At the Rubin Center, UTEP students participate in organizing, mounting, marketing and relating to audiences about exhibitions. As geographic and ideological boundaries and borders in cultures become the subject of contemporary art, the Rubin Center emerges as the ideal venue for exhibitions of some of today's most compelling ideas. Kate Bonansinga is the Director of the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts.

The Rubin Center is a 14,700 square foot historic campus building with more than 3,500 square feet of exhibition space. This includes three distinct gallery spaces:

•Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Gallery, 1,900 square feet designed for larger-scale artworks and sculpture,
•L-Gallery designed for more intimate framed art and smaller pieces, and
•Project Space reserved primarily for local artists who are either launching their careers or establishing a new direction in their work.

The Rubin Center also has:

•state-of-the-art lighting, security, and climate control.
•soaring eighteen foot ceilings. 
•124 seat auditorium with exceptional acoustics, sound system and rear-screen projection equipment that accommodates DVDs, videos and slides.
•comfortable, quiet and spacious offices for a staff of five.
•catering kitchen
•ample, secure storage for artwork and gallery fixtures
•loading bay and elevator suitable for both passengers and freight