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Will you have the Luck of the Draw at AMSET’s Go for the Gold fundraiser?
(Beaumont, TX; February 25, 2021) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) will host its annual Go for the Gold reverse drawing fundraiser on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 7 p.m. virtually through Zoom. Time to buy yer luck of the Irish green to gold ticket for the annual Go for the Gold reverse drawing event.
Tickets cost $100 and each ticket is redeemable for lunch for two from Two Magnolias, AMSET’s preferred caterer until August 2021. A number of prizes are given away throughout the evening, including a chance to win $10,000 in gold coins for the first place prize, $1,500 in gold coins for second place prize and $1,000 in gold coins for third place prize as well as silver coins and wine. Winners need not be present to win. The gold prizes are given in American Eagle coins and have value that depends on the price of gold and value on the collectors’ market.
All proceeds benefit AMSET’s exhibitions and educational programs.
This year’s Go for the Gold theme is Luck of the Draw. Attendees are encouraged to dress in green for a little pre-Paddy’s Day festivities for the virtual drawing on Zoom. Participants will be entertained by board members and lucky emcees, Albert Nolen and Gerald Farha.
Only 450 tickets will be sold to maximize participants’ chance of winning; advance purchase is recommended. To purchase tickets, visit our website amset.org or call (409) 832-3432.
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Exhibit telling the stories of Black Women will open at AMSET in spring
(Beaumont, TX; February 23, 2021) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) will exhibit DELITA MARTIN: Conjure on view March 13, 2021 through May 23, 2021 in the main galleries.
Conjure will feature works by Delita Martin, whose art deals with reconstructing the identity of Black women by piecing together the signs, symbols, and language found in what could be called everyday life from slavery through modern times. Martin’s goal is to create images as a visual language to tell the story of women that have often been marginalized, offering a different perspective of the lives of Black women.
Delita Martin is an artist currently based in Huffman, Texas. She received a BFA in drawing from Texas Southern University and an MFA in printmaking from Purdue University. Formerly a member of the fine arts faculty at UA Little Rock in Arkansas, Martin currently works as a full-time artist in her studio, Black Box Press. Martin’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Most recently, Martin’s work was featured in Calling Down the Spirits, a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Her work is in numerous portfolios and collections. Delita is represented by Galerie Myrtis in Baltimore, Maryland.
Supporting programming will include a virtual panel discussion at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 20th, with the Roux Collective, featuring artists Rabea Ballin, Ann Johnson, Delita Martin and Lovie Olivia. The Collective will speak on the topic of the portrayal of Black women in the arts and will be moderated by AMSET’s Curator of Exhibitions, Caitlin Clay. Joining the panel discussion is free and open to the public. The program will also be recorded and made available on the museum’s website and social media platforms the following week.
For more information, visit www.amset.org or call (409) 832-3432.
This exhibitions is generously funded, in part, by the Edaren Foundation, Humanities Texas, Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts,
Rob Clark and Jerry Thacker, Tootsie Crutchfield, Caitlin Duerler, LeeAnn and Terry Garth,
the City of Beaumont, the Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund,
the C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Charitable Foundation, and the members of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.
The panel discussion is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
Delita Martin, Nightbird, 2020, relief printing, charcoal, acrylic, liquid gold leaf, decorative papers, hand stitching, 72 x 51.5 in., private collection
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AMSET’s Winter Free Family Arts Day moved to February 27th!
(Beaumont, TX; February 18, 2021) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) will be moving its winter Free Family Arts Day to Saturday, February 27, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. due to the winter storm that hit Southeast Texas. For this family day, AMSET is creating “to-go” art activities around the basics of clay, weaving, collage and charcoal drawing which can be picked up in our Drive-Thru.
Families are invited to drive-thru AMSET’s parking lot while staying in their vehicles to receive bags filled with goodies and supplies to create fun art projects. Art activities will correlate with AMSET’s current exhibitions, FROM THE VAULT: Tyler Museum of Art and PERSPECTIVES: Selections from the Permanent Collection.
Children and their families will receive bags with instructions and links to video instructions so they can learn some art basics. Included will be a woven friendship bracelet, beaded snake, clay pinch pot, charcoal drawing, and collage assembled with bits and pieces of construction paper. These art activities help establish an understanding and connection with the many styles of art works in AMSET’s main galleries.
