State Of The Arts
Saturday 11:30am
State of the Arts is a weekly 30-minute program focusing on the arts community of El Paso. Hosted by dedicated art enthusiast Marina Monsisvais, State of the Arts provides listeners with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how creativity is shaping our community.
Marina interviews local visual artists, writers, dancers, singers, actors and directors, as well as regional talent exhibiting or performing in El Paso. The show gets to the heart of what inspires and drives artists to do what they love best.
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The International Museum of Art invites you to help create the Window to the World Singing Tree Mural. People of all ages can paint or draw images which will be added to the mural. -
Alexandra Urbina is a Mexican-American painter and Art Historian. She views painting as a tool for meditation on the ephemerality of life, creating works that explore the unreliability of memory. -
Andres Payan Estrada is the Director and Senior Curator at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at UTEP. Previously, he was curator at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles. -
Artist Carmen Navar has a solo art show opening August 13 at Rejuvene Med Spa. Now in her late 70s, Carmen is all about inspiriting others in their golden years to grow and flourish as artists. -
Louie Salazar is an artist from El Paso, whose artistic journey is rooted in being born and raised on the border. He currently has an exhibit at LUP Gallery titled Ideas from Cuartitos. -
Cassius Casillas is the author of a children’s book titled Blue Bear and The Loose Thread. The book deals with themes of mental health and community which parents can use in talking to their kids. -
Justin Favela has created a large-scale mural titled Southwest at the MACC, in response to the Tom Lea mural that once graced the exact same wall...this time with a cartoneria twist. -
The El Paso Print Pachanga will take place from July 15 through August 1, 2026 and features various printmaking events and programming. -
Sutura is a bi-national art encounter which will take place in Ciudad Juárez and El Paso. For five days in the fall of 2026, the border will be activated with exhibition openings, and performances. -
EPCC Theatre presents Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, July 10–19, 2026 at the Forum Theatre on the EPCC Transmountain Campus. The work has been re-imagined in an 1899 El Paso border setting.
