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Tom Lea (b. 1907, El Paso) was one of the most prolific Southwest artists of the twentieth century. Following his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lea painted numerous public murals throughout the United States. He served as an artist correspondent for LIFE magazine during World War II and later illustrated and wrote the best-selling novel The King Ranch, about the legendary South Texas ranch. Lea devoted his career to documenting the landscape, history, and people of his native Southwest.
Tom Lea and Contemporaries features landscapes, portraits, and mural studies. The exhibition uniquely highlights artists that tell the story of a tightly-knit creative community, which made El Paso a central point for rich cultural exchange. Artists include Manuel Acosta, Lois Denton, Freemont Ellis, Russell Rutledge Waterhouse, Lewis Teel, Carl Hertzog, Peter Hurd, Tom Lea, Berla Emeree, Gladys Hinkle, Lois Denton, Urbici Soler, and Henriette Wyeth.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation and the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.
To learn more about the Tom Lea Trail click here!
Tom Lea (b. 1907, El Paso) was one of the most prolific Southwest artists of the twentieth century. Following his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lea painted numerous public murals throughout the United States. He served as an artist correspondent for LIFE magazine during World War II and later illustrated and wrote the best-selling novel The King Ranch, about the legendary South Texas ranch. Lea devoted his career to documenting the landscape, history, and people of his native Southwest.
Tom Lea and Contemporaries features landscapes, portraits, and mural studies. The exhibition uniquely highlights artists that tell the story of a tightly-knit creative community, which made El Paso a central point for rich cultural exchange. Artists include Manuel Acosta, Lois Denton, Freemont Ellis, Russell Rutledge Waterhouse, Lewis Teel, Carl Hertzog, Peter Hurd, Tom Lea, Berla Emeree, Gladys Hinkle, Lois Denton, Urbici Soler, and Henriette Wyeth.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation and the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.
To learn more about the Tom Lea Trail click here!
RAZI Projects is a collaborative partnership between Rachelle Thiewes and Suzi Davidoff, artists from diverse disciplines who share a common interest in pattern and landscape. This exhibition will be showcased in three renditions: Watercourse, Beauty-Chaos, and Night Play. The renditions incorporate video, bookmaking, and photography created during this partnership, reflecting the intersections of both artists’ visions and artistic disciplines.
Support for RAZI Projects is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Desert Rinpa by Mitsumasa Overstreet is an ode to the desert southwest and the cultural influence of his Japanese ancestry. Founded in Kyoto in the 17th century, the Rinpa school produced defining Japanese landscapes of the era. Overstreet incorporates traditional Rinpa processes into his work and includes local flora of the Chihuahuan Desert in a hybrid installation of cross-cultural connection, ancestry, and lived experience.
Mitsumasa Overstreet is a recipient of the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) Cultural Funding Program. As part of its mission to drive El Paso’s cultural vitality, MCAD annually supports local artists, area non-profit arts organizations, and creative entrepreneurs through a competitive granting process in six categories, designed for maximum transparency. The Artist Incubator Program (AIP) supports the creation of new work by El Paso artists in all disciplines.
Desert Rinpa is presented in partnership with MCAD’s Artist Incubator Program.
Support for the project is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
Suzi Davidoff: Wander will showcase nearly 100 works from 1991 to present. Davidoff’s artistic practice draws us into a fluid conversation with nature guided by observation and intuition. Composed of subject matter and pigments rooted in multiple natural habitats, her artwork engages viewers with aspects of the natural world we often overlook. In an era of environmental fragility, her work invites meditation and reflection, providing viewers an opportunity to see the ever-changing environment up close. Her use of the organic world is not a static subject within her works – but rather an active agent. Wander charts the artist’s transformations, movements, and reverence for nature in ways only art can.
Support for Suzi Davidoff: Wander is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Estate of Lineaus Hooper Lorette, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) carefully and meticulously accumulated a vast collection of photographs over the course of her life. This exhibition presents 241 unpublished photographs that represent diverse periods and people in the artist’s life explored in six central themes: Origins; The Blue House; Politics, Revolutions and Diego; Her Broken Body; Frida’s Loves; and Photography. Photographers featured in the exhibition include her father Guillermo Kahlo, as well as Man Ray, Martin Munkácsi, Edward Weston, Brassaï, Tina Modotti, Pierre Verger and Lola & Manuel Álvarez Bravo.
