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Art Museum of Southeast Texas 500 Main Summer 2021 CURRENT EXHIBITION June 5 - Septmber 12, 2021 Free Outdoor Family Arts Day: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Saturday, August 14, 2021 This summer, AMSET on the Arts, the Garth Family proudly presents a selection of Partnership in memory of Mary over 50 artworks by local sculptor Jane Garth and Harriet Garth, the David Cargill. David has lived City of Beaumont, the Wesley W. and worked in Beaumont for Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, decades, inspiring generations M.D. Endowment Fund, and the C. of artists to pursue sculpture Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers as a creative art form. Working Charitable Foundation. Additional mainly in bronze, stone, wood funding provided by Kim and and ceramic, he has created well- known large scale sculptures for Roy Steinhagen, Kathé and Jim churches, universities, commercial Hendricks, Sheila and Jerry buildings, and private collectors. Reese, and Patti and Floyd Many of his works can be seen McSpadden. locally at well-known places, such as Lamar University, the Beaumont Public Library, or the Beaumont Civic Center. At 92 David Cargill, Man with Heart, n.d., cast bronze, image courtesy of AMSET years old, David continues to create artworks from the artist and private sculptures, at his studio is located here in collections in the state. Also on view is Beaumont. a new documentary created by Ronald An exciting program related to David The Lighter Side presents the boundless Jones showcasing David in his Beaumont Cargill’s exhibition imagination of the artist, who studio, as well as a small exhibition in will include: manipulates different materials to create the Conn Gallery explaining the bronze- sculptures that seem to move, twist and making process David uses to create Taste of the Arts Lecture Series breathe. Focusing on themes of love, play many of his works. with Lamar Professor of Sculpture We would like to thank David Cargill’s and whimsy, this exhibition highlights Kurt Dyrhaug small and large-scale sculptures from the underwriters, including: the Edaren Foundation, the National Endowment permanent collection of the Art Museum 12:30 pm, Friday, September 3, 2021 of Southeast Texas, as well as borrowed for the Arts, the Texas Commission This exhibition is generously funded, in part, by the Mamie McFaddin Ward Heritage Foundation, the Edaren Foundation, Goodyear Beaumont Chemical, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Garth Family Partnership in memory of Mary Jane Garth and Harriet Garth, the City of Beaumont, the Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund, and the C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Charitable Foundation. Additional funding provided by Kim and Roy Steinhagen, Kathé and Jim Hendricks, Sheila and Jerry Reese, and Patti and Floyd McSpadden. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov. UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS Collecting a Master/ Coleccionando la obra de un maestro: Carlomagno Pedro Martínez in the John Gaston Fairey Collection of Mexican Folk Art October 9, 2021 - March 12, 2023 AMSET invites you to join us craft practiced for thousands of events. His expressiveness and for our upcoming fall exhibition, years by the Zapotec people. realism distinguish his work. Collecting a Master: Carlomagno Carlomagno draws his inspiration The most reoccurring theme is Pedro Martínez in the John Gaston from his observations of daily death, which is often depicted in Fairey Collection of Mexican Folk life in Mexico. Although the the forms of festive skeletons and Art. Carlomagno Pedro Martínez is majority of the pieces he creates devils. Carlomagno is also well- a Mexican artist from San Bartolo are inspired by traditional Oaxacan known for installing his artworks Coyotepec, in the Mexican state of characters and imagery, he also on large table tops, and his various Oaxaca. He works in “barro negro” includes humorous portrayals sculptural scenes can include or “black clay” ceramics, an ancient of present-day personalities and anywhere from 5 to 160 individual pieces. Carlomagno’s sculptural installations have been exhibited in Mexico, the U.S. and Europe. In 2014, Martínez was awarded Mexico's National Prize for Arts and Sciences. Today, he is also the director of the Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca (MEAPO) in his hometown. Collecting a Master will include multiple table- top installations of Carlomagno’s historical and whimsical scenes, as well as three newly commissioned works, drawn from the John Gaston Fairey Collection of Mexican Folk Art. Up Coming Exhibitions Cont. De Aquí el Más Allá: Obras de Arte Popular Mexicano de la Collecion de John Gaston Fairey / From Here to the Afterlife: Works from the John Gaston Fairey Collection of Mexican Folk Art October 2 - December 5, 2021 This exhibition will feature Mexican artists. Death and