Exhibition Invocation for a Wandering Lake: Parts 1 & 2 Please note: visitors are invited for outdoor screenings of Chang's film (12 min, looped), projected onto Ballroom's exterior at sundown (8:30pm – 10pm), Wednesday through Sunday, April 9–25. Masks and social distancing are required. Ballroom Marfa selected Patty Chang’s Invocation for a Wandering Lake: Parts […]
Kite Symphony is a multimedia collaboration between musician Roberto Carlos Lange, also known as Helado Negro, and visual artist Kristi Sword. The artists are creating a new, non-linear, and impressionistic style film and live score, as well as a new body of sculptural work that explore the landscape of West Texas
Exhibition Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas For the exhibition, The Blessings of the Mystery, artists Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas create a new film and series of installations rooted in West Texas. The project crystallizes the artists’ research into the connections and tensions between the cultural, scientific, industrial, and socio-political forces across locations […]
Exhibition Laura Aguilar, Genesis Báez, Teresa Baker, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Christie Blizard, The Frank Duncan Archive, Nancy Holt, Katherine Hubbard, Isuma, Benny Merris, Alan Michelson, Laura Ortman, Elle Pérez, Sondra Perry, David Benjamin Sherry Ecstatic Land is an exhibition and screening series that brings together a multigenerational group of artists whose works explore the intersecting […]
Exhibition Kenneth Tam OPENING CELEBRATIONS: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2022, 4–7PM Kenneth Tam’s solo exhibition Tender is the hand which holds the stone of memory features a series of commissioned sculptures alongside a two-channel video installation. In his exhibition, Tam unearths forgotten histories in order to reimagine our own identities and to question dominant myths […]
Ecstatic Land Film Schedule October 26, 2022 –May 2023 Ballroom Courtyard Sundown until 10pm Join us from sundown until 10pm for the Ecstatic Land film series in the Ballroom Courtyard and the Marfa Public Library. October 26– 29: Alan Michelson, Wolf Nation, 2018. 9:59 minutes. November 2– 5: Genesis Báez, Nubes (Clouds), 2019. […]
Isuma, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019), Directed by Zacharias Kunuk As a part of the Ecstatic Land screening series, Ballroom Marfa presents Isuma's One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019), 112 minutes, directed by Zacharias Kunuk. Join us for this special screening at Marfa Public Library on March 16th from 6–8 pm. This […]
Closing Celebrations of Ecstatic Land & Kenneth Tam You're invited May 5–6, 2023 as we celebrate the closing of two exhibitions Ecstatic Land and Kenneth Tam: Tender is the hand which holds the stone of memory. Ecstatic Land is an exhibition and screening series that brings together a multigenerational group of artists whose works explore […]
Tongues of Fire Jorge Méndez Blake, Jesse Chun, Adriana Corral, JJJJJerome Ellis, Nakai Flotte “Write with your eyes like painters, with your ears like musicians, with your feet like dancers. You are the truthsayer with quill and torch. Write with your tongues of fire.” – Gloria Anzaldúa Tongues of Fire is a group exhibition of […]
Silent Spikes November 9, 2023, 6–7:30 PM Cantor Auditorium Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Join the Cantor Arts Center and Ballroom Marfa for a special screening of Kenneth Tam's Silent Spikes at Cantor Auditorium. The screening will be introduced by Veronica Roberts, John and Jill Freidenrich Director, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, and will […]
Sound Bath Ceremony led by Guadalupe Maravilla Saturday, March 16 4pm Free and open to all. Join us for a healing sound bath ceremony led by Guadalupe Maravilla and other sound healers on Saturday, March 16 at 4pm in Ballroom Marfa's courtyard. For this immersive experience, Maravilla will activate the installation Mariposa Relámpago (Lightning Butterfly), […]
Film Screening + Q&A Mariposa Relámpago, 2023 Friday, March 15 8pm Join Ballroom Marfa and Guadalupe Maravilla for a film screening of Mariposa Relámpago on Friday, March 15, 2024. The film will begin at 8pm in Ballroom’s courtyard, followed by a brief Q&A with Daisy Nam and Maravilla. This event is free and open […]
Film Screening CLAY, 2024 Friday, September 27 2:00 - 3:30 PM Screening of CLAY, a film produced by Maida Branch about Johnny Ortiz-Concha's ceramics practice, followed by a talk […]
