The Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts held the opening reception for the UTEP Department of Art Biennial Faculty Exhibition on Thursday, Feb. 1. The exhibition takes place every two years since the center opened in 2004. The show features...

   Choosing a hobby as a full-time job is a dream many want to pursue, Babak Tavakoli-Nejad, a junior at UTEP, is doing exactly that. Majoring in studio art with a focus on painting, he is slowly gaining recognition from his chalk artwork at various...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwloAzTk4k4 The Rubin Center held the opening reception for its three fall semester exhibitions on Thursday, Oct. 12. Featured artist Suzi Davidoff maps in her series of drawings, “Simplified World,”...

The Rubin Center held the opening reception for its three fall semester exhibitions on Thursday, Oct. 12. Featured artist Suzi Davidoff maps in her series of drawings, "Simplified World," to illustrate how the world had changed physically and...

Chalk the Block, an annual arts festival organized by the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD), turned downtown El Paso into a canvas of hope and inspiration. Local artists came together with national and international artists...

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The annual arts festival, Chalk the Block, returns to downtown El Paso beginning on Oct. 6 through 8 as it celebrates its 10-year anniversary. The festival will feature over 200 artists from around the world, as they come together to decorate the streets...

The Grand opening for La Vintage shop was on Saturday, Sept. 16., and the event featured vendors, live wall painting, live screen printing and a skate tournament. Local music artists like Maryblu, E&J, Dirty Souls, El Ultimo Trip, Stangus and...

Born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, but having lived in the United States for all of his adult life, Associate Professor of Art Antonio Castro identifies himself as a “fronterizo” (from the border). “I’m a fronterizo. I’m not an American, I’m...

Leslie Sarinana - Copy editor Lorde - Melodrama At the end of the summer, “Melodrama” is still one of the best releases we’ve had. Lorde truly delivers an album full of great songs that showcase her unique song writing ability. What the album...

Showcasing the art of local business signs, local art duo LxsDos presented the art exhibition "Libre, Libre!," at the Abdou Building on Wednesday. Through different elements, the exhibition describes the bond between fine art and the work produced...

As a studio art major, senior Kymea Staten said she constantly bought expensive hardware store tools and art paper until she decided to change majors. “I changed my major because of how expensive it was,” Staten said. “You never really know what...