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Curated by Fairfax Dorn 27 September 2013 – 2 February 2014 FEATURING Walead Beshty Liz Craft Aaron Curry Carroll Dunham Arturo Herrera Mike Kelley Paul McCarthy
Erik Parker Sigmar Polke Peter Saul Dana Schutz Michael Williams Sue Williams
Right: Liz Craft, Candy Colored Clown 3 (Animal), 2010. 48 x 48 x 12 inches. Steel,bronze, powder coating, merino wool. Courtesy of the artist. Comic Future has been made possible through the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; National Endowment for the Arts; the Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston; the Meyer Levy Charitable Foundation; Texas Commission on the Arts; and Foundation for Contemporary Arts; with generous contributions by Ballroom Marfa members.
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UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, November 8, 2013: Feast of Favorites An evening at the theater with local and international surprise guests! See friends from near and far presenting their favorite poetry and prose. January 2014: Octavio Solis, Playwright in Residence Considered by many to be one of the most prominent Latino playwrights in America, Solis will spend three weeks in Marfa focusing on his writing and meeting with students. This will conclude with a public reading of his songs and words. February 2014: Marfa Schools One-Act Plays A playwriting workshop at Marfa High School with performance at Crowley Theater. “Not only does this project fulfill an urgent need at our school, more generally, Marfa Live Arts programs and projects offer valuable opportunities to our children,” Andrew Peters, Superintendent of Schools. Engaging artists, students and the community through live performance in Far West Texas. Join our mailing list, donate or learn more at: www.marfalivearts.org 501(c)(3)
Tuesday, April 15, 2014: Suzanne Bocanegra’s Rerememberer Performance scored for amplified weaver, accordionist and an orchestra of fifty violinists who have never played a violin. Presented in collaboration with Fusebox Festival, Austin, TX and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Houston, TX.
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x2d 400 s. highland wednesday - sunday 11:30 - 6:00
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SHOP MARFA
Marfa Book Co. has an extensive selection local interest reads, including books by regional photographers and authors.
Get to The Get Go early on Sunday if you want a copy of the Sunday New York Times!
Top to bottom: The iconic quintessential Donald Judd compendium at Marfa Book Co., Camp boxes at Wrong, Leather bracelets and woven rag trunks at the Hotel Paisano, Vintage kilim pillow at Freda, Leather poofs at Mirth, Local Moonlight Gemstones.
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FREDA Freda is a small shop formed out of a desire to share locally handcrafted goods as well as carefully curated gems from
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HOTEL PAISANO GIFT SHOP items, housewares, books, great gifts for kids, furniture items,
You came to Marfa with cowboy boots, a great scarf and a sense of adventure. What will you take home with you? These establishments will insure you go home with something unique and utterly Marfa.
MARFA BOOK COMPANY
110 west Dallas St. Marfa, Texas 432-729-1976 wrongmarfa.com
MIRTH A thoughtfully curated collection of beautiful utilitarian objects
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exhibitions 2d 400 s highland marfa tx 79843 432.729.1910 wednesday through sunday 11:30 - 6:00 or appointment. continuing exhibitions of works by ten artists from across the US with an emphasis on reductive drawing and sculpture. open in marfa 52 weeks a year since 2003.
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MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS 106 East San Antonio Street, (Hwy. 90) 432.729.4616 www.marfastudioofarts elenaadam@yahoo.com
The Marfa Studio of Arts and Children’s Art Gallery is a non-profit organization that provides cultural arts programs for community youth on a year-round basis. The Marfa Studio of Arts (MSA) is the only local organization that offers arts programming to local community children and youth on a year-round basis. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose teaching artists design and lead the visual arts curriculum at Marfa elementary schools through its Studio In The Elementary School (SITES) programs. MSA also operates a free after-school arts enrichment program, the MSA Children’s Art Gallery, and special summer programs and teen projects. Page 10
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GARZA FURNITURE SHOWROOM OPEN BY APPOINTMENT AT 103 N. NEVILL ST. PLEASE CALL 432.729.1946
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