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I HAVE JUST RECOVERED from the Boomtown Film and Music Festival. It was a great success although we don’t know as of yet whether we made money or not. Nonetheless, my hat’s off to Chris Dombrowsky for his hard work and dedication in pulling off this fete. I am confident we will see this event grow over the next few years and I hope we have people willing to put in time as volunteers to make it happen. I want to thank the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, the Jefferson Theatre and The Barking Dog for being venues for this excellent festival. Next we have the 8x10 playwriting Contest for ten-minute plays. An advance thankyou to Lamar Univesity Theatre deptartment for providing a professional facility for this first-time event. Joanna Clark is our head honcho for this event and her infinite well of energy seems never to run dry. Thank you Chris and Joanna for bringing new facets to the jewel that is The Art Studio. I especially want to thank the Southeast Texas Arts Council and the City of Beaumont. Their support makes events like this possible and brings a new wrinkle to the arts community at large. Special recognition goes out to an amazing man and our patriarch of the
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Contents Herman Hugg, Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 With or Without Reason. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Geek’s Summer Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 Tutankhamun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10 AMSET TeenVentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Around & About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12 Thoughtcrime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13
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visual arts, Herman Hugg. In his many years as a teacher and artist, he has always stuck by his dedication and undying love of art and it’s profound effect on the human race. Young people should take heed of this man’s world view and his philosophy of life. It has been honed over many years of life experience. He has always been an inspiration to me and, I’m certain, to everyone else that has ever come in contact with the man. His retrospective is on view at the Beaumont Art League until mid-June. Don’t miss a treat like this. We are having some summer programs, but we are also working to have classes throughout the year. Andy Ledesma is working closely with me to bring back the educational programs we presented in the past. The economy and storms made it virtually impossible for people to make classes and our programs slipped because of a lack of participation. We hope to gather instructors and offer a variety of lessons in the art of making art. This is the last ISSUE until September, but we will continue making art to be ready for the annual Tenants Show. Y’all have a great summer.
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HUGG’S TEACHING PHILOSOPHY? GET OUT OF THE WAY Story and photos by Andy Coughlan
Herman Hugg. right, was the focus of an 88year retrospective at the Beaumont Art League in May. Works on display ran the gamut from paintings, including “Foxhole,” top right, to sculptures, large enamels to found objects. He also included newspaper clippings and quotations he has gathered along the way, as well as photogrpahs of his students at work at South Park High School, above.
This is the second in a two-part story on veteran artist and teacher Herman Hugg. Part 1 appeared in the May ISSUE. HERMAN HUGG IS AN artist, philosopher and storyteller, but all of these skills point toward his true talent. Herman is a teacher. Every conversation is peppered with anecdotes that are designed to get one thinking. That is the key. Herman moved to Beaumont in 1954 to teach art and English at the old South Park High
School. “I really never regretted not moving away,” he said. The year before, Isabelle Robertson, the head of his college art department, wrote a letter to her former students. She talked about several students who were going to big-name colleges such as Penn State and Columbia to work on their doctorates. “And she wrote,‘Herman Hugg, of all things, is teaching English at Pocahontas High School in Pocahontas, Arkansas,” he said. “I did and loved
it. It was too much work, grading papers and such, but you can see the kids getting the love of poetry. Not all of them, mind. “But it’s like art.You can teach a big art class and if you reach a few, you’re doing pretty good. That’s just human nature.” Herman said he was fortunate that South Park was one of the richest districts in the state. “I was in a corner room on the top floor that had been designed as art room when it was built,” he said. “It had a huge window in it.” He didn’t originally plan to stay in Beaumont for 55 years. He taught for 27 years, during which time he influenced more students than he can count. Among his students was acclaimed artist John Alexander, who, he says, was unusually talented. “He was highly intelligent — you know, what they call a native intelligence — he was well blessed,” Herman said. “He also had a very good ability to draw and paint.” Herman emphasizes diversity in the creative process. “We never know who we are,” he said. He is obsessed with quotations from all manner of people. Some are well known, but many are from acquaintances or just from articles he has read in the newspaper. He picks through a stack of boards on which are written pearls of wisdom. A glint comes to his eye as he pulls one out and he reads it: Intelligent people talk about ideas. Average people talk about things. Small people talk about other people. “I think of my own fellow teachers,” he says. “We had an hour break every day and we had a teachers lounge where we could relax and do
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‘Art is caught, not taught’ studies. Well, this (quote) is a lot like my fellow teachers.” He laughs loudly at the thought of it. Herman is an exponent of equal opportunity. As well as being a teacher, he is a student of humanity and prefers to focus on people’s positives rather than their negatives. Some teachers are not committed to the teaching process he said, “because they were not doing what they wanted to.” “Art is a passion with most of us,” he says.“Although I have seen art teachers who were bored to death, but that was their fault. They should have got off it. He leans back and says a good teacher doesn’t really teach much to students when it comes to art. “Art is caught, not taught,” he says. “I never bothered with (John) Alexander. My contribution to John Alexander was to leave him alone. He already knew as much as I did about technique, mixing colors and all that jazz. Now let him go.” It is a question of making art available to the student and giving them the freedom to explore their creativity. “As students explore the material world, my hope is that they realize they are simultaneously exploring the materials within themselves,” he says. “It’s all about potential.” He sweeps his arm toward the myriad of boxes, pieces of wood, photographs and paraphernalia scattered about his property. “That’s why all this crap’s lying around here,” he says. “People come in and look around and say, ‘Why doesn’t that old bastard get rid of all that junk?’ Well, I never put this sign up, but I want to. It says, ‘As you look around the life’s work of this 88year-old man, if you do not see substance, please leave through the doors whence you came.’ “People will come and visit and they don’t know — and they don’t care.” He shows off a photo of students working on one of his projects “Here’s an interesting little note. I came across an old photo of students in 1963 gathered around an old Christmas tree.Well, you can see them all over the place now. And I had it in my thesis. You can buy them everywhere now — I should have copyrighted it.” He said that he was always happy to get kids in his classes who had machine shop or wood shop experience. “Know-how is so important,” he says. “When you know how to do something, if you’ve got wild ideas, you might get them done.” Herman said focused on technique when it came to promoting a student’s imagination. Giving students skills allows them to use them later when they create.
