Core Program Film Series | The Middle of Somewhere
April 2, 2025
Core Program critic-in-residence Max Tolleson hosts “The Middle of Somewhere,” a film series curated to accompany his 2025 Core Exhibition yearbook essay, “Marfa Myths.” The series is thematically arranged around the subject of Marfa, Texas, and the greater West Texas region, with each film addressing aspects of locational identity.
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Directed by Robert Altman, 109 minutes, 1982)
Members of the Disciples of James Dean—a McCarthy, Texas, James Dean fan club—arrange to meet 20 years later at their old gathering spot, for the anniversary of his death. The party morphs into a reflection on gender, power, and the Disciples’ formative years as residents of a small West Texas town. Starring Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, and Kathy Bates, the film is based on the play by Ed Graczyk.
Plan Your Visit
- Admission is free.
- This screening takes place in Favrot Auditorium on the street level of the Glassell School of Art.
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The Core Program at the Glassell School of Art receives generous funding from The Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundation; The Powell Foundation; and The Glassell Family Foundation.
Core fellowships have been underwritten by Anchorage Foundation of Texas; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.; Mr. Brad Blume; Mr. Ronald A. Logan; McClain Gallery; Karen S. Pulaski;
and The Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation, Inc.
Endowments for the Core Program have been provided by Leslie and Brad Bucher; gifts in memory of Laura Lee Blanton; the estate of Margaret Gillingham; Rusty Burnett; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Eliza Lovett Randall; Herbert C. Wells; and Warren A. Hadler.