Programs

Jennifer Paige Cohen, Chinati Foundation’s artist in residence for the months of June and July, will share her work with the community at an open studio on Friday, July 24 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at the Locker Plant in downtown Marfa.

Chinati hosts international dance company Entreflamenco for a production of Spanish music and dance at the Crowley Theater on Saturday, June 20. The performance begins at 7 pm and is free and open to the public. The company will offer a free demonstration for all ages at the USO building the evening prior, Friday, June 19 from 6:30 – 7 pm.

If you can’t join us at the Crowley Theater for Entreflamenco, we invite you to watch the event online. Video of the event will stream from this page, free of charge, beginning at 7 pm CST on Saturday evening, June 20.

Area students can look forward to plenty of opportunities for fun once school is out at this year’s Camp Summer Shake-Up, offered by Marfa ISD with Chinati and other community partner organizations June 3 - July 9.

Artist John Newman has been in residence at Chinati for the months of March, April and May, working at the Locker Plant in downtown Marfa. Newman will open the studio and share his work with the community on Thursday, May 21 from 6 – 8.

Chinati’s annual Community Day celebration this year features an exhibition of screenprinted poems by area high school students and a public reading of their work in the Arena. The program also includes self-guided viewings, a talk on Larry Bell’s special exhibition, and a community reception in the Arena courtyard. All events are free and open to the public.

All students ages 4 – 13 are invited to Chinati’s free annual spring classes for young artists.

Using Carl Andre’s permanent installation at Chinati as an entry point, area students enrolled in their school’s junior and senior high art classes will create their own poems and artwork to be exhibited at Chinati’s annual Community Day on Sunday, April 19, 2015.

The public is invited to an opening by Chinati Artist in Residence Jeremy DePrez on Friday, February 20 from 6 - 8:00 pm at the Locker Plant in downtown Marfa.

Experience Donald Judd’s two permanent installations, 100 works in mill aluminum and 15 outdoor works in concrete, at dusk on Sunday, February 8, 2015. Free of charge to museum members and tri-county residents.

This year Chinati is partnering with the Presidio County 4H Art project. 4H members meet bi-monthly on the Chinati campus to experience the collection in a comfortable convivial atmosphere.

Join Zoe Leonard along with special guests, artist Rackstraw Downes and curator Lynne Cooke, for a dawn-to-dusk public viewing on January 18. Refreshments will be served and conversations will unfold throughout the day.