EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A concrete embankment is the unusual
canvas for a new 200-foot-long rising sun mural in El Paso.
     
The display, composed of recycled marble tile remnants, was
designed and erected by artist Roberto Salas and students and
faculty associated with Land Arts of the American West.
     
The interdisciplinary field program is based at the University
of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
     
Program founder Bill Gilbert, a UNM art professor, told the El
Paso Times that he and his students camped out at the hillside
neighborhood and spent a week erecting the mural. The project was
finished a few days ago.
     
Gilbert says educators try to show students "a whole bunch of
ways to be an artist."
     
No date has been set for dedication of the mural.

     
On the Net:
      
http://www.landarts.org/      ---
     
Information from: El Paso Times, http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_13645024      
     
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