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Spoon

Marfa, Texas

Join us for our first musical concert, featuring Spoon, on October 10, 2003 at Ballroom Marfa. Doors at 10 PM.

Maria Jose Arjona

Marfa, Texas

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.

Free

The Paper Sculpture Show

Marfa, Texas

Ballroom Marfa invites you to create three-dimensional paper projects, designed by 29 artists.

Free

Dominic Welhouse: In My Room

Marfa, Texas

Ballroom Marfa hosted Austin record collector Dominic Welhouse for a two-week residency called In My Room: Listening to Records in Marfa, Texas.

Free

STEREO TOTAL

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.

Free

OPTIMO: Manifestations of Optimism in Contemporary Art

Marfa, Texas

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.

Free

Franco Mondini-Ruiz

Marfa, Texas

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.

Free

Sarah Morris

Marfa, Texas

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.

Free

Kino-Eye: Approaches to Documentary Film Making

Marfa, Texas

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.

Free

Fire Into Music

Marfa, Texas

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.

Noel Waggener and Satch Grimley

Marfa, Texas

Commissioned by The Ballroom as a component of the Fire Into Music presentation, the silkscreened mural was printed directly onto the gallery walls.

Free

An Evening With John Waters

Marfa, Texas

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."

Free

Moving Light: Lunation 1011—Erika Blumenfeld

Marfa, Texas

Through the generosity and non-financial support of the McDonald Observatory, Blumenfeld was granted the rare opportunity to work in an astronomer's house at the Observatory's main peak. During her two-month stay, Blumenfeld created the video work Moving Light: Lunation 1011.

Free

The Folding Nose and Other Works—Richard Erickson

Marfa, Texas

The Ballroom is proud to present two solo exhibitions opening on the night of January 29th. In the North Gallery, Richard Erickson exhibits The Folding Nose and Other Works and in South Gallery, Erika Blumenfeld presents Lunation 1011.

Free

Music on Film

Marfa, Texas

As a part of the Ballroom's on-going Music on Film series, Vance Knowles & Noel Waggener have programmed a group of documentaries that explore musicians' lives and works.

Free

Music on Film II

Marfa, Texas

Continuing the Ballroom's Music on Film series, SOUND team selects two documentaries based on the creative inspirations and technical masteries behind the creation of music.

SOUNDteam

Marfa, Texas

In the spirit of the Music on Film series, recently signed Capitol Records-artists, SOUNDteam, bring their bullwhips and boas to Marfa for film screenings and a live show.