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AMSET to host Wentz retrospective
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THE VIVACIOUS LIFE AND work of the Beaumont artist George Wentz, who died March 6, will be honored and celebrated this summer at the ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A retrospective exhibition titled GEORGE WENTZ: JOIE DE VIVRE will be on view in the main galleries from July 24 to September 26, 2010. The exhibition will feature works from the artist’s early years in the 1960s to paintings created days before his death. Many pieces will be loaned by local collectors.
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George’s most recent collection of paintings and drawings housed in the artist’s South Park home was bequeathed to the art museum. “I feel that the title of this exhibition, “Joie de Vivre,” not only captures the energetic and optimistic nature that George possessed, but also the style and subject matter of his work which is reminiscent of the late 19th century French Impressionists and early 20th century Fauvists such as Henri Matisse and Andre Derain,” said AMSET Curator of Exhibitions and Collections Sarah Hamilton. If you would like to make a donation to AMSET in support of Wentz’s upcoming exhibition please send payment to: Art Museum of Southeast Texas 500 Main Street Beaumont, TX 77701. For more information, call 409-832-1400 or visit www.amset.org.
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Contents Sprindletop Rollergirls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 TASI Alternative Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Saraceno at the Blaffer Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Geek’s Summer Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 Mark Catesby, Naturalist/Artist. . . . . . . . . . Page 10 Buu Mon Temple Lotus Festival. . . . . . . . . Page 11 Around & About. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12 Thoughtcrime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13
Cover: The Spindletop Rollergirls Roller Derby team in action Photo by Scott Parish
DETAIL FROM AN ENGLISH GARDEN, far left, and CEREMONIAL VASE were painted by George Wentz in the last weeks of his life.
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ROCKIN’ ROLLERS
Derby team brings girl power to SETX WITH BLARING ROCK MUSIC, pounding skates and alter egos, the Spindletop Roller Girls have hit the Beaumont scene in a big way. The women on wheels have Photos by found a following and are here to stay. The crowd at the team’s Andy first scrimmage at Manning’s Coughlan Texas on Wheels exceeded seating capacity and nearly 700 attended their first hometown bout in April at the Ford Park exhibit hall. “Its like NASCAR with a skirt. You have two teams trying to get their guy through. Its exciting,” Doug E. Flesh, Roller Girls trainer, said. Rollermania has come to Beaumont courtesy of a husband and wife duo having an interest in the sport and skating away with it. Doug and Jessica Corral, who go by the “skater names” or alter egos Doug E. Flesh and Messica in the rink, began the venture with a couple of friends and it grew from there. Vidor resident Robbi Murphy, aka Pluckey Devil, met Messica at a local concert and got on board with forming the league. “We started with five people and it just grew and
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snowballed into the greatest group of women I have ever had the pleasure of working with,” Pluckey Devil said. “The first official practice was Nov. 11, 2008. I’ll never forget it,” Messica said. The interest originally came from Doug E. Flesh’s mom when he was working as an EMT and living in Houston with his wife Messica. His mom had a friend in the roller derby league there and invited him to come watch. Soon he was volunteering his medic services and Messica had joined a recreational team. “I hadn’t been on a pair of roller skates in 10 years,” Messica said. Then Messica’s job relocated them to Beaumont. By the time of the move, Messcia was so enamored with the sport; she was willing to commute five times a week for practices. That’s when the couple decided to start their own team in Beaumont. “The first people I talked to were Pluckey Devil and Melissa Wright,” Messica said. Wright eventually moved to Colorado. They began recruiting by word-of-mouth, handmade fliers at nail salons and roller rinks, and a few ads in local newspapers to stir interest. Pluckey Devil, like Messica hadn’t skated since
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childhood, but said it all came back to her when she started practicing. Now, the derby divas have created a community of area athletes including nurses, bank tellers, teachers, stay-athome moms and heating and air conditioning repair people. They come in all shapes and sizes, with ages ranging from 23 to 40. The Rollergirls have achieved apprebtice team status with the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, the international governing body of women’s flat track roller derby. They also have a recreational team for up-and-comers and those that cannot commit as much time to the sport. They haven’t forgotten about the surrounding community either. They frequent charity events in full Rollergirls garb and skates to raise awareness for area causes and showcase an area charity at every bout. The Rollergirls have acquired a male following of derby husbands and those like Ray Gregory that are just interested in the sport and come to help with bouts, training and fundraising. They are affectionately referred to as Derby Widows or Derby Brothers. “The guys are an intricate part, “ Pluckey Devil said. “Like Ray who doesn’t date any one here but helps out. In the beginning he said ‘I want to see this get off the ground. I want to see Beaumont have this.’ “The camaraderie is amazing. We are like a family with a common purpose,” she said. “These women are true athletes. We train very, very, very hard. We have three mandatory practices a week and we also have land drills.” The teammates must make the practices or they can’t compete. “I’ve seen these girls take hits that guys would have to sit on the couch after. There is a lot of heart out there,” Doug E Flesh said.