When Frida Kahlo died in 1954, her husband Diego Rivera donated their house – Casa Azul in Mexico City – to the Mexican people, so that it could become a museum about her life and work. The home is now the site of Museo Frida Kahlo, one of the most visited museums in the world. Upon donating her artworks and objects to the museum, Rivera asked to lock part of them away from public view; this personal archive included more than six thousand photographs, drawings, letters, medicine and clothes. These items were kept in a Casa Azul bathroom for five decades, until they were revealed in 2003. A selection of prints from this discovery forms the basis of this exhibition, curated by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Mexican photographer and historian of photography.
An exhibition by
Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Archives. Bank of Mexico, Fiduciary in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust
Worldwide tour managed by
The exhibition is presented by the El Paso Museum of Art in collaboration with El Consulado General de México en El Paso and el Centro Cultural Mexicano Paso del Norte.
Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, the Wilma Moleen Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Tom Lea (b. 1907, El Paso) was one of the most prolific Southwest artists of the twentieth century. Following his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lea painted numerous public murals throughout the United States. He served as an artist correspondent for LIFE magazine during World War II and later illustrated and wrote the best-selling novel The King Ranch, about the legendary South Texas ranch. Lea devoted his career to documenting the landscape, history, and people of his native Southwest.
Tom Lea and Contemporaries features landscapes, portraits, and mural studies. The exhibition uniquely highlights artists that tell the story of a tightly-knit creative community, which made El Paso a central point for rich cultural exchange. Artists include Manuel Acosta, Lois Denton, Freemont Ellis, Russell Rutledge Waterhouse, Lewis Teel, Carl Hertzog, Peter Hurd, Tom Lea, Berla Emeree, Gladys Hinkle, Lois Denton, Urbici Soler, and Henriette Wyeth.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation and the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.
To learn more about the Tom Lea Trail click here!
RAZI Projects is a collaborative partnership between Rachelle Thiewes and Suzi Davidoff, artists from diverse disciplines who share a common interest in pattern and landscape. This exhibition will be showcased in three renditions: Watercourse, Beauty-Chaos, and Night Play. The renditions incorporate video, bookmaking, and photography created during this partnership, reflecting the intersections of both artists’ visions and artistic disciplines.
Support for RAZI Projects is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Desert Rinpa by Mitsumasa Overstreet is an ode to the desert southwest and the cultural influence of his Japanese ancestry. Founded in Kyoto in the 17th century, the Rinpa school produced defining Japanese landscapes of the era. Overstreet incorporates traditional Rinpa processes into his work and includes local flora of the Chihuahuan Desert in a hybrid installation of cross-cultural connection, ancestry, and lived experience.
Mitsumasa Overstreet is a recipient of the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) Cultural Funding Program. As part of its mission to drive El Paso’s cultural vitality, MCAD annually supports local artists, area non-profit arts organizations, and creative entrepreneurs through a competitive granting process in six categories, designed for maximum transparency. The Artist Incubator Program (AIP) supports the creation of new work by El Paso artists in all disciplines.
Desert Rinpa is presented in partnership with MCAD’s Artist Incubator Program.
Support for the project is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
Suzi Davidoff: Wander will showcase nearly 100 works from 1991 to present. Davidoff’s artistic practice draws us into a fluid conversation with nature guided by observation and intuition. Composed of subject matter and pigments rooted in multiple natural habitats, her artwork engages viewers with aspects of the natural world we often overlook. In an era of environmental fragility, her work invites meditation and reflection, providing viewers an opportunity to see the ever-changing environment up close. Her use of the organic world is not a static subject within her works – but rather an active agent. Wander charts the artist’s transformations, movements, and reverence for nature in ways only art can.
Support for Suzi Davidoff: Wander is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Estate of Lineaus Hooper Lorette, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) carefully and meticulously accumulated a vast collection of photographs over the course of her life. This exhibition presents 241 unpublished photographs that represent diverse periods and people in the artist’s life explored in six central themes: Origins; The Blue House; Politics, Revolutions and Diego; Her Broken Body; Frida’s Loves; and Photography. Photographers featured in the exhibition include her father Guillermo Kahlo, as well as Man Ray, Martin Munkácsi, Edward Weston, Brassaï, Tina Modotti, Pierre Verger and Lola & Manuel Álvarez Bravo.
