EPMH Creepy Collection Series- "Donna's Dolls"
We've scoured through the depths of our Museum's collections to bring you the most hair-raising objects in our special, #CreepyCollection series 👻🎃
“Donna’s Dolls”
A collection of dolls was received from the Stevens family after the passing of their 10-year-old daughter, Donna Stevens, to honor her memory. Soon after, museum staff reported hearing footsteps similar to that of skipping, and child laughter coming from the collections room. The box in which the dolls are kept is often found uncovered, with its top on the floor nearby. The source of the energy seems to culminate around a single doll affectionately named, ‘Charlotte’. Although museum staff do not feel a negative force, they believe Donna’s spirit still remains with her cherished doll collection.
What do YOU think? 😏
#ImagineElPaso
The #ImagineElPaso campaign is a collaboration between cultural organizations in El Paso to stand together and remain seen as places of education, inspiration and community whether our doors are open or closed during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The El Paso Museum of History is excited to participate in this initiative! We will be sharing resources that spark imagination in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.
For more information visit epcf.org/imagineEP.
The El Paso Cultural Roundtable was formed in February 2018 by the El Paso Community Foundation to create better cooperation and partnerships between participating organizations, promote the importance of the arts to the community, and improve the visibility of their programs in the community.
Free Virtual Summer Workshop Reboot
Still hanging on to Summer? So are we! We're rebooting our free virtual summer workshops by making them available to access beginning next week! Here is what you can look forward to:
🚀 Monday, September 21: DIY Moonsand by EPMH
🧲 Tuesday, September 22: Magnetic Abstract Art by Laura Turon
🧶 Wednesday, September 23: Mini Loom Weaving with Cynthia Guttierez-Krap
🌿 Thursday, September 24: Herb Notebook Making & Plant Gathering
🚂 Friday, September 25: DIY 3D Railcar by EPMH
The list of supplies needed will be posted each day for you to get crafty from home! These workshops are generously funded by Texas Women for the Arts a subdivision of Texas Commission on the Arts.
Although our museum and digital wall, DIGIE, remain closed to the public, you can still access and contribute to our community digital archive! Here is a quick step-by-step video guide to help you get started.
❓🤔 Still have questions or need some one-on-one help? Sign up for our Digitize My History virtual session next Friday, September 18th. Time slots are one per person and on a first come first served basis.
Immigration History of Korean Americans
🗣 Virtual Lecture 💻
Tune in to our interactive lecture lead by Hyung Lae Park, Professor at El Paso Community College. Park discusses the immigration history of Korean Americans. This lecture is generously funded by Humanities Texas.
📣 CALL FOR ARTIFACTS 📣
The El Paso Museum of History is putting together our latest exhibition, "Low & Slow: Lowrider Culture On The Border." We are asking those of you with ties to the lowrider community to participate. We are currently looking for:
+ lowrider memorabilia (banners, posters, t-shirts, trophies, awards, etc.)
+ biclas
+ photos
+ car hoods
If you are interested in sharing your story, photos, memorabilia, etc. COMMENT BELOW⬇️ so that we can get in touch with you or call our museum curator, Erica Marin at ☎️ 915-212-3163
Shout out to the El Paso Lowrider Association and eptcruising.com for their continued support of this project!
Food Story Project: El Paso Food Voices
🗣 Virtual Lecture 💻
Tune in to our virtual lecture lead by Meredith E. Abarca, PhD Professor of Food Studies and Literature at the UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso and creator, editor & curator of El Paso Food Voices. This lecture is generously funded by Humanities Texas.
Virtual Introduction- "Resilience: Remembering August 3rd"
The El Paso Museum of History presents "Resilience: Remembering August 3rd".
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the El Paso Museum of History is currently closed to the public. "Resilience: Remembering August 3rd" will be available for public viewing once the Museum reopens.
For video with closed captions, visit: https://youtu.be/IFiniuraAiY
Documenting Our Community- Local Student Producers Film El Paso's History & Share Advice On Making A Short Documentary Film
🗣 Virtual Lecture 💻
Tune in to our virtual lecture lead by Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, PhD(c), MFA, doctoral degree candidate in the Rhetoric and Composition program at The UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso where she is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Academic Advisor for Chicana/o Studies. Elvira Carrizal-Dukes discusses documenting our community featuring local student producers who have filmed El Paso's history and share advice on making a short documentary film. This lecture is generously funded by Humanities Texas.