the Master / Coleccionando la obra a selection of artworks from celebration of Death are popular de un maestro: Carlomagno Pedro AMSET’s John Gaston Fairey themes in Mexican folk art, with Martinez in the John Gaston Fairey Collection of Mexican Folk Art many artisans depicting traditional Collection of Mexican Folk Art. The with a focus on objects depicting cultural practices, such as Día de exhibition will expand upon a few celebrations, rituals, and day- Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) motifs that are also prevalent in to-day activities associated with and Semana Santa (Holy Week), Carlomagno’s work. the afterlife. It will include works through their artwork. It will run from well-known and unknown in correlation with Collecting a CAFÉ ARTS SERIES FOR LOCAL ARTISTS CURRENT | CAT HOLTZCLAW: SOLACE ON THE SAND May 20 - August 15, 2021 We would like to thank there are just a few more weeks to everyone who attended Cat catch a glimpse of Cat’s beautiful Holtzclaw’s reception on July 1st collages. during our July First Thursday. It was a wonderful event where food, Interested in purchasing a piece of drinks, and laughter abounded. Two Cat’s jewelry? Stop by the museum Magnolias catered an incredible gift shop today to select a stunning array of food, including a charcuterie necklace for your next show- board, crab dip, fruit, and an stopping outfit or visit AMSET’s assortment of desserts. In addition booth at the Beaumont Community to Cat’s collages being on display, the Players’ White Linen Nights, museum staff set up a special booth Saturday, August 7th from 6:00 to to sell Cat’s one-of-a-kind jewelry. 10:00 pm. This wonderful exhibition and Interested in purchasing one of reception are underwritten by Cat’s collages from the exhibition? lifelong pals of the artist, including: Contact Caitlin Clay, Curator of Albert Nolen, Linda Ohmstede, Kit Exhibitions, at [email protected] or Ohmstede, Barbara Quinn, Sheila at 409-832-3432. Reese and Jo Vance. The show will be on display until August 15th, so Cat Holtzclaw, Bucky, 2020, mixed media collage, Image courtesy of the Artist UPCOMING | TINA NOVELLI: REFLECTIONS August 19 - November 14, 2021 The Art Museum of Southeast Texas is The works of Frank Netter influenced Tina to of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio excited to present this fall a Cafe Arts show of begin working with several scientists that needed Biochemistry Department, further concentrating watercolor and pen and ink drawings by local medical illustrations to enhance their scientific on molecular genetics. Researching mitochondrial artist Tina Griesenbeck Novelli. Growing up in papers. DNA, she continued her artistic career, further San Antonio, Texas, Tina Griesenbeck Novelli’s Tina graduated from Trinity University with expanding her medical illustration work. Tina earliest memories centered around drawing her degrees in Art, Biology, and Chemistry. While art always managed to pursue both science and art pets. With her dad owning a kennel, raising was definitely her passion, she found that science wherever she was. While working on monoclonal Saint Bernards, and holding animals for Ringling sparked her creativity while adding balance and antibody research for Pacific Hemostasis in Brothers, she had ample subjects for practice. At depth to her works. Bill Bristow and Carolyn California she redesigned the company logo and six, she was working with pencil, charcoal, and Shelton were two major influences as her interest produced all of their medical advertising. Today pastels. From there, Tina progressed to pen and in watercolor piqued. she primarily works in watercolor and pen and ink where she loved the tiny strokes and details She received a master’s in biology with an ink, continuing her emphasis on realism. achievable with a fine point nib. Her eighth grade emphasis on genetics from The University graduation present was a set of rapidograph pens of Texas at San Antonio. From there, she which she still uses today. continued her graduate work at The University While in high school, Tina You can view her work at: explored a host of different subjects using pen and ink as her Instagram @tinaoriginals medium: architectural renderings, logo designs for local business, Pinterest.com/tinaoriginals fashion illustrations printed in the San Antonio papers, and designing Facebook.com/tinaoriginals party invitations for stationary firms. She also developed a Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ fascination with science and math. TinaOriginals RECENT ACQUISITIONS Donated works from artist Orna Feistein On June of this year, on paper, fabric, and thin cotton and plexiglas. Houston-based artist Orna mesh which have been layered to Orna Feinstein has been working Feinstein approached the AMSET create an illusion of depth and to as a professional artist for staff to propose a donation of her challenge the viewer’s perception many years, and she had a solo work to the museum’s permanent of the work.