June 2010 ISSUE • 5 The Rollergirls have fans from all walks of life, he said. “Roller Derby has been around forever. They used to roller derby with the metal skate strapped to their shoes. It just went out of fashion in the eighties and they started trying to bring it back in Austin about five years ago. We have a good, older roller derby crowd that haven’t seen it in years.” Fans range from old to young, with cool kids, punk kids, grandmas, and just plain Beaumont residents, Pluckey Devil said. “Some people come just to see girls go flyin’,” Doug E. Flesh said. “The biggest draw here is — it’s not like the basketball or the hockey teams. We didn’t import players from Ontario — these are local girls. The Rollergirls are all hometown girls and they have built interest in the sport to a full-fledged business, completely skater operated. With nearly 40 league members, the Rollergirls are non-profit and can accept tax-deductible donations. “Everything we make goes back into our league,” Messica said. There are traveling expenses when they go to bouts out of town and training equipment to be paid for. She said the team would like to start furnishing the protective gear for the girls as well. “The girls make all the decisions. It’s a big democracy,” Doug E. Flesh said. “The only part I do is help train. These girls do all the paperwork, legal and recruiting.” Messica encourages others to take their passion and develop it, because the Rollergirls are proof that grassroots projects can really work in this community. “I would rather try and fail than never try at all. If you don’t try you’ll never know,” she said. “What these women go through is amazing. It’s hard-hitting, rough and tough and fast. It’s a full-contact sport. “I have never been into any kind of sport in my life, but this sport is such a good way to let out your aggression,” she said. “When we are there, we can hit each other, knock each other down, go for blood—except off the rink we are all friends. That’s the fun of it.” “One of the best things about derby is one of the girls can knock me on my behind during a game and afterwards I can walk up to her and say ‘Wow! That was really a great hit,’” Pluckey Devil said. “It is no more violent than football, and it is definitely not as violent as hockey.” “When we are out there, its like any other sport,” Messica said. “We are not a mom or a bank teller anymore, we are in the game, we are our alter egos.” For more information, including schedule and sign-up info, visit www.spindletoprollergirls.com.
Jessica, center, and Doug Corral, who go by the “skater names” or alter egos Messica and Doug E. Flesh in the rink, relax on the sidelines during the Spindletop Roller Girls’ bout April 12 at Ford Arena. The fast and furious bouts are like “NASCAR on skates,” team cofounder Doug said. The team all adopt “skate names” such as “Holy Miss Moley,” “Emma Propriate,” and “Mazzy Scar.”
Derby FYI The Spindletop Roller Girls’ roller derby league is different from what one would see in movies like “Whip It”. In the movie they play on a banked track, which is “old school derby,” Messica said. The women compete in two-minute jams for points with two 30-minute halves. “You have a jammer, which is the girl with the star on her head and a pivot, the leader of the pack basically,” Messica said. “ And you still have blockers. “It’s the same principles. The jammer is scoring the points and blockers and pivots are stopping the opposing jammer or helping ours. “The jammer is scoring points with each girl she passes after her first lap through, but on the banked track, they are doing clotheslines and stuff like that. I don’t know a lot about it, but from what I have heard, they have staged falls. It is more show-based where ours is more sportbased. “Its more of the WWE where we are more the UFC,” she said. Blocking is strictly regulated. “Your legal blocking zone is from your shoulder to your elbow,” team member Pluckey Devil said. “But you cannot use your shoulder and stick out your arm like a chicken wing.” Players also can use their hip to their knee to block, she said. “You are allowed to block with your whole body, basically.” Players are not allowed to hit people in the back, though. “I can’t come up behind someone and try and nudge them forward,” Pluckey Devil said. “That’s called a back block. You can block with the back of your shoulder in their chest.” The team competes on different types of flooring at different locations. At home they compete on concrete. They are required to wear a mouth guard, kneepads, elbow pads, wrist guards, and a helmet. Some girls wear shin guards, but large pads like a linebacker’s is not acceptable. Pluckey Devil said. There were many requirements the Roller Girls had to meet before being accepted to the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, including the type of skates used, number of bouts performed annually, ownership rules and many others. For a list of the rules and regulations including things like referee hand signals and track design requirements, visit www.wftda.com.
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June show offers artists chance to showcase talents ARTISTS LOOKING FOR A place to show off their latest creations need look no further than The Art Studio, Inc. in June. Submissions are being accepted for the annual Alternative Show, a free-for-all art exhibition on display June 5-26. The show will open June 5 with a reception, 7-10 p.m. at TASI’s gallery, 720 Franklin in downtown Beaumont. Entry is free and submissions will be accepted afternoons, June 1-3. There is a limit of five pieces per artist and pieces must be delivered in person. All works must be show ready and wall pieces must be wired (no sawtooths). “This is a great opportunity for artists of all ages to exhibit their work in a relaxed setting,” Andy Coughlan, TASI tenant, said. “There are no judges and everyone is accepted, so it is a great chance to have your work shown in a gallery. “The Alternative Show has traditionally been a show where anything goes. We have had work that represents all ages and all levels of experience. Many local artists have used this opportunity to first show their work.” For more information, call 409-838-5393.
