Protégé 2016 - Art Museum of Southeast Texas

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Winter 2016 Newsletter
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Recent Works from Flatbed
December 12, 2015 to February 28, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, December 18, 6 - 8 p.m.
Texas is privileged to be the home of
Flatbed Press in Austin – a worldrenowned printing atelier and publishing
workshop that has produced
extraordinary, limited editions of original
etchings, woodcuts, lithographs and
monoprints for over 25 years. Hot off the
Press features over 40 prints by 12
emerging and established artists that
have worked with Flatbed Press to print
and publish their artistic visions over the
past few years. Artists include Ricky
Armendariz, Alice Leora Briggs, Veronica
Ceci, John Robert Craft, Suzi Davidoff,
Sandra Fernandez, Annalise Natasha
Gratovich, Jules Buck Jones, Sharon
Kopriva, Linda Ridgway, Frank X. Tolbert2
and Joan Winter.
The artwork in this exhibition
showcases a range of techniques, styles
and subjects, demonstrating the facility
and aesthetic bravura of Flatbed’s stable
of artists, owners and master printers.
Fine art printmaking is a historical art
process with origins tracing to central
Europe in the 1400s; present day
Sharon Kopriva, Witching Hour, 2015, monotype,
23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in., loan courtesy of the artist and
methods, like those in this exhibition,
Flatbed Press
show the evolution of the process in
relation to contemporary movements
and technical advancements, achieving a heightened sense of fresh, artistic originality.
This exhibition is generously funded, in part, by the Edaren Foundation, Kim and Roy
Steinhagen, the City of Beaumont, the Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D.
Endowment Fund, the Texas Commission on the Arts, an award from the National Endowment
for the Arts. Art Works and the C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Charitable Foundation.
JOURNEY FROM WITHIN: Ceramics by Linnis Blanton
December 12, 2015 to February 28, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, December 18, 6 - 8 p.m.
Linnis Blanton, southeast Texas native
and adjunct instructor of ceramics at Lamar
University, Beaumont, is recognized
throughout the region for his ceramic
masterpieces. Inspired by organic and
figurative elements of the natural world, as
well as ancient Anasazi culture and his
travels in the southwest, this exhibition
features over thirty ceramic vessels and
plates ranging in size, color and visual
texture.
The artwork in this exhibition was created
over the past few years, and visualizes
Blanton’s artistic journey as he expands his
creative boundaries and ventures into new
territories with his medium. While some of
the artwork in this exhibition appears to be
traditional ceramic vessels, upon closer
inspection subtle transitions in the artist’s
application of glaze and transitions in
surface texture open the viewer’s eyes to
another world, where surrealistic figures
and shifting patterns dance with great
bravura across Blanton’s ceramic
landscapes. This is a cohesive exhibition
that achieves a synergistic energy due to
Blanton’s skillful mastery of forms, mass,
color and texture, heightened by his
Linnis Blanton, Gnome, Gnome, Where is the Gnome?
intrinsic understanding of light and how
II, thrown and altered stoneware clay, 22 1/2 x 9 1/2
contours and contrasts achieve visual
x 9 1/2 in., loan courtesy of the artist
elegance. Journey from Within, long overdue,
is Blanton’s first solo exhibition at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas. The works invite viewers
to revel in the sensual nature and aesthetic beauty of clay and to delve into a deeper
understanding of Blanton’s artistic journey.
This exhibition is generously funded, in part, by the Edaren Foundation, Colleen and Bob Burns,
the City of Beaumont, the Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund,
the Texas Commission on the Arts, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, Art
Works and the C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Charitable Foundation.
Café Arts
SKIN CONDITION: Ceramics by Kelly Costlow
November 5, 2015 to January 24, 2016
Kelly Costlow is an emerging artist from Batson,
Texas, who graduated from Lamar University,
Beaumont in May of 2015, with a BFA in Fine Arts
and an emphasis on ceramics. While at Lamar,
Costlow studied with noted Southeast Texas
artist Linnis Blanton, who is featured in a solo
exhibition at AMSET in the Steinhagen Gallery on
view December 12, 2015 through February 28,
2016.
