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| Apart from El Paso,
Marfa is the town best known outside far West Texas. Other towns
in this vast area of high desert plains, mountains and /or river
valleys include Alpine, Fort Davis, Lajitas, Marathon, Presidio,
Sierra Blanca, Terlingua, Valentine, and Van Horn. Herewith a
page of links, to be frequently updated. -- C.M. Mayo, March 21, 2012 |
| Marfa Basics Frank Duncan's Historic Photographs of Marfa at the Marfa Public Library Marfa Chronology Marfa Lights Research Marfa, Texas Chamber of Commerce Marfa, Texas on Wikipedia Marfa Weather Marfa Public Radio 93.5 FM Texas State Historical Association: The Trans-Pecos Marfa Specifics (under construction) (This is a short list; see also the Marfa Chamber of Commerce above) Judd Foundation The Threshold: A Place of Prayer A Benedictine retreat house Recent Podcasts about Marfa Fifty Years of Movie Magic in Marfa, Texas By John Bennett, NPR, July 15, 2011 Donald Judd Found Perfect Canvas in Texas Town By Anne Goodwin Sides, NPR, January 31, 2009 A Shout Out from Marfa, Texas Rachel Martin interviews Marfa residents Chip Love and David Williams, NPR, February 22, 2008 Marfa Mondays Podcasts Charles Angell in the Big Bend; Mary Bones on the Lost Art Colony, and more to come Marfa Films Giant Starring James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Donald Judd's Marfa, Texas A documentary by Chris Felver about the artist and critic Donald Judd. Marfa Voices The trailer for a film by Rainer Judd for the Judd Foundation >>Interview with Rainer Judd about the film, Marfa Voices As Simple as That A documentary film about Marfa Maid by Kari Branch, Russell Walker, and Ashley Cue, starring goat cheese makers Malinda Beeman and Allan McClane, owners of Marfa Maid. Recent Videos about Marfa +Living the Vision: Rainer Judd on Donald Judd An interview for Christies.com +There's No Place Like Here: Marfa, TX An amusing quick tour for etsy.com +Now Entering Marfa, Texas A series shot and edited by Melina Kolb for News21 at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education Part 1: Now Entering Marfa, Texas Part 2: Thinkers and Beers Part 3: Communal Social Scene Part 4: Marfalafel Part 5: High Desert Takeaways +Food Shark Commercial (YouTube) +Tom Rhodes Explores Marfa, Texas (YouTube) +Cleaning the Judds Very brief and unedited, but it's interesting to see the sculptures. The people moving around them provide a sense of scale. +Where is Marfa? My trailer trailer for this—the Marfa Mondays—podcast series. |
| Art in Marfa
& Environs Arber & Son Editions | Valerie Arber | Ayn Foundation | Baxter Gallery | Ballroom Marfa | Chinati Foundation | Dumitrescu Gallery | James H. Evans | Exhibitions 2 D | Fancy Ponyland | Field Work Marfa | Galleri Urbane | Martha Hughes Studio | Inde/Jacobs/ Marfa | Judd Foundation | Lannan Foundation Residency Program | Marfa Studio of Arts | Allison V. Smith Photography | The Tiny Foundation | Wrong Mary Bones on the Lost Art Colony My podcast interview with Mary Bones, curator of the exhibit "Lost Colony: Texas Regionalist Paintings" at Sul Ross State University's Museum of the Big Bend Avram Dumitrescu, An Artist in Alpine My podcast interview with artist and illustrator Avram Dumitrescu. New York Times Magazine series: "Real Artists of Marfa" by Vincent Dilio and Chris Wallace > January 9, 2012: Foundation for Jammable Resources: John Rayburn, Carlos Lujan, John C. and Anthony DeSimone >January 16, 2012 Sam Schonzeit >January 23, 2012: Ann Marie Nafziger >January 30, 2012: Adam Bork >February 6, 2012: Solid Waste: Jonathan Lujan, Dione Acosta, Erik Quintana, and Richard "Chachi" Covarrubias >February 13, 2012: Cobra Rock Boot Company: Logan Caldbeck and Colt Miller >February 22, 2012 Jennifer Lane >March 5, 2012: David Hollander Area Authors Many more links to come... Lonn Taylor Author of Texas, My Texas, among many other works, and columnist for the Big Bend Sentinel Peter Behrens Profiled in the New York Times: >A Moth to Marfa's Flame by Penelope Green >A Winter Home in the West Texas Desert Cowboy Poetry Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering (Alpine, TX, February 24-26, 2012) Music Many more links to come... Washtub Jerry |