When Frida Kahlo died in 1954, her husband Diego Rivera donated their house – Casa Azul in Mexico City – to the Mexican people, so that it could become a museum about her life and work. The home is now the site of Museo Frida Kahlo, one of the most visited museums in the world. Upon donating her artworks and objects to the museum, Rivera asked to lock part of them away from public view; this personal archive included more than six thousand photographs, drawings, letters, medicine and clothes. These items were kept in a Casa Azul bathroom for five decades, until they were revealed in 2003. A selection of prints from this discovery forms the basis of this exhibition, curated by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Mexican photographer and historian of photography.
An exhibition by
Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Archives. Bank of Mexico, Fiduciary in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust
Worldwide tour managed by
The exhibition is presented by the El Paso Museum of Art in collaboration with El Consulado General de México en El Paso and el Centro Cultural Mexicano Paso del Norte.
Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, the Wilma Moleen Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
The El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and the Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez (MACJ) jointly announce the 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza 2026 Call for Entries.
Throughout its editions, the Border Biennial has established itself as a space to explore, recognize, and highlight artistic production from the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza 2026 call for entries encourages artists to address the theme “Imagining the Border.”
Applicants must live and work within a radius of 300 miles (482 km) of the cities of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. From the open call, 30 artists will be selected to present one work in El Paso, and the other in Juárez. For artists collectives, at least one member must live or work in this geographic area and must be the applicant and point of contact for the collective.
Artists selected for the Biennial may be asked to exhibit submitted artworks, other existing artworks, or newly commissioned works.
A virtual information session open to the public will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Biennial organizers will be available to answer questions about the call for entries submission process. Information session registration details will be posted via social media.
For the 2026 Border Biennial, each organizing institution will select a Guest Curator with international curatorial experience and roots in the Borderlands.
The 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza 2026 is organized by the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department and by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL). Biennial organizers invite artists, collectives to apply at the website: Click here to apply.
For complete Application Guidelines and Information:
Notice to applicants from Mexico:
Visit https://museodeartejuarez.inba.gob.mx/bienal-fronteriza-2026.html for additional required forms.
Application deadline is May 1, 2026 at 11:59 pm MST.
Support for the 2026 Border Biennial is provided by the Mellon Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, and the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.
Haga clic aquí para obtener la información en español: https://museodeartejuarez.inba.gob.mx/bienal-fronteriza-2026.html
For questions: EPMACuratorial@elpasotexas.gov
Tom Lea (b. 1907, El Paso) was one of the most prolific Southwest artists of the twentieth century. Following his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lea painted numerous public murals throughout the United States. He served as an artist correspondent for LIFE magazine during World War II and later illustrated and wrote the best-selling novel The King Ranch, about the legendary South Texas ranch. Lea devoted his career to documenting the landscape, history, and people of his native Southwest.
Tom Lea and Contemporaries features landscapes, portraits, and mural studies. The exhibition uniquely highlights artists that tell the story of a tightly-knit creative community, which made El Paso a central point for rich cultural exchange. Artists include Manuel Acosta, Lois Denton, Freemont Ellis, Russell Rutledge Waterhouse, Lewis Teel, Carl Hertzog, Peter Hurd, Tom Lea, Berla Emeree, Gladys Hinkle, Lois Denton, Urbici Soler, and Henriette Wyeth.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation and the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.
To learn more about the Tom Lea Trail click here!
RAZI Projects is a collaborative partnership between Rachelle Thiewes and Suzi Davidoff, artists from diverse disciplines who share a common interest in pattern and landscape. This exhibition will be showcased in three renditions: Watercourse, Beauty-Chaos, and Night Play. The renditions incorporate video, bookmaking, and photography created during this partnership, reflecting the intersections of both artists’ visions and artistic disciplines.