Did you know ❓❓❓
In 1909, the Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico integrated into the greater Pacific Railroad in the United States; railway operations increased travel from Mazatlán, Sinaloa in Southern Mexico to Nogales, Sonora in Northern Mexico, connecting with the Sunset Route in southwest United States directly into Arizona. In October 1920, Mexican President Álvaro Obregón visited El Paso, and expressed his aspirations for international friendship and diplomatic relations between the two countries – a week later the El Paso Chamber of Commerce promptly set out for their excursion by train to Mexico City. The Peace and Progress Excursions promoted “international friendship and diplomatic relations between the two countries”.
EPMH Education and Curatorial Associate, Stephanie Gardea is seen dusting and prepping two panoramic photographs newly added to display in our exhibition “Tracks Across the Desert: More than 100 years of Railroad in El Paso”. These photographs are of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce Peace and Progress Excursions to Mexico in 1920 and 1941 and are both from the museum’s collections. Although few documentation exists regarding the Peace and Progress Excursions, artifacts like these further contextualize a tradition for the El Paso Chamber of Commerce over a course of 20 years, just before Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico was eventually sold to the Mexican government in 1951.
Queens In Quarantine
Queens in Quarantine is a virtual roundtable on the history and culture of drag performance, featuring local queens: Lavender Thug, Akasha BC, and Barbie
International Museum Day 2020
Today we celebrate #InternationalMuseumDay 🌎🏛
Here's a look back at our year!
Virtual Toddler and Me: Let's Move!
A ✨FREE✨ virtual space for tots (crawling through 3 y.o.) and their caregivers. From the comfort of your home via our Facebook Premiere, we'll have fun and bond through age-appropriate movements, tales, and games that contribute to a developing child’s health and contentment.
• Children must be accompanied by an adult guardian.
• Wear comfortable clothes for playing and stretching
• Have small stuffed animal handy if you have one!
Lead by: Rubi Orozco Santos- Tradiciones Sanas
Rubi Orozco Santos has been leading yoga and wellness classes for borderland youth and families for 10 years. She is a Certified Baby and Toddler Yoga teacher with ChildLight Yoga, Certified Restorative Yoga Teacher with Wise Owl Wellness and is a registered experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT200), prenatal yoga teacher (RPYT), and continuing education provider (YACEP) with Yoga Alliance, the international yoga professional organization.
Etchings by Steve Edwards Exhibit- Virtual Tour
Check out our latest exhibit, Etchings by Steve Edwards. This is a gift to EPMH of Jim Singleton in honor of Maureen Singleton†.
Happy Bithday, DIGIE!
Happy Birthday, DIGIE! 🎂 ✨🎉
5 years ago today our digital wall, the only one of its kind in the United States and one of four in the world, was unveiled to the community of El Paso. Here's the story of how DIGIE came to be.
Tracks Across the Desert: More Than 100 Years of Railroad in EP exhibit opening Thursday, January 23, 2020!
‼️HAPPENING NOW AT EPMH ‼️
As part ❄️ El Paso WinterFest ❄️ programming join us from 12pm-4pm for FREE holiday crafts. Also United Way of El Paso County is here giving away ✨FREE✨ children’s books in both English and Spanish, as part of their grade-level reading initiative (while supplies last).
INSIDE OUT: El Paso Strong Project by artist , Amanda Gonzales
Learn the story behind "INSIDE OUT: El Paso Strong Project", the lastest mural installation by artist Amanda Gonzales.
You can see the completed mural in tonight's Last Thursdays El Paso Art Walk from 6 PM - 10 PM.
🗣From the artist:
"On August 3rd, I was heartbroken after learning our city had been attacked and deeply misunderstood. When I realized my pain was not isolated but being felt by an entire city I decided the best way to release triggered fear in my mind was by reminding others they have the strength to do the same through the power of shared expression. My most important task and greatest gift throughout this community project was asking my loving community for help which I received every step of the way. I’m humbled and proud to have been met with endless support and I hope this project empowers every passerby to feel and be El Paso Strong.”
Here’s more on the mural by artist, Amanda Gonzales
Did you know...
It took 8.5 hours ⏰, 7 volunteers 👥, 6 brushes🖌, and 1.5 gallons of glue 🔘 to install all 53 prints of these different, El Pasoan faces 😯!? See her completed work at our museum’s intersection of Missouri Ave and El Paso St.
✨Stay tuned throughout the week as we share more details on Amanda and her project. ✨
👀EXHIBIT SNEAK PEEK👀
FASTSIGNS of El Paso at Airway was in the building this morning installing the title wall to our upcoming exhibit, Powerhouse of the Southwest: 120 years of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce opening TOMORROW Friday, October 11 at 5:30 PM
Also peep our very own Star on the Mountain ⭐️ illuminated in the background!
