A small selection of garden related sketches, photographs, books and ephemera is currently on view in the Research Center. These collections enhance our understanding of O’Keeffe’s love of nature and her careful and detailed planning methods. Materials like these were used to help inform garden planning in the O’Keeffe Garden Project. Here is a behind the scenes look…
We just finished accessioning the new Drawn Archive Project works into the archives – one of my favorite ongoing projects here at the Museum. Sarah Rollins, now a graduate of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD), created several graphite drawings of some of Georgia O’Keeffe’s personal effects over the course of the…
Over the past year, O’Keeffe has taught me a lot. As someone with a background in Art History, its easy to start a job like this thinking you know, at the very least, the highlights of what makes O’Keeffe an important and respected artist. And while I did understand her place in the Art world,…
How quickly time passes! Is it true that the older you get, the faster time goes? I feel this summer in Santa Fe has been some sort of vacuum where time never actually existed, but was instead a collection of unforgettable, life-changing moments strung together. It is amazing to think that just two and a half…
A selection of the Special Collection books displayed for the Art & Leadership Program
When I was thirteen years old, I visited the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum with my parents. I still remember the moment I turned a corner and saw this: Pedernal (1945) I was stunned. I stood in awe of this artist’s magnificent representation of land and sky. I was drawn to the distant, magical space Miss O’Keeffe re-created on paper. At that moment,…
Are you called to a specific place? Does one area of the world draw you in? When I moved to New Mexico at the beginning of the summer, a woman told me during a serendipitous conversation: “New Mexico. It either chews you up and spits you out, or pulls you back in.” I’m definitely being pulled back. They…
Some days it feels like we are buried alive by forks, teacups, and saucers. Don’t get me wrong, I love the amount of attention we pay to each detail to label, organize, and order objects in the museum collection, but some days it is nice to have a break. These breaks happen every Monday when I work with the Research Center…
Do not be fooled by the title- my summer was more spectacular and inspiring than it was ok. It was, however, an O’Keeffe summer filled with creativity, motivation, courage, and leadership and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I’m a firm believer in the prominence of mentorship and lineage and as a visual artist…
After a very busy week of full-throttle cataloging, this blog post must be concise. “But how?” I ask, knowing there are too many fascinating details to include. I’m frozen at the keyboard thinking, “What Would O’Keeffe Do?” Many of her paintings scroll through my mind as I search for an answer. I try to match each with the…
As my summer as a Georgia O’Keeffe intern comes to its end I look at our last group for the summer. I used to be one of these girls and they amaze me everyday with their talent and wisdom! Last week we had our last returnee session of the summer and I got to see how…
“. . . and the SKY – Anita you have never seen SKY – it is wonderful . . .” -Georgia O’Keeffe in a letter to Anita Pollitzer, September 11, 1916 With all of this rain lately, the clouds have been mesmerizing. There are days at the Ranch when rain pours down by the distant Pedernal…