Support for RAZI Projects is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Desert Rinpa by Mitsumasa Overstreet is an ode to the desert southwest and the cultural influence of his Japanese ancestry. Founded in Kyoto in the 17th century, the Rinpa school produced defining Japanese landscapes of the era. Overstreet incorporates traditional Rinpa processes into his work and includes local flora of the Chihuahuan Desert in a hybrid installation of cross-cultural connection, ancestry, and lived experience.
Mitsumasa Overstreet is a recipient of the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) Cultural Funding Program. As part of its mission to drive El Paso’s cultural vitality, MCAD annually supports local artists, area non-profit arts organizations, and creative entrepreneurs through a competitive granting process in six categories, designed for maximum transparency. The Artist Incubator Program (AIP) supports the creation of new work by El Paso artists in all disciplines.
Desert Rinpa is presented in partnership with MCAD’s Artist Incubator Program.
Support for the project is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
Suzi Davidoff: Wander will showcase nearly 100 works from 1991 to present. Davidoff’s artistic practice draws us into a fluid conversation with nature guided by observation and intuition. Composed of subject matter and pigments rooted in multiple natural habitats, her artwork engages viewers with aspects of the natural world we often overlook. In an era of environmental fragility, her work invites meditation and reflection, providing viewers an opportunity to see the ever-changing environment up close. Her use of the organic world is not a static subject within her works – but rather an active agent. Wander charts the artist’s transformations, movements, and reverence for nature in ways only art can.
Support for Suzi Davidoff: Wander is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Estate of Lineaus Hooper Lorette, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) carefully and meticulously accumulated a vast collection of photographs over the course of her life. This exhibition presents 241 unpublished photographs that represent diverse periods and people in the artist’s life explored in six central themes: Origins; The Blue House; Politics, Revolutions and Diego; Her Broken Body; Frida’s Loves; and Photography. Photographers featured in the exhibition include her father Guillermo Kahlo, as well as Man Ray, Martin Munkácsi, Edward Weston, Brassaï, Tina Modotti, Pierre Verger and Lola & Manuel Álvarez Bravo.
When Frida Kahlo died in 1954, her husband Diego Rivera donated their house – Casa Azul in Mexico City – to the Mexican people, so that it could become a museum about her life and work. The home is now the site of Museo Frida Kahlo, one of the most visited museums in the world. Upon donating her artworks and objects to the museum, Rivera asked to lock part of them away from public view; this personal archive included more than six thousand photographs, drawings, letters, medicine and clothes. These items were kept in a Casa Azul bathroom for five decades, until they were revealed in 2003. A selection of prints from this discovery forms the basis of this exhibition, curated by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Mexican photographer and historian of photography.
An exhibition by
Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Archives. Bank of Mexico, Fiduciary in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust
Worldwide tour managed by
The exhibition is presented by the El Paso Museum of Art in collaboration with El Consulado General de México en El Paso and el Centro Cultural Mexicano Paso del Norte.
Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, the Wilma Moleen Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
The El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and the Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez (MACJ) jointly announce the 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza 2026 Call for Entries.
Throughout its editions, the Border Biennial has established itself as a space to explore, recognize, and highlight artistic production from the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza 2026 call for entries encourages artists to address the theme “Imagining the Border.”
Applicants must live and work within a radius of 300 miles (482 km) of the cities of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. From the open call, 30 artists will be selected to present one work in El Paso, and the other in Juárez. For artists collectives, at least one member must live or work in this geographic area and must be the applicant and point of contact for the collective.
Artists selected for the Biennial may be asked to exhibit submitted artworks, other existing artworks, or newly commissioned works.
A virtual information session open to the public will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Biennial organizers will be available to answer questions about the call for entries submission process. Information session registration details will be posted via social media.
For the 2026 Border Biennial, each organizing institution will select a Guest Curator with international curatorial experience and roots in the Borderlands.
The 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza 2026 is organized by the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department and by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL). Biennial organizers invite artists, collectives to apply at the website: Click here to apply.
For complete Application Guidelines and Information:
Notice to applicants from Mexico:
Visit https://museodeartejuarez.inba.gob.mx/bienal-fronteriza-2026.html for additional required forms.
Application deadline is May 1, 2026 at 11:59 pm MST.
Support for the 2026 Border Biennial is provided by the Mellon Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, and the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.
Haga clic aquí para obtener la información en español: https://museodeartejuarez.inba.gob.mx/bienal-fronteriza-2026.html
For questions: EPMACuratorial@elpasotexas.gov
Join us for “What is an Archive? Photographs That Persist: A Workshop with Ingrid Leyva” on April 16 from 4:30-7:45 PM. In this workshop, Leyva explores the power of images that accompany us daily. She examines archival photographic material not as a fixed object but as a dynamic tool that shapes our understanding of identity through the collection of Frida Kahlo – Sus fotos. Participants will also have the opportunity to dig into their own photographic archives to uncover new meanings across both analog and digital formats.
This workshop will be offered in two sessions, one from 4:30-6:00 PM in Spanish and the other from 6:15-7:45 PM in English. Ages 15 and up. Registration is required. Use the links below to sign up.
This program is in the context of the exhibition Frida Kahlo – Sus fotos. An exhibition by: Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Archives. Bank of Mexico, Fiduciary in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust.
Español Click here to register
English Click here to register
From the Collection: Portraiture, 1903-2021 will be on view in the Dede Rogers Gallery presents over twenty artworks from EPMA’s diverse permanent collection. Since 1959, EPMA has acquired works of portraiture that range in mediums such as paintings, photographs, works on paper, and sculpture. Featured works are from local, nation and international artists who interpret human presence - shaped by cultural context, personal narrative and the influences of human perception.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, and the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Celebrate Earth Day with us at The Market! Join EPMA for Grow Your Garden Family Day and pot your own desert seedlings inspired by Suzi Davidoff: Wander on Saturday, April 18 from 9 AM–1 PM. Bring the whole family for hands-on fun!
Experience Frida Kahlo — Sus fotos with us! Enjoy FREE docent-led tours all April and May. No registration needed—just stop by at the scheduled tour times and join the tour.
This program is in the context of the exhibition Frida Kahlo – Sus fotos. An exhibition by: Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Archives. Bank of Mexico, Fiduciary in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust.
This is an entry level course to the medium of painting for both teens and adults. Students will learn various techniques in acrylic painting on canvas. Beginners looking to start a new hobby or for established artist looking to sharpen up their skills. Students will have access to EPMA’s Art Studio and EPMA’s collection to study and learn from, with a talented Teaching Artist to help guide students at their own work pace.
This class session is designed for beginners and advanced students looking to work on self-guided projects with one-on-one assistance from an experienced instructor with an emphasis on wheel throwing and hand building. For beginners to advanced artists lacking access to a studio and equipment.
This is a great introductory class for all things Printmaking with instruction from Master Printmaker Alexis Ruiz. Participants will learn Silk screen, Mono type, Kitchen Lithography and Linoleum carving. All materials and services are included with the cost of tuition.
Experience Frida Kahlo — Sus fotos with us! Enjoy FREE docent-led tours all April and May. No registration needed—just stop by at the scheduled tour times and join the tour.
This program is in the context of the exhibition Frida Kahlo – Sus fotos. An exhibition by: Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Archives. Bank of Mexico, Fiduciary in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust.
Join us on April 25 from 2:00-3:00 PM for a musical performance by El Paso Barroco: Angels, Demons and Nymphs Rameau’s Thétis, with guest artists Dr. John Daughtery (Baritone) and Lilith Ransburg (Harpsichord). This is a FREE concert, no registration necessary.
Tom Lea (b. 1907, El Paso) was one of the most prolific Southwest artists of the twentieth century. Following his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lea painted numerous public murals throughout the United States. He served as an artist correspondent for LIFE magazine during World War II and later illustrated and wrote the best-selling novel The King Ranch, about the legendary South Texas ranch. Lea devoted his career to documenting the landscape, history, and people of his native Southwest.
Tom Lea and Contemporaries features landscapes, portraits, and mural studies. The exhibition uniquely highlights artists that tell the story of a tightly-knit creative community, which made El Paso a central point for rich cultural exchange. Artists include Manuel Acosta, Lois Denton, Freemont Ellis, Russell Rutledge Waterhouse, Lewis Teel, Carl Hertzog, Peter Hurd, Tom Lea, Berla Emeree, Gladys Hinkle, Lois Denton, Urbici Soler, and Henriette Wyeth.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation and the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.
