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Calendar of Events
Please see Exhibitions for current exhibition information
Please see Education for current listing of classes and workshops
May 16, 2012
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM – International Museum Day and Art Museum Day. Art Museum Day coincides with International Museum Day, organized annually around the world by the International Council of Museums. The theme this year is Museums in a Changing World: New Challenges, New Inspirations. Admission to Magnificent Mexico: 20th Century Modern Masterworks presented by CommUNITY en Acción is FREE for everyone this day only.
May 17, 2012
4:00 PM – Reading the Easel Book Club. The Art Spirit by Robert Henri. Explore the world of art and literature while meeting fellow members with similar interests. Books may be ordered through the Museum Store, where members receive a 10% discount. Light refreshments will be provided at book discussion. EPMA members: Free, Non members: $10 per session.
May 23, 2012
12:15 PM – Focus talk of David Alfaro Siqueiros, presented by El Paso Museum of Art Docent, Georgina Alva. Focus Talks are thirty minute discussions of one artist or work of art. Attendance and entry to the exhibits is FREE to the first 40 attendees.
May 24, 2012
6:00 PM – Gesture, Style and Function in Modern Mexican Drawing, 1900-1950, lecture by Dr. Karen Cordero Reiman. El Paso Energy Auditorium. Seating is limited, and entry to the exhibition Magnificent Mexico is free to the first 200 attendees.
June 10, 2012
12:00 PM – Jake Erlich Long Shadows opens to the public in the Peter and Margaret de Wetter Gallery. Admission to this exhibition is free.
June 14, 2012
5:30 PM – Artists on Art with Robert Lingle. Artists on Art - located at the El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) provides local artists an opportunity to exhibit one work of art in any media accompanied by a 30 minute discussion on their work and its relation to the Museum’s permanent collection. There are six exhibits per year and the work is exhibited for a two-month period. Artists interested in being featured in Artists on Art are encouraged to contact Christian Gerstheimer, Curator at (915) 532-1707 x 20. FREE.
June 16, 2012
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Members & VIP preview and reception for Inquisitive Eyes: El Paso Art 1960-2012.
June 17, 2012
12:00 PM – Inquisitive Eyes: El Paso Art 1960-2012 opens to the public in the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Gallery.
June 17, 2012
2:00 PM – The Long Shadows, Book reading and signing by Andrew Erlich, Ph.D. Free, Seating is limited. Following the reading, join Dr. Erlich in the Museum Store where copies of The Long Shadows will be available for purchase. Members receive a 10% discount.
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