Art activity supplies will be distributed starting at 10 a.m. and given out according to the number of children in the vehicle, while supplies last.
Admission to this event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit amset.org or call (409) 832-3432.
This program is made possible in part by American Valve and Hydrant, Bill Clark Pest Control, UBS – The Ohmstede Financial Group, Linda & Dr. Charles Foutz, Goodyear Beaumont Chemical, Helen Caldwell Locke and Curtis Blakey Locke Charitable Trust, Regina Rogers – In loving memory of Julie & Ben Rogers, Sam’s Club, the City of Beaumont, the Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund, Sam’s Club, Heather & Mark Petkovsek and Karen & Mike Fuljenz.
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Use your Hands with Drive-Thru Clay & Weaving Fun at
AMSET’s Free Family Arts Day!
(Beaumont, TX; February 12, 2021) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) presents its winter Free Family Arts Day on Saturday, February 20, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For this family day, AMSET is creating “to-go” art activities around the basics of clay, weaving, collage and charcoal drawing which can be picked up in our Drive-Thru.
Families are invited to drive-thru AMSET’s parking lot while staying in their vehicles to receive bags filled with goodies and supplies to create fun art projects. Art activities will correlate with AMSET’s current exhibitions, FROM THE VAULT: Tyler Museum of Art and PERSPECTIVES: Selections from the Permanent Collection.
Children and their families will receive bags with instructions and links to video instructions so they can learn some art basics. Included will be a woven friendship bracelet, beaded snake, clay pinch pot, charcoal drawing, and collage assembled with bits and pieces of construction paper. These art activities help establish an understanding and connection with the many styles of art works in AMSET’s main galleries.
Art activity supplies will be distributed starting at 10 a.m. and given out according to the number of children in the vehicle, while supplies last.
Admission to this event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit amset.org or call (409) 832-3432.
This program is made possible in part by American Valve and Hydrant, Bill Clark Pest Control, UBS – The Ohmstede Financial Group, Linda & Dr. Charles Foutz, Goodyear Beaumont Chemical, Helen Caldwell Locke and Curtis Blakey Locke Charitable Trust, Regina Rogers – In loving memory of Julie & Ben Rogers, Sam’s Club, the City of Beaumont, the Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund, Sam’s Club, Heather & Mark Petkovsek and Karen & Mike Fuljenz.
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AMSET Schedule of 2021 Events
(Beaumont, TX; January 13, 2021) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) hosts its changing quarterly exhibitions and educational programs each year in addition to its numerous fundraisers. AMSET has selections from the permanent collection on view year-round in the Lecture Hall and West Hall and spotlights local artists in the Café Arts Series for Local Artists.
Upcoming events are subject to change with updates noted on the website and social media pages.
From the Vault: Tyler Museum of Art – On view October 3, 2020 – February 28, 2021. From the Vault: Tyler Museum of Art features a selection of early Texas paintings and works on paper from the permanent collection of the Tyler Museum of Art, with a spotlight on early Texas artist and educator Coreen Mary Spellman (1905-1978). The Tyler Museum of Art exists as an educational and cultural center to enrich the lives of East Texas citizens and visitors through the collection, preservation, study, exhibition, interpretation, and celebration of the visual arts. From the Vault is an exhibition series which enhances the relationship between AMSET and TMA. From the Vault: Art Museum of Southeast Texas was view at the Tyler Museum of Art September 13-November 29, 2020 and featured Contemporary Texas paintings and works on paper from AMSET’s permanent collection.
Perspectives: Recent Acquisitions and Selections from the Permanent Collection – On view October 3, 2020 – February 28, 2021. Perspectives features works from AMSET’s growing permanent collection, including recent acquisitions. As stated in our institutional mission, we strive to provide education, inspiration and creative vision throughout Southeast Texas through our unique collections, exhibitions and public programs. Over the years, AMSET’s permanent collection has grown from 200 to nearly 2,000 objects, focusing our collections on contemporary Texas artists and regional folk art. It is through generous donations of our museum patrons, collectors and artists that we can continuously build our collections. Each year, we present an exhibition of works solely from the permanent collection, giving Southeast Texas audiences the opportunity to see the works that are now a part of their museum.
