If you've never seen it, the Silos Aerosol Art Space Gallery is a very cool, very colorful, very unusual art gallery. It's literally a bunch of concrete silos at 1943 W. Paisano, next to the Rescue Mission of El Paso on the other side of I-10 from UTEP.
It's the site of "Break Yo' Self!," the second annual graffiti and art show, billed as an "all family" event and a benefit for the Rescue Mission. Admission will be items donated for the mission, including paper goods, coffee and other things that are helpful to the homeless and transients who use it.
This year's show will be from 4-10 p.m. April 23, with an after-party at Black Market. You can check out the creations, which include works by graff artists who pass through town, by appointment on April 25-26.
Artists who'll participate include LA's CRE8, local artist and Silos curator Dave Grave and paint teams from LA, EP and Juarez.
Music will be provided by Sons of Villa, Chavalera and DJs RayDub, Systemaddict and Zeque.
There will be demos, including appearances by the Roller City Girls and Team Crooks.
Organizers also will have a paint session at the Barn Yard, 1600 Delta, on April 24-25, but you have to apply for space by emailing gravester8@gmail.com or lossilos@myspace.com.
Info: 731.2791 or cyder915@yahoo.com.
• The El Paso Symphony Orchestra, which is organizing the third annual Downtown KidsPalooza on March 27, is promising more offerings for this year's event, which will run 10 a.m.-5 p.m. that day at various venues in or near downtown.
Among the confirmed offerings are:
* the Wing Harp and Drum Cloud in the Arts Festival Plaza
* the EPSO performing "Peter and the Wolf" in the Plaza Theatre
* El Paso Opera performing Mozart's one-act "The Impresario" at the El Paso Public Library
* a scavenger hunt at the El Paso Museum of Art
* making and painting instruments at Creative Kids/OLO Gallery (where Outrageous Fortune Theater Company and the Brazilian dance/martial arts group Capoiera Quinto will perform) and the library
* a free outdoor fair at Lynx Exhibits
* space tours and scavenger hunts at Insights El Paso Science Museum
* model train demos at the Railroad & Transportation Museum
* children's activities courtesy of El Paso Parks and Recreation at Cleveland Square.
There will be more booths and vendors, the orchestra says, and efforts are being made to provide free tickets to families of Fort Bliss personnel, including wounded soldiers.
Some events are free, others, like the symphony concerts and Creative Kids workshops, cost $5 or less.
About 20,000 people attended last year's festival; more are expected this year, according to EPSO officials.
Info: 532.3776, epso.org.
• The city's Museums and Cultural Affairs Dept. is offering free workshops so artists and groups can get help applying for funding with free workshops March 3 and April 7 in the 7th floor conference room of City Hall.
Sessions and times are:
* operational support and capacity building program (for organizations with a minimum three-year operating history and three years funding from MCAD), 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
* project support and capacity building program (for specific projects), 9:45 a.m. and 6:15 p.m.
* community arts program, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
* artist incubator program (for individual artists), 11:45 a.m. and 7:45 p.m.
All applicants must download the programs' guidelines prior to applying to make sure they qualify.
Go to elpasoartsandculture.org.
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