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HERMAN from page 5 He does not consider himself a ceramicist, but believes that clay is a great teaching tool because it offers potential. “If you get a lump of clay, it’s surprising what you can do,” he says.“The more you allow them to play, the more they advance.” Herman believes that art is about expression. He quotes the sculptor Henry Moore as saying, “Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function.The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses.” When asked to pick artists from whom students can learn, he chooses Norman Rockwell as one. He cites the Saturday Evening Post cover of a man who has obviously has a hard life standing by the side of the road with his son who has a suitcase. It is so much more than a simple rendition. The story behind the image is rich, he says. That is expression. Another of his favorites is Picasso. “We got to admit it, sometimes he gets across to us,” Herman says. “The grey painting, ‘Guernica,’ is one. Herman believes that people are too concerned with graphic realism, photo-realism, to the point that they do not allow themselves to just create.” “So many art educators say, don’t let them copy,” he says. “Well, I say, let them copy. That’s how I got into art myself. Look at the great men who express things. I like to think of Rauschenberg with his torn-up cardboard, and his dead goats and chickens. He is pulling our leg, but also he’s not. He could get things across. “But we are so literally minded, we don’t stop to get to the nitty-gritty. Who gives a damn if it’s exact. “It’s like little children drawing. Leave them alone. Don’t judge them, yet. A child will draw a house and the parents will say, ‘he’s got the doorknob way up here.’ But it’s because he’s short and to him, it is up there. I don’t think we need to say, ‘Johnny, it’s not that high.’ To him it is and we are arguing against a gut feeling.”
Herman Hugg in his element, left, during the reception for his retrospective at the Beaumont Art League, May 16. Hugg’s work filled both galleries, as well as the garden area between them, below.
Artists must be allowed to find a way for the creativity to flow. Maybe a musician keeps hitting keys on a piano until a tune appears. A painter will keep making marks until an image appears to him. That is Herman’s philosophy. Keep doing and the art will come. “Some people can’t spring off of that — they are too stuck in a mud hole,” he says. Herman was married with two children. His oldest son Michael is 56. His youngest son, Mark, died at age 27. Herman points proudly to a photograph of Mark in his Texas A&M corps uniform. “He and a girlfriend had gone to church one Wednesday night and they were outside talking and he collapsed. And that was it,” Herman said. “We never thought to have an autopsy because…the pressure hits you, man, and knocks you over, you know.” Herman is as philosophical about it as he is about everything. “He was a bright kid and had so much to give,” he said.
Herman said he was looking at the picture one day with an ex-student and the student’s son. The boy said, “I guess God needed him up in heaven.” “We need good men down here, don’t we?” Herman said. “I don’t think God does things like that.” Herman was married for 22 years to Elizabeth Joiner, “A pretty little schoolmarm from up in the farming country in Texas, way up in the Panhandle.” The pair met in college. “She and I had a date for lunch one day and I never showed up, I can’t remember the reason,” he said. “This little lady got perturbed about this. She was taking an art class in ceramic and clay and made this sculpture…an Indian scalping a white man. This fellow on the bottom represents Herman Hugg.” He breaks out in a sustained chuckle as he shows off the piece, which he subsequently had bronzed. “Man, that’s great work,” he said. Herman is philosophical about the couple’s eventual divorce. “My wife and I had a great friendship and two wonderful children,” he said. Walking around his house, listening to his stories, one is struck by the ongoing narrative that is Herman’s life. Each chapter is told in rich detail with little room for sentimentality. One senses that Herman appreciates all of the experiences, be they good or bad, as part of what has shaped him. Maybe Herman’s most enduring artistic creation is the artist himself. He switches tack again, back to the idea of promoting the arts in society. He says churches and other groups can always do more to promote the arts. “Would they be committing crimes against God and man, if churches, synagogues, mosques…held showings of the visual arts, parents and children, grandma’s old quilts, and so on?” he said. “It would be a social thing about bringing people closer together. There’s really no religion in it either way.” Herman pauses for a moment and announces that he is working on starting a new church, a project he has been working on most of his life. “I’m thinking about putting a sign out in the front. ‘Coming soon at this location. Church of the Open Mind. Herman Hugg, founder and pastor,’” he said. He pauses for a moment. “Will God damn us for doubting? Or will he thank us for thinking?” For 88 years, Herman Hugg has been doing. And as long as he has breath, he plans to keep on doing. And thinking.
