Marfa, Texas Marfa, Texas Presidio County courthouse in Marfa Presidio County courthouse in Marfa Location of Marfa in Presidio County, Texas Location of Marfa in Presidio County, Texas Marfa, Texas is positioned in the US Marfa, Texas - Marfa, Texas Marfa is a town/city in the high desert of the Trans-Pecos in far West Texas, positioned between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park.
It is the governmental center of county of Presidio County, and its populace as of the 2010 United States Enumeration was 1,981.
Today, Marfa is a tourist destination and a primary center for Minimalist art.
Attractions include Building 98, the Chinati Foundation, artisan shops, historical architecture, a classic Texas town square, undivided art installments, art arcades, and the Marfa lights.
4.1 Marfa lights Marfa was established in the early 1880s as a barns water stop.
The town was titled "Marfa" at the suggestion of the wife of a barns executive.
Although some historians[who?] have hypothesized that the name came from a character in Fyodor Dostoevsky novel The Brothers Karamazov, Marfa was actually titled after Marfa Strogoff, a character in the Jules Verne novel Michael Strogoff. The town interval quickly amid the 1920s. The Marfa Army Airfield served as a training facility for a several thousand pilots amid World War II, including the American actor Robert Sterling, before method in 1945.
Marfa is positioned at 30 18 43 N 104 1 29 W (30.311863, 104.024779). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2), all land.
Marker of Marfa The region around Marfa is known as a cultural center for intact artists and artisans.
In 1971, minimalist artist Donald Judd moved to Marfa from New York City.
While this started with his building in New York, the buildings in Marfa allowed him to install his works on a larger scale.
In 1976, he bought the first of two ranches that would turn into his major places of residence, closing a long love affair with the desert landscape encircling Marfa.
Every year the Chinati Foundation holds an open home event where artists, collectors, and enthusiasts come from around the world to visit Marfa's art.
In recent years, a new wave of artists has moved to Marfa to live and work.
Furthermore, The Lannan Foundation has established a writers-in-residency program, a Marfa theater group has formed, and a multifunctional art space called Ballroom Marfa has begun to show art films, host musical performances, and exhibit other art installations.
The town/city is also 37 miles (60 km) from Prada Marfa, a pop art exhibit, and is home to Cobra Rock Boot Company and The Wrong Store.
Building 98, also positioned in Marfa, is a universal of the International Woman's Foundation, which has directed an artist-in-residency program since 2002.
Marfa lights Main article: Marfa lights Official viewing platform for the Marfa Lights Apart from Donald Judd and undivided art, Marfa may be most famous for the Marfa lights, visible on clear evenings between Marfa and the Paisano Pass when one is facing southwest (toward the Chinati Mountains).
Each year, enthusiasts gather for the annual Marfa Lights Festival.
The Rolling Stones mention the "lights of Marfa" in the song "No Spare Parts" from the 2011 re-release of their 1978 album Some Girls.
Various movie productions have filmed in and around parts of Marfa.
Film Giant, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Sal Mineo, Carroll Baker, and Dennis Hopper, was filmed in Marfa for two months.
The wedding scene from Kevin Reynolds's 1985 feature directorial debut, Fandango, takes place and is filmed in Marfa.
In August 2006, two movie manufacturing units filmed in Marfa: There Will Be Blood, an adaptation of the Upton Sinclair novel Oil! Larry Clark's 2012 film Marfa Girl was filmed exclusively in Marfa. Also, Far Marfa, written and directed by Cory Van Dyke, made its debut in 2012. Additionally, various musical artists have filmed music videos in the town, including Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The xx, Between the Buried and Me, and Diamond Rings.
In 2008, Marfa held the first annual Marfa Film Festival, which lasted from May 1 5.
Morley Safer presented a 60 Minutes segment in on August 4, 2013, titled 'Marfa, Texas The Capital of Quirkiness' Marfa is home to NPR-affiliated station KRTS.
Marfa homes the offices of the Big Bend Sentinel, a weekly journal covering the areas of Marfa, Fort Davis, Presidio, and far West Texas.
Marfa Magazine is a annual printed announcement distributed from Marfa, established and directed by Johnny Calderon, Jr.
It focuses on current issues and general knowledge about Marfa, Alpine, and Fort Davis.
Marfa is served by the Marfa Independent School District.
Marfa Elementary School and Marfa Junior/Senior High School, a part of the district, serve the city.
The Presidio County Sheriff's Department and Texas Highway Patrol furnish law enforcement for the city, as well as the county as a whole.
Presidio County also operates the Marfa Municipal Airport, positioned north of the town/city in unincorporated Presidio County.
Marfa and the encircling area are served by the Marfa Public Library, which homes a diverse compilation in a range of formats.
The library began in 1947 when the Marfa Lions Club and the Marfa Study Club agreed to establish a library for the people of the area. The library was originally homed in the historic U.S.O.
After meeting the requirements of the Texas State Library, it became a member of the Texas Trans-Pecos Library System. The present library building was donated to the City of Marfa in 1973 by the first chairperson, Laura Bailey, and her husband Bishop. Future expansions and renovations to the current building are also planned.
Climate data for Marfa #2, Texas.
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"Marfa lights." Whitney Joiner, "Postcard: Marfa.
Marfa (pop 2,400), the desert town that will be the star of the Oscars - Daily Telegraph article by Catherine Elsworth in Issue 47,499 dated 21 February 2008 "Five Questions with Marfa Girl Director Larry Clark".
"Marfa, Texas." Marfa Public Library.
"MARFA 2, TEXAS (415596), Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary".
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marfa, Texas.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Marfa.
Marfa Magazine- a small-town annual magazine.
Marfa Film Festival View Historic Photos of Marfa from the Marfa Public Library, hosted by the Portal to Texas History Marfa! Marfa! Marfa! Image of the Prada Shop in Marfa from "The Art of Texas" by Sean Thomas presented on The First Post Municipalities and communities of Presidio County, Texas, United States
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