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Saraceno ‘floats’ idea for ‘Lighter Than Air’ environment TOMÁS SARACENO WAS TRAINED as an architect. But a simple concrete and steel structure offers no challenge to this Argentinian artist. He wants to create a world where the environment is literally “Lighter Than Air.” Saraceno’s vision of floating domiciles is on display in the Blaffer Art Museum on the University of Houston campus through Aug. 7. The exhibition features a variety of balloons held together by a web of fabric and ribbons constructed by the “logic of tension.” Each of the pieces is supported by wires that are attached to the floor, ceiling and walls. Instead of free-standing works, each sculpture is dependent on — and part of — the gallery space. The act of viewing the work causes one to become part of the installation. One has to carefully maneuvre around between the taut wires, bobbing and weaving in an almost balletic performance. Saraceno has also installed framed photographs on the floor. In essence, the floor becomes the wall, which challenges our perception of direction. Which way is up? The pieces attempt to cross the line between art and potential function. In Saraceno’s large digital mural, “Liverpool/ Flying Garden/Air-Port-City,” he incorporates diagrams of the air flow above the city. On this he has superimposed his own “lighter-than-air vehicles” that have the potential to use the natural environment to move about. He argues that the flying city stimulates a dialogue with the environment. One notices that the flowing diagramatic “web” of the air currents echoes the webbing that holds his balloon structures together. Saraceno successfully blurs the line between art and science, and by doing so, he forces us to examine what is the essential nature of art. By extension, he questions the idea of what an artist is. Saraceno’s ongoing “Air-Port-City” project sug-
Review by Andy Coughlan
gests the possibility of a series of “lighter-than-air” balloon pods that can provide sustainable living environments in international air space. Several of the floating sculptures in the exhibition contain plant life. “32SW/Flying Garden/Air-Port-City,” a construction of 32 plastic elliptical spheres, contains Spanish moss, which lives on water and airborne nutrients. This flying garden’s self-sustaining organism offers proof of the viability of the project. The largest sculpture is a large ball constructed of plastic segments and lightweight solar panels. “Iridescent Planet” can be seen as both a prototype for a living environment and a work of art. All of the spheres in the exhibition play tricks with the light and with perception. Looking through the panels at the wall-sized mural, the swirling thermal currents are twisted and distorted. A series of photographs of people suspended in giant balloons as if in the clouds, offers a vision of the future. The implication is for a world that has removed the burden of Earth-bound congestion and lifted humanity high into the clouds. While in Houston, Saraceno visited NASA and he regularly discusses his ideas with scientists to advance his idea of an environmentally friendly alternative to current conditions. Saraceno sees his art as an “open integration of many disciplines.” As well as scientific principles — the balloons will rise and fall depending on shifts in temperature — Saraceno draws inspiration from the geodesic domes of R. Buckminster Fuller. Saraceno is a collaborator with a goal. He sees the world as a collaboration between man and nature, neither one dominating over the other. He also sees science and art as collaborative elements, each working together to create a postive future. And, ultimately, nations must collaborate to make Saraceno’s vision a reality. Until then, Saraceno will continue to push the boundaries of art and science in all directions — and “float” his ideas for a better tomorrow.
The Blaffer Art Museum is located at 120 Fine Arts Building on the University of Houston campus. For more information, call 713-743-9521 or visit www.class.uh.edu/blaffer.
LIVERPOOL/FLYING GARDEN/AIR-PORT-CITY, top, and 32SW/FLYING GARDEN/AIR-PORT-CITY, above, are part of Tomás Sarceno’s “Lighter Than Air” exhibition at the Blaffer Courtesy photos Gallery in Houston through Aug. 7.
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THE SUN’S TOO BRIGHT AND THEY CAN’T LEAVE THE Commentary by Jeff Dixon (Dixon puts words together on a regular basis. He is also a card-carrying member of Team Bullock)
WELL, DEAR FRIENDS, THE hour is upon us again. Those beads of water dripping down that tall glass are not there for show. It’s become a wasteland out there and the only redeeming quality is an abundance of sandals and toe rings. But that is neither here nor there. Here we are again aiming to beat that sweltering heat with a myriad of indoor entertainment. So it begins. GET HIM TO THE GREEK — Some people may not like Russell Brand. He’s not for everyone. But I challenge you to find a moment in any trailer for a summer film weirder than the moment in this trailer where a half-naked Brand drives down a hallway in a child’s electric car, wearing a crown atop his head, and proclaims with great pride, “I’m a motorist!” We can all learn a lesson from this. We must be our own motorists. It’s up to us to be the drunken change in the world that we want to see. TOY STORY 3 — I am a giant child. Last year Disney released a double feature of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D and I can honestly say it was the happiest 3 hours and change that I’ve spent in a movie theater in years. Just pure joy spilled out onto the screen. I literally can't imagine how good this film is going to make me feel. Toy Story movies are like surprise trips to Peter Piper Pizza, except when you get there someone gives you a lightsaber and a cookie in the shape of a dinosaur. THE A-TEAM — I love it when a plan comes together. I also love it when remakes of old TV shows actually look good. The A-Team is something I never thought could work as a major motion picture. It’s more of a serialized tale. But from all the buzz this seems to work and that’s exciting. Let’s just hope and pray that at some point a fool gets pitied. KNIGHT AND DAY — I don’t like Cameron Diaz. I just want to make that clear up front. She’s not a good actress. End of story. However, this movie, this movie I am excited about. Tom Cruise is playing a nutcase (not a stretch I know) and Diaz is some kind of bumbling idiot (also not a stretch) and yet somehow the energy
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HOUSE; HERE’S SOME STUFF TO KEEP THEM BUSY of the trailer and the possibility that I could see a version of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” that wasn’t instantly forgettable is just too good to be true. I just hope this doesn’t lead to a Cruise-Diaz marriage and their adoption of an entire African baseball team. Maybe I should get that “Team Aniston” shirt out for old time’s sake. PREDATORS — The third proper sequel in the franchise, this looks to be what “Predator 2” should have been. A group of strangers, each with a history of violence, wake up in a jungle and soon find out that not only are they not on Earth anymore, they’re also being hunted in a giant game preserve. Produced by Robert Rodriguez (“Planet Terror”) and starring Adrien Brody (“King Kong”), this is my sleeper movie of the summer. It’s not getting an overabundance of buzz but I’m fairly certain it’s going to please the crowd it draws and prove itself a worthy sequel.