The exhibition features a selection of recent acquisitions to the permanent collection as well as a spotlight on works from the John Gaston Fairey collection of Mexican Folk Art.
Café Arts Series for Local Artists – Gayle Pugh: Diversity of Texas, November 19, 2020 – February 14, 2021. Gayle Pugh creates colorful and highly detailed romantic paintings of Texas’s diverse landscapes featuring wooded forests with babbling creeks, to rocky desert scenes.
AMSET Virtual Auction – Thursday, January 21, 2021 @ 6 p.m. AMSET will commission local artists to donate work, prepare themed baskets, and selections from the museum’s archives all available to be purchased through a virtual auction. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit AMSET’s growing permanent collection of local and regional artworks.
AMSET Book Club – Tuesday, January 19, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. Our next quarterly book club, which is free and open to the public, will be discussing The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides via Zoom.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, February 4, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First
Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar. Gayle Pugh: Diversity of Texas artist reception will coincide with this First Thursday.
Taste of the Arts Lecture Series – February 5, 2021 @ 12:30 p.m. Lamar University art professor Christopher Troutman will present a virtual talk on the current AMSET exhibit, Perspectives.
Café Arts Series for Local Artists – Beaumont Camera Club, February 18, 2021 – May 16, 2021. The Beaumont Camera Club will be featured in a group photography show in AMSET’s Café Arts Series.
Winter Family Arts Day – Saturday, February 20, 2021 @ 10 a.m. A drive-thru event where families are invited pick up art activities that will correlate with Perspectives and From the Vault: Tyler Museum of Art. This event is free and open to the public and runs until 2 p.m. or while supplies last.
Protégé 35th Annual High School Art Competition and Exhibition - Virtual Awards Ceremony – 6 p.m., February 25, 2021. This year’s juror is artist Delita Martin. The Protégé exhibition will be on view in AMSET in the West Hall, February 25 through March 28, 2021. AMSET believes it is important that young artists have an early opportunity to enter art competitions and to learn professional exhibition protocol. This exhibit travels to other regional venues.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, March 4, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First
Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar.
Delita Martin: Conjure – On view March 13, 2021 – May 23, 2021. Conjure will feature works by Delita Martin, whose work deals with reconstructing the identity of Black women by piecing together the signs, symbols, and language found in what could be called everyday life from slavery through modern times. Martin’s goal is to create images as a visual language to tell the story of women that have often been marginalized, offering a different perspective of the lives of Black women.
Go for the Gold – Thursday, March 11, 2021. Tickets are $100 for members. The ticket also includes two complimentary lunches at AMSET’s café, Two Magnolias, and is redeemable through September 30, 2021. Three ticket holders get a chance to win prizes in gold. The holder of the last ticket drawn from the hopper will receive $10,000 in gold. Proceeds from Go for the Gold benefit the museum’s exhibitions and educational programming.
Delita Martin: Conjure Opening Reception – March 19, 2021 @ 6:30 p.m.
Delita Martin: Conjure Panel Discussion – March 20, 2021.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, April 1, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First
Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar.
AMSET Book Club – Tuesday, April 20, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, May 6, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First
Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar.
Spring Family Arts Day – Saturday, May 18, 2021 @ 10 a.m. A free event where families are invited to create art activities that will correlate with Delita Martin: Conjure. This event is free and open to the public and runs until 2 p.m. or while supplies last.
Café Arts Series for Local Artists – Cat Holtzclaw, May 20, 2021 – August 15, 2021.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, June 4, 2020 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First
Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar. Cat Holtzclaw artist reception will coincide with this First Thursday.
David Cargill: The Lighter Side – On view June 5, 2021 – September 19, 2021. The Lighter Side will feature works by sculptor David Cargill. Working mainly in bronze, stone, wood and ceramic, Cargill has created well-known large scale sculptures for churches, universities, commercial buildings, and private collectors. Focusing on themes of love, laughter and whimsy, The Lighter Side explores the boundless imagination of the artist, who manipulates different materials to create sculptures that seem to move, twist and breathe. Works from the permanent collection of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas will be included in the exhibition as well as loans from the artist and private collections in the state.
