12.22.10: Give the Gift of El Paso at El Paso's museum gift shops

This week there are several gift shops at El Paso museums selling all sorts of gift items from $50-$500. Below is a list of museum gift shops worth a quick visit, all within 15 miles of Downtown El Paso and all stocked with items for your loved ones this holiday season. Also, keep these gift shops in mind as you shop throughout the year.

El Paso Museum of Art
(915)532-1707
Monday and Major Holidays Closed
Tuesday - Saturday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Extended Hours Thursday Nights Until 9:00 pm
Sunday from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Insights Science Museum
(915) 534-0000
Tuesday - Saturday 10am to 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm
Monday Closed

El Paso History Museum
(915)541-4145
Daily except Monday, year-round

Lynx Exhibits
(915)533.4330
Dec. 22 & 23, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Dec. 24, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Centennial Museum
(915)747-5565
Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

El Paso Archaeology Museum
(915)755-4332
Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m. -5 p.m.
Sunday - 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Give the Gift of El Paso

Starting Dec. 1, this blog will list 23 days of gifts with El Paso flair so that you can give the gift of El Paso this holiday season. Send your gift ideas to thelisadshow@gmail.com.

Event: EPMA Winter Camp 2010

Museums & Cultural Affairs

MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release: December 20, 2010

Contact: Juli Lozano, Public Affairs @ (915) 541-4010 or (915) 472-1949


The El Paso Museum of Art announces

WINTER CAMP 2010

December 28-30, 2010

Cost $15 Members/$19 Non-Members

Supplies provided unless otherwise noted.


Tuesday, December 28th
Cubist Style Self-Portrait
6-8 years old 9:30-12:00pm
Instructor: Liz Monroy
Be inspired by Picasso and create your own cubist style self-portrait with oil pastels.


Finger Knitting
A collaboration of the Education Department and the El Paso Museum of Art Store
9-12 years old 9:30-12:00pm or 6-8 years old 12:30-3:00pm
Instructor: Cassandra Davisson
Learn to knit! Finger knitting is fun and helps improve motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Create a long skinny scarf to take home! Perfect for beginners.


T-Shirt Tie Dye
6-8 years old 9:30-12:00pm or 9-12 years old 12:30-3:00pm
Instructor: Michelle Murphy
Join the fun and create your own tie-dye design on a T-shirt that you will want to wear again and again!

Andy Warhol Style Animals
9-12 years old 12:30-3:00pm
Instructor: Liz Monroy
Paint like Andy Warhol! Create a four panel watercolor drawing of your favorite animal.

Wednesday, December 29th
Cubist Style Self-Portrait
9-12 years old 9:30-12:00pm
Instructor: Liz Monroy
Be inspired by Picasso and create your own cubist style self-portrait with oil pastels.

Spool Knitting
A collaboration of the Education Department and the El Paso Museum of Art Store
6-8 years old 9:30-12:00pm or 9-12 years old 12:30-3:00pm
Instructor: Cassandra Davisson
More knitting! Learn more techniques and create a round cord which can be transformed into a bracelet or, even a jump rope!

Personalized Shirt Art
9-12 years old 9:30-12:00pm
Instructor: Michelle Murphy
Wear your own art! Bring a cotton blend shirt you want to alter. Create a design and learn stencil and silkscreen techniques.

Andy Warhol Style Animals
6-8 years old 12:30-3:00pm
Instructor: Liz Monroy
Paint like Andy Warhol! Create a four panel watercolor drawing of your favorite animal.

Winter Theme Monoprints
9-12 years old 12:30-3:00pm
Instructor: Michelle Murphy
Create one-of-a-kind winter themed prints using inks, original drawings, cloth, paper and other materials to create multi-media works of art.

Thursday, December 30
Watercolor Landscape
9-12 years old 9:30-12:00pm
Instructor: Liz Monroy
Experience the Tom Lea Gallery and be inspired to create a watercolor landscape painting of your own.

Needle Knitting $23 members / $28 non-members
A collaboration of the Education Department and the El Paso Museum of Art Store
9-12 years old 9:30-12:00pm
Instructor: Cassandra Davisson
Create a bean bag! Building on skills gained through Finger Knitting & Spool Knitting, now learn how to cast on, create the knit stitch and bind off. Take home your own set of bamboo knitting needles!

