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…
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…
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…
“. . . 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…
It’s morning and that means one thing and one thing only: coffee. There’s nothing quite like opening up a fresh bag of beans, smelling the lovely aroma, and sipping on the final product with my hands wrapped around the mug for a full warm and cozy effect. Because of my coffee obsession, I was on the hunt for…
“I found I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” -Georgia O’Keeffe Our first full week of cataloging at Ghost Ranch is complete (with many more dishes and mugs to go). We are currently in the kitchen, delicately handling Miss O’Keeffe’s…
“. . . inch by inch it is becoming – my house – something that feels like my shell to live in . . .” – Georgia O’Keeffe (quoted in Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Houses) Hello, readers! I’m Liz, the new Curatorial Intern with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum! I will be assisting with the cataloging of Miss O’Keeffe’s home…
I briefly wrote several weeks ago about the roles of arts administrators and their importance to adapting to the constantly changing public roles of contemporary museums and the tasks they are faced with. Some particular challenges that face museum administrators have often been illustrated to me by the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s education department, as education…
Off the Walls 