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Join the Texas Lyceum for their Q2 Meeting:
"Becoming Texas: The Cultural Crossroads of Texas Heritage"
hosted in Marfa, Texas

   

SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 10, 2025
3:00 PM-5:00 PM

Leadership Workshop

Hotel Saint George
105 S Highland Ave, Marfa, TX 79843
5:00 PM-7:30 PM

Dinner and Welcome Reception 

  • Opening remarks
  • Welcome to Marfa! - Chip Love, Joe Nick Patoski, Blair Park
  • Fireside Chat - The Hon. Michael D. Crain and Kelcy L. Warren
6:00 PM-6:30 PM

VIP Reception

8:00 PM-9:00 PM

Optional Gathering - Marfa's Light at Dusk - Visitor Center 

Marfa Lights Viewing Area, US-90, Marfa, TX 79843

Transportation on your own - 10 min drive from the Hotel 

9:00 PM-12:00PM

Hospitality Suite

The Pool at Hotel Saint George

Friday, April 11, 2025

8:00 AM-8:45AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM-11:30 AM

Programming

Crowley Theater
98 S Austin St, Marfa, TX 79843
3min walk from the Hotel
  • Welcome Remarks
  • Whispers of the Ancients: Unraveling Texas' Indigenous Narratives - Jessica Lee Hamlin
  • Texas Lyceum Fellow: Politics, Power and the Past: Government Intervention into Social Studies Education - Jessica Attas and John Sherrill
  • The Evolution of Education Policy - How we Teach Texas History & Heritage - Holly Kuzmich, Dr. Richard Johnson, Caro Achar, Rick Stephens
  • The Threads of Texas: Exploring Overlooked Communities That Wave Our State's Identity - Tam Hawkins, Joe Holley, Dr. Deborah Liles

11:45 AM-12:30 PM

Lunch

Hotel Saint George

12:30 PM-2:15 PM

Programming 

Hotel Saint George
  • Reflection - Sarah Jackson
  • Lunch Keynote - Johnny Sutton, J.P. Bryan
  • Balancing Growth and Conservation: The Future of Land Use and Preservation in Texas - Jay Kleberg, Clay Miller, Julie McIvor and Kristin Neff

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

Explore Marfa Sites

  • Blackwell School - Chelsea Rios
  • Building 98 - Herman Eidman

Each visit is 45min in two groups

10 to 20 min walk from hotel - gear up with your comfy shoes

5:15 PM-9:30 PM

Cocktails and Dinner

High Frontier
1164 High Frontier, Fort Davis, TX 79734

Bus will leave at 5:15PM

Discover local vendors in our Makers Market:
  • Brent Learned - Cheyenne/Arapaho Artist 
  • Gary Dunshee - Big Bend Saddlery, visit the website
  • Patty Moreland - Painter
  • Randy Glover - Western Jewelry
  • Jill Miller - Area Photography

If you think you might make a purchase ... Please note: Not all of our makers take credit cards, feel free to bring cash as back up.

Programming

  • Before Texas: Sacred Stories, Indigenous Legacies - Jhane Myers
  • Continuation, Before Texas: Sacred Stories: Indigenous Legacies - Brandon Seale, Diana Moreno-Reyes, Margot Moreno, Brent Learned, Heath Clayton

9:30 PM-12:00 PM

Hospitality Suite

  • Explore Marfa Night Life
Planet Marfa
200 S Abbot St, Marfa, TX 79843
 

Saturday, April 12, 2025 Morning

9:00 AM-11:30 PM

Board Meeting

Hotel Saint George

Saturday, April 12, 2025, Optional Excursions

Registration required:

12:00 PM

Lunch

Hotel Saint George

1:00 PM

Programming

  • Keynote Presentation by Robert M. Edsel
Hotel Saint George

2:00 PM

Excursion to Ft Davis

  • Discover this National Historic Site with the Chief of Interpretation and Education - Chelsea Rios

7:00 PM

Chuckwagon Dinner

4 minutes walk from the Hotel
USO Building Marfa
302 S Highland Ave, Marfa, TX 79843
 

8:00 PM

Star Party

Bus will leave at 8.00PM
University of Texas McDonald Observatory
3640 Dark Sky Dr, Fort Davis, TX 79734