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The festival is inherently embedded in the landscape of Far West Texas and deeply engaged with Marfa's cultural history and present-day community. Building 98 , also located in Marfa, is a project of the International Woman's Foundation, which has operated an artist-in-residency program since 2002.
[3] [4] The site memorializes the history of supposedly "separate but equal" practices in Texas and elsewhere, as well as the role of education in Mexican American culture and the Marfa community. [5] The main schoolhouse building is made of adobe and has three rooms. [6]
Presidio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,131. [1] Its county seat is Marfa. [2] The county was created in 1850 and later organized in 1875. [3]
The Blackwell School, originally constructed in 1909, was a segregated elementary and junior high school for Latino students in Marfa, Texas. After passage of the Blackwell School National ...
A Marfa light (center) seen from the official viewing platform east of Marfa, Texas. The Marfa lights, also known as the Marfa ghost lights, are regularly observed near Marfa, Texas, in the United States. [1] They are most often seen from a viewing area nearby, which the community has publicized to encourage tourism. [2]
Jul. 18—WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally established the Blackwell School in Marfa as part of ...
In this week's Weird West Texas series, we explore the origins of the Prada Marfa, a tiny art installation modeled after a Prada boutique.
The Presidio County Courthouse is located in Marfa, Presidio County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964.