To learn more about the Tom Lea Trail click here!
RAZI Projects is a collaborative partnership between Rachelle Thiewes and Suzi Davidoff, artists from diverse disciplines who share a common interest in pattern and landscape. This exhibition will be showcased in three renditions: Watercourse, Beauty-Chaos, and Night Play. The renditions incorporate video, bookmaking, and photography created during this partnership, reflecting the intersections of both artists’ visions and artistic disciplines.
Support for RAZI Projects is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Desert Rinpa by Mitsumasa Overstreet is an ode to the desert southwest and the cultural influence of his Japanese ancestry. Founded in Kyoto in the 17th century, the Rinpa school produced defining Japanese landscapes of the era. Overstreet incorporates traditional Rinpa processes into his work and includes local flora of the Chihuahuan Desert in a hybrid installation of cross-cultural connection, ancestry, and lived experience.
Mitsumasa Overstreet is a recipient of the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) Cultural Funding Program. As part of its mission to drive El Paso’s cultural vitality, MCAD annually supports local artists, area non-profit arts organizations, and creative entrepreneurs through a competitive granting process in six categories, designed for maximum transparency. The Artist Incubator Program (AIP) supports the creation of new work by El Paso artists in all disciplines.
Desert Rinpa is presented in partnership with MCAD’s Artist Incubator Program.
Support for the project is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
Suzi Davidoff: Wander will showcase nearly 100 works from 1991 to present. Davidoff’s artistic practice draws us into a fluid conversation with nature guided by observation and intuition. Composed of subject matter and pigments rooted in multiple natural habitats, her artwork engages viewers with aspects of the natural world we often overlook. In an era of environmental fragility, her work invites meditation and reflection, providing viewers an opportunity to see the ever-changing environment up close. Her use of the organic world is not a static subject within her works – but rather an active agent. Wander charts the artist’s transformations, movements, and reverence for nature in ways only art can.
Support for Suzi Davidoff: Wander is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Estate of Lineaus Hooper Lorette, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) carefully and meticulously accumulated a vast collection of photographs over the course of her life. This exhibition presents 241 unpublished photographs that represent diverse periods and people in the artist’s life explored in six central themes: Origins; The Blue House; Politics, Revolutions and Diego; Her Broken Body; Frida’s Loves; and Photography. Photographers featured in the exhibition include her father Guillermo Kahlo, as well as Man Ray, Martin Munkácsi, Edward Weston, Brassaï, Tina Modotti, Pierre Verger and Lola & Manuel Álvarez Bravo.
When Frida Kahlo died in 1954, her husband Diego Rivera donated their house – Casa Azul in Mexico City – to the Mexican people, so that it could become a museum about her life and work. The home is now the site of Museo Frida Kahlo, one of the most visited museums in the world. Upon donating her artworks and objects to the museum, Rivera asked to lock part of them away from public view; this personal archive included more than six thousand photographs, drawings, letters, medicine and clothes. These items were kept in a Casa Azul bathroom for five decades, until they were revealed in 2003. A selection of prints from this discovery forms the basis of this exhibition, curated by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Mexican photographer and historian of photography.
An exhibition by
Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Archives. Bank of Mexico, Fiduciary in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust
Worldwide tour managed by
The exhibition is presented by the El Paso Museum of Art in collaboration with El Consulado General de México en El Paso and el Centro Cultural Mexicano Paso del Norte.
Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, the Wilma Moleen Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
The El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and the Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez (MACJ) jointly announce the 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza 2026 Call for Entries.
Throughout its editions, the Border Biennial has established itself as a space to explore, recognize, and highlight artistic production from the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza 2026 call for entries encourages artists to address the theme “Imagining the Border.”
Applicants must live and work within a radius of 300 miles (482 km) of the cities of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. From the open call, 30 artists will be selected to present one work in El Paso, and the other in Juárez. For artists collectives, at least one member must live or work in this geographic area and must be the applicant and point of contact for the collective.
Artists selected for the Biennial may be asked to exhibit submitted artworks, other existing artworks, or newly commissioned works.
