Future Exhibitions

George Wentz: Joie de Vivre – July 24 through September 26, 2010
Opening Reception: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Friday, July 23
This retrospective exhibition features the colorful and joyful paintings and collages of Beaumont artist and life-long resident George Wentz. He began drawing and painting at age five and continued developing his artistic interests and talents in high school while studying under the highly popular Beaumont artist Herman Hugg. Wentz’s artistic style is defined as gestural and abstract expressionist with colors and vivacity reminiscent of the French post-impressionists. In addition to the hopefulness and joy that emerges in Wentz’s paintings, is the personality of the artist himself that is described by many as jovial and child-like.

Women Artists: Selections from the Permanent Collection – July 24 through September 26, 2010

Opening Reception: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Friday, July 23

AMSET dedicates its summer exhibition show to groupings from the permanent collection. This summer visitors can view a range of styles of artwork by women artists.

Artwork by Jackie Stubblefield in Café Arts – Aug. 5 through Nov. 7, 2010

Sedrick Huckaby: From Earth to Heaven – Oct. 16, 2010 through Jan. 9, 2011

Opening Reception: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 15

Artist Sedrick Huckaby is most inspired by his family, his faith and his African-American heritage. He creates “quilt paintings” as a way to celebrate both his grandmother’s craft as well as the artistic legacy of the African-American quilting tradition. Huckaby reproduces in thick, impasto paint the actual quilts produced by his grandmothers as backdrops for many of his portrait paintings of family and friends. Among many other awards and achievements, Huckaby was the recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008.

Artwork by Kathleen Boudreaux in Café Arts – Nov. 11, 2010 through Feb. 6, 2011