April 26, 2026 | Community Day

Sunday, April 26, 1–6:30 p.m.
Free and open to all

Gather at Chinati on Sunday, April 26, for a day celebrating our tri-county community. This year’s Community Day activities include open [read more]

March 28, 2026 | “It was simple furniture, you see, and we were makers of it:” Book Talk with Martha Deese

Saturday, March 28, 4 p.m.
Crowley Theater, 98 S. Austin St., Marfa, Texas

Chinati invites you to a talk by the author Martha Deese organized in conjunction with Oscar Hagerman: Sillas [read more]

Application Open: Grasslands Restoration Practicum

Want to learn about West Texas ecology and connect to land in meaningful ways? Apply to Chinati’s Grasslands Restoration Practicum.

The intensive, five-day, paid program introduces participants to the [read more]

February 20, 2026 | Open Studio: Deondre Davis

Friday, February 20, 5–7 p.m.
Locker Plant, 135 E. Oak St., Marfa, Texas

The Chinati Foundation invites you to an Open Studio with Artist in Residence Deondre Davis. Davis is a [read more]

February 21, 2026 | Artist Talk: Eric N. Mack in conversation with Caitlin Murray

Saturday, February 21, 4:00 p.m.
Crowley Theater, 98 S. Austin St., Marfa, Texas

Chinati invites you to a conversation with former Artist in Residence Eric N. Mack and director Caitlin Murray [read more]

December 12–28 | UN TITLED: Chinati Staff Art Show

The staff at the Chinati Foundation invites you to UN TITLED: Chinati Staff Art Show, opening at the Locker Plant this Friday, December 12, from 6–9 p.m. Light refreshments will [read more]

December 7, 2025 | Seeing Light: Live Reading of Student Creative Writing

The Chinati Foundation and Sul Ross State University’s Languages & Literature department present Seeing Light, a live reading of student creative writing on Sunday, December 7, from 5–7 p.m.

Following [read more]

November 8, 2025 | Katharina Grosse: The Process

The Chinati Foundation and Galerie Max Hetzler | Marfa present a screening of Katharina Grosse: The Process, a film by Claudia Müller. The experimental documentary captures Grosse’s creative process and [read more]

November 14–15, 2025 | Art in Context: Part II

This November 14–15, the Chinati Foundation and Rice University School of Architecture will host Part II of the Art in Context: Art, Architecture, and the Middle Landscape symposium in Houston.

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October 10–12, 2025 | Chinati Weekend 2025

In October 1987, Donald Judd began the tradition of Chinati Weekend by inviting friends and colleagues from the local community and around the world to Chinati for a weekend of [read more]

August 1, 2025 | Open Studio and Reading by Guadalupe Rosales

Join us Friday, August 1, for an open studio and reading by Guadalupe Rosales, Chinati’s current artist in residence. 

Rosales is a multidisciplinary artist and educator best known for her community-generated, social [read more]

August 15–16, 2025 | Talk and walk with professional birder Tiffany Kersten

The Chinati Foundation and the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute (CDRI) invite you to join renowned birder Tiffany Kersten for her “Birdie Big Year: Elevating Women Birders” talk and a birding [read more]