| & Environs (For links to local businesses, be sure to visit the chamber of commerce websites) Alpine Alpine, Texas Chamber of Commerce Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center Museum of the Big Bend Sul Ross State University Sul Ross State University's Center for Big Bend Studies >Interview with archaeologist Richard Walter (Marfa Public Radio, Jan 11, 2010) Sul Ross State University's Archives of the Big Bend Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park Big Bend National Park Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive A video that shows you the actual drive, speeded up Driving through the Chisos A video of the drive (lordkev99) Charles Angell in the Big Bend My podcast interview witn Charles Angell, owner of Angell Expeditions Fort Davis and Davis Mountains Fort Davis, Texas Chamber of Commerce Texas State Historical Society: The Davis Mountains Davis Mountains State Park Davis Mountains Scenic Drive A video that shows you the actual drive, speeded up (takemytrip.com) McDonald Observatory Marathon Marathon Chamber of Commerce Marathon Webcam |
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Presidio Sierra Diablo |
| Terlingua Links to be posted soon... |
| Trans-Pecos (General
Area) Get Acquainted with Big Bend History and Archaeology (Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross University, Alpine TX) |
| Local Media Alpine Avalanche Alpine Daily Planet Cenizo Journal Big Bend Now (Big Bend Sentinel) Marfa.org News & Views Marfa Public Radio 93.5 FM Local Bloggers Alpine Daily Planet Autoliterate (Peter Behrens) Judy Morgan Glenn Justice's Texas History Blog Mostly Marfa: Greetings from Mary Lou Texas Mountain Trail Daily Photos Megan Wilde's The Wilde Life: Adventures in Gardening, Critter Care and Rural Living in West Texas Favorite Book Shops Cactus Book Shop (A bit far east, in San Angelo) Front Street Books (Alpine and Marathon) Fort Davis National Historical Site Excellent bookstore with many titles on local history Marfa Book Company Wide ranging and eclectic |
| Bibliography (under construction) Ragged Horde Reach Marfa (about the Huerta Army), January 9, 1914 Recent Newspaper and Magazine Articles about Marfa & Environs and its Denizens *Sterry Butcher, "Judd's Ranches: Sanctuaries for the Artist's Life and Work," Big Bend Sentinel, October 6, 2011 *Cox, Jennifer, Cultural Desert: The Art Scene of Marfa, Texas, The Guardian, May 14, 2011 *Cureton, Emily Joe, Bootmaker Sets Up Shop in Marfa, Big Bend Now, May 12, 2011 *Dilio, Vincent and Chris Wallace, "The Real Artists of Marfa: Foundation for Jammable Resources New York Times Magazine, January 9, 2012 *Dilio, Vincent and Chris Wallace, "The Real Artists of Marfa: Sam Schonheit" New York Times Magazine, January 16, 2012 (first in a series, see individual links above under "Art and Artists in Marfa & Environs) *Egan, Maura, Wanderlust: Marfa, Texas, New York Times Magazine, June 5, 2009 *Patoksi, Joe Nick, Far Out Far West Texas, The Texas Observer, December 16, 2005 *Rodewald, James, Way Out West: Gardens of Marfa, Garden Design, December 29, 2010 *Suqi, Rima, "Asked and Answered: Flavin Judd" New York Times, May 5, 2001 An interview with the President of the Judd Foundation |
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