Spoon
Marfa, TexasJoin us for our first musical concert, featuring Spoon, on October 10, 2003 at Ballroom Marfa. Doors at 10 PM.
Join us for our first musical concert, featuring Spoon, on October 10, 2003 at Ballroom Marfa. Doors at 10 PM.
In honor of Chinati Open House weekend, Columbian performance artist, Maria Jose Arjona, will perform Vault at the Ballroom for three days during the weekend.
Ballroom Marfa invites you to create three-dimensional paper projects, designed by 29 artists.
Ballroom Marfa hosted Austin record collector Dominic Welhouse for a two-week residency called In My Room: Listening to Records in Marfa, Texas.
Stereo Total, a Berlin-based duo, will play the opening night of Optimo, followed by a DJ performance by the Virgin Tears, whose energetic opulent style will echo the essence of this exhibition.
Mirroring the vision of the Ballroom itself, a non-profit cultural space founded on the belief that art can impact the human spirit positively, OPTIMO brings together nine artists whose work celebrates life, incorporating visual pleasure, humor, interactivity, color, technology, industrial design, politics, landscape, spirituality, and popular culture.
In the North Gallery, Franco Mondini-Ruiz presents a new, large-scale installation titled "Giant." This massive, baroque assemblage of found objects dominates the Ballroom's front gallery floor, expanding Mondini-Ruiz' signature vignettes of culturally-fused visual components.
A survey of Sarah Morris' film installations occupies Ballroom's South Gallery. Known for her graphic paintings of abstract architecture and urban design, Morris has also explored the dynamics of urban space in four film works made since 1998.
Don Howard, an Austin-based filmmaker and professor of film editing at the University of Texas, will screen a series of films illustrating two of the primary sources of a documentary film's power: cinematography and editing.
Last fall, four of the world's top jazz improvisers combined forces for a performance at the Ballroom. Join us for a listening party of the album recorded that night.
Commissioned by The Ballroom as a component of the Fire Into Music presentation, the silkscreened mural was printed directly onto the gallery walls.
Join us for an evening with John Waters, the filmmaker, author, and photographer based in Baltimore and New York City, who became famous as "the Pope of Trash" (William Burroughs) and the "King of suburban exploitation."