✨To attend the opening, please contact:✨
☎️ 915-212-3159
📨 [email protected]
Powerhouse of the Southwest will be on display October 11, 2019 - March 15, 2020.
The opening of our latest exhibition, Powerhouse of the Southwest: 120 years of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, is underway!
❓Did you know❓
El Paso’s iconic Star on the Mountain now shines bright each and every night at dusk, through the efforts of the El Paso Chamber and support from private citizens, businesses, and community organization.
Join us this Friday, October 11, 2019 at 5:30 pm for the unveiling of the exhibition.
✨To attend the opening, please contact:✨
☎️ 915-212-3159
📨 [email protected]
Powerhouse of the Southwest will run from October 11, 2019 through March 15, 2020.
🤩 It’s here! 🤩 The wall banner promoting our newest exhibit, Gifts and Prayers- The Romanovs and Their Subjects is finally up! The sign faces the south side of our museum, near Cleveland Square Park on Franklin St.
✨Gifts and Prayers officially opens this SATURDAY, September 28 at 5:30 pm✨
⏰ 1 DAY AWAY ⏰ Our curatorial and operations team is putting finishing touches in the gallery that will house our newest exhibit, that FINALLY OPENS tomorrow Saturday, September 28 at 5:30pm.
✨This exhibition opening is FREE and open to the public✨
To RSVP to our Gifts & Prayers- The Romanovs & Their Subjects- Exhibit Opening:
☎️(915) 212-3159
📨 [email protected]@elpasotexas.gov
‼️ 2 DAYS AWAY ‼️ The opening of our newest exhibition, Gifts and Prayers: The Romanovs and Their Subjects is almost here!
Our curatorial team is preparing and meticulously placing thebadges and jettons to be on display.
⭐️FUN FACT ⭐️
These small medals and tokens were presented for military and academic achievement, as well as to commemorate important occasions.
👀 EXHIBIT SNEAK PEEK 👀 Earlier today Big Media Signs came to install the title wall that will welcome visitors as they enter our newest exhibition, Gifts and Prayers: The Romanovs and Their Subjects.
Take your picture 📸 in front of the final product, at our Gifts & Prayers- The Romanovs & Their Subjects- Exhibit Opening this Saturday, September 28th!
EPMH Digital Wall (DIGIE)- Permanent Digital Memorial
🖤🖤🖤 Our Digital Wall (DIGIE) will permanently host a digital memorial for the victims of the August 3, 2019 shooting.
The digital memorial can be accessed on the wall by touching the blooming 🌼 Mexican Gold Poppies 🌼 that have been added to the El Paso city scape. In many cultures poppies symbolize consolation for a loss or death in the family, remembering the fallen, resurrection and eternal life. The Mexican Gold Poppy was chosen for the Digital Wall Memorial because it is native to the El Paso Region.
We encourage the community to submit their own photos or videos to the digital memorial at DIGIE.org. These submissions can commemorate the lives and legacies of the victims, moments from vigils and memorials, or community events that support the El Paso Shooting Victims' Fund
For more information or help with uploads contact:
☎️ 915-212-3165
📨 [email protected]
#ElPasoStrong 🖤🖤🖤
Kids Area Mural at EPMH
Have you seen the super cool artwork by our kids play area? 👀 🎨
We comissioned local artist, Samantha Gagne to do what she does best and bring life to our wall. Samantha is a graphic design student at UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso. Come and see the finished product for yourself 🤩
Master potter, Efren Quezada demonstrating how he paints his pottery
⭐️You can still catch the Pottery Traditions of Mata Ortiz TOMORROW, Saturday May 25th from 12pm-4pm. This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! ⭐️
Event Schedule:
12pm-1pm- 🗣🤝Welcome/Meet & Greet
1pm-2pm- 🖌🏺 Painting and Building Pottery
2pm-3pm- 🔥🏺Live Burning Demo (happening OUTSIDE our building at Cleveland Square Park)
3pm-4pm- 👧🧒Crafts with clay for the kids
All pottery for sale is 💵CASH ONLY💵 & 20% of the pottery proceeds go to help our museum. See you there!
👀 Here’s a sneak peek of the Quezada Family unloading all of their HANDMADE ✋🏼pottery earlier this morning, for our Mata Ortiz event later TODAY and SATURDAY!
Videos and pictures don’t do them justice😱
Come and see all of the intricacies for yourself !
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