Costlow is inspired by the natural world and is a
nature enthusiast – she loves spending time
outdoors. This passion is demonstrated in her
sculpture, which depicts anthropomorphic
figures that shift subtly from animal to human
forms. Clay is an attractive medium to the young
artist due to its malleable nature, allowing
Costlow to mold, shape and shift forms as she
Kelly Costlow, It’s in the Bones, 2015, clay, raku
creates her sculptures. Costlow’s pieces have a
certain seductive and surreal quality, and when fired, 7 x 8 x 5 in., loan courtesy of the artist
viewing them it is easy to find yourself waking
up in her world, where female figures morph into birds and lizards stand tall and walk instead of
crawl. Costlow’s effortless facility in her medium is evidenced in the intricate details in her
figures and bold colors produced in the raku firing process. She has created a fantastical world
where reality and dreams converge. AMSET is honored to present Costlow’s ceramics in our
Café Arts series.
Birds in Art
March 12, 2016 to June 5, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, March 18, 6 - 8 p.m.
Debbie Stevens, On the Mark, 2014, oil on canvas, 34 & 3/8 x 58 & 3/4
Birds in Art is an annual juried exhibition organized by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art
Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin. This exhibition of approximately 50 contemporary paintings and
works on paper and 10 sculptures will include a variety of avian themes and habitats from a
selection of international artists. It will also coincide with birding season in Southeast Texas. In
April and May, Southeast Texas boasts one of the largest migratory fly zones in the United
States, drawing birders from all over the world. This exhibition will attract both art enthusiasts
and birders, and includes a full color printed catalogue.
This exhibition is generously funded, in part, by the Edaren Foundation, Sheila and Jerry Reese,
Karen and Michael Fuljenz in Honor of Lynn P. Castle, the Beaumont CVB, the City of Beaumont,
the Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund, the Texas
Commission on the Arts, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works and
the C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Charitable Foundation.
Permanent Collection Spotlight
Mary McCleary,
I Fled Him Down the Days
and Down the Nights,
2000, mixed media collage
on paper, 45 x 70 1/2 in.
Mary McCleary is a Nacogdoches artist who taught at Stephen F. Austin for 30 years. She is
known for elaborate, three dimensional narrative collages made from layers of paper, rag board,
foil, glitter, sticks, wire, mirrors, nails, glass, string, leather and small tiny toys. McCleary was
Houston Art League's Texas Artist of the Year in 2011. Her collections include: Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston, Texas; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas; El Paso
Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas.
I Fled Him Down the Days and Down the Nights is a modern day depiction of the Biblical story
of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. She used friends and fellow artists,
Ann Stautberg and Frank X. Tolbert, dressed in contemporary clothing as her models. In the
upper right corner of the composition, McCleary makes reference to Masaccio’s fresco depicting
Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden, c. 1424-27, located in the Brancacci
Chapel inside the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, Italy. The title comes from the
poem The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson (1859-1907). McCleary incorporated poetry
and Biblical themes as sources of inspiration for her work. One work of art will typically take six
months to a year to complete.
A Five-Year Vintage Affair
Returns to Chateau St.
Arte de AMSET
January 29, 2016
It’s time for that special love affair again.
It’s a love affair with wine - that’s right!
AMSET is hosting its fifth Vintage Affair wine
tasting fundraiser at 7:30 p.m., January 29,
2016. A Vintage Affair, chaired by Soms Lori
and Michael Lockwood, will include an
opportunity to sample a wide variety of fine
red and white wines as well as light
appetizers, chocolate and cheese. A chance
to win artsy flavored wine baskets and other
oenophile-related items will also be part of
the fun. Start your 2016 right by purchasing
your Vintage Affair tickets today.
Reservations are limited, so please hold
your spot by sending $35.00 per person to
AMSET or by going online to www.amset.org.
Tickets at the door to this Affair are $40.00 per person. All proceeds will benefit Chateau St. Arte
de AMSET’s exhibition and education programs.
Go For the Gold 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
Go for the Gold is a reverse drawing and a great opportunity to
win $10,000 in sumptuous, glittering gold coins.
Go for the Gold will be held at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 10,
2016, at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.
Go for the Gold tickets cost $100 for members and $120 for non
-members and admit two people into the art museum for an
exciting evening of entertainment, watching the suspenseful
reverse drawing
Go for the Gold has a top drawer open bar and fabulous festive
food all evening.
Go for the Gold sells only 450 tickets and a number of prizes are
given away throughout the evening, including a $1,500 second
prize and a $1,000 third prize also in gold coins. You need not be
present to win but the thrill of winning while in a crowd of
supporters is unsurpassed.
Call your favorite Board member today to purchase a ticket or
call the art museum at (409) 832-3432 or purchase a ticket
online at www.amset.org. Tickets sell in a hurry so don't delay! All
proceeds benefit the museum’s spectacular exhibition and education programs.
