Closing Celebrations of
The Blessings of the Mystery
Coinciding with Chinati Weekend
You’re invited October 7-9, 2022 as we celebrate the closing of The Blessings of the Mystery by Carolina Caycedo and David De Rozas during the 35th Annual Chinati Weekend. The exhibition emerges from Caycedo and de Rozas’s multidisciplinary practices, which are centered around environmental justice, encounters between history and memory, and Indigenous rights and cosmologies.
Ballroom Marfa will be open for extended gallery hours and special programming including a Community Block Party with Marfa Public Radio & Marfa Studio of Arts.
We hope you’ll join us!
Weekend Schedule
Oct 7, 6 – 9pm: Made in Marfa – Community Block Party
Oct 8, 6 – 7pm: Members Event
Oct 9, 11am – 3pm: Special Gallery Hours
Oct 9, 1 – 3pm: Program with Land Arts of the American West
Oct 9, 8:02pm: stone circle Full Moon Activation
Members Event - Oct 8
Carolina Caycedo & David de Rozas, Somi S’ek, The Land of the Sun, La Tierra Del Sol. 2022. Detail image.
Saturday, October 8, 2022
6-7 PM
Ballroom Marfa will host a private, Ballroom members-only cocktail reception for the unveiling of the limited-edition silkscreen print Somi S’ek, The Land of the Sun, La Tierra Del Sol, produced in collaboration with the artists Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas. Guests will enjoy complimentary cocktails and a private tour of The Blessings of the Mystery, led by Ballroom Marfa’s Executive Director and Curator Daisy Nam. The event will take place during Chinati Weekend, immediately before the Community Dinner at the Chinati Arena.
Not a member? Join or renew here.
Program with Land Arts - Oct 9
C.J. Alvarez lays out the big picture of continental eco regions. Photo by Land Arts 2022.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
1-3 PM
Ballroom Marfa invites you to special expanded discussion session with the Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech University. Land Arts participants, program director Chris Taylor, and historian C.J. Alvarez walk us through The Blessings of the Mystery. Participants will investigate the exhibition through dialog and questions from their ongoing field work. This program will be the final day of The Blessings of the Mystery at Ballroom Marfa. We hope you’ll join us!
stone circle Full Moon Activation - Oct 9
Haroon Mirza, stone circle, 2018.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
8:02 PM
Cap off Chinati Weekend with stone circle’s Full Moon Activation
Watch the Hunter Moon rise at Haroon Mirza’s large scale outdoor installation. stone circle is activated once a month on the evening of the full moon.
Learn more and reserve your spot here.
