WNMU Francis McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art

10/12/2026

🎨 OPENING THIS THURSDAY!🎨

WNMU Expressive Arts Faculty Exhibition
Exhibition:October 15 – November 12, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 15, at 6 PM

Join us at the Francis McCray Gallery for the “Expressive Arts Faculty Exhibition”, featuring the creative work of WNMU's talented art faculty!

Through drawing, painting, digital art, ceramics, photography, and sculpture, this exhibition offers a glimpse into the faculty's ongoing artistic research, creative exploration, and professional practices.

Come discover what our faculty artists have been working on and experience the ideas and inspiration behind their work!

Featured Artists:
Ed Brandt • Matt Drissell • Courtney Michaud • Jim Pendergast • Erin Wheary

Free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!





Photo: Expressive Arts Faculty Exhibition, 2023.

10/09/2026

🎨 Art Beyond the Classroom! 🎨

WNMU Expressive Arts Faculty Exhibition
Exhibition:October 15 – November 12, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 15, at 6 PM

Join us at the Francis McCray Gallery for the “Expressive Arts Faculty Exhibition”, featuring the creative work of WNMU's talented art faculty!

Through drawing, painting, digital art, ceramics, photography, and sculpture, this exhibition offers a glimpse into the faculty's ongoing artistic research, creative exploration, and professional practices.

Come discover what our faculty artists have been working on and experience the ideas and inspiration behind their work!

Featured Artists:
Ed Brandt • Matt Drissell • Courtney Michaud • Jim Pendergast • Erin Wheary

Free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!





Photo: Expressive Arts Faculty Exhibition, 2023.

09/24/2026

Last chance to experience Desert Home / Casa del Desierto!

Today is the final day to visit Dina Perlasca’s exhibition at McCray Gallery!

Through her deeply personal work, Dina explores the Chihuahuan Desert as a place of memory, family, identity, and belonging. Her exhibition invites us to see the desert not as a place of scarcity, but as a place of abundance, where beauty, resilience, and personal histories come together.

If you haven’t had a chance to visit, don’t miss this opportunity to experience her work in person!



UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso

09/23/2026

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY!
Dina Perlasca - Desert Home / Casa del Desierto
September 3 - September 24, 2026

"My artistic practice is motivated by the need to articulate what I carry forth from my ancestral past and what I create from my own contemporary desire, as I generate a custom-made future of my own design." - Dina Perlasca

UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso

09/22/2026

09/22/2026

Only 3 days left to see Dina Perlasca - Desert Home / Casa del Desierto.

Last day is September 24, 2026!

Through vibrant color, intimate observations, and deeply personal works, Desert Home / Casa del Desierto invites us to consider how family, culture, and place shape who we are—and how, like the desert itself, we continue to grow and bloom.

UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso

09/18/2026

Dina Perlasca - Desert Home / Casa del Desierto
September 3 - September 24, 2026

Go deeper into Desert Home / Casa del Desierto.

During her recent artist lecture at WNMU, Dina Perlasca shared the personal stories and experiences behind the work in her exhibition—from family and her connection to the Chihuahuan Desert and Borderlands to reflections on mental health and the experiences that have shaped her creative practice.

Dina’s openness offers another layer of understanding to the works now on view at McCray Gallery and a glimpse into how memory, identity, place, and lived experience find their way into her art.

Watch Dina Perlasca’s artist lecture on YouTube: https://youtu.be/egXplMUF878?si=a4vG-98R1RxOUBeN



WNMU Cultural Affairs UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso

09/15/2026

Dina Perlasca - Desert Home / Casa del Desierto
September 3 - September 24, 2026

It takes a crew!

Installation day for Dina Perlasca’s Desert Home / Casa del Desierto was a true team effort. Dina arrived with her UTEP teaching assistants, who joined our three McCray Gallery assistants to help transform the gallery—and together, they got it all done in one day!

A lot happens behind the scenes before an exhibition opens its doors. We’re so grateful for this hardworking crew and the care they brought to installing Dina’s work.

WNMU Cultural Affairs UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso

09/03/2026

Opening Tonight: Dina Perlasca - Desert Home / Casa del Desierto

Join us at the McCray Gallery and experience a celebration of the beauty, complexity, and resilience of the borderlands.

Rooted in her Hispanic heritage and generations of family history in the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, artist Dina Perlasca explores the Chihuahuan Desert as more than a landscape—it is home, memory, identity, and a place of belonging.

Opening September 3, 2026
Artist Talk: 6PM Light Hall
Opening Reception: 7PM Francis McCray Gallery
dinaperlasca.com

UTEP - The University of Texas at El Paso