A virtual information session open to the public will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Biennial organizers will be available to answer questions about the call for entries submission process. Information session registration details will be posted via social media.
For the 2026 Border Biennial, each organizing institution will select a Guest Curator with international curatorial experience and roots in the Borderlands.
The 2026 Border Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza 2026 is organized by the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department and by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL). Biennial organizers invite artists, collectives to apply at the website: Click here to apply.
For complete Application Guidelines and Information:
Notice to applicants from Mexico:
Visit https://museodeartejuarez.inba.gob.mx/bienal-fronteriza-2026.html for additional required forms.
Application deadline is May 1, 2026 at 11:59 pm MST.
Support for the 2026 Border Biennial is provided by the Mellon Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, and the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.
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From the Collection: Portraiture, 1903-2021 will be on view in the Dede Rogers Gallery presents over twenty artworks from EPMA’s diverse permanent collection. Since 1959, EPMA has acquired works of portraiture that range in mediums such as paintings, photographs, works on paper, and sculpture. Featured works are from local, nation and international artists who interpret human presence - shaped by cultural context, personal narrative and the influences of human perception.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, and the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
This is an entry level course to the medium of painting for both teens and adults. Students will learn various techniques in acrylic painting on canvas. Beginners looking to start a new hobby or for established artist looking to sharpen up their skills. Students will have access to EPMA’s Art Studio and EPMA’s collection to study and learn from, with a talented Teaching Artist to help guide students at their own work pace.
This class session is designed for beginners and advanced students looking to work on self-guided projects with one-on-one assistance from an experienced instructor with an emphasis on wheel throwing and hand building. For beginners to advanced artists lacking access to a studio and equipment.
This is a great introductory class for all things Printmaking with instruction from Master Printmaker Alexis Ruiz. Participants will learn Silk screen, Mono type, Kitchen Lithography and Linoleum carving. All materials and services are included with the cost of tuition.
Experience Frida Kahlo — Sus fotos with us! Enjoy FREE docent-led tours all April and May. No registration needed—just stop by at the scheduled tour times and join the tour.
This program is in the context of the exhibition Frida Kahlo – Sus fotos. An exhibition by: Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Archives. Bank of Mexico, Fiduciary in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum Trust.
Thank you for your interest in EPMA Older Adults Ceramics, our free, innovative art school program designed for individuals 65yrs and older. Taught in a wonderful community studio setting for all skill levels. Beginners looking to start a new hobby or established Artists looking to sharpen up their skills. Students will learn from talented teaching artist, Efren Villalobos. Students will have access to EPMA’s ceramic studio and learn at their own pace on hand building, wheel throwing on the pottery wheel. All materials and services are included.
Thank you for your interest in EPMA Older Adults Painting, our free, innovative art school program designed for individuals 65yrs and older. Taught in a wonderful community studio setting for all skill levels. Beginners looking to start a new hobby or established Artists looking to sharpen up their skills. Students will have access to EPMA’s Art studio and EPMA’s collection to study and learn from, with a talented Teaching Artist to help guide students at their own work pace at no cost.
In this introductory class led by talented teaching artist Lizbeth Sanchez, students will learn about all the foundations of embroidery and various types of stitches needed to create beautiful, handcrafted compositions. All materials and services are included with the cost of tuition.
Tom Lea (b. 1907, El Paso) was one of the most prolific Southwest artists of the twentieth century. Following his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lea painted numerous public murals throughout the United States. He served as an artist correspondent for LIFE magazine during World War II and later illustrated and wrote the best-selling novel The King Ranch, about the legendary South Texas ranch. Lea devoted his career to documenting the landscape, history, and people of his native Southwest.
Tom Lea and Contemporaries features landscapes, portraits, and mural studies. The exhibition uniquely highlights artists that tell the story of a tightly-knit creative community, which made El Paso a central point for rich cultural exchange. Artists include Manuel Acosta, Lois Denton, Freemont Ellis, Russell Rutledge Waterhouse, Lewis Teel, Carl Hertzog, Peter Hurd, Tom Lea, Berla Emeree, Gladys Hinkle, Lois Denton, Urbici Soler, and Henriette Wyeth.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation and the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department.
To learn more about the Tom Lea Trail click here!