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Jodi Hebert, left, Chesly Broussard and Jessi Hebert will display their art at The Barking Dog in downtown Beaumont beginning June 6. Jodi, below left, and Chelsy are students at Lamar University. Jessi is a photographer in Houston.
THREE GOOD REASONS WHILE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE are spending their summer kicking back and taking it easy, three young women artists are spending their time (except invite away from school work putphoto above, by ting together an exhibition. Jessi Hebert) Chelsy Broussard and twins Jodi and Jessi Hebert will present their work in June at The Barking Dog on Pearl Street in downtown Beaumont.
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WOMEN ARTISTS TO EXHIBIT AT THE BARKING DOG IN JUNE The exhibition, titled “With or Without Reason.” opens with a reception 7-10 p.m., June 6. The event will feature musician Ashlynn Ivy and local band The Amorist. Chelsy and Jodi are art students at Lamar University. Jessi attended Hallmark School of Photography in Massachusetts. She currently lives and in Houston where she is an assistant to a photographer. While the trio have different styles, they do share a common theme. “We are all 21 years old and we are all women,” Chelsy said. “Jodi and I are still in school and Jessi just graduated, so we all have being a young artist in common. I think we have similar views and philosophies on life, but other than that…. The three women see their gender as being an important part of their art. “It’s always relevant, what your gender is,” Chelsy said. “Not to sound sexist about it, but it’s how you see art.” Jessi said that being a woman helps her see things differently from men. “I think, as a woman, I pay great attention to detail,” she said. “And when I photograph other women, I definitely want it to have a feminine feel to it. Jodi went away to school for a while before returning to the area and attending Lamar University. It was there that she and Chelsy became friends, although they had attended Port
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Vulcans,
IT’S THAT TIME WHEN WELL BASEBALL SEASON IS in full swing and basketball is winding down which means that summer movies are right around the corner. Let’s get this party started shall we. STAR TREK – And so it begins. I know this one has already hit the silver screen, but I wouldn’t feel right not including it in this article. “Star Trek” has, Commentary by Jeff Dixon since I was a Writer, critic and small child, self-proclaimed geek been a thing of wonder and a small glimpse into what our future could be. It’s what I measure good science fiction by. For all the times that I have claimed to love “Star Wars” more than “Star Trek,” watching the new movie cemented my allegiances. Trek is a universe I can get behind and it has never let me down in the ways that “Star Wars” has in the past. The film is worth repeat viewings just to see Karl Urban become Dr. McCoy and hearing Eric Bana scream “SPOOOOOCK!” made me smile to beat the band. I am a born-again Trekkie. DRAG ME TO HELL – Finally, director Same Raimi returns to horror in a big, bad way. I can’t believe there is a movie coming out this summer with this kind of title. It just screams grindhouse and I couldn’t be happier. Over the past year we’ve seen a resurgence in the slasher genre with the remakes of “My Bloody Valentine” and “Friday the 13th.” Let’s hope that this flick gives us a new age of supernatural thrillers. LAND OF THE LOST – This is where I lose some of my street cred. I have never seen a single episode of the original “Land of the Lost” series. But I have seen every episode of the short lived 1991 series that lasted for two seasons. I know that doesn’t make up for the first fault but it’s out there now. I said it and I can’t take it back. Of all the movies this summer, this is the one that I am the most optimistic about. Even if they change something drastic from the show I won’t notice at all and that is a feeling I don’t often get to experience with these types of pictures.
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GEEKS LOOK FOR REASONS TO RUN FOR SHADE THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 – I am of the opinion that when John Travolta really shines he is always playing a character that is a little off his rocker. “Mad City,” “Swordfish” and “Broken Arrow” are not great movies or even good ones, but Travolta owns every scene he is in. He puts on an acting clinic and his clinics are free. In this one though, it actually seems like the rest of the movie will be solid as well. With Tony Scott directing and Denzel Washington as the protagonist, this looks to be amazing. The trailer is haunting at some points, with Travolta laughing as he kills hostages and saying very calmly to Washington over the phone, “You may be the last friend I ever make.” TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN – In this corner, weighing in at 15 tons and hailing from the farthest reaches of the galaxy, the new leader of the Decepticons, Starscream. And in the other corner, weighing in at 10 tons and hailing from his new home, our very own planet Earth, the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime. Now I want a good clean fight boys; nothing below the wheels. Let’s get it on! BRUNO – The newest film from Sacha Baron Cohen, Bruno looks to do for the fashion industry what Borat did for the American dream. Bruno was always a favorite of mine on “Da’ Ali G Show” just for the sheer amount of times he would trick designers and models into actually saying that the fashion industry was utterly meaningless. Oh I can’t wait. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE – Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, Neville. I really shouldn’t have to say anything else. If you aren’t on board by now it’s not even worth my time or yours.
