We along with the rest of Marfa and the United States celebrated the big read in February. At Tillie’s we had a Bless Me Ultima themed Pot Luck. Catered by The Blackwell School Alums and the community, Marfans came together to celebrate the joy of reading and community.

The community gathered to discuss the read, the food and community.

Song was provided by Dr. John Johnson and his musical trio. they performed the winning original Bless Me song in spanish for the crowd.

The gracious good cooks and volunteers from the Blackwell School Alumni group.

Joe Cabezuela and Jenni Urbanczyk thanked the participants and enjoyed the turnout.

State Rep. pete Gallegos offered words of praise and encouragement.

Only through Alice Jennings and the Friends of Marfa Public Library’s hard work and dedication was any of this possible. Thank You!

The Marfa High School Gifted and Talented students presented a discussion on native and natural medicinal herbs.

The evening wouldn’t have been complete without the Milan Brothers’ Mariachi music!

Thank you to everyone who helped, attended, cooked and had fun.

Steve Holzer’s Elemental opening went off without a hitch. Members from the community and beyond came to enjoy and admire the work.

Local artist Erika Blumenfeld feels the blue.

Local Dennis, Erika and Karen Longshore gather to discuss…

Our San Angelo friends and Jessie Strub polaroid the action.

Paul McLean’s projections in the Project Space sparked discussion

And the next morning’s Raw Foods brunch and artist’s talk was well received by all. Steve gave explanations and demonstrations about his work, what inspires him, and explained his technique. A crowd munched happily thanks to Jem of San Angelo and they graciously donated att the profits to the Marfa Rural Health Clinic.

A great time!

The opening went GREAT! The whole town was there as well as folks from Alpine, Maraton, Ft. Davis and we all got along!

The artwork was wonderful and the building was a fine complement. Amazingly enough, it was all finished just in the nick of time.

Tillie Arts is getting a major facelift. Renovations began a month ago and we are almost finished with the inside gallery space.

The 17′ walls are all getting a fresh sheetrocking as well as a new paint job, a new brushed tin metal ceiling and museum quallity halogen track lighting.

We put in a new staircase to allow maximum use of the great big open floor space,

The loft area which will be utilized for installation and housing artists looks out over the re-construction:

Four rolling walls, two 8′ x 8′, and two 8′ x 10′, will be situated in the middle of the floor space adding that much more wall space for art.

Drop down halogen lights will come from the ceiling and running mood lights hang out above that.

Here is the NEW LOGO: