Events

Chinati will host international dance company Entreflamenco for a residency that will culminate in performances that are free and open to the public. In addition, Entreflamenco will work with area youth as part of Chinati’s education program

Special screening of “Slingshot,” a film about Dean Kamen, inventor and founder of FRC Robotics to benefit Marfa Education Foundation — Inspiring young minds to take flight.

Renowned cellist, Charles Curtis, will be brought to Marfa by Marfa Live Arts and will be accompanied by Alvin Lucier, musical artist and minimalist. The show will be curated by Jennifer Burris and produced by the MLA and Fieldwork Marfa team.

Ballroom Marfa presents a lecture by artist Mary Weatherford as a supplementary program for “After Effect,” the current exhibition on view in Ballroom’s galleries. As a painter herself, Weatherford is particularly interested in the work of Agnes Pelton, a member of the historical Transcendental Painting Group active in New Mexico in the 1930’s and 40’s, […]

Four one-acts written by Marfa ISD students with Raul Garza

The 2016 CineMarfa film festival lineup focused on films from and about California, with an emphasis on the rich history of experimental film from the Golden State. Two films from Agnes Varda’s California film cycle, “Lions, Love (…and Lies)” and “Black Panthers“, were screened, along with short films by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, Bruce Baillie, […]

Marfa Live Arts presents a play by Raul performed by actor Mical Trejo and David Garza.

Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute fundraiser showing movie “Agave is Life” by local Meredith Dreiss (Archeo Productions). We live among agave — it is a local cactus and CDRI educates us about our desert environment.

The event will be a celebration of the short film shot in Marfa in 2014. The Marfa community helped to make this film possible and the production team is forever grateful. We are bringing the Marfa community together to celebrate the work they helped to create. It will be a great filming reunion for community […]

Anthology Recordings presents David Fenster’s mushroom movies with local musicians; Raum with Paul Clipson; and Dungen scoring The Adventures of Prince Achmed.

Films and music featuring Dungen and Raum. Marfa Myths is a cultural program taking place March 10 – 13, 2016 in Marfa, Texas. Curated by Ballroom Marfa and Brooklyn-based record label Mexican Summer, Marfa Myths features artists and musicians from within and outside of the label’s roster working creatively and collaboratively across music, film, and […]

Marfa Myths Midnight Movie featuring “A Poem Is a Naked Person,” about singer-songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell as filmed by documentarian Les Blank between 1972 and 1974.

Nondenominational group who shares, in a community setting, teachings followed by prayer, music and fellowship.

Screening of the film “Audubon” will be introducing the life of John James Audubon to a group of individuals who have an appreciation of birds, nature, conservation and American history.

Troublemakers unearths the history of land art in the tumultuous late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The film features a cadre of renegade New York artists that sought to transcend the limitations of painting and sculpture by producing earthworks on a monumental scale in the desolate desert spaces of the American southwest.