Frontera Arts and Education Collaborative

06/05/2026

We are excited to join El Paso Museum of Archaeology for Pollinator Palooza! A free event for all ages.

We will be launching our "Books Give us Wings" bookmark design competition (more info to come). Come design and submit your butterfly bookmark at Pollinator Palooza! All ages welcome to participate.

📅Sat 6/20/26
⏱ 9-10: Talk by Texas Master Naturalists
⏱ 10-12: Hands-on Activities for all ages and our bookmark competition!
📍4301 Transmountain

Museums and Cultural Affairs Department - City of El Paso

06/03/2026

A look back at Hinamatsuri 🎎

We had a wonderful time making dolls, folding origami, decorating stands, discussing symbolism of butterflies & Hina dolls, eating mochi, speaking Japanese, and making new friends. It was an incredible time!

Location: Hinamatsuri festival at El Paso Museum of History

Thanks to for helping making our work possible!

05/17/2026

What happens when you combine art + a group of pre-teens & teens + residents of a memory care facility? You get lively conversation, joyful moments with laughter and love, and incredible artistic outcomes. We had a wonderful time making art together 💜

Thanks to the Temple Mount Sinai preteens & teens who joined us at Monte Vista’s memory care facility to make stained glass butterflies together! Thanks also to and for helping fund Project Mariposa.

04/14/2026

Have you found these dinos in the wild?

Thanks to those of you who joined us for Dino storytime and chalk the park!

03/24/2026

Visit our caterpillars 🐛 during Bug Storytime 📖 ! Come say hi 👋, learn about them 😊, and watch them grow. We are respectfully requesting that all participants look 👀 , but do not touch 🚫. We want the caterpillars to continue to grow and thrive as they make their journey to becoming butterflies 🦋.

📍Westside Library
⏰ 10AM-10:45AM
🐛 Bug Storytime and Caterpillar Observation

03/19/2026

It’s that time of year! Our caterpillars have arrived for our environmental learning sessions as part of Project Mariposa. They are so tiny right now! We are so excited to watch the grow and see them transform into butterflies. Watch our social media for butterfly encounter and release date information!

03/09/2026

Come make poppies and pollinators (butterflies) art with Frontera Arts this weekend at the Poppies Fest! Also check out posts for info on other Poppies Fest activities!

🗓️ Sunday March 15
🕰️ 10am-2pm
📍El Paso Museum of Archaeology
🌼 Free event for all ages

Also thanks to for helping make this project possible!

03/08/2026

The Hinamatsuri event was incredible! We had so much fun making dolls with everyone who attended.

03/06/2026

Celebrate Japanese Girls’ Day by making miniature stick dolls and origami butterflies to decorate your doll stand!

Also check out the traditional doll display that will be on exhibit at

🗓️March 7, 2026
📍El Paso Museum of History
🕰️ Doll making activity from 11-2pm

02/26/2026

Join us to make miniature dolls at El Paso Museum of History on 3/7!

🎎 Hinamatsuri 雛祭り(Japanese Girls’ Day)
📆 Saturday, March 7
⏰11 am - 3 pm
📍El Paso Museum of History
🎟️Free Event

Join us as we celebrate Hinamatsuri (雛祭り), also known as Girls’ Day or Doll’s Day! Hinamatsuri is an annual Japanese celebration that honors the happiness and well-being of young girls. As is tradition, we will have a set of hina dolls on display. Hina dolls are a centuries-old tradition in Japan and have come to be seen as guardian dolls for young girls. A traditional display will feature fifteen dolls presented on a tiered stand meant to mimic the imperial court. Most important among the dolls are the emperor and empress dolls, which are displayed at the top.

During this event, visitors will be invited view a display of hina dolls, learn more about the traditions of Hinamatsuri, and participate in free hands-on activities. We encourage guests of all cultures to join us to learn more about this tradition! This event is part of the programming for Mountain of Gold: A History of East and Southeast Asian Cultures in El Paso del Norte, 1880s-1980s. Mountain of Gold highlights local Japanese families and their stories along the border.

Frontera Arts and Education Collaborative will be hosting a doll-making activity!