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State Of The Arts
Saturday 11:30am

State of the Arts is a weekly 30-minute program focusing on the arts community of El Paso. Hosted by dedicated art enthusiast Marina Monsisvais, State of the Arts provides listeners with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how creativity is shaping our community.

Marina interviews local visual artists, writers, dancers, singers, actors and directors, as well as regional talent exhibiting or performing in El Paso. The show gets to the heart of what inspires and drives artists to do what they love best.

  • The El Paso Print Pachanga will take place from July 15 through August 1, 2026 and features various printmaking events and programming.
  • Sutura is a bi-national art encounter which will take place in Ciudad Juárez and El Paso. For five days in the fall of 2026, the border will be activated with exhibition openings, and performances.
  • EPCC Theatre presents Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, July 10–19, 2026 at the Forum Theatre on the EPCC Transmountain Campus. The work has been re-imagined in an 1899 El Paso border setting.
  • The El Paso Community Foundation's Jewel Box Series is accepting submissions for its 2026-2027 season. The Jewel Box Series hosts local performing artists and groups in the Philanthropy Theatre.
  • Chihua.Chuco.Cruzeña is on view at the MACC through August 16. The show stitches together the narratives of three artists, Joana Rios, Eva Gabriella Flynn, and AO, each from the tri-borderland region.
  • LÜP Gallery inside The Falstaff is pleased to present Micro Macro, a series of paintings that explore the border landscape through shifting scales of observation.
  • Ryan Rox is a queer, Latine Director, Writer, and Actor of Trans Non-Binary experience who lives and works in Las Cruces. Ryan recently completed and released her first feature film, Hidden Flora.
  • Jason Lucero is a native El Pasoan who gravitated toward the arts early in life. His art includes painting and printmaking.Somewhere along the line, Lucero developed a creative relationship with food.
  • Be Our Guest at Beauty and the Beast, Disney’s first North American touring production of the beloved musical in over 25 years. Beauty and the Beast is in El Paso from June 10 through June 14, 2026.
  • What Pipeline presents Sad Cowboy, a group show organized by the Detroit gallery for Miguel Bendaña at The Falstaff Project. This exhibition brings three Detroit artists to the Southwest.