2 Exhibits Open at Community Exhibit Space

Museums & Cultural Affairs
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Contact: Noelle Nevarez, Public Affairs @ 541-4915 or 474-4773

2 Exhibits Open at Community Exhibit Space
(City Hall, first floor)
December 1, 2008 through January 2, 2009.


Panoramic Paintings in Photos of El Paso
By Fernando Villela
Main Lobby

Fernando F. Villela was born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. He has been a resident of El Paso for over 50 years, graduating from Bowie High School in 1966, and obtaining his BFA from UTEP in 2004. A Vietnam Veteran and married to his high school sweetheart Rosa Blancarte, Villela has retired into art-making. A self-taught portrait painter in oils, Olvera loves all that is art. Olvera now takes pictures of El Paso to record it’s architecture, it’s culture and it’s people, and his passion is to share it with all the residents of El Paso. For additional information, please call 915-562-7531.

Huellas Digitales: Digital Abstract Photography
ByRuben Olvera
East Wall

Ruben Olvera was born in 1957 in El Paso Texas and was raised in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. He currently resides and works in both sides of the Border. Olvera studied Economics, Architecture, Photography, Film-making, Engraving and Art History at the University of Texas at El Paso, Los Angeles Harbor College, the University of Texas at Arlington, and Fort Worth Community College. Since 1986 Olvera has held 15 individual exhibits, and 21 collaborative exhibits in Mexico, United States and Germany. He has produced and directed experimental videos. In 2003 he founded Olvera Gallery, an alternative space for Contemporary Art in El Paso, Texas. Olvera has also judged several local painting competitions, and his critiques have been published in various newspapers and magazines. For additional information, please call 915-346-1863 or visit www.rubenolvera.com.