The Space

Large space with wooden fllors and hexagon lights

Black Box Theatre

The Black Box Theatre is the first of its kind within the City of El Paso’s facilities. The space is 2,754 square feet and can be utilized to host a variety of performances, events and meetings.

Amenities

  • Microphones
  • Projector & Screen
  • AV Control Room
  • Coat Room
  • Green Room

Audience Capacity: 180

Auditorium

The Auditorium, located on the ground level of the MACC, has beautiful lighting, a sound and control room, and is served by three green room areas. The Auditorium is a great location to host conferences, performances, readings and presentations, and panels.

Amenities

  • Projector & Screen
  • Stage with Curtains
  • 3 Green Rooms

Audience Capacity: 200 Seats

Theatre style seats with large tv in the front
Main Gallery

Main Gallery

The MACC’s Main Gallery, located on the first floor, is committed to showcasing regional and world-renowned artists. The Main Gallery professionally presents accessible, engaging, and innovative exhibitions that connect and express stories of our Border Community, Mexican American history, and culture.

The Main Gallery Space has been designed to American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and Smithsonian Affiliate standards. Once operational, the MACC will begin the process of securing Smithsonian Affiliate status for the gallery.

The Main Gallery presents two to four exhibitions per year developed and curated by the MACC staff. The Main Gallery collaborates with emerging and established curators, and also brings in traveling exhibitions that align with our mission.

Community Gallery

The MACC Community Gallery is located on the second floor and will showcase the work of regional, emerging curators, artists, students, folk artists, culture-bearers, makers, and community-based arts and cultural organizations. The Community Gallery is about 2300 sq. ft. and is a multi-use gathering space with seating and charging stations available for guests.

The community is invited to submit exhibition proposals to the email below. Projects will be chosen by MACC curatorial staff on a quarterly basis and will be provided an honorarium for production costs.

Submit Proposal
Community Gallery
Teaching Kitchen

Teaching Kitchen

MACC's Teaching Kitchen will provide an opportunity for visitors and students to actively engage with the culinary heritage and contemporary cuisine of the Border region. The MACC will work with local cooks, chefs, bakers and culture bearers to present a variety of programming. Programming will cover a range of topics and food traditions for audiences beginning at 10 years and up.

The Teaching Kitchen is available to rent for private classes.

Commercial Kitchen

The Commercial Kitchen is a state-of-the-art professional kitchen space designed for large scale food preparation including catering opportunities, rental opportunities for small business start-ups.

Amenities

  • Double Door Freezer and Refrigerators
  • Three Compartment Sink
  • Ice Machine
  • Heated Holding and Proofing Cabinet
  • 36” countertop Charbroiler with cast iron radiants
  • Gas Modular Countertop Ranges
  • Refrigerated Chef Base
  • Low Profile, Gas, Convection Oven
  • Gas, Standalone Fryer
  • iCombi Pro 6-full size E/G
  • Prep Tables
  • Commercial Grade Pots, Pans
Full kitchen with stoves, multiple ovens, all stainless steel
Art Classrooms

Art Classrooms

Our art classrooms are flexible education rooms built for hands-on art activities engaging students of all ages. Our wet art classroom is meant to focus on a variety of media like crayon, charcoal, oil pastel, felt pen, as well as water-based paint on paper or canvas. A demonstration space where instructors, whether they are MACC staff or visiting teaching artists, can lead hands-on classes is also included.

Our digital art classroom is a space where students can engage in learning digital media, written word art, illustrated narratives, videography, photography, animation, and more. With a digital screen available, this space can also be used to lead meetings or other instructional experiences.

Dance & Acting Studio

The dance and acting studio is a space where community members can come and learn a new style of dance, rehearse improv, or prep choreography for a musical performance to be held in our black box theatre or auditorium. With hardwood floors, wall-to-wall mirrors, and a two-level ballet barre on multiple walls, this space is great for across the floor warmups, group exercise classes, authentic folklorico choreographies, or to learn cumbia, salsa, and quebradita dance styles as a couple.

Dance and Acting Studio
Room with tools such as a wood cutter

Media Arts & Maker Spaces

The Media Arts and Maker Space Classroom is a flexible education space for 3-D project activities. Students can use a variety of 3-D digital technologies, and will primarily create 3-D objects of all types. The space is designated for the creation of a variety of sculptures, everyday objects or 3-D architectural or engineering models.

Recording Studio

The Recording Studio at the MACC is a space to capture the stories, songs, and viewpoints of El Paso’s Mexican American Community. The Recording Studio provides a multi-function space for podcasts, oral history recordings, and music recordings for emerging and professional artists.

Amenities

  • Control Room
  • Performance-Live Room
  • Foyer
  • Backline
  • Protools
Two chairs at table facing a tinted window in the wall that looks into a recording room
Large room with tables to work at, cabinets on the wall for storage, and lights pointing to the wall for artist to hang photos

Artist-in-Residence Studio

The Artist-in-Residence studio is committed to providing artists of all backgrounds and mediums a designated space to experiment and create work with access to the MACCs state-of-the-art facilities and exhibition space.

Requirements:

  • Open to artists 18+
  • Must live in the Southwest Texas/New Mexico/Arizona/Mexico region
  • Must sign waiver, liability clause, background check.

Proposals will be chosen by MACC Curatorial Staff with community input. Selected artists will present an artist talk and lead two workshops that will open to the public and must commit to three days in the studio per week for four months.

Artist-in-Residence Orientation Session:
June 12 in the MACC Auditorium

If interested, register for the MACC Artist-in- Residence Orientation Session.

Rooftop Terrace

Overlooking Cleveland Square Park, with a picturesque view of El Paso’s Downtown skyline, La Nube and The Chihuahua’s Baseball Stadium, the Rooftop Terrace is located on the third floor of the MACC.

The Terrace is an ideal location to meet old and new friends alike, in an inviting atmosphere. The Terrace is open for special MACC events including local and visiting chef pop-up experiences and rental opportunities.

Outside covered area with tables and chairs

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