Tree Lighting 2015
The Annual Holiday Tree Lighting was a
great success this year! Kids of all ages and
their parents had fun frosting cookies, making
pipe cleaner ladders, greeting cards, spin art
ornaments, and writing personal letters to
Santa. The Post Office operated their giant
mailbox to receive letters from Santa and to
ensure their speedy delivery to the North Pole.
This year’s Annual Holiday Tree Lighting was
made special by all of the participating
museums and organizations including the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Fire Museum of
Texas, Texas Energy Museum, Edison Museum, Southeast Texas Arts Council, Tyrrell Library,
Beaumont Convention & Visitors Bureau, McFaddin-Ward House Museum, Clifton Steamboat
Museum, the Beaumont Children’s Museum, Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum,
Beaumont Main Street and the Dishman Museum. Special thanks to the City of Beaumont,
Mobil Federal Credit Union and Flint Hills Resources for their sponsorship.
Gingerbread Workshop 2015
Icing, gingerbread, white chocolate, candy canes,
orange slices, gum drops, mints…
f it sounds like AMSET has grown a sweet tooth, we
have! We held our bi-annual Gingerbread House
Workshop on Saturday, December 6th. To fill popular
demand, a second workshop was held on Saturday,
December, 12th. Paige Neyland of Michaels Arts &
Craft Store in Beaumont led these tasty gingerbread
adventures. The Gingerbread House Workshop
participants displayed their holiday spirit by rolling up their sleeves and creating a gingerbread
masterpiece. AMSET did permit finger licking, as if we could have stopped it!
Protégé 2016
Competition and Exhibition
In its 30th year, the Protégé Competition and Exhibition was created specifically to encourage
graduating high school seniors to begin taking the steps necessary to become part of the world
of art.
This year's Protégé juror is Michael Kennaugh. Born in Casper, Wyoming, artist Michael
Kennaugh currently lives and works in Houston. He moved to Southeast Texas in 1965,
graduated from Lamar University with his BFA in 1986 and from the University of North Texas in
Denton with his MFA in 1990. Known for his large, painterly abstract canvases, Kennaugh’s
arabesque forms sweep across the plane. Kennaugh further develops his compositions with
decisive and layered applications of grisaille tones and color hues, yielding a physically
invigorating and dynamic creation. Kennaugh’s solo exhibition at the Art Museum of Southeast
Texas (Sept. 25 – Nov. 29, 2015) Locus In Quo, featured works on canvas, as well as drawings and
sculptures.
This competition allows students to begin learning about the evaluation processes used in the
art world. Prizes for winners include scholarships to Lamar University's Art Department and gift
certificates for art supplies.
Requirements and materials required for entries can be found at www.amset.org.
If you know a budding young artist, counsel him or her to prepare to enter this school year’s
Annual Protégé Competition and Exhibition. Entries will be accepted from January 5 - 20, 2016
and he or she may enter any work created after August 2015; he/she need not be part of an
organized art class to enter.
Join us to see what great works of art this year’s students have created at the 2016 Protégé
Reception and Awards Ceremony on February 25, 2016 from 6 - 7:30pm. The Protégé Exhibition
will be on display in the Conn Take pArt Gallery until March 20, 2016.
Fun in the Mud! Family Arts Day
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday,
February 20, 2016
This fun day will be about fun in the mud clay mud, that is! In conjunction with the
Linnis Blanton ceramics exhibit, we will be
creating various types of sculpture with
clay. There will be demonstrations in wheel throwing and firing. Of course, visitors will be
encouraged to make their own clay vessels by experimenting with various techniques such as
coils, slabs, textured stamps and pinch pots. As always, face painting and refreshments will
round out this free event.
Volunteer Spotlight:
Xenia Fedorchenko
Xenia Fedorchenko, Lamar University Associate Professor of
Printmaking, is an extraordinary volunteer. Despite her
demanding schedule, Xenia agreed to chair AMSET’s first-ever
fundraiser The Monster Mash…an AMSET Bash on October 23.
As Chair, Xenia managed to enlist a whole new battalion of
volunteers to assist with this event. She oversaw the live
printing of T-shirts by the Print Council student organization of
Lamar University, as well as printed give-aways authored by
the Graphics Novels Honors Class at Lamar. She was also able
to recruit artist Maurice Abelman, who designed and donated
the Monster Mash logo design. In addition, she spent an entire
weekend in her home hand printing the logo on the front of
every one of 125 t-shirts prior to the event.
