City of El Paso Public Art Program

Drone video of "Juntos." The work is a massive mural by local artist Mitsu Overstreet, that was commissioned through our program for a wall on Geronimo:

JUNTOS Mural Mural 7500 sq ft mural installation by Mitsu Overstreet in El Paso Texas 2022https://mitsuoverstreet.com

"Play ball!" El Paso icon Gaspar Enriquez’s “El Paso History of Baseball” is a cycle of works completed in 2014 through our Public Art Program for the downtown ballpark. The 9 panels feature historic and contemporary moments and figures from local baseball including: 1949 State Champions the Bowie Bears, and Syd Cohen, an El Paso High alum who went pro and played in both American and Mexican leagues.

Major milestone! After a year of listening, analysis and synthesis, our 2026-2036 Public Art Master Plan was presented and adopted last week by El Paso City Council. The new Plan will guide the next decade of art integration into municipal projects affecting not just major City buildings, but also neighborhood and community spaces.

City OKs update to art master plan, new projects EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso City Council approved two major plans this week for the City’s Public Art Program. The 2026–2036 Public Art Master Plan Update provides the 10-year roadmap…

Great Canadian article on the work of creative collective Future Forms, including the project we commissioned as part of La Nube! https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2026/02/futureforms-pushes-the-edge-of-public-art-with-orbital-and-weatherscape

Commissioned through our Public Art Program, this piece is a celebration of children's learning and wonder by local artist Hal Marcus!

A new City-funded mural is underway!

An early work commissioned in our Program's history, artist Howard Kalish's "Ocotillo" is a celebration of one of our desert landscape's most rugged plants! It's located in a roundabout on Pebble Hills.

A symbol of resiliency in the desert American southwest and rich in cultural associations throughout Mexico, the nopal or prickly pear cactus is a familiar site around El Paso. Local artist Chris Winterstein's sculpture "NOPAL!" is playful and translucent, catching the light where it is installed at the El Paso International Airport (ELP).

For artwork our program incorporated on Sun Metro stations along the Dyer Brio Line, artists Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan featured local plants, animals and historic figures like Pancho Villa and Mary Stanton.