Community Calendar

UTEP Youth Programs and Camps in partnership with Black Rocket, a national leader in tech-education, offers a variety of virtual STEAM camps this summer to keep your kids engaged. Young campers can improve their academic skills, learn about science, technology, engineering, art and math all while having fun. Sign your child up for our weekly five-day online Black Rocket camps: they’ll be guaranteed a fun and unique learning experience! Camps are designed for ages 8-11 and 11-14. Weekly camps will take place from June 8 to August 21 and will be offered from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and from 2:30-5 p.m. For more information, visit ppp.utep.edu/youthcourses or call 915-747-5142.

The International Museum of Art is proud to announce their newest pop-up gallery, Portrait of a Woman: Artist and Artisan. This gallery highlights the lives of other early women artists of El Paso like Jan Herring, Grace Knox Smith, Anna Johnell Crimen and Dorothy Geyer.

This pop-up asks us to reflect on creativity in our own lives by examining women’s artistic output from the late 1800s through the mid 1900s and international examples from Sue Koenig’s Window to the World. The gallery also highlights the biographies of El Paso’s early women artists by exploring how major social changes empowered these women to embark on professional art careers.

IMoA Director, Emily Leedom, states that “there is such a rich legacy of women artists in the greater El Paso region, and it is an honor to share their stories with our community. I think we can all relate to the artistic journeys that these women embarked on.”

In addition to Portrait of a Woman,The IMoA also invites you to visit A Tale of Two Artists, hosted in partnership with the Magoffin Home. This gallery celebrates the legacy of two early El Paso women, Octavia “Tia” Magoffin Glasgow and Leola Warnock Freeman. On view in our Historic Home, it explores the lives of these two women, as artists and as life-long friends.

The International Museum of Art is dedicated to making art accessible to all, offering free admission, exhibitions of local artists, and a rich collection of regional and international artifacts. Thanks to the generous support of our members and donors, we continue to foster cultural understanding and promote the visual arts in El Paso.

Visitor Information:
Address: 1211 Montana Ave,
El Paso, TX 79902
(accessible parking on Rio Grande and Brown St.)

Hours:
Thursday: 1:00–5:00 pm
Friday–Sunday: 12:00–5:00 pm
Monday–Wednesday: Closed

UTEP Kidz on Campus offers a variety of on-campus activities this summer to keep your kids engaged. Young campers can develop their skills, learn and have fun in the many camps we offer. Our camps can help improve academic skills, develop confidence and more. Sign your child up for our Kidz on Campus Summer 2026 youth programs and camps: they’ll be guaranteed a fun and unique learning experience! Camps start the week of June 2 and are for entering grades K-12.
For more information, visit ppp.utep.edu/youthcourses or call 915-747-5142. Kidz on Campus at UTEP – where learning is fun!

The NMSU Art Museum is excited to announce the opening of Mapping Spaces: Selections from the Lannan Art Collection at NMSU. This exhibition will showcase selections from the generous gift of 63 works of art from the Lannan Art Collection to the NMSU Permanent Art Collection in 2024. Mapping Spaces will open in the Contemporary Gallery on Thursday, June 11th, and run until September 5th, 2026.

After almost 65 years, with 27 of those spent in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Lannan Foundation closed in 2024. As part of Lannan’s closure, the Foundation gifted its remaining collection of more than 1,600 objects to 55 institutions, including the NMSU Art Museum. By adding these pieces to the UAM’s collection, this gift deepens the significance of the works by placing them into an academic context, where teaching, research, and public engagement further activate each of them. The NMSU Permanent Art Collection continues to evolve and grow not only as a repository of contemporary art objects, but also as a living resource that invites ongoing dialogue about the role of artists in shaping how the NMSU and Las Cruces communities understand our dynamic border region.

Featuring artists such as Claudia Andujar, Subhankar Banerjee, Max Cole, Pard Morrison, Victoria Sambunaris, and James Turrell, Mapping Spaces brings together a dynamic range of artists whose works explore landscapes and the environment, documentary photography, abstraction, and traditional art historical references. Together, this exhibition features artists at the center of the UAM’s mission, emphasizing the importance of continued support for art, research, and community-engaged practices in cultivating a creative ecosystem across New Mexico.

Join us for the opening reception on June 11th from 4:30-6:30 PM. UAM is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm, at 1308 E. University Ave., Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88003. Admission to all programming is free and open to the public. For more information and a detailed calendar with associated programs and dates please visit uam.nmsu.edu.

This summer, the NMSU Art Museum welcomes the return of Louis Ocepek, local artist, former Department Head, and Professor Emeritus of the NMSU Department of Art for his solo exhibition: Homage to Then/Small Worlds. This exhibition opens June 11, 2026 and will be on display in the museum’s Mullennix Bridge Gallery through September 12, 2026. Please join us for the opening reception on June 11 from 4:30 - 6:30 pm.

