVENTS MAILOUTS If you are interested in one or more of these opportunities or if you know of anyone who might be, give us a call at 409-838-5393

This need is eating me alive . . . this need of you It's been so long . . . since we have touched I need to see your eyes looking into mine seeing the passion that is there, with each touch.

Do you feel the same . . . do you feel the need of me?

When you close your eyes and dream Is it me you see and dream about?

This need is eating me alive . . . this need of you.

How can I quench this fire . . . to make it stop What can I do to get over this need of you?

I close my eyes and feel your touch.

This need is eating me alive . . . this need of you.

Anonymous

I Gave My Friend This Advice — Take out your heart And have a good look at it.

See what’s in it.

Take your heart out of Its hard case, I said, And look.

I took my own advice and there was I—looking into mine.

I found these things in my heart.

I came upon a room where Everything was out on the floor.

Drawers stood abandoned.

Every flat surface was covered with layers of Things.

To navigate across the floor Required instinct and a Particular attention.

It was a dark, dreary room Like a black and white photo.

And in this room I spied a man.

He took no space in that room.

His presence was amongst, Rather than intrusive, in the room.

He sat next to the window And a light shone from His presence.

Where he cast the warm light, Order and peace evolved.

In another room, the Door was heavy and thick.

It was nailed shut on the outside.

After I pried the door open A loud silence drew me into The stenchy, diseased cavern.

A moan sliced the air and in the Dim light I saw a figure Wrapped in chains From head to toe, Writhing on the floor.

I wanted to comfort that Lump of pain.

Where is that man of light?

Take out your heart and Have a good look at it.

See what’s in it.

Take it out of its hard Case, I said, And look.

What things do you Find in your heart?

Cathy Atkinson

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