Events

The launch of film.text.performance.film, a two-part program organized by Ralph McKay. The event paired seemingly disparate areas of contemporary cinematic practice, bringing together a diverse roster of artists with established international reputations rooted in either filmic performance or visual text.

A community-wide talent show of all ages, featuring acts from across the tri-county region. Pachanga featured animal acts, barbershop quartets, singers and dancers. Prizes were awarded by local celebrity judges.

A reading with Mattew Zapruder, Lannan writer in residence, and poet Richard Siken.

Lectures for Chinati Open House 2007 including a conversation with David Rabinowitch and and Kenneth Baker.

A performance by New York-based pianist Bruce Levingston. Levinston is a world-class pianist whose reputation is matched by a fearless commitment to the vanguard of new composition.

A meeting of the Board of Directors for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.

A dance workshop led by members of the dance group Lower Left. The week focused on improvisational skills within the context of solo body, ensemble, and duet forms.

Wallace Shawn’s notoriously sexual play from 1975 was performed by Austin, Texas theater company Rubber Repertory.

Marfa participants wrote, directed, rehearsed and performed approximately eight one-act plays in twenty-four hours.

Twelve teenagers from The 52nd Street Project in New York City traveled over 2000 miles westward to bring their production of Romeo and Juliet to Marfa, Texas.

The Chinati Foundation hosted a public conversation between the artist Robert Irwin and the writer Lawrence Weschler.

A production by Marfa Live Arts and directed by Nina Martin, Evelyn Luciani and Felicia Martinez, the Gifted and Talented Program Director for Marfa ISD. The students from the Gifted and Talented Program at MISD staged a play about 18 famous mathematicians throughout the ages.

A forum featuring Steve Paxton that brought together established dance artists for collaborative research into contemporary dance-making practices. The performance project was facilitated by a guest artist and dance group Lower Left.

In 2002, Pulitzer Prize-winner Susan Lori Parks wrote a play every day of the year. The result was a play cycle titled 365 Days/365 Plays. Parks was in attendance for the weekend and offered a Q and A.

One of the most prominent members of the :new folk movement. Joanna Nesome is a harpist, pianist and songwriter based in San Francisco.