International Museum of Art

International Museum of Art
Photograph © Mike Patino

The International Museum of Art is located in the Turney home in El Paso, Texas. The spacious Museum houses collections from Asia, Africa, and many points both near and far. The Museum also houses a Mexican Revolution collection which includes a replica of Pancho Villa’s death mask, and a replica of a Mexican casita as it might have looked at the time of the Revolution.

The Museum hosts several national and international exhibitions each year and offers art-related programs, activities, and special events. The Museum is also available for rental for a variety of events.

new exhibit 

 

"A RETROSPECTIVE"

by Artist PEDRO RIOS MARTINEZ 

GALLERY TALK FEBRUARY 18TH 2PM

and 

"3D: design, depict, devise"

  by Artist GABRIEL GAYTAN  

GALLERY TALK FEBRUARY 12TH 2PM

 

 

 FREE GUIDED TOURS THURSDAY TO SUNDAY 1PM TO 5PM 

International Museum of Art

 

 

Pedro Rios Martinez Started his art profession at a young age learning and working as the assistant for Robert Massey. Pedro said he would feel nervous when Robert Massey would tell him,” Ok, we have to fix this broken sculpture, fix it!” With little direction. This was the beginning of Pedro's courage and experience to recreate and restore a piece of art as if it were brand new..

 A passionate young artist here in El Paso, he was part of the artist union, and the Ice Capades would come to El Paso every year to perform at the County Coliseum. While here, they called the Artist Union office in need of an artist to work on their back drops that were damaged. The Union sent out Pedro to get the back drops restored. The Ice Capade Director was so impressed with Pedro, that every year when the Ice Capades came back to El Paso, they would request Pedro Rios Martinez to fix the back drops. The last time he was called to restore them, the program director realized that Pedro was the only person that could restore the backdrops, and at this time was asked to become part of the Ice Capades exclusive backdrop designer and artist . This was his open door to moving to Los Angeles, and being hired for many other important movies and Disney Productions to create and design backdrops. His career took him to many production sets with famous movie stars! Many times he was commissioned for months to travel with film directors.

 Now that he has returned to semi-retire in his hometown El Paso, he has created his studio space here in his neighborhood he grew up in with plans to help the young artists from his neighborhood by creating a coffeshop/art gallery, and free wi-fi for the young community to enjoy. Recently, He has helped the International Museum of Art with restoring the collection the Museum has of the Urbici Soler sculptors. 

 

 

 Gabriel Gaytans very unique art works at this exhibit will be viewed with 3D glasses which will give our guests at the International Museum of Art a glimpse of a hidden art experience. 

Children love his art, And it's not just a play of imagination; the hidden image is very realistic. You will see exactly what was painted by artist Gabriel Gaytan.

"Each color has a wavelength, Red has a really long one. Blue and green have short ones." Played against each other precisely, and if the viewer wears 3-D glasses, the colors then either fall backward or jump forward for the viewer, or a combination of both, turning otherwise typical art into a new experience. The technique takes both realist and surrealist art to a new level.

As an artist, he incorporates Mesoamerican symbolism with Mexican-American historical experience.  His purpose is to inform through a unique artistic beauty.  Ancient messages are woven with a modern context for a unique visual experience. Heexplores his cultural heritage through images and symbols. Color and form evoke messages for the soul. His Mesoamerican ancestors were keenly aware of this and they created an artistic language that integrates colors and sounds. Revival of this ancient literacy is a dominant theme in his work. His Chicano identity provides him with a mosaic of ancient and contemporary experiences, born of love and peaceful contemplation as much as war and revolution. Who we are is more than an accident of history; it is a deeply personal adventure with multicolor images created by the dance of the four elements. It is this embrace with fire, air, water and earth that he explores through his art. He majored in Fine Arts and received a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of Texas at El Paso. Currently he is the staff artist and television producer with El Paso Community College Television and a part-time art instructor  at EPCC. His additional studies include Mesoamerican art, history and culture. In 2005 he launched his web site, www.gaytanartworks.com, where you can access information about his art work, himself as an artist and educator. He is a native born El Pasoan who has recently attracted wide attention as a visual artist. His works grace the walls of many private collections, public buildings in Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, and California.

FREE GUIDED TOURS OF EXHIBITS THURSDAY TO SUNDAY 1PM TO 5PM

ART LESSONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART

Saturday 1:30p.m.- 3:30 p.m.                                                                                     INSTRUCTOR-Eddie Alcala and Katrina Mark

childrens art classes opening reception and exhibitat end of month

all supplies are included