"AIDS" by Carlos Callejo and students. (1988) Location: 6th and Ochoa Streets (behind La Fe Clinic). These first three pictures are part of the mural. This mural is designed to cummunicate the danger of Aids by depicting the AIDS epidemic as a tornado that tears through the land.

The tornado also represents the many ways of transmitting AIDS. People are running toward a woman who offers shelter in the form of cultural values. A man is shown injecting himself while a woman is agonizing over the birth of her child who will be born with AIDS.

The ostriches symbolize politicians who ingnore the AIDS epidemic. The mural was sponsored by the Private Industry Council, the Texas Department of Health and the El Paso Chicano Aids Coalition as part of an AIDS education program.

"GUARDIAN ANGEL" by Armando Estrada, Alejandro Castro, Mario Borrozo, Jorge Aparicio, Alfredo Carmona, Joe Isais, and Carlos Luga. (1988) Location: 9th Ave. at Tays. In this mural, the angel guides the two children across a rickety wooden bridge in which a plank is missing. It displays a sense of social awareness and community responsibilty, skills often learned by youths who work with a professional mentor.

"AZTEC CALENDAR" by Joe Olivas and students. (1976) Location: Bowie High School Cafeteria, 801 S. San Marcial St. (interior wall). This mural's primary theme is pre-Columbian and features an Aztec calendar. The mural was a bicentennial gift to the City of El Paso from artist, Ernesto P. Martinez.

"BARRIOS UNIDOS" by Rocky Avila & Carlos Callejo. (1992) Location: 2011 Magoffin. The image of La Virgen de Guadalupe in Colin's mural imparted a different meaning than the Virgin in this mural. Colin's mural evoked cultural pride, whereas the architecture of the building and the Virgen in Avila and Callejo's mural form a symbolic bridge that calls for unity between rival gangs.

Irene Soto, Dawn Hinesley, Susan Troxell, and Lauren McSweeney. (1981) Downtown El Paso, early 1900's, including intersection of St. Louis and Mesa Streets. Location: Mills Building, 100 block of Main St. at Oregon St.

"EL CHUCO Y QUE" by Carlos Callejo. (1991) Location: Virginia at Fr. Rahm Ave. The title of this mural is slang for "El Paso, So What." The phrase expresses the idea that El Paso "just is what it is, so what's it to you?" El Paso is full of people struggling to find their identity in a place that is considered in many ways a part of Texas, Mexico, and New Mexico.

Southwestern Landscape by Tom Lea and Sarah Lea. (1956) Location: Inside El Paso Public Library, main floor, reading room, 501 N. Oregon St.

"NUESTRA HERENCIA" by Carlos Flores. (1992) Location: Chamizal National Memorial. Nuestra Herencia, or "Our Heritage," is a blending of images that reflect the diversity of culture found along the U.S./Mexico border.

Location: Chamizal National Memorial.

"HEROES OF MEXICO" by Jose Olivas and students. (1985) Location: St. Anne's Catholic Church Community Center, 600 S. Piedras Street (interior wall). This mural was an educational art project which taught students the heritage of Mexico, including the Aztec calendar. The mural was sponsored by the Private Industry Council's Summer Youth Employment and Training program.

"LA FAMILIA HISPANA" by Jose Olivas and students. (1987) Location: Inside St. Anne's Catholic Church Community Center, 600 S. Piedras St.

"OFFERING" by Jose Olivas and students. (1978) Location: Inside Bowie High School Library, 801 S. San Marcial at S. Piedras St.

"JESUS LOOKING OVER EL PASO" by Gaspar Enriquez. (1986) Location: 300 Block of Eucalyptus at Cypress. The river divides images of downtown El Paso and homes and the landmark mission located in Juarez. The larger than lifesize Jesus protectes the sister cities. The choice of the subject matter, design and its placement reflect the importance religious imagery has to this community, as a call for divine intervention and protection.

"UNTITLED" by Salvador Melendez. (1977) Location: Montestruc and Canal Rd. Originally untitled, this mural is now known to many as Lagrimas, or Tears. The mural expresses the sentiments of the Chihuahuita residents who wanted to stop the Texas Highway Department in 1975 from redirecting the border highway through the Chihuahuita area.

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"THE MOBIL MURAL" by some good friends. Location: All around town.

"MEMORIAL TO NINA CORDERO, FOUNDER OF LA FE CLINIC" by Gaspar Enriquez. (1986) Location: Cypress at Eucalyptus. Cordero's image is pictured above the clinic with the caduceus rising from behind the building. The wings of the emblem suggest the medical help residents now receive, the qualities of Nina Cordero's work.

"HIPANIC HERITAGE AND HOMELESSNESS" by Mario Colin. (1991) Location: 2001 Magoffin Street at Eucalyptus Street. The Magoffin street side of this mursl displays areas of importance to the Hispanic and Indian cultures such as education, religion, the family unit and the arts.

The Eucalyptus Street side of the mural addresses the compelling issue of homelessness.

Completed in 1991, the mural was sponsored by Industrial Stonewashing, Inc. and the Junior League of El Paso's Los Murales project.

"HISTORY OF THE SANTA FE RAILROAD" by David Aleman. (1992) Location: Charles Rd. at Zikio Chalcon. Since 1881, the railroad has played an integral part in the development and growth of the historic Chihuahuita district. By providing jobs and positive community support, the Santa Fe Railroad changed the dynamics of an areathat was once riddled by gun fire, gang warfare, and drug abuse.

Anti-employment discrimination mural by Ethan Houser. (1992) Location: 1600 block of El Paso St. at Wyoming St. (behind El Paso Saddleblanket building)

"IXTLACCIHUATL AND POPOCATEPETL" by Felipe Adame. (1987) Location: Campbell near Fr. Rahm Ave. Felipe Adame, who worked at Clinica La Fe, decided to direct this mural project as a part of the drug abuse prevention he was working at the time. A group of young gang members approached him with their ideas of the images they would like to see on the wall. They wanted to reflect their barrio, downtown, the mountains, and the legend of the volcanoes in their mural.