Texas Biennial with Alyce Santoro
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa is pleased to participate in this year's Texas Biennial with the artist Alyce Santoro, who will present her project, The Synergetic Omni-Solution, 29 April to 01 May 2011.
Free
Ballroom Marfa
- 23 Nov
- 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Admission
- Free
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Cass McCombs Band
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa and Marfa Book Company are proud to present an evening with the Cass McCombs Band on Friday, 8 July 2011, at the Crowley Theater in Marfa, Texas. Pink Nasty opens the show. Doors at 8:30 pm; tickets $10.
Free
Recording Residency — Grouper
Marfa, TexasGrouper Limited Edition 7-inch Ballroom hosted musician Liz Harris, aka Grouper, for a recording residency at Ballroom Marfa. During her stay, she made field recordings and recorded tracks at Marfa Recording Company, which appear on this limited-edition 7-inch (only 500 pressed). Side A is titled "Water People" and Side B is "Moving Machine." The 7-inch […]
Lecture Series: Art, Airfields & Airspace by Kathleen Shafer
Marfa, TexasThe first in our lecture series features artist Kathleen Shafer, who will speak about her current work, which concerns airfields, airspace, Marfa's military history, the repurposing of spaces, and an examination of what constitutes the concepts of place and space within the fields of geography and art.
Free
DJ Camp 2011
Marfa, TexasFor the second year, Ballroom Marfa will present its popular week-long DJ Camp from July 18 - July 22, 2011 with instructor Faith Gay.
Free
EETS FEATS
Marfa, TexasOn August 8, 2011, Austin three-piece eets Feats will be stopping through town for one night only and blessing us with their awesome rock sounds. Show at 8:30 pm outside the Thunderbird Lounge.
Free
Art in the Auditorium 3
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa will continue its collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery, London, and nine other international art spaces for the third installment of the film and video program, Art in the Auditorium.
Free
Explosions in the Sky and Mr. Twin Sister
Marfa, TexasExplosions In the Sky play some of the most passionate, powerful instrumental music you will ever hear. Equal parts romance and tragedy, their beautiful melodies have the tendency to ignite into head-spinning walls of noise. Twin Sister opens. Doors at 7 pm.
Free
Mariachi Las Alteñas
Marfa, TexasIn celebration of the opening of our fall 2011 visual arts exhibition, AutoBody, Texas' finest all-female mariachi, Mariachi Las Alteñas, will play at the Capri, 30 September, 9:30 pm.
AutoBody Featuring North of South, West of East
Marfa, TexasIn the fall of 2011, Ballroom Marfa will mount the exhibition AutoBody, which showcases a single new work and installation, North of South, West of East, by emerging film and video artist Meredith Danluck, alongside the sculptural works of Liz Cohen, Matthew Day Jackson and Jonathan Schipper, organized by curator Neville Wakefield.
Free
Ballroom at the High Line: Atom Fables
The Highline New York, New YorkJoin the High Line and Ballroom Marfa for Atom Fables, a new collaborative work by artist Laleh Khorramian and musician Shahzad Ismaily. Atom Fables features Khorramian's one-minute films of transformations, which will be rearranged in real-time to a musical composition performed live by Ismaily and an accompanying ensemble.
Chalk the Block
El Paso, TexasBallroom Marfa collaborated with Chalk the Block –- a downtown El Paso public arts initiative -– to install our recently commissioned video work by Teresa Margolles, Irrigación.
Free
TINARIWEN
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa is honored to present an evening with Tinariwen, renowned band of poet-guitarists, on Thursday, 3 November 2011, at the Capri in Marfa, Texas. Sophie Hunger opens the show. Doors at 7 pm.
AutoBody Film Program
Marfa, TexasPlease join us for our AutoBody Film Program, showcasing films related to car culture, throughout the winter of 2011 and 2012.
Free
The Kid with Shahzad Ismaily
Marfa, TexasFor our third annual New Year’s film program, we present Charlie Chaplin's The Kid, followed by Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid's short film, Meshes of the Afternoon, with live scores by multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily. Show at 7 pm, December 30, at the Crowley Theater in Marfa, Texas.
Free
Marfa New Year’s Eve: The Progressive Party Adventure
Marfa, TexasAs part of Marfa New Year's Eve: The Progressive Party Adventure, Ballroom Marfa hosted a cocktail hour on 31 December 2011 with light spirits, records on the turntable, and 3-minute sketches by local artists Joe Cashiola, Erin Kimmel, and Hilary duPont.
Free
Making Art Work: Jennifer Dalton
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa was pleased to have Data Deluge artist Jennifer Dalton visit with art students at Marfa Senior High School as part of our Making Art Work program.
Free
R. Luke DuBois and Bora Yoon
Marfa, TexasAs part of the opening celebration for Data Deluge, the conceptual new media artist, programmer and performer R. Luke DuBois and multi-instrumentalist, composer and performer Bora Yoon, both based in New York, will perform an experimental work at the Capri on 2 March 2012.
Data Deluge
Marfa, TexasOur 2012 spring visual arts exhibition, Data Deluge, curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Reynard Loki, celebrates the beauty of information through sculpture, furniture, painting, photography, video and sound. Opening reception is 2 March 2012.
Free