David Cargill: The Lighter Side – Opening Reception, June 11, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m.
Summer ArtVentures Creative Kids Camp – June 21 – July 30, 2021. At AMSET’s popular summer camp, children ages 5-14 can participate in intensive art education classes taught by professional artists. Campers are
divided into three age groups for week-long classes. For more information, visit www.amset.org or call (409) 832-3432.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, July 1, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First
Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, August 5, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First
Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar.
Summer Family Arts Day – Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 10 a.m. A free event where families are invited to create art activities that will correlate with David Cargill: The Lighter Side. This event is free and open to the public and runs until 2 p.m. or while supplies last.
Café Arts Series for Local Artists – Tina Novelli, August 19, 2021 – November 14, 2021.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, September 2, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar.
Anniversary Gala 2021 – September 2021, Date TBD. AMSET’s biggest fundraiser of the
year, the anniversary gala includes live entertainment, dancing, fine dining, live/silent auctions, and more. All proceeds benefit the museum’s exhibitions and education programming.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar.
Collecting a Master – Opening Reception, October 15, 2021 @ 6:30 p.m.
Fall Exhibitions - On view October 16, 2021 – August 27, 2023. Collecting a Master/Coleccionando la obra de un maestro: Carlomagno Pedro Martinez in the John Gaston Fairey Collection of Mexican Folk Art.
“Eat a Bug!” Family Arts Day – Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. A free event where families are invited to create art activities that will correlate with the exhibition Collecting a Master. This event is free and open to the public and runs until 2 p.m. or while supplies last. “Eat a Bug!” Family Arts Day is one of AMSET’s most popular events. Hands-on art activities focus on the many cultures of our region and the main gallery exhibitions. Visitors will learn about the current exhibits on view through hands-on art activities as well as Day of the Dead and Latin American crafts.
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, November 4, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar.
Café Arts Series for Local Artists – November 19, 2021 – February 14, 2022
First Thursdays at AMSET – Thursday, December 2, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. The museum stays open later on First Thursdays, featuring live jazz, light snacks, and a cash bar.
Holiday Tree Lighting – Thursday, December 2, 2021 @ 4-6 p.m. AMSET and area museums, attractions and local businesses will host the annual Holiday Tree Lighting.
Gingerbread House Workshop – Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Families and friends combine architectural design and pastry skills in this annual sugary workshop at AMSET. Just in time for the holidays, this sweet day of family fun allows participants to create an edible gingerbread house masterpiece.
Winter Exhibitions – Collecting a Master and Francesca Fuchs - On view December 2021– March 2022.
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(Beaumont, TX; January 11, 2021) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) hosts its Virtual Auction on Thursday, January 21, 2021. To-go gumbo dinner, catered by Two Magnolias, is available for pre-order to enjoy during the live presentation.
This year, AMSET will commission local artists to donate work, prepare themed baskets, and selections from the museum’s archives all available to be purchased through a virtual auction. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit AMSET’s growing permanent collection of local and regional artworks.
This event is free to view online via Zoom on January 21, 2021, at 6 p.m. Guests will have the opportunity to call in and live bid during the event. The online auction will be available beginning January 14 and will close at the beginning of the live auction. The auction items will be on view in AMSET’s West Hall January 11 through January 21. Each piece in the live auction on January 21 will open with the highest online bid or silent bid at AMSET and go to the highest bidder that evening. “Buy it now” prices will also be set.
Two Magnolias will be catering a to-go option to enjoy while watching the live stream of the auction. Dinner will be available for pre-order until January 14, 2021. Chicken & sausage gumbo, potato salad, and dessert are featured on the menu for $30 per meal, with the optional addition of wine for only $10 more.
AMSET is taking the biannual Treasure Auction and transforming it into a new virtual experience. For previous auctions, regional artists have designed fine interior decorative pieces that bidders purchase for their home art collections. Past auction items have included clocks, serving trays, carts, chairs, birdhouses and birdbaths, masks, and much more. The museum hopes to keep everyone in Southeast Texas excited about art and there’s no better way than to do that by bringing the art to them!