Winter Theme Monoprints
6-8 year olds 9:30-12:00pm
Instructor: Michelle Murphy
Create one-of-a-kind winter themed prints using inks, original drawings, cloth, paper and other materials to create multi-media works of art.

Supervised lunch for an additional $5 per child, per day (Tuesday and Wednesday only).

Students bring their own sack lunch. 12:00-12:30pm

For More Information And To Register, call (915) 532-1707 ext. 16 or ext. 27, or register online at ww.elpasoartmuseum.org

Events: Border Art Biennial 2010 Opens this Saturday at EPMA

Museums & Cultural Affairs

MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release: November 17, 2010

Contact: Juli Lozano, Public Affairs @ (915) 541-4010 or (915) 472-1949


The El Paso Museum of Art announces

Border Art Biennial - Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010

November 20, 2010 – February 13, 2011

For more information call (915) 532-1707

or visit www.elpasoartmuseum.org



Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010 will open to the public at 12:00 pm on Saturday, November 20, 2010 and will show through February 13, 2011 in the Contemporary Gallery of the El Paso Museum of Art. This exhibition is free to the public.



Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010



Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010 is the second juried exhibition to examine and highlight the often under represented, but vital art and artists from the states of the US/Mexico border. Artist from the states of Arizona, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, New Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Tamaulipas, and Texas were encourage to apply, of which 43 were selected. All works included will be reproduced in the accompanying exhibition catalog which will be available for purchase at the Museum Store. This exhibition is a collaborative effort between the El Paso Museum of Art, Museo de Arte INBA de Ciudad Juarez, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, CONACULTA-INBA, the Mexican Consulate in El Paso, Texas, and the American Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.



2010 Jurors are Rita Gonzalez, Assistant Curator in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Itala Schmelz, Director at the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City.



Artist included in the exhibition:



Itzel Aguilera, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Julie Anand and Damon Sauer, Phoenix, Arizona

Tania Anchondo, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico

Jesus Barraza, San Leandro, California

Camp Bosworth, Marfa, Texas

Maureen Burdock, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Camilo Cruz, Los Angeles, California

Alejandro Cartagena, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Vic De La Rosa, San Francisco, California

Sergio De La Torre, San Francisco, California

Leticia Diaz Moreno, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Justin Gainan, Oakland, California

Matt Gainer, Toluca Lake, California

Joseph Gerges, La Mirada, California

Ed Gomez, Long Beach, California

Erendira Gonzalez, Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico

Alexandra Grant, Los Angeles, California

Luis Hernandez, Los Angeles, California

Yvianna Hernandez, El Paso, Texas

Farah Karapetian, Los Angeles, California

Julia Landois, San Antonio, Texas

Anthony Lazorko, Mesilla, New Mexico

Nery Gabriel Lemus, Pasadena, California

Paho Mann, Dallas, Texas

Mayra Martell, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico

Shane Mecklenburger, Dallas, Texas

Hector Mendoza, Oakland, California

Dominic Miller, Phoenix, Arizona

Jeffrey Miranda, Allen, Texas

Noe Montes, Los Angeles, California

Oscar Moya, El Paso, Texas

Michelle Murillo, Dallas, Texas

Brenda Perry, El Paso, Texas

Gregory Phillipy, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Kerianne Quick, Pasadena, California

Tim Roberts, Fort Davis, Texas

Humberto Saenz, Spring, Texas

Rocio Saenz, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico

Marian Salinas, McAllen, Texas

Shawn Skabelund, Flagstaff, Arizona

David Taylor, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Rogelio Valenzuela Colomo, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Cathy Wysocki, Corrales, New Mexico



Image Credits



Oscar Moya

Cholo, 2009

Silkscreen on paper

Courtesy of the artist



Itzel Aguilera

Cristal I, 2009

Metalic pigments on cotton paper

Courtesy of the artist



Tania Anchondo

Guero, 2009

Inkjet Print

Courtesy of the artist





Parking is available at the Convention Center and Camino Real Hotel for a small fee. Limited metered parking is available on Main Street. Free parking is available at the City Hall Parking lot on Santa Fe Street.





The El Paso Museum of Art will also host a series of Focus Talks with select artists featured in the exhibition beginning December 1, 2010 through February 9, 2011.

Focus Talks will be at 12:15 pm and 1:15 pm and will last 30 minutes each.

Please visit www.elpasoartmuseum.org for details.





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