FUNNY PEOPLE – I am apprehensive about this. I really hope there’s more to it than the trailer lets on or it will be another case of the trailer giving away too much. But it’s Adam Sandler in a movie guaranteed to be funny. Plus Leslie Mann is sure to give every struggling actress in America a lesson on how to play a smart, funny, strong and beautiful woman. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Quentin Tarantino has made some of my favorite films of all time. “Jackie Brown” and “Death Proof” being at the top of the list. In this remake of the 1970s exploitation film, a group of Jewish U.S. Soldiers, led by Brad Pitt, shoot, punch, strangle and, yes, even scalp a whole bunch of Nazi’s during WWII. This looks to be the bloodiest movie of the summer and I couldn’t be more excited. WEEDS: SEASON 4 – The cover art alone is worth it. Mary Louise Parker continues to bring it in every episode of this series. For those looking for drama that’s anything but formulaic, this is the series for you. THE STATE: THE COMPLETE SERIES – I can’t count how many times MTV has lied to me about when The State would finally make it to DVD. But this time is different. This time we have package art, we have confirmations from the entire cast and we have a concrete release date of July 14. Yes,
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‘Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs’ exhibit tours U.S. FROM THE SANDS OF Egypt to the halls of America’s museums, National Geographic with Arts and Exhibitions International and AEA Exhibitions, in cooperation with the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, presents “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs”. Egypt’s art, architecture, treasures and religious practices have been the subject of study for thousands of years. Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said he is pleased to bring the treasures of the boy king to the region. “People of all ages have an enduring connec-
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tion and fascination for Tutankhamun, and this tour gives a whole new generation the chance to discover the wonders of Egypt,” he said. The exhibit, which recently concluded a run at the Dallas Museum of Art, takes a look at the life, art and culture during the time of Tutankhamun and other Egyptian royalty in the Eighteenth Dynasty. The exhibit explores the religious turmoil inherited by the boy king as he tried to convert his people back to their original faith, years after the Pharaoh Akhenaten’s “heretical” worship of the Aten sun disc. Akhenaten was Tutankhamun’s father. The exhibit also examines the different trends in art and culture between the varying rulers as well as the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of young Tut in 1323 B.C. The four city encore tour marks the first time in nearly 30 years the artifacts have visited the United States. King Tut’s mummified remains, however, still rest in a stone sarcophagus, his burial chamber in Egypt. Director of the Dallas Museum of Art Bonnie Pittman said the exhibit required more than two years of preparation. “We are extremely pleased to be able to share these exceptional works of ancient Egyptian art with the community we serve and to further reinforce Dallas as an important destination for visitors seeking the best in cultural experiences,” she said. The exhibit features more than 80 artifacts from antiquity including four neverbefore-seen artifacts from King
Tut’s tomb, splendidly preserved for more than three-thousand years. Among the artifacts are two nested miniature coffins which once contained the mummified remains of what are believed to be the still born children of Tutankhamun and his wife and half sister, Ankhesenamun. The couple is not believed to be survived by any offspring. National Geographic executive vice president for mission programs Terry Garcia said that Egypt’s ancient treasures are among the world’s greatest cultural legacies. “This tour provides a rare opportunity to view these amazing artifacts from ancient Egyptian sites while participating in the conservation of important world history,” he said. Garcia said proceeds from the exhibition will help fund the preservation of antiquities in Egypt and the construction of a new antiquity museum in Cairo. The exhibition will next be on display at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and the De Young Museum in San Francisco. For more information go to www.kingtut.org.
Mannequin: Carved of wood and then covered in gesso and painted, this bust of Tutankhamun portrays the young king much more as a youthful figure than a divine being. Although wearing a royal crown with a cobra deity projecting at his brow, he has on a simple linen shirt through which the upper part of his ribcage shows. He has a pleasant smile, and his earlobes are pierced, a custom for both males and females during this period. The excavators suggested that the enigmatic statue may have served as a clothes dummy on which garments of the king could be draped or his jewelry displayed. Dynasty 18, reign of Tutankhamun 1332-1322 B.C. Photo: Andreas F. Voegelin, Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig
Pectoral with Solar/Lunar Emblems and Scarab Found with the Coronation Pectoral in the Treasury, this remarkable inlaid pendant has inventive iconography and decoration on both sides that cryptographically spell out Tutankhamun’s birth name. A central winged scarab with falcon tail and hind legs represents the rising sun. Above, the image of the left eye of Horus, supporting a crescent and disk with royal and divine figures, is a symbol of the moon. Dynasty 18, reign of Tutankhamun 1332–1322 B.C. Photo by Kenneth Garrett © 2008 National Geographic
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Art Museum to host TeenVentures camp Teenagers love to doodle, scribble and draw just about anything that pops into their mind. This summer, the ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS has a special week of courses planned to give them a little guidance and creative outlet in their drawings — TEENVENTURES SUMMER CAMP from June 22-26. Teens ages 11-14 will have the opportunity to learn how to draw wildlife and comic strips from professional artists. This year’s line-up of week-long courses, from June 15 through July 17, are filling quickly, and the deadline for registration is May 29. ArtVentures is offered Monday through Friday with two workshops per day: morning classes are from 9 a.m. to noon; afternoons are 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Children ages 4-14 choose from many class options for high quality, intensive art education experiences. All courses are taught by professional artists, and the participants work closely with those respected artists in a variety of mediums. Campers are divided into three age groups, with each course designed for age-appropriate art activities: Young ArtVenturers — children ages 4-6 — will
REASONS from page 7 Neches-Groves High School together. “I was actually more friends with her sister,” Chelsy said. “Jodi and I didn’t actually care for each other in high school — but that was a long time ago.” Chelsy said she will have a large ceramic piece in the show, as well as several drawings and photographs. Jodi said she will display strictly ceramics. “I have seven sculptures right now, and I’ll also have some functional pieces,” she said. Chelsy said she likes to experiment with different media. While Jodi is focusing on ceramics at the moment, she also likes to play with different styles. “Sometimes it’s easier to put some collages together,” she said. “And I do have some old photographs I may decide to put in at the last moment.” Jessi said, in an email interview, that she has always wanted to be a photographer. “The older I got, the more I realized that being a photographer was the only career that would allow me to be truly happy,” she said. “I’m always trying to be a little more adventurous and spontaneous and photography gives me that outlet.” She said that studying at the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Massachusetts was a great experience. “I was totally thrown out of my comfort zone, but after a while I realized that moving there was the best thing I could have ever done for myself,” she said. “The people I met there, the places we went, the snow storms, the things I learned...I wouldn’t trade any of that for the world.” Chelsy and Jodi said they are not much for labels — that it’s all about intention. “Art is art,” Chelsy said. “As long as you can call it art from the beginning then it’s art, no matter what medium it is.” Jessi said that, unlike the other two, she focuses exclusively on her chosen medium. When I was in art classes growing up, I could never seem to get things to turn out the way I envisioned them in my head,” she said. “With photography I can work and work at it and eventually I will get
These students show off their creations from the maskmaking class during 2008’s TeenVentures Camp.
