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BEAUMONT, Texas — Looking for an entertaining, yet quiet place to bring out-of-town family members and friends during their holiday visit? How about the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET), at 500 Main Street in downtown Beaumont? You can also shop for unique gift items, including the newly published Whistler Catalogue, while you’re here in our gift shop.

Holiday Hours

The museum will close for Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 26, but will re-open for regular hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27. Regular hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

The current exhibitions on view are The Madonna as Muse: The Paintings of René Alvarado, Ojos Para Volar / Eyes to Fly With: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide and Tropical Delights: Flora and Fauna by Shyamala Rao in Café Arts.

AMSET will also be closed on Thursday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 25 for Christmas and on Thursday, Dec. 31 and Friday, Jan. 1 for New Year’s.

Catalogues
A great Christmas gift idea for the art lover or historian is AMSET’s newly published catalogue “James Abbott McNeill Whistler: Realism in Print – From the Dr. Richard L. Shorkey Collection.” The catalogue details the extraordinary collection of Whistler prints from the AMSET permanent collection, donated to the museum by the late Dr. Richard L. Shorkey. The cost is $25/hardbound or $15/softcover. It is available in the museum’s gift shop, which is open during weekday museum hours, or by mail order.

The AMSET Gift Shop also features many other publications from current or past exhibitions. Another popular item is the Felix “Fox Harris” book, chronicling the life and artwork of Beaumont self-taught artist and local legend Felix “Fox” Harris. Designed to accompany the semi-permanent gallery dedicated to Harris’s amazing totem-like folk art sculptures and interactive Web site, the book features photographs by fine art photographer Keith Carter and an essay by Patricia Carter, art collectors who befriended Harris in the 1980s. Cost of this hardcover book is $25.

In addition to exhibition catalogues, the gift shop carries custom-made jewelry and specialty arts and craft items created by local artists. These unique, hand-made items could be the perfect gift for that particular person on anyone’s list.

Call (409) 832-3432 or visit www.amset.org for more information.

Through unique collections, exhibitions, public programs and outreach in the visual arts, the missio of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas is to provide education, inspiration and creative vision throughout Southeast Texas.

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