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Protégé 2022
Join artists, supporters and fans for a student competition exhibition and awards ceremony at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET), 500 Main Street in downtown Beaumont, on Tuesday, March 8, from 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Featured pieces include artwork by local high school seniors, selected for the Annual Protégé Competition and Exhibition, on view through April 3. Artworks will then travel to area schools for exhibition and outreach in the community.
Senior students in Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, and Tyler counties are eligible to participate.
This year’s juror, Kurt Dyrhaug, is a Professor and Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow at Lamar University where he teaches Sculpture, 3D Design, and 3D Printing. Dyrhaug earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota (1993) and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1989). Since 2008, Dyrhaug’s sculptures and drawings have been included in over 200 juried and invitational exhibitions, including international exhibitions in Germany, Japan and Poland. Solo exhibitions include the Galveston Art Center, Dishman Art Museum, Lawrence University, University of Dallas, and the University of Louisiana Monroe.
Awards for Protégé winners include scholarships to Lamar University's Art Department through a donation by the Friends of the Arts and gift certificates for art supplies. Additionally, the first-place winner will receive a one-time $2,500 art tuition scholarship provided by the Stewart M. Chisum and Bessie Fisher Chisum Scholarship Fund to any two year, or higher, art college or program in which the student is a declared art major.
Cookies and punch will be provided at the March 8 reception, an event that is free and open to the public. For more information, call (409) 832-3432 or visit www.amset.org.