“Artists are the key people who are helping us to think differently and better about not just the future, but the past and the present,” said Laura August, who’s been chosen to lead the Visual Arts center at the University of Texas at El Paso.
El Paso
An Installation Traverses Texas and Mexico to Promote Cross-Border Communication
With “Border Tuner,” artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer said he’s not in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez to make bridges, but to highlight the bridges that already exist.
Musicians Pay Tribute to El Paso Shooting Victims With a Corrido
Crosses, candles, balloons, photographs, and flowers have become common symbols of the mourning that follows mass shootings; however, residents of the Texan border town are using music to memorialize the fallen victims.
As Parkland Parents Honor Son with El Paso Mural, City Struck by Walmart Shooting
Artist Manuel Oliver has painted 30 murals in honor of his son Joaquin and his advocacy for a compassionate immigrant policy. His latest mural in Texas has unwillingly become the symbol of a shared tragedy.
Julie Speed: East of the Sun and West of the Moon, on View at the El Paso Museum of Art
The exhibition features nearly fifty works, many from the past five years and previously unseen, in oil, gouache, and collage. On view through April 7, 2019.