Dan Tague, one of the artists in Ballroom Marfa’s Spring 2011 exhibition, The World According to New Orleans, worked with Marfa-based arts educator Mallory Jones to host a series of free student workshops about the history and creation of Haiku poetry. Classes were free to attend, and snacks were provided. Students created their own haikus and presented them at a free reading at Marfa Book Company on March 19 at 6 pm (don’t miss it!).

Dan Tague has an MFA in Studio Arts from The University of New Orleans and is a multi-media artist, curator, and activist whose work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. He is the recipient of several awards and residencies including grants from The Joan Mitchell Foundation and Pollock Krasner Foundation, and has been an artist-in-residence at the Santa Fe Art Institute, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the La Napoule Art Foundation in France.

Dan Tague’s work is well-known for his dollar bill works, which are a hybrid of sculpture, photography, and political statements. Tague often addresses the issues of our day by rendering visual equivalents by the most powerful means necessary. Installations, photography, and artistic activism are his means of confronting and responding to the concerns of today’s world. He lives and works in New Orleans, LA.

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