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The Reading — Devils at Play

Marfa, Texas

For the third year, we are pleased to present The Reading, a professionally staged screenplay presentation of a winning script from the 2012 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.

Free

DJ Camp 2013

Marfa, Texas

For the fourth year, Ballroom Marfa will present its popular week-long DJ Camp from June 24 – June 28, 2013 with instructors Faith Gay and Javier Arredondo.

Free

Artists’ Film International — Alix Pearlstein

Marfa, Texas

Organized in conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery, London, Ballroom Marfa is pleased to present the fifth season of Artists’ Films International, a program that showcases international artists working with film, video and animation. This year Ballroom Marfa will feature the work of New-York based Alix Pearlstein.

Free

William Tyler

Marfa, Texas

Ballroom Marfa is proud to present guitarist William Tyler on August 6, 2013 at the Highland Annex in Marfa, Texas. $3.33 opens.

AJ Castillo at Marfa Lights

Marfa, Texas

Ballroom Marfa and the Marfa Chamber of Commerce present Tejano accordionist AJ Castillo on Saturday, August 31, as part of the 27th annual Marfa Lights Festival. The Resonators open.

Open Studio: Every Person Is a Special Kind of Artist, with Baggage

Dallas Collective (Michael Corris, William Binnie, Soraya Abtahi, Jenna Barrois, Ellen Smith, Alexandra Monroe, Dylan Wignall, Rhyanna Odom, Nina Davis, Elainy Lopez, Hannah Tyler, Michael Deleon,and Braeden Bailey, Kelly Kroener, Travis LaMothe, Michael M. Morris, Melissa Tran
). A 2013 Texas Biennial Commissioned Project. Presented by Ballroom Marfa.

Devin Gary & Ross

Marfa, Texas

New York's Devin Gary & Ross, the trio of animator Devin Flynn, photographer Ross Goldstein, and illustrator and designer Gary Panter, with special guest Kramer, will perform at the opening of Comic Future, September 27, 2013.

Free

Comic Future

Marfa, Texas

Curated by Fairfax Dorn, Comic Future features paintings, drawings and sculpture by artists who combine abstraction, formalism and narrative with political satire as well as cultural and biographical commentary to explore both comedic and apocalyptic visions of the future.

Free

Marfa Dialogues / NY

New York, New York

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Ballroom Marfa and the Public Concern Foundation will bring the Marfa Dialogues to New York in October-November 2013 as we continue our examination of climate change science, environmental activism and artistic practice.

Autre Ne Veut

Marfa, Texas

Ballroom Marfa is proud to present Autre Ne Veut in October 9, 2013 at the Highland Annex in Marfa, Texas. LRN GRN opens. $5 at the door.

Quiet Earth

Rauschenberg Project Space 455 W. 19th Street, New York, NY

Quiet Earth, an exhibition curated by Fairfax Dorn as part of Marfa Dialogues/New York, features environmentally-engaged works from the 1970s to the present.

Laura Marling

Marfa, Texas

Ballroom Marfa is proud to present Laura Marling on November 2, 2013 at the Highland Annex in Marfa, Texas. Willy Mason opens.

BALLROOM ART FUND

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The Marfa Triptych: The Country & Western Big Band Suite

Marfa, Texas

The Marfa Triptych is three portraits of West Texas as envisioned by Austin-based composer Graham Reynolds. The first installment, The Country and Western Big Band Suite, is an instrumental suite for 14 players.

Free

The Marfa Triptych: Graham Reynolds (Three Portraits of West Texas)

The Marfa Triptych is three portraits of West Texas as envisioned by Austin-based composer Graham Reynolds. The multimedia, genre-hopping trilogy of performances is inspired by Reynolds’ interest in the intermingled populations of the Texas-Mexico border regions, from ejido to ranch to the visual arts community. The three performances will take place annually, starting in late […]

C. Spencer Yeh + Messages

Rauschenberg Project Space 455 W. 19th Street, New York, NY

Ballroom Marfa is proud to present musician C. Spencer Yeh and Messages on November 21, 2013 at the Rauschenberg Project Space in New York, New York, as part of Marfa Dialogues/New York. Free.

Julianna Barwick

Marfa, Texas

Ballroom Marfa and Marfa Book Company are proud to present Julianna Barwick on December 3, 2013 in Marfa, Texas. Doors at 8pm at the Ballroom Marfa gallery.

Le Révélateur with Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler

Marfa, Texas

For our fifth annual New Year’s film program, we present Philippe Garrel's 1968 experimental film Le Révélateur, scored by harpist Mary Lattimore and synth player Jeff Zeigler. Doors at 7 pm; show at 7:30 pm.

Free

Sound Speed Marker

Ballroom Marfa is pleased to present Sound Speed Marker by Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler. The three video installations and related photographs, covering a span of five years of work, explore film's relationship to place and the traces that movie making leaves behind. The exhibition includes the premiere of Giant (2014), a work commissioned by Ballroom Marfa.