use all the materials the big kids use such as clay, paint, colored pens and pencils to learn the basis of creating art through fun activities. Their activities will be on a level appropriate to their age. Classes are also augmented with art-related stories and outdoor activities. ArtVenturers – children ages 7-12 – have many
exactly what I envision. Jodi said she is thinking of having a sheet of paper for people to write about what they see in her work, “instead of what I see because, clearly, it’s going to be different.” Or they may have people put their ideas into a ballot box so people are not influenced by other ideas. They are continuing to experiment, so by the time the show opens, they may have developed a whole other approach. Chelsy said her work is mostly a reflection on her life. “My photography is more about my life and the sculpture is about seeing beauty in everything,” she said. “Drawings are a new thing I’ve been getting into. I never used to enjoy drawing, but now I do.” A lot of young artists tend to get bogged down in the process of creation and do not seek to exhibit their work. These three artists believe that showing the work is an important part of the process. “I think you are wasting your time if people don’t see your work,” Jodi said. “No one makes work just for themselves. Clearly you want to say something.” Chelsy chimed in with, “Doesn’t the art even exist if nobody sees it?” “Art only exists within a social context,” Jodi said. Jodi and Chelsy are members of Lamar’s Artist Common, which gives them other opportunities to show in a group setting. “People who don’t get involved in (Artist Common) are seriously missing out,” Jodi said. “It’s part of being an artist — if you’re going to be a real artist.” Jodi and Chelsy said they are surpised at the lack of interest on the part of some of the art students in taking advantage of what the group can offer, not just in shows but also in sharing ideas.. “If you don’t care, see where that gets you,” Jodi said. Chelsy said the title of the show really speaks for her. “‘With or Without Reason’ here is our art,” she said. “Sometimes it means something and sometimes you’re just doing it because you have to pass a class
exciting courses to choose from including the popular clay and pottery courses, drawing, painting through history and more. TeenVentures in Art – Once again, teenagers won’t be left out and the artwork they’ll make will be fresh and fun. TeenVentures in Art is a special week, June 22-26, just for 11 to 14-year-olds interested in exploring new avenues with new materials in art. The courses will allow the aspiring artists to learn how to draw wildlife and comics from professional artists in those techniques. “Summer ArtVentures is a great camp for kids interested in learning about art from professional artists while making their own artwork to show off to their parents,” AMSET Curator of Education Sandi Laurette, said. The cost for Summer ArtVentures is $75 for members, $110 for non-members for the first child’s first class, $75 for each additional child and then $70 for each additional class. Scholarships are also available. A complete course description list and sign up forms can be found online at www.amset.org or by calling (409) 832-3432.
One of Jessi Hebert’s street photos series.
but it ends up growing into something more. You don’t always know where it starts from.” Jodi said she doesn’t normally go into a project with an idea in mind. “I try to work from the subconscious,” she said. “It pretty much has to do with my experiences over the past year.” Jodi was diagnosed with a massive tumor. “So I had a huge belly because of my tumor, and it turned out my sister got pregnant, so it’s a lot about the female experience and my reactions toward that,” she said. “That’s just the truth of the matter.” She said she is fine now. The trio wanted to have live music so it will be an event that is different from people’s perceptions of an opening. “We want to pull in a bigger audience of people who wouldn’t normally come to an art show,” Chelsy said. “We want it to be more laid back,” Jodi said. Three young artists, two young bands and one cool art opening on a warm summer night adds up to a good reason to “do the Dog” on June 6.
