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the El Paso Museum of Art benefits El
Paso greatly because it is the only

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accredited institution within a 200 mile
radius and so what that means is that

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EPMA because of its geographical
location it serves as the hub for

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cultural exchanges languages people from
all different types of backgrounds

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having this National Medal is not only
going to put al Paso in a positive light

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in a national headline but even locally
it's gonna bring awareness to the free

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programming that this museum offers so
it will be great for our city to be

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known for such positive community
building efforts and I would love more

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people locally and on a national level
to be aware of that EPA inspired me as a

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kid it was inspiring for me to know that
this place was a possible connection for

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my future career in my career as a
comic-book writer it has embraced me and

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given me that validity that I need to
introduce myself to the community as a

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professional artist and so that has
really helped to bring credibility to

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the work that I'm trying to do but also
it's creating awareness about my work to

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the community the openness of Museum of
Art benefits the community by our

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outreach programs we reach out to the
elementary schools the high schools the

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public and let them know that we have
events available for them that are free

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to the public
Ceramics has helped me in my healing

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process in my life I used to be in the
Army I was the Army for seven a half

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years with two tours of Iraq suffering
from PTSD other physical ailments

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pursued BFA in studio art with those
concentration in ceramics it seems as if

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the universe pushed in a certain
direction to to teach ceramics he's

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helped me with my healing process it's
helped me with my PTSD and I've found

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calm and peace and with ceramics one of
the continued conversations in the

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museum field is about relevance
and one of the things that I'm most

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proud of that we're doing in El Paso is
really making an effort to showcase to

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El Paso ins that not only is art
relevant but the museum is relevant and

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we do that by highlighting art and
highlighting programs that reflect what

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people care about and reflect the
community I'm so proud when I see people

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come into the museum and they see art
that they can understand or that they

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connect to it reflects their culture it
reflects their history and that I think

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can really serve as a national model for
other museums

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