Free Form Radio Program In anticipation of International Dawn Chorus Day, the worldwide celebration of nature’s greatest avian symphony, Ballroom Marfa is presenting Birdscapes Radio. This freeform program will center on Frye’s ever-evolving collaborative, sonic exploration into the world of birds. Listeners can expect to hear down-tempo dawn chorus, historical recordings, rare sounds, and seabird […]
Digital Ceremony, Gathering, Talk SJ Norman and Joseph M. Pierce Join Knowledge of Wounds for a conversation between Kim TallBear & Daniel Browning on October 20 at 7pm CST. In this keynote conversation, Dr. TallBear will speak with Bundjalung journalist Daniel Browning on her work on critical non-monogamy. TallBear situates her critique of the assumed, […]
Ballroom has once again joined forces with Summer Shake Up, offered by Marfa ISD in collaboration with other community partner organizations. The summer camp is free with breakfast, lunch, and transportation provided. Students grades five through eight are invited to participate.
Extended Gallery Hours As part of Chinati Weekend’s Made in Marfa celebration, Ballroom Marfa extends gallery hours on Friday, October 8 to experience the current exhibition, DONNA HUANCA: ESPEJO QUEMADA. Refreshments provided in the Courtyard. Advance reservations recommended. Schedule a visit here. For the safety of our extended Marfa community, we ask all visitors to […]
Join Marcela Guerrero, Jennifer Rubio Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Daisy Nam, Curator at Ballroom Marfa, in conversation on the work of Donna Huanca in this virtual talk. The two will discuss Donna Huanca: ESPEJO QUEMADA, as well as Guerrero's work on influential recent exhibitions of contemporary art from Latin […]
Roberto Tejada gives a virtual walkthrough of Donna Huanca: ESPEJO QUEMADA. He shares insights about the exhibition and Huanca's use of language, materiality and collage. Tejada also offers references that the artworks conjure including pre-colonial cosmologies and figures such as Ana Mendieta and Gloria Anzaldúa.
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
concert Newman Taylor Baker / Jace Clayton / Li(sa E.) Harris / Roberto Carlos Lange / Lori Scacco / Jamire Williams Performance Schedule 6pm Doors | Ballroom Marfa Courtyard Performances by Roberto Carlos Lange, Li(sa E.) Harris, and Jamire Williams 🌎 🌏 🌍 9pm Doors | Marfa Visitor Center Live Scores of Star Scores by […]
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 […]
Ballroom has once again joined forces with Summer Shake Up, offered by Marfa ISD in collaboration with other community partner organizations. The summer camp is free with breakfast, lunch, and transportation provided. Students grades five through eight are invited to participate.
Saturday, August 6, 2022 7-11 PM Bridgehampton, NY Party in the Trees, Under the Stars. Join us surrounded by friends, food, art, music, and surprises among the trees and rolling hills. Come faraway with us. Rain or Shine. Magical festive attire. Shoes for the meadow. DJ set by Helado Negro. Food by Yann Nury. Tequila […]
A selection of works and limited editions by Ballroom artists were on view at Damian in DTLA from February 16–March 12, coinciding with Frieze LA. The exhibition featured works by Carmen Argote, Teresa Baker, Carolina Caycedo & David de Rozas, Beatriz Cortez, rafa esparza & Timo Fahler, EJ Hill, James Evans, Star Montana, Solange Pessoa, […]
In November 2016, Austin-based composer Graham Reynolds returns to Marfa for the final installment of The Marfa Triptych: the chamber opera Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance.
Closing Celebrations of The Blessings of the Mystery Coinciding with Chinati Weekend You're invited October 7-9, 2022 as we celebrate the closing of The Blessings of the Mystery by Carolina Caycedo and David De Rozas during the 35th Annual Chinati Weekend. The exhibition emerges from Caycedo and de Rozas’s multidisciplinary practices, which are centered around […]
Walkthrough & limited edition unveiling Saturday, October 8, 2022 6-7 PM Ballroom Marfa hosts a cocktail reception for Ballroom members. Join us as we celebrate the exhibition The Blessings of the Mystery and unveil the limited-edition silkscreen print Somi S’ek, The Land of the Sun, La Tierra del Sol. Created by the artists Carolina Caycedo […]
On Sunday, October 9, 2022 from X to X, Ballroom Marfa invites the public to join us and the Land Arts program for coffee and conversation with Dr. C.J. Alvarez. In this special expanded classroom session at Ballroom Marfa, Dr. Alvarez will guide students and public participants in thoughtful discourse in response to The Blessings […]
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. […]
Opening Celebration Ecstatic Land & Kenneth Tam: Tender is the hand which holds the stone of memory November 12, 4-7 pm Join us for the Opening Celebration of Ecstatic Land and Kenneth Tam: Tender is the hand which holds the stone of memory on Saturday, November 12 from 4–7pm. The special evening will include film […]