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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.
sions for students entering grades 3 through 8. Summer 2009 camps include Garden Gurus (July 6-10 for students entering 3rd & 4th), What’s Bugging You (July 13-17 for students entering 5th & 6th), Wild Birds (July 20-24 for students entering 3rd & 4th), Colors to Dye For in partnership with the Stark Museum of Art (July 27-31 for students entering 6th, 7th & 8th), and Stepping Back in Time (August 3-7 for students entering 5th & 6th). Each session runs Monday through Friday from 8:30 am - 2:30 pm. Space is limited. Registration is limited to the first 26 applications per session. Students should submit a fully completed and signed application, consent form, and liability waiver by June 5. To see a description about each camp or to fill out an application, visit www.shangrilagardens.org/ Programs/Summer-Camp.aspx _______________
The BEAUMONT ART LEAGUE will host it’s annual ART ADVENTURES SUMMER CHILDREN’S ART CAMP, for four weeks beginning June 2. Times are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and campers should bring a sack lunch. Cost for members is $65, non-members cost is $75. The camp caters to ages 6-12. “Some exciting scheduled projects this year include mask making, weaving, painting, clay and mural work, drawing, nature crafts, wearable art and more,” Dana Dorman, BAL director, said. “Projects aim at fun, improving art skills and enhancing creativity. “Each week brings new projects.” To register your child or for more information about Art Adventures, call BAL at 409-833-4179. Scholarships are available. _______________ BUU MON BUDDHIST TEMPLE in Port Arthur will host the 11TH ANNUAL LOTUS AND BAMBOO FESTIVAL June 6 and 7. The event will also include a celebration of Buddha’s birthday (Vesak) on June 7. The festival and the temple are highlighted in the May issue of “Southern Living” magazine. The article, titled “Southern Tranquility”, was written by Jennifer McKenzie Frazier, travel editor for the magazine and the photography was created by Cary Jobe, staff photographer for the magazine. The article was a year in the making. The “Southern Living” May issue is currently in bookstores and on newsstands throughout the country. For more information on the festival, call 409960-8370. _______________ The MUSEUM OF THE GULF COAST has announced its summer events schedule as follows: The White House Garden, June 14–Aug. 9. Black Art — Ancestral Legacy, June 19–July 19. Rauschenberg Tribute Exhibition, Aug. 30–Oct. 22. For information on events, contact Ami Kamara, curator, at 984-6446. The museum’s SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM begins July 8. The schedule includes: EnviroKids summer camps, June 8 – July 2. Explore It! hands-on program: “Plant Me a Garden,” July 7, 10-11 a.m. Teen Troupe summer camp, July 20 – 31. Explore It! hands-on program: “Dino-Mania!,” July 21, 10-11 a.m. Explore It! hands-on program: “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” Aug. 4, 10-11 a.m. Explore It! hands-on program: “Create & Decorate!,” Aug. 18, 10-11 a.m. For more information on Summer Youth Programs, call Carol Boettcher, education coordinator, at 409-984-6453. _______________
When backwoods tomboy Annie Oakley meets handsome Frank Butler, the star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, it is love at first sight. But he is looking for a lady, and she knows, “You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun. When she joins up with the traveling show, love and laughs mingle with gunplay and songs in LAMAR STATE COLLEGE-PORT ARTHUR’s ANNIE GET YOUR GUN. Produced in conjunction with Port Arthur Little Theater, “Annie Get Your Gun” will be presented July 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m., and July 26 and Aug. 2 at 2:30 p.m., at the Lamar Theater on the LSCPA campus at 1700 Proctor Street. “Annie Get Your Gun” features classic songs including “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly,” “You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun,” “Anything You Can Do,” “The Girl That I Marry,” and many others. “This show really has something for everyone,” director Keith Cockrell said. For reservations, call 409-984-6111. _______________ Each summer, SHANGRI LA BOTANICAL GARDENS AND NATURE CENTER sponsors summer camps for students called ECORANGERS. These camps introduce students to different concepts of science, art and the social sciences and how they relate to southeast Texas. A low student-to-teacher ratio enhances handson learning in natural environments. Depending on the camp, students may explore different ecosystems by testing water, searching for organisms, and engaging in other hands-on activities. This summer, Shangri La offers EcoRanger ses-
The TEXAS ARTISTS MUSEUM’s summer events schedule is as follows: ‘CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH’ EXHIBITION Opening reception, June 14, 3:15 p.m. Free. JUNETEENTH DINNER CELEBRATION June 19, 7 p.m. Featuring Melissa Waddy Thibodeaux. $25. MARKET DAYS BY THE SEA June 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Art and Crafts sale. EXPRESSIONS ART GUILD Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Open to all. $20 per year. ARTSMART FOR CHILDREN July 6-24. $30 per week. TAM is located at 3501 Cultural Center Drive in Port Arthur. For more information, call 409-983-4881 _______________ “A New Purpose,” an exhibition of work by artist SUMMER LYDICK will be on display at the ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS’ CAFE ARTS through Aug. 2. _______________ The BEAUMONT ART LEAGUE‘s summer schedule is as follows: July BEAUMONT CAMERA CLUB PHOTO EXHIBITION Reception July 11. August 3D AND PORTRAIT SHOW Reception August 8. September FRANK GERRIETTS, 2009 MEMBERSHIP SHOW WINNER Reception Sept. 12. For entry deadlines and more information, call 409-833-4179. _______________
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At Albertson’s, Waiting to Be Eaten The stumps of my antennae ache with undone images of death and memories of cool, home shoals. Such stunted thoughts hang feebly from my brain, as I wait, in the holding tank, at Albertson’s.