For more information or to make a dinner order please call (409) 832-3432 or visit www.amset.org.
(Beaumont, TX; December 1, 2020) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) was given an early Christmas present today! AMSET received a $10,000 contribution from ExxonMobil this Giving Tuesday in support of the Art After School program at Charlton-Pollard Elementary School and family level memberships for deserving students at both Charlton-Pollard Elementary School and Amelia Elementary School.
Art After School is one of the AMSET’s most successful programs. This program is a partnership between BISD and AMSET to benefit fourth grade students at four Title 1 schools in close proximity to the museum. Children come to the museum for one week of tours and hands-on art activities. They have a quality museum experience, one that is educational, interesting and most of all, fun! Memberships will allow the students to keep up to date on current programs and exhibitions in AMSET’s main galleries, which are free to visit 6 days a week.
AMSET greatly appreciates the continued support of generous organizations like ExxonMobil. Donations like these allow the museum to reach a greater audience of children who would not receive these unique art experiences without their help.
For more information or to make a reservation please call (409) 832-3432 or visit www.amset.org.
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Eat a Bug & Trunk-or-Treat at AMSET’s Free Family Arts Day!
(Beaumont, TX; October 9, 2020) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) presents its popular “Eat a Bug!” Free Family Arts Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, October 31, 2020. For this family day, AMSET is celebrating Halloween and Day of the Dead with a Trunk-or-Treat Drive-Thru.
While staying in their vehicles, families are invited to ride through AMSET’s parking lot to receive bags filled with goodies and supplies to create art activities. Art activities will correlate with this spooky season and AMSET’s current exhibitions, FROM THE VAULT: Tyler Museum of Art and PERSPECTIVES: Selections from the Permanent Collection.
Joining in on the fun, the Fire Museum of Texas, Texas Energy Museum, Bill Clark Bugsperts, Beaumont Public Library, the McFaddin-Ward House and more will be present throughout the parking lot to give out treats.
Children and their families will get to participate in art activities including God’s Eyes, Balloon Calaveras, Halloween Masks, and Comic Strip Creations.
Art activity supplies will be limited and given out according to the number of children in the vehicle.
Admission to this event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit amset.org or call (409) 832-3432.
This program is made possible in part by American Valve and Hydrant, Bill Clark Pest Control, UBS – The Ohmstede Financial Group, Linda & Dr. Charles Foutz, Goodyear Beaumont Chemical, Helen Caldwell Locke and Curtis Blakey Locke Charitable Trust, Regina Rogers – In loving memory of Julie & Ben Rogers, Sam’s Club, the City of Beaumont, the Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund, Sam’s Club, Heather & Mark Petkovsek and Karen & Mike Fuljenz.
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CONTACT: KAYLEIGH THOMPSON, PR COORDINATOR
(409) 832-3432
KTHOMPSON@AMSET.ORG
Celebrate AMSET’s 70th Anniversary Virtually
(Beaumont, TX; September 23,2020) Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) will kick off its 70th Anniversary Celebration, Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Zoom. More information about how to attend the virtual event will be posted on the museum website and social media accounts, amset.org and Facebook.com/AMSETx. AMSET invites the community to celebrate 70 years of art and education.
Due to COVID-19, AMSET’s Fall Fundraiser will look a little different this year. The museum is sending pledge forms and letters to AMSET enthusiasts asking for contributions to help fund the many programs put on throughout the year that benefit the community.
A team of emcees from the museum staff and Board of Trustees will host the evening’s presentation about all facets of AMSET’s contributions to the community here in Southeast Texas. The event will look back on the museum’s accomplishments over the past 7 decades and forward to the bright future. Distinguished artists and supporters will speak about their favorite part of AMSET, encouraging viewers to donate to their favorite programs. Exhibitions and events planned for the coming months will be announced during the live stream. Throughout the evening, drawings will occur for the chance to win artsy and exciting prizes. To participate in the drawings, register online at amset.org or call (409) 832-3432. Participants will also have the opportunity to have their donation matched by members of AMSET’s Board of Trustees.
All proceeds benefit AMSET exhibitions and educational programs. For more information or to register for the drawings, visit amset.org or call (409) 832-3432.
