The El Paso Downtown Arts District – officially designated so by the Texas Commission on the Arts in 2011 – is anchored by museums, cultural venues and performing arts facilities.
Art Spot: El Paso Downtown Arts District
- By Cindy Ramirez / El Paso Inc. features editor
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‘I (Heart) Arts District’
Where: Judson F. Williams Convention Center Plaza, 1 Civic Center Plaza
Artists: Tino Ortega with Baback Tavakoli and Alex Arriaga, El Paso
About: Ortega’s signature mylar balloon murals grace the walls along the convention center plaza facing Santa Fe Street – this time declaring love for the Arts District and serving as a map point for the Downtown area where arts and culture unite.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
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Where: El Paso Museum of History, 501 N. Santa Fe
Artist: Creative Kids El Paso
About: The mural on a dividing wall behind the museum depicts the streetcar when it ran internationally into Juárez, as well as a flamenco dancer, with a silhouette of the mountains in the back and desert plants all around.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
Sombras y Luz
Where: El Paso Museum of History, 501 N. Santa Fe
Artists: Bill & Mary Buchen
About: The colorful laser-cut metal panels along the back walkway of the museum symbolize papel picado, Mexican folk art made of artfully perforated paper. The panels depict historic landmarks in El Paso, wildflowers of the region and other patterns.
Editors note: The title and artist of this piece
has been corrected and updated.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
Sombras y Luz
Where: El Paso Museum of History, 501 N. Santa Fe
Artists: Bill & Mary Buchen
About: The colorful laser-cut metal panels along the back walkway of the museum symbolize papel picado, Mexican folk art made of artfully perforated paper. The panels depict historic landmarks in El Paso, wildflowers of the region and other patterns.
Editors note: The title and artist of this piece
has been corrected and updated.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
‘Abstract Reality’
Where: El Paso Museum of Art, 1 Arts Festival Plaza at Santa Fe
Artist: Ricardo “Enks” Uribe, Juárez / El Paso
About: The body painter, tattoo artist and muralist who won GSN’s 2016 Skin Wars body painting reality competition recently completed the mural at the museum. The mural’s colors and patterns create unique sensory experiences for passers-by or those captivated enough to stop for a closer look.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
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