Joe Elwell talks with Rick Condit professor of Jazz and Saxophone in the Music Department at Lamar University on the annual Jimmy Simmons Jazz Festival 2023 taking place all day on April 1st in the University Theater at Lamar and concluding with a concert featuring the Cardinal Jazz Orchestra with special guests the Jazz group The Yellowjackets in the Jefferson Theater in Downtown Beaumont at 7:30pm ..read more

Joe Elwell talks with Greg Busceme - Executive Director at The Art Studio Inc. on their Animae inspired art work exhibition called DOKKAN! which begins with an opening reception March 4th, and continues through March 18th ..read more

Joe Elwell talks with Executive Director at The Art Studio, Inc., Greg Busceme, on an exhibition of painting of local artist Karen Sanchez who passed away a few months before the exhibition, so it became a Posthumous show, on display through Feb. 25th ..read more

Joe Elwell talks with local artist Andy Coughlan who's works are on display at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in their Cafe Arts.  The exhibition called A Crack in the World is on display through May 7th with an artist reception Feb. 26th from 2-4pm ..read more

On this episode of State of the Art Alicia Hargreaves speaks with Christian Neloms, a graduating senior in the Department of Art and Design at Lamar University about his thesis BEAM which is part of the Senior Thesis exhibition Sanity not Found. The Senior Thesis exhibition will be on view at the Dishman Art Museum from December 2, 2022 through December 10th. For more information about the museum you may call the Dishman Art Museum at 409-880-8959. To support this podcast or KVLU please make a donation at KVLU.org ..read more

On this episode of State of the Art Alicia Hargreaves speaks with latin dance instructors Micaela Moreno and Gordon Williams about the Salsa social dance community Bailemos Beaumont in Southeast Texas. The group gathers for times a month to share their love dance as a community, to find out about them you may join their group on facebook at Bailemos Beaumont. To support this podcast and KVLU make your donation at KVLU.org ..read more

On this episode of State of the Art Joe Elwell talks with Christopher Troutman, Associate Professor of Art At Lamar University, about an exhibition of Digital Drawings by Christopher and some of his students in the Department of Art and Design at Lamar University on display at The Art Studio, Inc. for the month of November. For more information about this exhibition or The Art Studio, Inc. you may call them at 409-838-5393 or online at artsudio.org. To support this podcast and KVLU make your donation at KVLU.org ..read more

On this episode of State of the Art Joe Elwell talks with Caitlin Clay, Curator at the Art Museum of SE Texas on their exhibition called Abstraction, featuring Texas Women Contemporary Artists in the main gallery up through December 23rd. For more information about this exhibition or the museum you may call them at 409-832-3432 or online at asset.org. To support this podcast and KVLU make your donation at KVLU.org ..read more

On this episode of State of the Art Joe Elwell talks with Emily Lewis, Museum Assistant at the  Dishman Art Museum on the  campus of Lamar University  on their exhibit called Crystal Realities to Artificial Intelligence: Multi-disciplinary Explorations in Photography featuring 4 Photographers with scientific backgrounds. For more information about this exhibition or the museum you may contact the museum at 409-880-8959. To support this podcast or KVLU you may donate at KVLU.org ..read more

On this episode of State of the Art Joe Elwell speaks with Greg Busceme the director of the Art Studio about Kari Dowers' Exhibition "Grasping Signals" that will be on view for the Month of October 2022 with an opening reception on October 1st from 7 - 10 pm. For more information about the Art Studio or this exhibition you may contact them at 409-838-5393 or online at https://www.artstudio.org ..read more