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD — Imagine if Seth Rogen wrote a movie set in the universe of “Street Fighter.” It would probably be a lot like Scott Pilgrim. Based on the comic book by Bryan Lee O’Malley, Scott Pilgrim has to fight and defeat the seven evil ex-boyfriends of his new lady love, Ramona Flowers. I saw the trailer for this and immediately bought the first volume. It truly is one of the best comic series of the last ten years. This is going to be the surprise hit of the summer. Mark my words. It won’t do Iron Man 2 business but it’s going to do better than expected.
INCEPTION — How do you follow up directing the best comic book movie of all time? You hire Leonardo DiCaprio as your lead and release trailers that don’t give away anything but little snippets of fantastic ideas. The trailers for this remind me of the ads for “The Matrix.” I had no idea what it was about but I knew people were dodging bullets and that’s really all I needed. All I know about this movie is that it involves placing yourself in someone else’s mind — and that’s the way I intend to keep it. Oh, and also DiCaprio wears some rocking suits in it. BIONIC BY CHRISTINA AGUILERA — Pop music has changed a lot since Aguilera’s last album. With Lady GaGa and Rihanna taking over the Billboard charts is there still room for Christina? With Timbaland and Linda Perry both producing tracks on this record I’d say the smart money’s on that, yes, there is more than enough room for pop to get a little dirrty.
MEMPHIS BLUES BY CYNDI LAUPER — I don’t know what Lauper will sound like when paired with B.B. King and Johnny Lang but I will tell you this, I can’t wait to hear it. I love when artists get out of their comfort zones. Even if it’s not an all together solid album (Lil’ Wayne, I’m looking at you) it still has that creative spark and it’s still nice to know people are willing to take chances in the music industry.
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Drawing from Life? Naturalists added extra dimension to science “I took liberty of examining that parrot and I discovered that the only reason it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been nailed there.” — Monty Python’s Parrot Sketch
TODAY WHEN WE SEE images of wild nature on the pages of illustrated magazines or on the screen, we rightfully assume that the intrepid nature lover was somewhere nearby to capture on the camera the precious moment of the white egrets performing the mating dance or the eagle feeding her young. It is absurd to doubt the naturalist’s presence at the scene. However, things were different in the past. Illustrated books which featured all sorts of plants and living organisms are perhaps among the oldest in the history of book making, but the practice of drawing images from direct observation of nature is quite recent. Medieval and Renaissance illustrators of natural history typically never laid eyes on the creatures they drew; their proof of authenticity was the accuracy with which they copied pictures from older books and manuscripts. Later, drawing from stuffed specimens became widely popular. In 1828, John James Audubon, in a letter to a friend, criticized this practice which, in his mind, did little to promote the true knowledge of nature. He commented that stuffed animals were often nothing more than filled skins, which had been shaped without any knowledge of the animal’s anatomy and then adorned and positioned according to the fancy of the taxidermist. So what method did Audubon employ to create his Birds of America? The great master claimed that he drew from life as he observed nature during his long excursions into the woods. However, upon his return, he did something very different from what we might have expected an artist to do. This is how Audubon described his working process in the same letter: “My drawings have all been made after individuals fresh killed, mostly by myself, and put up before me by means of wires, &c. in the precise attitude represented, and copied with a closeness of measurement that I hope will always correspond with nature when brought into contact.” To create the illusion of flight, he hung birds upside down so that the wings opened.