Not only has Xenia been a wonderful volunteer to AMSET,
she has dedicated her life to creating art and promoting
the creation of art in our area. Aside from her teaching
responsibilities, she has widespread connections with artists all over the world and regularly
opens her home to them while they are on international tours. In November, she hosted a
group of 16 Estonian performance artists lead by the Estonian group Non Grata and included
Helios Circuit from Oklahoma and Wild Torus from New York City while they performed in
Beaumont as part of their North American tour. The week before that, she hosted a group of
Finnish artists, two who were graphic novel/comic artists, Pertii Jarla and Emmi Valve, as well as
one printmaker, Janika Herlevi. All three presented artist talks on campus. We are grateful to
Xenia for successfully chairing The Monster Mash fundraiser while continuing to provide
creative vision in Southeast Texas.
A Letter From the Director
Mary Jane Garth
In
Loving
Memory
AMSET recently lost a great patron of the arts. Mary Jane Garth passed away on
November 18, 2015 at the age of 87 after a lengthy illness. She was a huge supporter of
AMSET having served on the Board of Trustees and generously donating to exhibitions, the
gala and the acquisitions fund. Mary Jane loved contemporary art and actively collected art
her entire life. She always said that great art should reflect the times in which we live. She
also strongly believed that this museum should attempt to acquire a work of art by every
artist represented in solo exhibitions at the museum. Mary Jane was a well-loved woman,
bigger than life, who touched the lives of so many in our community. All art lovers learned
so much from her and her strong passion for the arts was contagious. Mary Jane never
minced words. There was never a hidden agenda. These attributes combined with a person
who was very generous, adventuresome and fun loving created a one of a kind, remarkable
woman - Mary Jane Garth.
If you didn't know Mary Jane, perhaps you know her daughter-in-law,
LeeAnn, and son, Terry, or daughter, Harriet. Terry was the president of the Board of Trustees from 2014-2015 and is also very generous with his resources to AMSET.
Please join me in making a contribution in Mary Jane Garth’s honor to AMSET to purchase
a work of art in her memory.
Sincerely,
Lynn P. Castle
AMSET Executive Director
AMSET Donors 2015
This Donor list reflects contributions made to AMSET for the year preceding November 30, 2015.
Corporate/Individual Sponsor $10,000+
John Alexander
B.A. & E.W. Steinhagen Benevolent Trust
The Barrett Collection, Dallas, Texas, gift of the Dallas Museum of Art (In Kind)
CapitalOne Bank
City of Beaumont
C. Homer & Edith Fuller Chambers Charitable Foundation
Ms. Sandra Clark
Mr. Rob Clark & Mr. Jerry Thacker (Includes In Kind)
Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc.
Edaren Foundation
Lee Ann & Tyrrell Garth
Helen Caldwell Locke and Curtis Blakey Locke Charitable Foundation
Jefferson County
Mamie McFaddin Ward Foundation
Betty Moody (In Kind)
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Quinn
Ms. Regina Rogers (in loving memory of Julie & Ben Rogers)
Southeast Texas Arts Council
Texas Commission on the Arts
TOTAL: Port Arthur Refinery
Wesley W. Washburn, M.D. and Lulu L. Smith, M.D. Endowment Fund
Ms. Rosine McFaddin Wilson
Wilton P. & Effie Mae Hebert Foundation
Corporate/Individual Sponsor $5,000+
Mr. & Mrs. George Dishman, Jr.
Entergy Foundation
Karen & Michael Fuljenz
Goodyear-Beaumont Chemical (Includes In Kind)
Natalie & S.L. Greenberg (Includes In Kind)
Liliana & Rene Greenwald
Marine Fueling Services, Inc./Mr. Christopher Bean
Dr. & Mrs. Garrett Peel
Mr. Stanley Price
Michele & J. Mitchell Smith
Union Pacific Foundation
Elizabeth & Russell Waddill
Corporate/Individual Sponsor $2,500+
Architectural Alliance/ Rob Clark & Ronald Jones
Bill Clark Bugsperts (Includes In Kind)
Burns Properties/Colleen & Bob Burns
The Honorable Marcia & Mr. Seth Crone
Mrs. Katherine Belle Doyle
ExxonMobil Foundation
Foundation for Southeast Texas
Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Fouts (In Kind)
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Foutz
Mrs. Martha Gideon
Mrs. Patricia Klein
Market Basket Food Stores
Mehaffy Weber, P.C. Charitable Foundation
Dr. Terry & Nell Morris
Mr. Albert Nolen
Gay & William Scott
Kim & Roy Steinhagen
Trans-Global Solutions, Inc.
Two Magnolias (In Kind)
Mr. Wallace S. Wilson
Sponsors/President’s Club $1,000+
Mr. & Mrs. Josh Allen, Sr.