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A large thing taps on the glass and asks its father what I am. To which the pop replies, glad-eyed and tickled pink, “A lobster from the north.” “And what’s it for?” the smaller of the large things presses. A smear of nosy wonder slides across the tank.
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The happy daddy answers. What does the fucking bastard know of life out in the shoals? Of clean, brisk streams in the lush, sweet salt, and the joy of scooping sand? What does he know of 40-gallon supermarket containers and tape-cuffed claws? To the silly twit of a soft-skinned kid, he explains what it is to be me. Then the two large things bring down their hands to wipe my smells away. They grunt disgust. They smile to each other. They leave by way of a well-lit freezer aisle. Is it the long, fluorescent lights above that hum so deeply? The meat department manager, in stained white aprons tied loose round his human belly says, “May I help you?” to the woman who will eat me. Jesse Doiron Almost Nothing On the eve of May Day, it feels good to sit still and do nothing. I think on what I can see at dusk; trees rustled by breeze. And beside my door a CD player graces my ears with Mozart. I am a thinker at most, one taken to obscure, analyze and critique. This evening I don’t think on a garden of human actions but an ocean of almost silence. Given to memberships in the panoramic school of journeys, I greet you once more. “Hi!” but take my leave from your skirt and pants. “Bye.” I enjoy an outdoor view before dark to rest my mind I look out and with abandon on almost nothing George Wentz
Troubled Road
Ask of Me
On the corner of Second and South Central A boulevard just north of Hell, bent on better intentions But beggars come and go Someplace where sunlight never breathes, never glows Where your fall brings on winters so hot you tremble Cold and bitter, figuring you’re better off on your own anyway So you’d hide until you turned up missing Until He found you on a pile of your own rubble, Mostly self-indulged troubles that you rather not mention From the bar off Third and Memory Lane More than once on a sad and misty morning, just a touch of rain Honeydew thick as mourning pie from the town’s only kitchen In search of a greasy remedy, Served with juice and all the fixins, Topped with a kind word from a soft spoken… A gentle touch but didn’t catch his name… Just put it on your tab; mark it up, another tally for blame Somebody else so you can rinse and repeat for another night of the same Another moon gnawing at your demons Until the lion comes to feed on more of your selfish reasons Excuses that will sentence you to that same grave From their plot of empty ambitions, Made on the corner of Second and South Central A boulevard just north of Hell, bent on better intentions
To the Majestic Sovereign The one who made me To unending wisdom and kindness To the sublime To everything pleasing to my soul To the one being of all good I say this
Cody Pastorella
Smashed
You made me You save me You alone endure me You call upon me You await me So from you I will not stray I place my heart in your hands alone Along with my body my life and my soul Yours I am now As I have forever been And will forever be I ask only one thing of you What do you want from me? Terri McKusker Brooklyn Dream of a rainstorm In a city of blurred lights Its hidden deterioration Lies behind a face of steel and glass
Shoes hit the pavement at the speed of a slow stumble, and with a belly of beer we wander the streets. This city is new and exciting and the streets are warm, as warm as the people around us. People rushing back and forth. So many redheads, ...they’re everywhere. Nothing reminds me of you. Not the pubs, not the sounds of Fenway or the streets of Salem. But when my head comes to rest on that pillow, that’s when you sneak in. With your giggles and your smirks in my direction, with your dark hair and your rolling eyes. Awake with a start, a new morning. It’s cold out there today. It’s cold out there everyday.
Still we sleep, listening To the pattering drops Through endless stories Turning, turning in a Turnstile of taxis and trains And transvestites Images of innocence Lost against a blazing Sci-fi cascade of LED And glittering light
Jeff Dixon
Celeste Hollister
It’s the same sidewalk On which march millions Of feet, millions each day Turning into the next and the Next while liberty Never sleeps.
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Sun Blood
Yellow has its etymological roots in Old English. Use that piece of trivia at a party. It’s on me. You’re welcome.