Story by Elena Ivanova
This fact does not belittle Audubon’s contribution to art and science, which needs no re-affirmation, or the novelty of his approach to depicting birds in their natural habitat. It is a reminder of a trivial, but often neglected, truth that the words we use today may not have had the same meaning in the past. There is a huge difference between our understanding of the expression “drawing from life” and the meaning implied by Audubon and his contemporaries. This difference is not simply the result of the language evolution. It reflects the difference in our world views, conceptual references and life styles. “Drawing from life” also was the credo of English naturalist Mark Catesby (1682-1749), who has the honor of being the first historian of North American flora and fauna. As the majority of his colleagues, Catesby believed in the superiority of images over words in conveying scientific knowledge. In the “Prospectus for Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands” (1731-1743), he express this belief in the following way: “As FIGURES convey the strongest Ideas, and determine the Subjects treated of in Natural History, the Want of which hath caused so great Uncertainty in the Knowledge of what the ancients have described barely by words, in order to avoid such confusions, we shall take care to exhibit everything drawn by the Life.” Catesby made several journeys to the New World: in 1712-1719, 1722; 1725 and 1726. True to his credo, he spent a lot of his energy making watercolor drawings of birds, plants, fish, insects, reptiles, amphibians and mammals. At the same time, he was busy collecting specimens of flora and fauna, since it was the specimens that paid for the expedition expenses. He diligently sent shipments to his patrons in England, among whom were such important collectors as Sir Hans Sloane, President of The Royal Society, whose collection was destined to lay the foundation of The British Museum, and eminent botanist William Sherard. Collecting specimens and making watercolors were mutually beneficial activities for Catesby. The specimens provided models for the drawings,
Mark Catesby (1682-1749), LARGE WHITE BILLED WOODPECKER 1731, engraving on paper, hand-colored. In The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Volume 1. 14 x 20 1/2 inches, Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas, 11.18.2.A
while the drawings better conveyed the shapes and colors of the specimens, which could suffer from deterioration during the long sea voyage. A modern viewer may see a contradiction between the claim that the subject was “drawn from life” and the stiff manner of its representation characteristic of drawing from a dead animal. As an example, let’s take a look at “Large White Billed Woodpecker.” The figure is flat, rigid, with its glassy button-like eye and the claws barely touching the tree trunk. One wonders if the bird has been nailed to the perch, like the parrot in Monty Python’s sketch. It is plausible to assume that this woodpecker was included in the shipment sent by Catesby to Sloan along with the following letter dated March 12, 1723: “I
hope you have ere this received from Capt Rave (who sailed from hence the 10 of May last) a Box of dryed Birds, shels, and insects… I now send seven kinds of woodpecker which is all the kinds except one I have discovered in this country….” If the artist strived to truthfully convey his own direct observations of nature, as he claimed, where is the proof of it? How can we tell that he actually watched the woodpecker in the wilderness and not simply acquired a dead specimen? Most art historians agree that Catesby’s firsthand knowledge of the subject reveals itself in the portrayal of the environmental relationships. The woodpecker
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The canopy of trees filters sunlight to create stars on the surface of a lotus pond at the Buu Mon Buddhist Temple in Port Arthur. The temple will host its 12th Annual Lotus Festival, June 5-6.
Photo by Andy Coughlan
LOTUS FESTiVAL
BUU MON TEMPLE TO UNVEIL GARDEN RENOVATIONS JUNE 5-6
THE BUU MON BUDDHIST TEMPLE will host the 12th Annual Lotus and Bamboo Festival June 5-6 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., on their grounds at 2701 Procter Street in Port Arthur. The theme of the fesival is “Come Be A Part Of The Newly Emerging Gardens.” “Buu Mon Buddhist Temple is looking forward to another fun-filled weekend in the gardens,” spokesman Danny Dubuisson said. “We are once again pleased to have the Texas Bamboo Society participating and sharing their knowledge of bamboo and its culture.” Bamboo crafts will be available from Carole Meckes of Austin. “Carole’s bamboo arts and crafts have been a great hit with previous festival shoppers,” Dubuisson said. “We are looking forward to vendors from the Texas Bamboo Society selling bamboo plants as they have at past Lotus and Bamboo Festivals. The Texas Bamboo Society and others will be available to assist the visitors with questions they may have about our gardens.”
Saturday and Sunday there will be walking tours of the gardens and the temple. It is an opportunity to learn the history of the gardens and Buu Mon Buddhist Temple as well as Buddhism in general, Dubuisson said. The gardens as well as the temple have undergone major remodeling and landscaping in the past year. “The gardens have been especially hit hard by this past winter’s freezes so we have taken the opportunity to initiate a landscaping project we had planned to address at a later date,” Dubuisson said. “The gardens are airier and allow for a more contemplative experience. We are hoping to complete our projects by festival time. If you joined us last year you will see a dramatic change in the garden environment this year. We have all the confidence you will enjoy the gardens and their new look. This year’s visitors will be the first to see and experience this new environment.” Bhante Kassapa, assistant abbot, will discuss tea and its preparation. The Buu Mon Meditation Group will sponsor a food booth, as well as an arts and crafts booth. Visitors will be able to enjoy traditional Vietnamese cuisine prepared by the temple’s parishioners, and purchase a variety of items such as Tshirts, jewelry, and refreshments from the Buu Mon
Youth Group, Lotus Dance Troupe and the Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe. Dubuisson said that highlights of this year’s festival include a performance by the Lotus Dance Troupe and the Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe, who will close the weekend festivities with performances starting at 4 p.m. on June 6. There will also be performances by “Sonny the Birdman.” Sonny Carlin and his trained macaws will perform both days. Performance times were not available at press time. In addition to the performances, there will be a variety of vendors both days of the festival with an assortment of arts and crafts, Dubuisson said. Regional artists will have booths selling their artistic endeavors. In addition, various non-profit organizations will be on hand to share information concerning their organizations and the services they provide the community. There are four gardens surrounding the temple which is home to a large variety of lotus and hardy and tropical water lilies, as well as various types of bamboo. Some of the bamboo is able to reach heights of 60 feet. Bhante Kassapa will display his
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Around & About If you come across any interesting exhibitions, museums or other places on your travels, share them with us. Call 409-838-5393, or contact us through our web site at www.artstudio.org. Be sure to include the location and dates of the subject, as well as any costs.
The ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS presents VISIONS FROM GOD, 15 paintings by local artist AMY TOLBERT-FAGGARD, on view in Café Arts through Aug. 1. Tolbert-Faggard is an ethereal painter with a strong passion to pour out her creative energy in the form of still-life paintings and landscapes. Her artwork is largely influenced by Biblical scripture and created to give the viewer a spiritual experience. “In my art, God’s word along with variations of light, color and perspective are used to create an aesthetic experience allowing the viewer to feel God’s presence,” Tolbert-Faggard said. “Visions from God” is part of AMSET’s continued mission to feature local artists in Café Arts, museum spokesperson Melissa Tilley said. The exhibition is open for viewing during regular museum hours. For more information, contact AMSET at 409-8323432 or visit www.amset.org. _______________ The tale of the misfit novice Maria and her adventures with the Von Trapp family singers has thrilled generations of theatergoers since THE SOUND OF MUSIC made its Broadway debut in 1959. Southeast Texans can be a part of the fun this summer as LAMAR STATE COLLEGE-PORT ARTHUR, in conjunction with PORT ARTHUR LITTLE THEATRE, stage this classic family musical. Auditions will be held at 7 p.m., June 1, 2 and 3 in the Lamar Theater on the LSC-PA campus at 1700 Proctor Street and are open to the entire Southeast Texas community, not just LSC-PA students. “The Sound of Music” will be presented July 29, 30, 31, Aug. 5, 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m., and Aug. 1 and 8 at 2:30 p.m. The musical, with songs by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, features a host of familiar songs, including “Edelweiss,” “Do Re Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “My Favorite Things” and, of course, the title song. “This is one of the most beloved musicals of all time,” director Keith Cockrell said. “It is a great thrill to be able to involve people in a show that is so well known. I hope that anyone who has ever wanted to be in a musical will take the opportunity to come out and audition.” There are lots of adult roles and seven children’s roles, from 18 down to very young. Because of the rigors of rehearsal, Cockrell asks that all children auditioning have finished at least first grade. Cockrell is especially keen to encourage newcomers to theater to participate. “Our auditions are as friendly and inclusive as we can make them,” he said. “We teach the songs there, we give you the pages we want you to read — you don’t have to spend months getting ready. “We give you the chance to do it over and over. We try to give everyone the chance to be comfortable and to show us what they can do.” Cockrell said that he encourages people to
attend all three nights of auditions. “I want to see you with everyone I can see you with,” he said. “If someone can’t attend all three nights just tell me and I will give them as much as chance as I can on the nights they can be there.” Cockrell said being in a show requires commitment, but the summer musicals produce friendships and bonds that last for years. For audition information, call Cockrell at 409984-6338. For reservations, call 409-984-6111. _______________
TRANSITION STILL X by Jacco Olivier The BLAFFER ART MUSEUM at the University of Houston presents an exhibition featuring Dutch artist JACCO OLIVIER, whose presentation of ten works inaugurates Blaffer’s new “First Take” series. The exhibition is on view through Aug. 7. Olivier’s luscious filmic vignettes are quiet meditations on painting set in motion. Technically, his work falls into the category of animation. Images are repeatedly reworked and rephotographed to create a narrative that unfolds through a camera-driven progression. Olivier likes to tell a story, but even in his most anecdotal works, the most interesting tale is the story of painting itself. For each work, Olivier repaints the same canvas over and over again, carefully photographing each stage of development. In time the original image slowly degenerates and finally disappears altogether in the cumulative layers of paint. The final work, the photographic record, thus becomes an animated history of a painting, a slice of time that captures scraps of narrative and memories, and joins them together to form a moving picture with an atmospheric charge enriched by an ambient soundtrack. Hunger, Birds, Submerge (all 2003), and Hide (2004) delve into the animal realm. The viewer follows a polar bear across snowy plains on his hunt for fish, soars into the sky with a flock of birds, dives into the deep sea, or catches glimpses of a frog alternatively jumping and hiding in a grassy field. Other works, such as Sleep and Normandy (both 2004), serve as meditative windows onto simple moments of daily life: one shows a woman tossing and turning in bed, while in the other she enjoys the breeze on the seashore. In his more recent work, including Bath (2009), Portrait
