Thursday, January 10, 2008

Art opening @ Texas Folklife Gallery, First Thursday 2/7


Join us to meet the artist and celebrate the art opening of "Pasatiempos de La Frontera: Images from the El Paso/Juarez Borderlands."

Thursday, Feb. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m.; artist’s gallery talk @ 6:30 p.m.

Images from the series by Chicano narrative photographer and El Paso native Chuy Benitez, who documents the cultural vibrance of a region he says is too often misrepresented as dangerous and drab.

Regular exhibit hours: Weekdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 8 through May 1

Texas Folklife Gallery, 1317 S. Congress Ave. (on the alley behind 10,000 Villages)

For info: 512-441-9255 www.texasfolklife.org