Study Butte – Terlingua – Lajitas

With Lajitas and Study Butte as neighbors, there’s more to this area than Terlingua.  Of course, Terlingua Ghostown is a staple of Big Bend culture, featuring live music most on the porch of the Trading Post, and Earth and Fire Gallery, an artist cooperative representing locals who also work there.  There are a handful of galleries tucked into this former mining district to view Big Bend inspired art, with shows throughout the year.  Chisos Galeria, a recent addition in Study Butte, showcases local talent from photography and jewelry to leather work and paintings.  Found desert objects, rusted from exposure, make frequent cameos in Terlingua art.  Photography, especially night sky shots, reigns supreme when it comes to how this area’s talent interprets the mystery of Big Bend.  A growing community located in the desolate flats of Terlingua Ranch off S Hwy 118 has made the Little Burro Store its focal point, with monthly Full Moon potlucks, weekly live music, and other events throughout the year.  Live music can be heard most nights anywhere locals congregate, since artists and musicians comprise a large proportion of residents.  Expressive memorials at the Terlingua and Lajitas cemeteries comprise living works of art, in homage to those who are dearly departed.  The holiday of Dia de Los Muertos invites a grand display of art and theatre at Terlingua Cemetery, as people join the twenty year tradition of lighting candles at the altars in, with art shows, music and general merrymaking amongst the mourning for those who were lost the preceding year.  

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