Events

London art curator Pujan Gandhi will give a talk and presentation on the London art scene and the dynamics of the art world and market.  Pujan Gandhi has assisted in the curatorial departments of the British Museum, Middlebury College Museum of Art, High Museum of Art ad other galleries in New York and Mumbai.

(This was to be at the Annex, but has been moved to the Theater)  Artist’s Talk: Rackstraw Downes will read from Nature and Art are Physical: Art Writing 1967-2008. For those who haven’t seen it, Downes was featured on PBS’ series Art 21 a few years back. I doubt many people admire the series, but Rackstraw […]

Lonn Taylor will be with us to celebrate the release of his latest book, “Texas People, Texas Places”, the follow-up volume to his “Texas, My Texas”, which has been one of TCU Press’s best sellers since its release. This will also be an opportunity for people to have Lonn sign copies of his great two […]

New Bums is a duo consisting of cult-heroes Ben Chasny and Donovan Quinn, formerly of Six Organs of Admittance and Sky Green Leopards, respectively.

Marfa Public Radio hosts a listening party to introduce our new radio documentary series, “There’s Something Out There”.  The show covers stories about UFOs, ghosts, demons and all things strange.  We will debut the first two episodes to the public.  NOTE: this event may be scary for younger listeners.

Marfa High School recently completed a playwriting workshop with Octavio Solis.  Four of the winning plays were selected to be brought to life on-stage at the Crowley Theater.

Since 2007 the group has been seeking to re-examine multimedia by artfully combining emerging and anachronistic technologies to create improvised performances, non-linear sound and visuals.  The group frequently appears in festival, gallery and concert settings, often incorporating site-specific elements and trans-media arts collaborations.  For workshop details go to www.pincushionmed.net

Students from the Nature Writing class at Marfa High School will read from the work they have produced

Poet and translator Mary Jo Bang will read from, and discuss, her work

Poet CA Conrad, author of Advanced Elvis Course, Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon and the Book of Frank will be reading from his work.

Ali Abunimah, founder of the Electronic Intifada and former Lannan resident returns to Marfa to read from his forthcoming book, The Battle for Justice in Palestine.

El Paso native and award-winning playwright Octavio Solis writes about living between the two worlds of Texas and Mexico.  He explores these complex landscapes and what it means to be both Latino and American.

Rick Bass, ecological activist and author of many widely-admired novels and collections of essays, will be reading from his work. Bass, who is originally from Fort Worth, has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and has won both the Pushcart and O. Henry prizes.

Save the date for this traditional end-of-year event.  Ballroom Marfa presents a silent movie with live accompaniment scored by harpist Mary Lattimore and synth player Jeff Zeigler