Agave Rosa Gallery — 905 Noble (next to
the International Museum of Art). Hours are 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The
gallery features paintings, sculpture, jewelry and
photography by area emerging artists.
Information: 533-8011 or agaverosagallery.com.
Amado Peña Gallery – Renowned artist
Amado M. Peña Jr.’s gallery is at 12790 Alarcon
Road in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Sunday. Information:
851-8400 or sanelizariopenagallery.com.
Showing Feb. 1-28: “Visions of the
Southwest,” works by Bert Saldaña. Artist
reception is 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7.
Art Avenue Gallery — The new gallery
space in Union Plaza is at 518 W. San Antonio,
Suite F. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday. Information: 213-4318 or
theartave.com.
The debut exhibition, “Heritage: The Legacy
of Francisco Lascurain Labadie,” runs through
Jan. 31. The exhibit highlights works of
Francisco Lascurain (1926-2013) whose warm
and richly colored canvases depict his memories of the typical urban workers of the ‘30s
and ‘40s. Born in Mexico City, Lascurain was
trained in architecture, however, his real passion and fascination was painting the common
worker in Mexico.
Ballroom Marfa — 108 E. San Antonio
Street in Marfa. Hours are noon to 6 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday. Gallery Closed Dec.
24-25, and Dec. 31-Jan 1.Information: (432)
729-3700, ballroommarfa.org or on Facebook.
Showing through Feb. 22: Artists’ Film
International Exhibit featuring Nicole Miller.
Organized in conjunction with Whitechapel
Gallery, London, Ballroom Marfa presents the
sixth season of Artists’ Film International, a pro-
gram that showcases international artists working in film and animation. This year in the north
and south galleries Ballroom Marfa will feature
two video works, “David” (2012) and “Death
of a School” (2014), by Los Angeles-based artist
Nicole Miller.
Bert Saldana Art Gallery — The new
gallery featuring Southwestern Art is at 1501
Main Street in the San Elizario Arts District.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday. Information: 851-0093 or bertsaldana.com.
Saldana’s works also will be on display in
February at the nearby Amado Peña Gallery,
12790 Alarcon Road.
Chamizal galleries — Chamizal National
Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Franklin G. Smith
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday; weekends by request. Abrazos
hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is
free. Information: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham/.
Showing through March 24: in the Franklin
G. Smith Gallery are works by local artists
Francisco Romero and Daniel Padilla.
Showing in the Abrazos Gallery is
“Monumental Men for Monumental Times.” A
temporary exhibit explains the connections
between American President Abraham Lincoln
and Mexican President Benito Juarez. The
exhibit is in conjunction with plans to place a
statue of Benito Juarez near the Visitor Center.
Showing in the Cultural Center Lobby is “Art
From the Heart,” art by Diego Alvarez, Jose
Manuel Romero, Leonardo Cancerous and
Sebastian Rodriguez.
Chinati Foundation — Marfa, Texas.
Created by artist Donald Judd, the Chinati
Foundation houses one of the world’s largest
collections of permanently installed contemporary art. The collection is open for guided tours
throughout the year at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Thursday through Sunday. Admission is $10 ($5
for students, seniors). Full tour is $25 ($10 students). Information: (432) 729-4362 or chinati.org.
Free winter art classes for ages 4-13 are Dec.
29-30 and Jan. 2-3. Call for details.
Crossland Gallery — The El Paso Art
Association’s gallery is at 500 W. Paisano (in the
Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturdays. Admission is free. Information: 5347377, [email protected] or
CrosslandArtGallery.com.
Showing Jan. 16-Feb. 14:
“con.FIGURE.ation,” show and sale, with judge
Craig Cully. Deadline to submit work is Jan. 6.
Gala opening is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16.
Submissions are being taken through Feb. 8,
for the annual Western Impressions Art Show
and Sale. This year’s theme is “How the West
was ONE/WON.”
El Paso Artisan Gallery — The gallery is
in the El Paso Exploreum, 320 W. San Antonio.
The gallery features works for sale by local
painters, jewelers, crafters and photographers.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed
Monday. Gallery admission is free. Information:
533-4330 or elpasoexploreum.org.
El Paso Museum of Art — One Arts
Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays.
Admission is free for most exhibits. Tickets for
“Renoir to Remington” are $5 (free for age 12
and younger, EPMA members and active duty
military and their family with ID). Information:
532-1707 or elpasoartmuseum.org.
Showing through Feb. 1: “Renoir to
Remington: Impressionism to the American
West.” The exhibit explores the variety of ways
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in which artists of the American Southwest
extended the Impressionist vision, including
earlier practitioners such as Frederic
Remington and later figures such as Fremont
Ellis. The exhibition will compare examples of
French and international Impressionism from
Tacoma Art Museum in Washington (almost 25
works by Boudin, Pissarro, Renoir, etc.) with
numerous works of the American Southwest
borrowed from local collections and selected
from the holdings of the EPMA.
The first in the “Modern Masters Series:
Highlights from the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum” is “Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso:
Birth of Cubism,” showing through Feb. 1.
The exhibit will highlight a pair of powerful
works by Cézanne and Picasso, who have frequently been described as two of the most crucial figures in the development of modern art.
Showing through April 26: “Body Art:
Contemporary El Paso Jewelry.” The exhibit
celebrates contemporary local expressions of
the jeweler’s art. UTEP’s Metals Program has
been and remains the principal center of jewelry production and training in the area. Rachelle
Thiewes, who just retired as the program’s
director, has become celebrated internationally
for her jewelry making. The exhibition will
include several pieces by Thiewes, along with
selections from 14 other area jewelers, including Susan Eisen, Margie Melby and Helen
Ellison-Dorion
Showing through May 3: “Mexican Devotion
on Tin and Copper: Selections from the
McKnight Collection.” For more than 20 years
Sarah and Frank McKnight collected retablos
from Northwestern Mexico that they later sold
in their El Paso art gallery. The McKnights
retained some of their favorites and in 2007
their collection of 71 retablos was given to the
El Paso Museum of Art by their children.
Includes paintings of saints, the Virgin and
Christ, martyrs, apostles, angels, the Pieta and
ex-votos from the 17th through the 19th centuries.
Dave Phelps begins his Artists on Art featured
Dave Phelps. Phelps’ art is a commentary on
“the overwhelming barrage of information and
material goods that confronts us every day.”
His repetitive use of everyday materials such as
barcodes emphasizes how much technology
plays a role in people’s lives.
Showing through December 2015: “Drink Up!
The Art and Culture of Beverages.”
The EPMA World Cinema Series is 2 p.m.
Saturdays in the auditorium, presented by the
museum’s Art Algur H. Meadows Library.
Admission: $3 free for ages 12 and younger and
museum members. Age restrictions apply on
some showings.
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