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Two exhibits celebrating Texas art old and new open at AMSET in fall
(Beaumont, TX; September 8, 2020) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) will exhibit From the Vault: Tyler Museum of Art and Perspectives: Selections from the Permanent Collection on view October 3, 2020 through February 28, 2021 in the main galleries.
From the Vault will feature a selection of early Texas paintings and works on paper from the permanent collection of the Tyler Museum of Art (TMA), with a spotlight on early Texas artist and educator Coreen Mary Spellman (1905-1978). The Tyler Museum of Art exists as an educational and cultural center to enrich the lives of East Texas citizens and visitors through the collection, preservation, study, exhibition, interpretation, and celebration of the visual arts. From the Vault is an exhibition series which enhances the relationship between AMSET and TMA. Concurrently, an exhibition of contemporary Texas paintings and works on paper from AMSET’s permanent collection, From the Vault: Art Museum of Southeast Texas will be on view at the Tyler Museum of Art September 13-November 29, 2020.
Perspectives will feature works from AMSET’s growing permanent collection, including recent acquisitions. As stated in our institutional mission, we strive to provide education, inspiration and creative vision throughout Southeast Texas through our unique collections, exhibitions and public programs. Over the years, AMSET’s permanent collection has grown from 200 to nearly 2,000 objects, focusing our collections on contemporary Texas artists, as well as regional and Mexican folk art. It is through generous donations of our museum patrons, collectors and artists that we can continuously build our collections. Each year, we present an exhibition of works solely from the permanent collection, giving Southeast Texas audiences the opportunity to see the works that are now part of their museum. The exhibition will also spotlight works from the John Gaston Fairey Collection of Mexican Folk Art.
For more information, visit www.amset.org or call (409) 832-3432.
Both exhibitions are generously funded, in part, by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Beaumont,
the Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund, the C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Charitable Foundation, and the members of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.
To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
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Rosalie Speed Old Man River, Vicksburg, c. 1938 oil on Masonite, 25 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. Tyler Museum of Art, 2005.06 Gift of the 2005 Collectors' Circle
Christopher Troutman, Two Downtowns: SE TX and S. Kyushu, 2017, oil paint on unstretched canvas, 64 x 51 in., Museum purchase PC 2019.10
(409) 832-3432
ktimberlake@amset.org
Join AMSET for a drive-thru Family Arts Day, Aug.15
(Beaumont, TX; July 16, 2020) The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) invites children and their families to join in AMSET’s free drive-thru “Don’t Mess with Texas, Mess with ART” Family Arts Day on Saturday, August 15, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until supplies last.
“To continue fulfilling our mission of providing education, inspiration and creative vision throughout Southeast Texas, AMSET has decided to have a drive-thru style Family Arts Day for the safety of our guests due to Covid-19,” Andy Gardner, AMSET’s curator education/outreach, said.
Bags filled with supplies to create four art activities will be handed out to families while they remain in their vehicles and drive through the AMSET parking lot. Families will learn how to create innovative works of art with repurposed materials to coincide with AMSET’s summer recycling theme, “Don’t Mess with Texas, Mess with ART.” Activities are inspired by AMSET’s current exhibitions, PATRICK TURK: Higher Planes and KANA HARADA: Celestial Garden.
Joining in on the fun, Beaumont Police Department Cops & Kids with McGruff the Crime Dog and the Fire Museum of Texas with Smokey Bear, who will be celebrating his 76th birthday, will be giving away handouts and swag throughout the day.
Art activity supplies will be limited and given out according to the number of children in the vehicle.
Throughout the day, AMSET will draw winners for backpacks full of school supplies to kick off the new school year.
Admission to this event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit amset.org or call (409) 832-3432.
This program is made possible in part by an anonymous donor, American Valve and Hydrant, Architectural Alliance, Bill Clark Pest Control, Rob Clark & Jerry Thacker,
Daniels Construction. Diane and Don Shaver, Edaren Foundation, The Garth Family Partnership in memory of Mary Jane Garth and Harriet Garth, Merrill Lynch,
Helen Caldwell Locke and Curtis Blakey Locke Charitable Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Regina Rogers – In loving memory of Julie & Ben Rogers, Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Charitable Foundation, and the City of Beaumont.
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