_Star hands close tight around a ____now darkened sun____The most important candle is out ____Permanent night erases creation...____everybody...run____Run into dark energy...____dance with dark , broken, shattered ____synergy____Contemplate certain silence____tag the universe with pleasant violence____use big bubble artistic letters____the universe is a king — graceless, clumsy bird with ____the feathers of its wings burned off____Star hands clasped tight over a now blackened____canvas nothing can be seen__If fear is the heart of love then Osiris is cold-cold black____She stains the landscape of the fertile dream____Looking for truth in tarpaulin light____Gunshots ring out into the cold cold night____Detangling the genetic code that is scattered____over guilty palms____Concealed, fugitive in an unguarded moment__Sun-blood now pours over naked fingers____liquid, light seed flowing into a vortex at light speed____seeds for the new universe machines to be ____built with extraordinary precision____Sun-Blood firing itself into black Hawking radiation____in search of gravitrons __seeking the Higgs boson particles that hide____discreetly in the folds of prison cells __awaiting their next____saviors...____From where will the next captives come?____Where next will the Sun-Blood burn?____Will it run?____Will it hide?__Will it come inside again to churn and spin?____Will it come again someday to burn inside of____cosmic electronic drumbeats?____Sun-Blood blazing its way into a new trance ____a new child mountain dance____searching for a new rotation____yielding its life force into new nations.____Full of new SunBlood ____governed only____by powerful self-spoken word__we have left the herd____Ever rising...no longer despising __beginnings all forgotten____Not all beginnings rotten____Origin formed in the kiln-fires of a brave celestial slave artist____Walking next to another servant creator...creating____Sun-kissed, sun-scarred, sun-killed, retooled, sunskilled____drenched in Sun-Blood____Covered now in light...nuclear fusion passion____clothed in the latest Sun-Blood fashion____No longer living half-starved on inadequate moon rations____Following bliss...the former sun intact will not be missed____nor to be with its light again will be wished____Dream now and rage for this ____buried in fire raised from the pyre____elevated from satellite vapors____cut the shapers ____the shifters____the drifters____Memories of eternal night____SunBlood dripping from near invisible hands____a black canvas in midnight colors covered____in starless shapeless, darkness____New stage set____New caste met____Fatalities counted ____and in the clear cut, prepared fields ____they are mounted____With feathered pen and in indelible, Sun — Plasma, ink recorded____ Carefully stored in black hole solar vaults that are __closed locked and frozen____The old mission covered, changed, and thwarted____Sun-Blood trumpets sounding____The new laws through the new cities that surround the timeless__federation walls are now resounding____pounding____cascading____rounding____Everything in advanced animation Sun-Blood breathing____in experimental sentience drowning__swimming____wreathing____An avant-guard, theoretical physicist with pristine technology ____begins her...____mending____bending____building____shielding______erecting____Regenerated, fortified, transparent walls to capture the spilled____lemon-yellow Sun-Blood cells__that contain in their cores the____anti-bodies____to cure Dante's Infernos____Fresh Sun immortals are being chosen, woven, and from the ____imagination stolen, braided with brighter, reconstituted____ Sun-Blood love, Sun bathed blood juries formed ____with heightened precision____Firing at ancient long dead sentiments ____reviving____purging____pumping...____into them pure ideas and fresh revelations____dreams gurgling tripping the light fantastic, being reshaped____in Sun-Blood pools majestic____These new Sun-Children, solar flares once Stone ____cursed, stonecherubs____are now on the other side of life ____never wasted____only sky tasted____From the night a full syringe of lemon-yellow blood was ____gathered through the metal walls of the syringe...____this clear, transparent holding cell ____the last of the Sun-Blood was ____safely collected...____labeled...____...and on a shelf in side of dark energy stored____and fabled...________SUN BLOOD__
Andy Coughlan
Anastasia ad Valorem Bizberka
Color Theory #4: Yellow Yellow is the color of the sun on a bright summer day. Yellow is the color of gold, which is a gift and a curse. It is killed for and fought for, a source of power. Gold used to be the foundation of the economy, before the economy was built on paper. Yellow is the wedding band, the necklace, the earrings; the tooth in the mouth of the conspicuous consumer. Yellow is the one-eyed idol to the north of Khathmandu, a little marble cross below the town. Ah, Mad Carew, did it really have to end that way? Yellow is a primary color. Its closest neighbors are red and blue, yet it is separated from them by so many others. They are neighbors, yet they never meet. I wonder if they are lonely? Yellow is the stain on the floor of the old folks home. Yellow is the star with six points that identifies the six million who were destined for the trains. Yellow is the man who hides while the bullets whiz past the window. He hears the screams, yet he does nothing. He will hear them forever, only now it is too late. The yellow streak blinds him. But only he can see it. Yellow is the daisy alone in the field. Pretty. Yellow is the brick road. Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road. Yellow is mellow. Donovan said so. Bob looked back at him without respect. Yellow is the man from the East, who sails the yellow river to the sea. Look at him, the round eye says. We love his wisdom. We love his art. We love his history. Let’s package it and we can make money. Chinese, Japanese — there’s a difference? Yellow Fever killed 10,000 in Philadelphia in 1793. Yellow light means speed up before it turns red. Good call, asshole! Yellow journalism. Give me the pictures and I’ll supply the war. Yellow is the cab. I am white, so I can flag one down. But I will never understand what the driver says. Stereotypes; what would we do without them. Yellow is the school bus, the wheels of which go round and round, round and round, round and round.
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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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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GEEK from page 9 Bastille Day is the day to mark your calendars. Prepare for the most off the wall sketch comedy you have ever seen. It will break your funny bone into a million pieces and stitch it back together with threads of nostalgia.
SCALPED: VOLUME 1 – I cannot recommend this comic enough. A crime story set on an Indian reservation featuring more twists than a summer beach movie. Jason Aaron is one of the best writers in comics these days and this is his baby. Pick it up, you won’t regret it. Well that’s it for me folks. This summer looks to be another scorcher but luckily there’s enough entertainment to keep you inside until the sun goes down. Live long and prosper.
THE BLACKEST NIGHT – Written by Geoff Johns and spanning multiple books in the DC universe, The Blackest Night has been in the works for years in the pages of Green Lantern. All you really need to know about this series is that there are now multiple rings that are powered by different emotions and the tag line for it is “The dead will rise.” Well sign me up. Zombies + super powers = awesome.
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