While digging through the archives at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET), Curator of Exhibitions Caitlin Clay discovered a picture of herself from when she was just two years old.
Sometimes the final act brings resolution and neatly ties up an epic tale. Sometimes the final act leaves little resolution and gives an opening for a follow-up, or nothing at all.
After 50 years in business, Betty Moody continues to run her gallery with passion and enthusiasm. She is celebrating this landmark occasion with two shows featuring gallery artists: Part I runs from Sept. 13 to Oct. 25, and Part II from Nov. 8 to Dec. 20.
One of the profound joys of being a curator (and an arts writer) is discovering the work of an artist and, over the course of years, witnessing and supporting the development of their unique and uncompromising creative vision.
In the attic of memory, objects slip out of time: A letter filed away, a photograph without a name, a clay koala bear made by a child and placed on a shelf.