Anonymous
Judy & James Black
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Broussard
Mr. Carlo Busceme, III
Mr. Keith Carter (Includes In Kind)
Mr. Rusty Chimeno
Ms. Dorothy Anne Conn
Ms. Melanie Dishman
Linda & Joseph Domino
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Eastman
Sandra & Joseph Fertitta
Carolyn & Mark Fertitta
Ms. Harriet Garth
The Late Ms. Mary Jane Garth
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Green
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Gripon
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hendricks
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Hoffer
Ms. Cecily E. Horton
Mrs. Sallye Keith
Mr. & Mrs. George Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. Shea Kent
Tamsen & Thomas Kiehnhoff
Keely & Craig Kinsel
Lamar University Foundation
Gloria & Charles Locke
Lori & Michael Lockwood
Mr. Dean Lovejoy
Ms. Anne S. Maltalbano
Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Mason
Nancy & Frank Newton
Mr. & Mrs. J. Pat Parsons
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Petkovsek
Ms. Joan Steinman
Mr. Dean Terrebonne
Mr. & Mrs. Jason Whitney
Mr. & Mrs. Morris Windham
Corporate Sponsors $1,000+
American Valve & Hydrant
Argent Trust Company
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas
Beaumont New Car and Truck Assn.
CapitalOne Private Client Group
CASETA
Chisum Resource Management
Humanities Texas
Industrial Safety Training Council
Jefferson County Medical Society
JWIT Investments, LLC
Kinsel Motors, Inc.
KME Salas O’Brien, LLC
U.S. Trust Bank of America
Wealth & Asset Management - Capital One, N.A.
Corporate/Patron $500+
Alter’s Gem Jewelry, Ltd./Mr. & Mrs. Brian Alter
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Barr
BASF Fina Petrochemicals, L.P.
Dr. Beth & Mr. Brian Bommer
Ms. Jeanne M. Broussard
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Byrom
Christina & Josh Crawford
Cook Parker, P.L.L.C.
C.C. Crutchfield
Mr. Christopher Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Edwards
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Escamilla
Orna Feinstein (In Kind)
Mr. & Mrs. John T. Fowler
Dr. & Mrs. Frank Giglio
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Gripon
Mr. Brooks Goodhue
Dr. & Mrs. Young In
Industrial Safety Training Council/Russell Melancon
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Johnson
Drs. Vijay & Rita Kusnoor
M.P. Partners, Ltd.
Mr. & Mrs. Sam C. Parigi, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Parker
Mrs. Janey Phelan
Mr. Kip Price
Mr. & Mrs. J. Mark Smith
Ms. Regina Winegar
Zummo’s Meat Co.
Corporate/Individual Fellow $250+
Mrs. Janet Allred
Mr. Dexter Augier
Mr. & Mrs. Bret Babineaux
Mr. & Mrs. Danny Babineaux
Mrs. Kimberly Barnette
Mr. Chad Blanchard
Mr. Martin Broussard
Dr. & Mrs. Hal Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cormier
Mrs. Suzanne Crawford
Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Curtis
Mr. Bernie Daleo
Katrina & Keith Davis
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Evans
Mr. Gerald Farha
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Fierce
Mr. James V. Fitzpatrick
Mr. Charles Giglio
Mr. & Mrs. James Gilliam
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Grantham
Ms. Mary Hager
Kathleen Lamb
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Malone
Mr. & Mrs. William Maxey
Mr. Paul W. McCormick
Mr. Pat H. Miller
Moncla’s Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. W. Frank Newton
W.L. Pate
Charles Pemberton
Kathryn & Patrick Phelan
Mrs. Ida McFaddin Pyle
Mr. John Quigley
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Sampson
Mrs. Christine N. Stedman
Diane & Robert Verde
Wathen, DeShong & Juncker, L.L.P.
Drs. Weatherford
Dr. & Mrs. Jeff Wilkinson
Maureen & Dean Winchell
Paige & Morris Windham
Upcoming Events
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Until Sunday, January 24
SKIN CONDITION: Ceramics by Kelly Costlow on view in Café Arts
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Until Sunday, February 28
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Recent Works from Flatbed and
JOURNEY FROM WITHIN: Ceramics by Linnis Blanton on view
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Thursday, January 28
MAX BEAN ENVELOPES on view in Café Arts
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Friday, January 29
A Vintage Affair Wine Tasting Fundraiser
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Saturday, February 20
“Fun in the Mud!” Family Arts Day
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Thursday, February 25
Protégé opening Reception
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