RAZI Projects is a collaborative partnership between Rachelle Thiewes and Suzi Davidoff, artists from diverse disciplines who share a common interest in pattern and landscape. This exhibition will be showcased in three renditions: Watercourse, Beauty-Chaos, and Night Play. The renditions incorporate video, bookmaking, and photography created during this partnership, reflecting the intersections of both artists’ visions and artistic disciplines.
Support for RAZI Projects is provided by the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Desert Rinpa by Mitsumasa Overstreet is an ode to the desert southwest and the cultural influence of his Japanese ancestry. Founded in Kyoto in the 17th century, the Rinpa school produced defining Japanese landscapes of the era. Overstreet incorporates traditional Rinpa processes into his work and includes local flora of the Chihuahuan Desert in a hybrid installation of cross-cultural connection, ancestry, and lived experience.
Mitsumasa Overstreet is a recipient of the Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) Cultural Funding Program. As part of its mission to drive El Paso’s cultural vitality, MCAD annually supports local artists, area non-profit arts organizations, and creative entrepreneurs through a competitive granting process in six categories, designed for maximum transparency. The Artist Incubator Program (AIP) supports the creation of new work by El Paso artists in all disciplines.
Desert Rinpa is presented in partnership with MCAD’s Artist Incubator Program.
Support for the project is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
Suzi Davidoff: Wander will showcase nearly 100 works from 1991 to present. Davidoff’s artistic practice draws us into a fluid conversation with nature guided by observation and intuition. Composed of subject matter and pigments rooted in multiple natural habitats, her artwork engages viewers with aspects of the natural world we often overlook. In an era of environmental fragility, her work invites meditation and reflection, providing viewers an opportunity to see the ever-changing environment up close. Her use of the organic world is not a static subject within her works – but rather an active agent. Wander charts the artist’s transformations, movements, and reverence for nature in ways only art can.
Support for Suzi Davidoff: Wander is provided by the Mellon Foundation, the Estate of Lineaus Hooper Lorette, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation.
EPMA exhibitions and programs are supported by the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
From the Collection: Portraiture, 1903-2021 will be on view in the Dede Rogers Gallery presents over twenty artworks from EPMA’s diverse permanent collection. Since 1959, EPMA has acquired works of portraiture that range in mediums such as paintings, photographs, works on paper, and sculpture. Featured works are from local, nation and international artists who interpret human presence - shaped by cultural context, personal narrative and the influences of human perception.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, and the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
Thank you for your interest in EPMA Older Adults Ceramics, our free, innovative art school program designed for individuals 65yrs and older. Taught in a wonderful community studio setting for all skill levels. Beginners looking to start a new hobby or established Artists looking to sharpen up their skills. Students will learn from talented teaching artist, Efren Villalobos. Students will have access to EPMA’s ceramic studio and learn at their own pace on hand building, wheel throwing on the pottery wheel. All materials and services are included.
Thank you for your interest in EPMA Older Adults Painting, our free, innovative art school program designed for individuals 65yrs and older. Taught in a wonderful community studio setting for all skill levels. Beginners looking to start a new hobby or established Artists looking to sharpen up their skills. Students will have access to EPMA’s Art studio and EPMA’s collection to study and learn from, with a talented Teaching Artist to help guide students at their own work pace at no cost.
In this introductory class led by talented teaching artist Lizbeth Sanchez, students will learn about all the foundations of embroidery and various types of stitches needed to create beautiful, handcrafted compositions. All materials and services are included with the cost of tuition.
Students will be instructed by local artist, Angie-Michelle Barraza in exploring the foundations and techniques of painting with acrylic paint. Perfect for kids interested in discovering and developing their artistic skills. All materials and services are included with the cost of tuition.
From the Collection: Portraiture, 1903-2021 will be on view in the Dede Rogers Gallery presents over twenty artworks from EPMA’s diverse permanent collection. Since 1959, EPMA has acquired works of portraiture that range in mediums such as paintings, photographs, works on paper, and sculpture. Featured works are from local, nation and international artists who interpret human presence - shaped by cultural context, personal narrative and the influences of human perception.
Support for this exhibition is provided by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation, and the City of El Paso’s Museums & Cultural Affairs Department.
