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El Paso Museum of Art
1 Arts Festival Plaza, Downtown.
"Wrapped in Tradition: The Chihuly Collection of Native American Trade Blankets" exhibit continues on display through May 18.
"Picasso's Women" will be on display through June 8.
The museum also offers classes for youths and adults from 1 to 3 p.m. the second Sunday of the month. Preregistration is required.
The museum offers a social event for young professionals called 3rd Thursdays every month. "Aha! Toro!" will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays; and noon-5 p.m. Sundays.
532-1707; www.elpasoartmuseum.org.
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Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
at UTEP
"Unknitting: Challenging Textile Traditions" exhibit continues on display through August 2,2008.
Unknitting: Challenging Textile Traditions focuses on performative knitting practice in the creation of avant-garde art. This invitational exhibition highlights artists who are advancing and questioning established textile traditions. The artists address stereotypes of gender and the ideas and materials appropriate for art making. Their work upends tradition through challenges to the domestic-based, utilitarian objects that are typical of the knitted crafts.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Information: 747-6164
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Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
at UTEP
" In the Weave: Bhutanese Textiles and National Identity" exhibit continues on display through August 2,2008.
In the Weave presents textile art from the Kingdom of Bhutan as a primary contributor to the intense national identity of this central Asian country. Sandwiched between two powerful neighbors, China and India, Switzerland-sized Bhutan is committed to cultural tradition and environmental conservation as two of the four pillars of its vision for Gross National Happiness. Treasured fabrics are hand woven on traditional looms and incorporated into garments that conform to the national code of dress mandated by the King. The historical textiles in this exhibition are lent by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, which was founded in 1799 and currently houses more than 2.4 million works of art and culture. Recent works will also be featured. This exhibition takes on special significance because in 2008 the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival, the largest annual cultural event in the U.S. capital, has chosen to honor both the country of Bhutan and the State of Texas. Bhutanese architecture is the inspiration behind UTEP’s distinctive campus environment.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Information: 747-6164
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"Two Of A Kind" Art Exhibit
Date: Sunday, April 13, 2008 - May 25th, 2008
Location: Genesis Salon and Art Gallery,
2278 Trawood, El Paso, Texas 79935
Phone: 915 633-9393
Email: tok@genesissalonandgallery.com
Event Description:
Series continues, "Two Of A Kind" Art Exhibit featuring the works of Rosa Maria Burgos and Carlos Urrutia. April 13 - May 25, 2008,
Genesis Salon and Art Gallery, 2278 Trawood, El Paso,TX
Exhibit Reception on Sunday April 13, 2008, 4-7pm in the presence of the artists.
For more information 915-633-9393
www.genesissalonandgallery.com
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Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
at UTEP
"Monica Bengoa The Third Lie: Chromatic Deflections" exhibit continues on display through August 2,2008.
The Third Lie: Chromatic Deflections is a site-specific, wall-sized installation that combines text, drawing and detailed, handcrafted embroideries by Chilean artist Mónica Bengoa. The artist explores the transference of photographic images using craft-based techniques. Industrially produced embroidery thread restricts the palette in The Third Lie, connecting the hand made and the industrial. Bengoa’s meticulous and theoretically complex installations have been exhibited internationally, including at the 52nd Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, CA, the 2006 ARCO International Fair of Contemporary Art in Madrid, Spain and in 2007 at Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy. She currently resides in Santiago, Chile where she teaches at the Art School of the Catholic University.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Information: 747-6164
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