"Tom Lea was arguably the best artist and writer to come ever from El Paso," commented Holly Cobb, Executive Director of the Tom Lea Institute during an interview on ABC-7 at 4. "He was of ...

El Pasoan Tom Lea is an artist who may be one of Texas' best kept secrets. Now not only El Pasoans, but people across Texas can learn more.

The Tom Lea institute is located in downtown El Paso at 201 E. Main Street, Suite 100. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of noted artist Tom Lea.

The Tom Lea Institute has a variety of events planned, some virtual and some in person, to honor the memory of Lea, who was also a war artist correspondent and historian. He was born in El Paso in ...

Designed in collaboration with the Tom Lea Institute, which I founded in 2009, the trail connects 12 Texas communities and 24 cultural, educational and historical sites through Lea’s timeless art.

Adair Margo is the founder and president of the Tom Lea Institute. She chaired the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities during the two-term presidency of George W. Bush.

Recently, the Tom Lea Institute launched a mobile tour. By scanning a QR code, visitors can explore 12 cities and 24 sites from their phones with the art of Tom Lea as their guide.

Tom Lea: LIFE and World War II marks the first time the museum in downtown New Orleans has used paintings to tell the story of the war. “To me, ...

According to Adair Margo, founder and president of the Tom Lea Institute in El Paso, “Tom wanted to communicate what other people felt about things, not bring himself into it.

MIDLAND Tom Lea was one of the most well-known artists in the southwest region and people in the Permian Basin now have an opportunity to see some of his works at Museum of the Southwest.

Organized by the Tom Lea Institute, the exhibition opened in October 2015 at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas, Nimitz's hometown.

Tom Lea -- painter, sculptor, illustrator, novelist, historian and son of the Southwest -- is dead. Lea died Monday in his native El Paso, the place he loved above all others. He was 93. Lea ...