THE GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM MAGAZINE
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GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2O18–19 Roxanne Decyk, Chair Chicago, IL; Santa Fe, NM
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Jack L. Kinzie, President Dallas, TX; Santa Fe, NM Ramona Sakiestewa, Secretary Santa Fe, NM Jane C. Bagwell, Treasurer Santa Fe, NM; Dallas, TX Ronald D. Balser Atlanta, GA; Santa Fe, NM Diane E. Buchanan Santa Fe, NM Kathleen H. Clarke Houston, TX; Santa Fe, NM Felicitas Funke Ketchum, ID Robert W. Holleyman Washington, DC; Santa Fe, NM Donald D. Humphreys Dallas, TX John L. Marion Fort Worth, TX; Santa Fe, NM Deborah A. Peacock Albuquerque, NM
2 Meet the Curators 3 From the Director 4 Contemporary Voices: Jo Whaley 6 Art and Leadership at 20 10 Interns at the O’Keeffe 16 Happening at the O’Keeffe 18 Creative Activity 19 People at the O’Keeffe 20 Members 24 Where in the World Is Georgia O’Keeffe?
Gary “Skip” Poliner Santa Fe, NM Jay S. Ralph Santa Fe, NM Christine Schuepbach Dallas, TX Barton E. Showalter Dallas, TX Joanna Lerner Townsend Dallas, TX; Santa Fe, NM
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Fall 2018 Published by the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. © 2018. No reproduction of images or content permitted.
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ON THE COV ER : Todd Webb. Georgia O’Keeffe on Ghost Ranch Portal,
ca. 1964. Gelatin silver print. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation. © Todd Webb Archive, Portland, Maine USA. [2006.6.1047].
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The Museum invited members to meet the new curatorial team and enjoy a garden party on the Research Center patio and lawn. Ariel Plotek, Curator of Fine Art; Liz Neely, Curator of Digital Experience; Katrina Stacy, Curator of Education and Interpretation; and Liz Ehrnst, Head of Research Collections and Services, mingled with members, who enjoyed light refreshment and lawn games on a perfect summer afternoon.
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1. Paul Hewitt, Khadija Ahmed, Dennis and Christina Heslin, and Katrina Stacy 2. Rob Kret, Cody Hartley, and Sheryl DeGenring 3. Members mingle in the RC patio 4. Neil Sechan, Liz Ehrnst, Matthew Messner, and Fred Sechan 5. Ariel Plotek and Liz Neely, (standing) 6. Alexis DiBartolomeo, Sherri Sorensen, and Katherine McCarthy 7. Members enjoying the garden 8. Katrina Stacy shares a laugh with Ed and Sharon Sorken Š Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
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FROM THE DIRECTOR
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Director Robert A. Kret with Board Chair Roxanne Decyk. Photo © James Edwards.
We are proud of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s role as an educational institution. The range of our endeavors reaches from some of the finest universities across the country to children who live in New Mexico. The Art and Leadership Program, serving local middleschool students, marked its 20th anniversary this year—a cause for much celebration. We enjoyed cultivating the talents of this summer’s students, and their art exhibition opening was a wonderful way to conclude the season. We look forward to watching these kids grow as creative leaders of our community, as we have observed of alumni for two decades. This summer we also welcomed a dynamic group of over two dozen interns from high schools, universities, and colleges across the country. The drive and enthusiasm of these young adults energized our staff, prompting many conversations about the O’Keeffe Museum and the museum field as a whole. If our interns are an indication of the future of museums, it will be very bright. In Abiquiú, dedicated students from Rio Arriba County high schools participated in our annual Garden Project at the Home and Studio, tending Georgia O’Keeffe’s historic garden and continuing her dedication to health and nature. Just as important, they developed their project-management skills while cultivating produce for local food banks. The project concluded with a harvest dinner for the students’ families. We collaborated with the Abiquiú Land Grant Board and the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation to create the Abiquiú Land Grant–Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Scholarship. You will read on page 17 about the inaugural recipient, Marisa-Ann Lopez. She is a vibrant, driven culinary student, and we are proud to support her ambitions and the community of Abiquiú. Your commitment as a member of the Museum makes these educational opportunities possible, and for this I am grateful. Georgia O’Keeffe believed in the value of learning—she encouraged educational pursuits, and was a dedicated art teacher. Your contribution to this legacy is important. On behalf of all of us at the O’Keeffe Museum, I thank you—not only for furthering the achievements of the students and scholars who come to the Museum, but also for giving us a chance to know these remarkable people.
