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Downtown tyler’s new makeover

Chris Crymes • April 6, 2021

Photos and story by Chris Crymes Entertainment Editor From artist DPhillGood inviting families to his make-your-own-art painting stations to Lupita’s food truck to street artists “tagging” walls...

COVID-19 affects TJC Art Department’s spring semester plans

thedrumbeat • February 15, 2021

By Ashley Wilkinson Contributing Writer Photo by Ashley Wilkinson Due to COVID-19, the TJC Art Department has put plans on hold for the annual Arts Festival, Art Club events, the 2021 Bell Tower Arts...

Tyler Museum of Art highlights exhibitions from Houston, Beaumont contemporary artists

Mary Mone • September 30, 2020

By Mary Mone Piece by piece, the Texas Museum of Art is a source for not only the Tyler Junior College community but also the Tyler community to enrich their lives with art from all over Texas. ...

Once upon a time: Honors students perform for Tyler elementary schools

thedrumbeat • April 15, 2019

Hannah Horton Editor-in-Chief Honors students in the Fairytale Theatre class have spent the semester getting ready to present classic fairytales to local elementary school students. Each fall...

Tale as old as time: Academy of Dance to Present “Beauty and the Beast”

Anna Grace Drewett • April 11, 2019

Anna Grace Drewett Staff Writer Shurrell Wiebe, an instructor and director for the Pre-Professional Modern Program at TJC’s Academy of Dance, invites everyone to come out and watch the dancers...

Can we do it; art club’s food drive to mark its eleventh year

thedrumbeat • April 4, 2016

By Emily Attebery Managing Editor After gathering food for the Art Club’s Biannual Canned Food Drive for a decade, the group is ready to take on its eleventh year. “It’s become a tradition really....

Rock Walk

thedrumbeat • September 8, 2015

The New Granite Sculptures on Campus

TJC students ready to shine in the Arts Festival

thedrumbeat • March 27, 2015

Although it’s never been done before, it goes on all the time. “When we started the Bell Tower, it was always my goal to maybe expand it into an arts festival,” English professor and...

Students take the spotlight in new art exhibit

thedrumbeat • December 17, 2014

Each semester the TJC Art Department professors convene and select a handful of exceptional students to showcase in an exhibition. The students selected are also awarded a performance grant. Art professor...

Art Club’s 11th Annual Silent Auction

thedrumbeat • April 1, 2014

The art Department's 11th Annual Silent Auction is in full swing. This year the auction will benefit the recovery of former art club officer Joe French who was shot over winter break in the Honduras.

The Full Monet

thedrumbeat • February 8, 2013

Two nights a week, the art department strips down and bares it all for an excitingly fresh course, complete with nude models and intimate instruction. Life Drawing I (ARTS 2323) is a new class featuring...