(2009), and Transition (2010), Olivier has mined traditional genres, such landscapes and still lifes, bathers and portraits, often pushing the image to the edge of abstraction. With the new focus on painting as a historical discipline has come a shift in scale that emphasizes the viewer’s relationship to the painting as an object. Where Olivier’s early films read like intimate, jewel-like visual poems, the new ones add a surprisingly expansive spatial and physical dimension to an otherwise largely immaterial experience of sight and sound. “First Take,” Olivier’s first solo museum exhibition, brings together ten works created between 2003 and 2010. The artist was born in the Netherlands in 1972. He graduated from the Rijksakademie in 1998, and lives and works in Amsterdam. “First Take: Jacco Olivier” is on view concurrently with Tomás Saraceno:Lighter than Air. The Blaffer Art Museum is located at 120 Fine Arts Building on the University of Houston campus. For more information, call 713-743-9521 or visit www.class.uh.edu/blaffer. _______________ The Port Arthur Historical Society will host a new traveling exhibition at the MUSEUM OF THE GULF COAST. On loan from The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, BEING ANDY WARHOL features a series of photographs taken by Andy Warhol during the 1970s and 1980s. The photographs illustrate Warhol’s preoccupation with fame, his use of the camera both as a social equalizer and a social diary, the method behind his technical process, and finally, his construction of identity as a commodity. The exhibition will open with a free reception June 13 at 2 p.m. and will feature a film screening of the 2002 documentary “Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture.” This exhibition also highlights several core themes found in Warhol’s work: the embrace of consumer culture, explorations of sexual identity, challenges to social and artistic conventions and the integration of high and low culture. Warhol was adamant about documenting the world around him. Through 18 black-and-white photographs we become aware of his private life, his social circle, and the artistic milieu which surrounded him. In 23 Polaroids we become privy to his public persona as image maker but also his working process. His photographs, as well known as the many celebrities who sat for him, reveal a world based on marketable image and personality. Because Warhol not only photographed celebrities, but also such mundane objects as kitchen knives or items at a flea market, we see in him an artist of abundant curiosity with an eye for detail and a knack for articulating his world with uncommon detachment. Warhol is, without a doubt, a conundrum well suited to his time and place in international art history. “Being Andy Warhol” will remain on view in the Museum’s Dunn Gallery through Aug. 15. The museum is located at 700 Procter Street in downtown Port Arthur and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call call 409-982-7000 or visit www.museumofthegulfcoast.org.
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It’s All A Big Joke You part your hair a certain way you You change your mind from day to day you You build a box that you put into Oh the tiny things Well I think I might be alive I Just might have to give up hope, I hope I Can spare all of the time required For all the little things And I’m sure you think it’s funny But you don’t seem to know that You are the best time spent so far And I have a hand to hold And the days pass by like lightening Like centuries ago Silly life, you laugh in my face Well, it’s funnier than you know Your life is priceless Your life is right I used to sit beside a hill at sunrise I used to magnify the truth with both eyes There’s always something to accept or realize What’s gotten into me? You ask the stars to shine, and shining Are a whole bunch of stars aligning You learn that it’s got so much to do with time And you have to let it be The wheels of life all turning They go around, around again Silly life rolls by so fast A rock in between two walls And bigger rocks lie in your pathway You’ll stumble and then you’ll fall But you stand back up again Because you’ve just got to see it all Your life is priceless Your life is right
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My Mind
Those Cats!
It’s almost hollow but always full, Running and speeding, Fast-paced and bleeding, Solving and creating, Yet hurting and seeing, It’s always strong, And almost never wrong, It thinks through and finds ways around ways, Most so obvious you wouldn’t believe, So easily it can deceive, ready to receive, Observant to all, watching your rise and fall, You’d be amazed at what you would find, This is my mind.
Those cats! I think it was seeing them in sunlight that shocked me so and not their furry, feline smiles. Although, it could have been a combination of the two.
Betty Langham
Just Let Go
Unpleasant thoughts have now tainted my mixture And it all must be done again You see it all but you can’t take a picture And it’s crawling beneath your skin This silly life has a hidden agenda And it’s not going to let you in But your life is priceless Your life is right
Part of the process of moving toward a more positive way of thinking and living with a tolerable and comfortable outlook on life is... to let go... not just of the small stuff but of everything, to make each jump into a pool or yoga or self meditation session a new-born baptism of one’s self, with no worries or responsibilities, completely opening your soul until an ocean could pass through it without you even getting wet. Even if only for just 20 minutes, you can be THAT free. Seeming at first to be ordinary music with pulsing undertones, you may find yourself feeling unaccountably lighter in spirit when listening to your own Positive Thinking, while recognizing a warm invitation to a better way of experiencing the world and your self. Try it for just one day... Test my therory... Please....
