Learn about Frontera Arts and Education Collaborative

What is Frontera Arts and Education?

We are on a mission to bring arts education to youth throughout El Paso and in migrant shelters. We provide a space for kids to experience creative growth and find success in artistic expression.

Local artists and educators ensure that programming is unique, innovative, and fun. Our projects revolve around culturally relevant and engaging topics. Through our programming, we have already reached hundreds of El Pasoans from 20 different zip codes!

What Does FAEC Do?

In addition to hosting storytimes and art sessions around El Paso, we are excited to be partnering with at least 3 local museums and 4 nonprofits for our 2 main projects.

Project Mariposa: A year-long series of art projects honoring the monarch butterfly, its symbolism, and its significance in our environment. All of the pieces are designed by local artists. El Pasoans then come together at our events hosted throughout the borderland to help make the community art pieces come alive! The collaborative art created by the community during this series will be displayed on exhibit in Fall 2025.

Project Esperanza: Our aim is to provide hope and joy to recently immigrated youth who do not have access to permanent housing and education. We bring arts education to shelters. We do engaging storytimes, dance and sing to music that incorporates language learning, and create through book-related art projects. Kids receive hands-on experience in various types of art and foundational language and literacy support, all whilst having fun!

Where Does Your Donation Go?

Your donation goes directly into the community! Our community art projects are designed by local artists and created by El Pasoans for El Paso. The pieces themselves require art supplies like paint, glue, various paper, wood, and more. Our work with unhoused youth is focused on the combination of art and literacy, so we are always in need of new and relevant children’s books and materials to help bring the books to life in the form of art projects.

Thanks for helping El Paso youth get access to the arts! We are grateful for your contribution.