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Interesting. I think there are probably a good many in the art world who would consider anywhere in Texas a nonstarter for residency.
by appplication 3y ago
Interesting. I think there are probably a good many in the art world who would consider anywhere in Texas a nonstarter for residency.
- keiferski 3y agoDefinitely, but there are a good many people in general that probably consider a small rural town in the middle of nowhere to be a nonstarter in the first place.
- tristor 3y agoI love Marfa, and have visited multiple times. That said, it's definitely a big sacrifice for someone to take a residency there because it's the type of small rural town that doesn't even have a 24 hour pharmacy or proper emergency care without a hour+ drive to a larger nearby town. It's definitely on the fringes of what's acceptable, so much so that it's genuinely surprising when you visit how much of an art enclave it is.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoMarfa was able to draw many creatives in part because foundations (like the Lannan Foundation for writers) paid well for them to spend a season or a year there.