Homage to Then/Small Worlds is a two-part exhibition of direct gravure prints, gouache paintings, and digital prints that pay tribute to a history of artistic influences and explore the abstracted physical world. Homage to Then comprises sixteen gravure prints and four gouache paintings, while Small Worlds features an array of acrylic and gouache paintings on paper and chromogenic prints. The detailed selection in Homage to Then/Small Worlds reflects on the aesthetics of time, space, and the perceptions of our physical and metaphysical worlds.

Louis Ocepek is an artist and designer born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He studied design and fine art at Wayne State University, and earned his graduate degree from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He was a professor in the art departments of Montana State University, Portland State University, and New Mexico State University, where he served as Department Head for several years while teaching additional courses in the NMSU Honors College. Ocepek works in a variety of media–exhibiting prints, paintings and hybrid works in national and international group and solo exhibitions. His work is included in the public art collections of Oregon, Washington, New Mexico and Texas. Ocepek is the author of Graphic Design: Vision, Process, Product and his design work has been featured in publications such as Graphis International and The Painter Wow!.

UAM is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm, at 1308 E. University Ave., Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88003. Admission to all programming is free and open to the public. For more information and a detailed calendar with associated programs and dates please visit uam.nmsu.edu.

UTEP Youth Programs and Camps in partnership with Black Rocket, a national leader in tech-education, offers a variety of virtual STEAM camps this summer to keep your kids engaged. Young campers can improve their academic skills, learn about science, technology, engineering, art and math all while having fun. Sign your child up for our weekly five-day online Black Rocket camps: they’ll be guaranteed a fun and unique learning experience! Camps are designed for ages 8-11 and 11-14. Weekly camps will take place from June 8 to August 21 and will be offered from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and from 2:30-5 p.m. For more information, visit ppp.utep.edu/youthcourses or call 915-747-5142.

UTEP Youth Programs and Camps in partnership with Black Rocket, a national leader in tech-education, offers a variety of virtual STEAM camps this summer to keep your kids engaged. Young campers can improve their academic skills, learn about science, technology, engineering, art and math all while having fun. Sign your child up for our weekly five-day online Black Rocket camps: they’ll be guaranteed a fun and unique learning experience! Camps are designed for ages 8-11 and 11-14. Weekly camps will take place from June 8 to August 21 and will be offered from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and from 2:30-5 p.m. For more information, visit ppp.utep.edu/youthcourses or call 915-747-5142.

The International Museum of Art is proud to announce their newest pop-up gallery, Portrait of a Woman: Artist and Artisan. This gallery highlights the lives of other early women artists of El Paso like Jan Herring, Grace Knox Smith, Anna Johnell Crimen and Dorothy Geyer.

This pop-up asks us to reflect on creativity in our own lives by examining women’s artistic output from the late 1800s through the mid 1900s and international examples from Sue Koenig’s Window to the World. The gallery also highlights the biographies of El Paso’s early women artists by exploring how major social changes empowered these women to embark on professional art careers.

IMoA Director, Emily Leedom, states that “there is such a rich legacy of women artists in the greater El Paso region, and it is an honor to share their stories with our community. I think we can all relate to the artistic journeys that these women embarked on.”

In addition to Portrait of a Woman,The IMoA also invites you to visit A Tale of Two Artists, hosted in partnership with the Magoffin Home. This gallery celebrates the legacy of two early El Paso women, Octavia “Tia” Magoffin Glasgow and Leola Warnock Freeman. On view in our Historic Home, it explores the lives of these two women, as artists and as life-long friends.

The International Museum of Art is dedicated to making art accessible to all, offering free admission, exhibitions of local artists, and a rich collection of regional and international artifacts. Thanks to the generous support of our members and donors, we continue to foster cultural understanding and promote the visual arts in El Paso.

Visitor Information:
Address: 1211 Montana Ave,
El Paso, TX 79902
(accessible parking on Rio Grande and Brown St.)

Hours:
Thursday: 1:00–5:00 pm
Friday–Sunday: 12:00–5:00 pm
Monday–Wednesday: Closed

The ACLU of Texas hosts its annual Advocacy Summit in El Paso, featuring keynote speaker Angela Rye, Social Justice Advocate, Lawyer, and former CNN Commentator. This year's theme, "250 Years Later: Where's Democracy?", explores the state of civil rights and democratic participation in Texas and across the country.

The evening includes a keynote address, a moderated conversation with Carlos Marentes, Sr., Founder of the Sin Fronteras Organizing Project, and a reception for attendees.

Saturdays at 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
For those interested in joining, the Vinyasa yoga class is excellent for your health; it keeps you active and helps reduce stress. This class is regularly hosted at the Pat O'Rourke Recreation Center at 901 Virginia St., El Paso, TX 79901. Join Rebecca as she leads her vinyasa style class through a series of poses your body will thank you for! Call 915-533-5147 for more information.

Additionally, there will be no yoga class on Saturday, November 29, due to Thanksgiving Holiday.