Robert A. Kret Director, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
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ON VIEW
JO WHALEY: ECHOES SHAWN MICHELLE SMITH,
Professor of Visual and Critical Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago NOVEMBER 3, 2O18 TO FEBRUARY 24, 2O19 As part of the ongoing Contemporary Voices series, the work of Santa Fe–based artist Jo Whaley can be seen throughout the galleries in dialogue with works by Georgia O’Keeffe from the Museum’s permanent collection. This essay will be available to Museum visitors throughout the run of the exhibition. It is no surprise that Jo Whaley’s work has recently turned to the theater. In her early career, Whaley worked as a scenic artist painting sets for theatrical productions, and a sensibility for the staging of scenes has long informed her photographic work. Shown at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum are selections from three series of photographs that demonstrate the Santa Fe–based artist’s penchant for crafting scenes: Natura Morta, Theater of Insects, and Botanical Studies. For each series, Whaley constructed sets in her studio, creating miniature worlds that she then photographed. Like Georgia O’Keeffe, Whaley is a careful observer of the natural world, attuned to color, form, and the shifting effects of light. Her photographs highlight human relationships to nature, presenting them as analytical, destructive, entangled, and mutually transformative. In this era of Photoshop, Whaley’s work is unusual. It is rare to find an artist actually fabricating and assembling
her scenes, rather than compositing or digitally collaging them. One might call her method “slow photography.” First she builds a set, like a miniature diorama sometimes only 7 in. high by 5 in. wide by 1½ in. deep. She lights the scene using colored gels, then photographs it on film with a 4 by 5 in. view camera or 6 by 7 cm. medium-format camera— or, more recently, with a digital camera. Generating images through a cycle of shoots that involves exploring, editing, and refining, she may make 50 exposures before settling on a single image. Natura Morta (1991–1996) is a series of still lifes that plays on the literal translation of the Italian phrase used as the series’ title: “dead nature.” In Harvest, the Fall (1992), one finds, for instance, a tree reconstructed from cut limbs clamped and screwed to a wooden beam. Whaley has glued dried leaves to the branches and, with wire, hung apples from the limbs. A basket of apples sits atop a stained cardboard shipping box. The image subtly points to the hubris of human interventions in natural cycles, of attempts to modify crops and ship them long distances in the service of year-round appetites. The assembled apple tree appears to be the result of a crude and violent grafting of dead materials that is bound to fail. Another image in Natura Morta foreshadows the artist’s subsequent work in Theater of Insects (1999–2010). It shows a curious congregation of living and dead entities: a luna moth specimen stuck with a pin, a cut white flower, and a handful of snails. The snail, an enemy to many gardeners, is here an inquisitive surveyor of the natural world, like Whaley herself. Staging the snails’ slow performance in Analytical Behavior required patience. Whaley could hang the painted
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Jo Whaley. Geometrid, 2000. Archival Pigment Photograph (printed 2018). Courtesy of Photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe. © Jo Whaley. Jo Whaley. Colias eurydice, 2007. Archival Pigment Photograph (printed 2018). Courtesy of Photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe. © Jo Whaley. Jo Whaley. Euphorbia. Archival Pigment Photograph (print date 2018). Courtesy of Photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe. © Jo Whaley.
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backdrop, and place the sculpture of silver arms and wing nuts, in advance. She could train the magnifying glass on the white blossom and carefully pin the luna moth in place. But working with her snail collaborators was another matter. The artist waited for the snails to slide into an ensemble, and when she liked the look of an arrangement, she made an exposure with her large-format film camera. But each click of the shutter exposed the scene with a strobe light that startled the snails, causing them to retreat into their shells. The photographer would then wait for them to reemerge and proceed on their slow paths. In Theater of Insects, tiny creatures inhabit the wreckage of human creations in a state of decay. The sets in this series are constructed with deteriorating manmade materials, metals marred by rust—human things being slowly reclaimed by the elements. The moth in Geometrid (2000) alights on the center seam of a mottled metal topography of deep grays and blue blacks. Whaley has carefully lit the scene to draw out its contours, making shallow ridges and divots look like a dramatic landscape. The lighting casts the moth into a chiaroscuro half light and half dark, half silver and half black. The bicolor effect subtly recalls “industrial melanism”: geometrid moths (members of the family Geometridae) tend to alight on surfaces that look similar to their own wing patterns and colors, and one species, the peppered moth (Biston betularia), has slowly evolved a darker coloring in industrial centers transformed by smog.1 In Theater of Insects, Whaley also points to the material history of her own medium, photography. For backgrounds, she sometimes uses the plates of early daguerreotypes, or vintage tintypes. Such artifacts are double traces of human history; they include the images to which we usually attend, and also the material