Marfa Myths 2017
Marfa, TexasMarfa Myths is an annual music festival and multidisciplinary cultural program founded in 2014 by Brooklyn-based music label Mexican Summer and the nonprofit contemporary arts foundation Ballroom Marfa.
Ballroom Marfa
- 22 Nov
- 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Admission
- Free
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Strange Attractor
Marfa, TexasStrange Attractor is an exhibition exploring the uncertainties and poetics of networks, environmental events, technology, and sound. The term “strange attractor” describes the inherent order embedded in chaos, perceivable in harmonious yet unpredictable patterns. This mathematical concept is a useful trope for the elusive order in our lived experience, and the vital pursuit of making meaning from unexpected connections.
Tower: Screening and Q&A
Marfa, TexasUsing a unique blend of historical archival footage, interviews and rotoscope animation, Tower reveals the action-packed, untold stories of the witnesses, heroes, and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.
Free
DJ Camp 2017
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.
Free
Maria Minerva
Marfa, TexasConcert Ballroom Marfa hosted Maria Minerva in the courtyard on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Her performance was preceded by a “sunset tent” set by W. Creeves, and the evening featured visual accompaniment by VJ Mellow Arms. Wienertown, the latest contender on the Marfa culinary scene, served hot dogs. This event was free and open to […]
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Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film
Marfa, TexasScreening + Q&A Ballroom Marfa presented a screening of Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Sam Wainwright Douglas, artist Raven Chacon, and producer David Harstein. Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film follows art collective Postcommodity as they strive to construct Repellent Fence, a two-mile long […]
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Marfa Solar Social
Marfa, TexasDiscussion Ballroom Marfa, in collaboration with the Judd Foundation and Marfa Solar System, hosted Freedom Solar Power for a Marfa Solar Social in the Ballroom courtyard. Members of Sun Power and Freedom Solar spoke on the benefits of renewable energy, regional solar rebates, and solar power technology. Ballroom’s collaboration with Freedom Solar grew out of […]
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Tierra. Sangre. Oro.
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa is pleased to announce Tierra. Sangre. Oro., an exhibition from artist Rafa Esparza. The program will include new installation, performance, and sculptural work from Esparza alongside collaborations and contributions from artists Carmen Argote, Nao Bustamante, Beatriz Cortez, Timo Fahler, Eamon Ore-Giron, and Star Montana.
JD Samson & MEN
Marfa, TexasConcert MEN performed at the opening reception for Tierra. Sangre. Oro. MEN is a Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective led by Le Tigre’s JD Samson and Michael O’Neill. MEN believe in the radical potential of dance music and its power to demand liberties through invention and play. This was the group’s first performance in several […]
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Artists’ Film International — Denise Ferreira da Silva & Arjuna Neuman
Marfa, TexasAbout Ballroom nominated Serpent Rain by Denise Ferreira da Silva and Arjuna Neuman for the 2017 season of Artists’ Film International (AFI). Serpent Rain screened at Marfa’s Crowley Theater along with 12 videos from around the world. The international program was looped into a day of drop-in screenings. This was followed by the feature presentation […]
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San Cha — Tragame Tierra
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa is proud to present San Cha — Tragame Tierra Thursday, February 15. Join us for a evening of delicious and painful love songs from LA-based artist and musician.
Free
Marfa Myths 2018
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa and Mexican Summer bring their annual music festival and multidisciplinary cultural program back to Marfa for 2018.
Hyperobjects
Marfa, TexasExhibition Center for Land Use Interpretation | Megan May Daalder | Tara Donovan | Nance Klehm | Postcommodity | Emilija Škarnulyte | Sissel Marie Tonn with Jonathan Reus As well as objects and loans from David Brooks, the Center for Big Bend Studies | the Chihuahuan Desert Mining Heritage Exhibit | Earthworks | Rafa Esparza […]
DJ Camp 2018
Summer Shake Up DJ Bigface | Si Mon Cecilia Emmett Ballroom joined forces with Summer Shake Up, offered by Marfa ISD in collaboration with other community partner organizations for DJ Camp 2018. The summer camp was free with breakfast, lunch, and transportation to/from MISD provided. Students grades five through eight were invited to participate. For […]
Free
Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick
Marfa, TexasConcert Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick returned to Marfa to fill the Ballroom courtyard with their mysterious and cosmic tones at sunset on Tuesday, July 17. The show was free and open to the public. All proceeds from donations and poster sales benefited Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center.
Free
Hyperobjects – Animal
Mimm's Ranch Marfa, TexasField Workshop Borderlands Research Institute | Dixon Water Foundation Ballroom collaborated with Sul Ross State University’s Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) to host a day of citizen science with a field workshop and discussion on threatened grassland birds at the Dixon Water Foundation’s Mimms Unit. The workshop included a hands-on catching and banding demonstration, followed by […]
Free
Hyperobjects — Mineral
Free Exposure Soil Tasting – that's right, soil tasting – with artist, activist, and ecologist Nance Klehm. The program will take place on Thursday, August 23 at the Capri in Marfa, Texas.
Also known as geophagia, the practice of eating earth or soil-like substrates such as clay or chalk has a deep anthropological history and is practiced by various cultures around the world. For this program Klehm will collect soil from various locations around Marfa and guide participants through a tasting, explaining what minerals and biological processes cause the different 'notes' and flavors.
Hyperobjects – Vegetable
Davis Mountain Preserve Fort Davis, TexasA Walk Through the Ponderosa Pines Davis Mountain Preserve | Nature Conservancy Ballroom hosted a walk through the Davis Mountain Preserve with The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) lead state ecologist Charlotte Reemts. Ponderosa pine populations have drastically decreased in the Davis Mountains, so Reemts and TNC have partnered with Texas A&M University to carry out ‘Operation […]
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Nostalgia for the Light + Star Party
The McDonald Observatory Fort Davis, TexasScreening + Star Party Ballroom Marfa presented a free screening of Patricio Guzmán’s Nostalgia for the Light at the McDonald Observatory. The film was complemented by free entry to the evening’s Star Party and a chance to learn more about the McDonald Observatory’s participation in the Giant Magellan Telescope. Nostalgia for the Light documents the […]
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Ranch Day | Botanical Collage Workshop
Casa Perez Ranch Day Ballroom Marfa Botanical Collage Workshop This Botanical Collage Workshop was part of the Judd Foundation’s 2018 Ranch Day, an open house at Casa Perez with guided visits of the Ranch, live music & BBQ, and a talk by Aimee Roberson, Coordinator of the Rio Grande Joint Venture for the American Bird […]