Drawings @ EAM from Chris Torresdey's Workshop

Chris Torresday's Drawing Workshop

Visit Chris's Website @ http://chumpz2069.deviantart.com

Draw monsters @ EAM with Chris Torresdey

Face Painting with children and staff @ EAM

Children had fun with face painter, Frank Varela at the Esperanza Acosta Library. Top requests were Hello Kitty, spiders, flowers and dragons. Frank is a librarian and poet. He comes from an artistic family. Although writing is his first passion, drawing provides another avenue for his artistic expression.

Turtles, Turtles at Esperanza Acosta

For the third year in a row, Max Soto has shared his love and knowledge of turtles with the children at EAM

The children enjoyed hearing about the care of turtles and touching them. Some children would reach out to touch the turtles, but then pulled their hands away.

Teen SRC Closing party @ EAM

Book Trailers Yea!!!!

Read, Laugh, Blog and Win! @ EAM

Fun Fun at Teen SRC @ EAM

Julian Lawler, editor of Broken Tree Comics, explained to teens how to create a comic. Visit his website at

http://ep-con.blogspot.com/

Julian's script, from his comic book Most Dangerous City in the World, was used by the teens to act out out scenes for a Comic Trailer.

Gabriel Gaytan, local artist, came to EAM on July 6, 2011 to help teens illustrate Julian's script Most Dangerous City in the World. Some pictures that the teens drew are illustrated above. The Sinner is drawn by Viridiana SantaCruz, The Force by Marylou Raphael.

Visit Gabriel S. Gaytan website at http://www.gaytanartworks.com/

Digital Book Trailer and Live Action Book Trailer Contest

Drawing Manga @ EAM

Bella Fusion @ EAM

Bella Fusion, an American Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Company in El Paso, TX performed at Esperanza Acosta on July 2, 2011. The dancers aspire to bring this ancient dance to a modernized art. They can be contacted at www.myspace.com/bellafusion.

Gabriel Gaytan, El Paso Artist

Children were exposed to a creative learning experience with El Paso artist, Gabriel Gaytan on June 30, 2011.

Gabriel Gaytan explained part of his creativity by stating, "I explore my cultural heritage through images and symbols...It is this embrace with fire, air, water, and earth that I explore through my art.”

Fun at EAM with Gabriel Gaytan

Gabriel Gaytan, El Paso Artist, taught the children
at EAM's Summer Reading Club how to draw fantastic creatures in Mayan style. The children drew pictures using parts of different animals to create their own unique drawing.