Ryan Gist
Terri McKusker
Beware If ever what you’ve got has got you Get to the places that you’ve got to get to When there is nowhere left to hide I am here for you My friend This is all a big joke to laugh with Consequence comes Surely things will happen But at least it’s not a lie Oh I believe it’s true
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You see, usually, they’re sprawled out on their snoozy sides, scratching at insomniatic fleas while rumbling some innard with a deep delight and very little outward show. Now, that might be it! Right! Right! They looked so goddamned out of character and place, exhibiting their fang-filled smiles, which really weren’t smiles at all so much as open, gaping – something. Those cats! Powered by a stray electric scent (unbuttoned by the building static current of their shedding coats); They spat, kicked, licked, and bit each other. Like angry birthday toys, unwrapped before the time is come (with silver-shiny, Ray-O-Vacs in place), they flailed their playful tails and smiled beneath an open, gaping, sun-bit sky. Jesse Doiron
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GEEK from page 9 BATMAN AND ROBIN VOL. 1 BY GRANT MORRISON AND FRANK QUITLY — One of my favorite comics right now is about a man doing his best to raise his little brother after their father dies. It’s called Batman and Robin. After Bruce Wayne was “killed” last year Dick Grayson took over the mantle of The Batman with Damien Wayne, Bruce’s son, as Robin the Boy Wonder. This is what comics are all about. For the first time ever Batman is the lighter side of Robin and it works amazingly well. INVINCIBLE IRON MAN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 BY MATT FRACTION AND SALVADOR LARROCA — This is where you need to go if you walk out of Iron Man 2 and want more. Fraction does an amazing job of getting into Tony Stark’s head and letting us in on what it’s like to be the smartest guy in almost any room. Tony’s strength as a character has always been his charm and his never ending battle to look at himself in a mirror without hating what he sees. He’s a former war monger but as he often says, “I’m trying to do better.” THE AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS AND JOHN ROMITA JR. — This is the ongoing series you need to be reading this summer. Marvel is giving the Avengers a big boost this summer and if you want to pick up a comic and see how you like the Marvel Universe then this is the one you need to get. Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, SpiderWoman and many more characters yet to be revealed will be at the center of this book and the Marvel Universe proper. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are back! And that brings us to the end of the road. It’s been fun but the ice in my glass has melted away in the heat of that blasted sun. It’s off to the fridge for me and then maybe out into the world. There’s trouble to be found out there. Get yourself into some and see a good movie, read a good book and listen to some good music while you’re at it. Mahalo!
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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bonsai trees. “We invite you, your families, loved ones and friends to come and visit the gardens, and marvel at the beauty of the blooming lotus and lily flowers,” Dubuisson said. “Enjoy the many varieties of bamboo and obtain advice and tips for your aquatic garden. There will be ample opportunity to purchase bamboo. The following Sunday, June 13, the temple will host its annual Buddha’s Birthday Celebration (Vesak). The event acknowledges the Buddha’s birth, life and death. The ceremony consists of monks from various temples chanting and sharing the dhamma (teachings of the Buddha), as well as congregation participation. The public is invited to attend our Buddha’s Birthday Celebration. For more information about these events, contact Bhante Kassapa at 409960-8369 or the temple office at 409-9829319, or email cbmtemple@yahoo.com. Information can also be found at www.buumon.org.
is presented next to the willow oak, which is a part of its natural habitat. In the original watercolor, it is shown life-size. In some instances, Catesby created “a study of organic interaction,” to use the expression of Catesby scholar Amy Meyers, and showed how “two species interrelate in their shared habitat.” Unlike most specimens arriving in Europe from exotic lands, of which only the country of origin was known at best, Catesby’s animals were provided with a context, which informed naturalists about the animal’s diet and the kind of flora to be found in the same environment. As for the “stiff” manner of execution of the bird’s figure, Catesby might have considered it necessary to follow the convention adopted by natural history illustrators of his time. Images were expected to be precise and unadorned, with all features executed in the minutest detail. Shading or other means of creating an optical illusion were to be avoided, since this could lead the viewer to erroneous conclusions about the bird’s physical properties. For these purposes, a dead specimen made a better model than a live bird. Upon his return to England in 1726, Catesby embarked on a life-long project of organizing the results of his studies in a comprehensive publication, “Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.” A man of many talents, he taught himself to make etchings from his own watercolors. The publication included 220 etchings. To offset the expenses
incurred by the publication, Catesby intended to sell his “Natural History” by subscription in 20-plate installments, for which purpose he had to hand color about 40,000 prints. This Herculean feat was accomplished by 1747, two years before his death. Catesby’s contribution to art and science was recognized during his life and after his death. He became Fellow of the Royal Society, no small accomplishment for a man of modest means from a small village in East England. Catesby enjoyed the patronage of Augusta, Princess of Wales, who was an avid horticulturalist. Her son, George III, acquired the three-volume set of the Natural History, which contained Catesby’s original watercolors, in 1768. Famous scientist Carolus Linnaeus used many of Catesby’s drawings, specimens and texts in Systema Naturae and named several species of plants in his honor — Catesby’s trillium, Catesby’s lily and Catesby’s pitcher plant, as well as one species of animal — the North American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Lewis and Clark consulted Catesby’s descriptions during their expedition across the continent. A hundred years after Catesby completed his travels in North America, Audubon started his monumental project Birds of America using “Natural History” as a model. Mark Catesby’s Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands is featured in the exhibition Blooms: Floral Art in the Stark Collections at the Stark Museum of Art through June 12. A selection of Catesby’s prints also is on view in the museum galleries.
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