{"id":407785,"date":"2026-08-16T02:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407785\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T02:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:38:09","slug":"el-paso-mission-trail-celebrates-new-community-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407785\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Mission Trail celebrates new community mural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) &#8212; The El Paso Mission Trail Association added some color to the historic Lower Valley on Saturday, Aug. 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A new community mural by artist Robert Dozal was unveiled at the El Paso Mission Trail Visitors Center, 9065 Alameda Ave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Inspired by the area&#8217;s historic missions, traditions, and people, the artwork reflects the unique identity and heritage that make the Mission Trail a treasured part of El Paso,&#8221; organizers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The project was made possible through the support of the El Paso Mission Trail Association, city Rep. Lily Limon, El Paso County Commissioner Iliana Holguin and private donors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dozal, who went to Ysleta High School, said he wanted to leave his mark and contribute something colorful to the Lower Valley that would make people proud. He called the mural a labor of love and a way to express his appreciation for the neighorhood where he has deep roots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So there&#8217;s a lot of pride already, but I wanted to add some more color to the area,&#8221; Dozal said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dozal taught art at Eastwood Middle School for 27 years. He now owns a studio and gallery in San Elizario&#8217;s art district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) &#8212; The El Paso Mission Trail Association added some color to the historic Lower&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,1060,140,139,11091,142634,142636,142635],"class_list":["post-407785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-county","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-lower-valley","tag-robert-dozal","tag-the-el-paso-mission-trail","tag-the-el-paso-mission-trail-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}