This month’s featured public art pieces depict travel and the environment.
Art Spot: Saving the Environment
- By Cindy Ramirez / El Paso Inc. features editor
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‘Symbiosis’
Where: El Paso Municipal Service Center, 7968 San Paulo
Artist: Cesar Inostroza
About: The mural, unveiled this month at the city’s Earth Day Celebration, depicts images connected to nature and conservation, including the Franklin Mountains, a woman and child at the poppy fields, a young girl recycling, a Tigua dancer holding a globe and a man installing solar panels, as well as some El Paso landmarks against a bright blue sky.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
‘Symbiosis’
Where: El Paso Municipal Service Center, 7968 San Paulo
Artist: Cesar Inostroza
About: The mural, unveiled this month at the city’s Earth Day Celebration, depicts images connected to nature and conservation, including the Franklin Mountains, a woman and child at the poppy fields, a young girl recycling, a Tigua dancer holding a globe and a man installing solar panels, as well as some El Paso landmarks against a bright blue sky.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
‘New Horizons’
Where: El Paso International Airport, 6701 Convair
Artists: Jeremiah Navarro and Dave Navarro
About: The mural depicts an airplane ascending into the skies, with the star on the mountain behind it and bright green prickly pears surrounding it. The mural greets visitors entering the airport at the east end of the terminal, preparing them to take off into the beautiful El Paso sky.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
‘Susan Shelby Magoffin’
Where: Keystone Heritage Park, 4200 Doniphan
Artist: Ethan Houser
About: Dedicated in 2012, the 7-foot tall bronze statue of is part of the XII Travelers Memorial of the Southwest project. The young wife of a trader, Magoffin traveled the Santa Fe and Paso del Norte trails in the 1840s, recording her experiences of the trading expeditions in a diary. Published in 1926, “Down the Santa Fe Trail and Into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin” remains a valuable record of the time period.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
‘Two Mountains’
Where: El Paso Municipal Service Center, 7968 San Paulo
Artist: Janet Lofquist
About: This 12-by-50-foot sculpture made of aluminum cans from the city’s recycling program, shredded rubber from automotive tires and other materials from the region is meant to increase public awareness of environmental threats and emphasize the benefits of recycling. The center houses the city’s Environmental Services Department, which handles waste management, including garbage and recycling collections.
- Photos by Cosima Rangel
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