substances that give the images form. A daguerreotype may record the face of an ancestor, but it is also a piece of polished copper vulnerable to age and decay after the passing of its more fragile subject. In Colias eurydice (2007), an orange-and-yellow butterfly obscures the faces of two seated women captured on the copper of a daguerreotype plate. The piece names the species of insect it so prominently features, also known as the California dogface butterfly, which in 1972 became California’s state insect, the nation’s first. In Whaley’s image, the women press close together, arms touching, skirts mingling, as if they are the joined wings of another Lepidopteran. One of the women folds her hands gracefully in her lap just below her narrow waist, which has been cinched into an inverted cone by the stiff stays of a corset. Her companion hugs her arms across her own, rounder abdomen, hiding from the camera a belly or perhaps a pregnancy. The two pairs of spots that ordinarily adorn the lower wings of the male of this butterfly species have migrated down to the women’s skirts, which have begun to turn orange as if in mimicry of the insect. Here Whaley turns to Photoshop, unusual in her work, to blend together
insect and women, to suggest that humans, too, adapt to the natural world. The sets in Botanical Studies (2013–ongoing) seem the work of a mad scientist. Plant cuttings are caught in vises and crammed into test tubes. They seem tortured but also powerful, poking out of their restraints, refusing to be contained. Euphorbia (2014) displays cuttings of the plant after which it is named. One stem, caught in a kind of keyhole, hangs upside down; the other stands upright, bleeding its poisonous milk into an inverted glass funnel. The white liquid seeps and spills across the mirrored surface of the table in Whaley’s fantastic laboratory. Whaley’s work across these three series is unified by an attention to humans’ entangled relationships with nature. Humans have indelibly altered the environment, and other species have either adapted or died off in the wake of violent transformations of their habitats. But it is hubris to think that power lies on only one side of the equation— natural forces also wreak havoc on human creations. Indeed, the two can no longer be separated—they are locked together in metamorphosis for life and death. 1 “Geometrid moth,” Encyclopedia Britannica, www.britannica.com/animal/ geometrid-moth. See also Jo Whaley, “Notes from the Studio,” in The Theater of Insects: Photographs by Jo Whaley (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008): 120–125, 124–125.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 6 PM
Conversation: Jo Whaley with Carolyn Kastner and Ariel Plotek Join us for a discussion exploring Jo Whaley’s photographic process, and the ways in which she shares with Georgia O’Keeffe careful observation of the natural world along with the use of color and form. Eldorado Hotel, 309 W. San Francisco Street. $25; members, free. Registration required: gokm.org/events Member reception following: 7 PM Georgia O’Keeffe Museum galleries, 217 Johnson Street.
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E D U C AT I O N
ART AND LEADERSHIP AT 2O This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s Art and Leadership Program! The Art and Leadership Program for Girls, established in 1998, and the Program for Boys, established 2002, together comprise a summer program that serves as many as 175 Santa Fe County youth each year. The primary goal of the Art and Leadership Program is to provide accessible summer learning opportunities that foster broader educational and creative engagement among young women and young men of ages 10 to 14. Participants cultivate skills in diverse forms of visual and performance art, while engaging in activities that develop literacy, problem solving, critical thinking, and emotional resilience. With the guidance of arts-education professionals, as well as highly trained and motivated high school and college interns, participants are able to learn important life skills and set goals in a safe, supportive environment. The high school interns, four each year, are themselves alumni of the Art and Leadership Program; serving as interns gives them opportunities to expand their leadership skills, and an entry point for potential museum careers. College interns join the program from around the state of New Mexico and
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across the country. In 2018, the Museum welcomed interns from New Mexico State, the University of New Mexico, the Institute of American Indian Arts, Troy University (Alabama), Meredith College (North Carolina), and Illinois Wesleyan University. One of the college interns, Diego Romero, had been a student in the program while in middle school. He reflected on his experiences as a student, as well as his two years as an intern: The Art and Leadership Program has taught me that I have the capacity to lead, not just in life as a student, but in life as an adult as well. My favorite aspect of the program are the lasting relationships built with fellow students and interns. The program is incredibly important, as its main function, in my view, is to teach students how to become well-rounded individuals, and it does so through art. Participants in the program are nominated by art teachers in Santa Fe Public Schools, who consult with administrators, classroom teachers, and school counselors. They look for
students who have a deep passion for the arts, and who they think would benefit from interacting with likeminded peers. The art teachers are highly dedicated to this process, and the program owes its success in part to them. Mary Olson, art teacher at Wood Gormley Elementary School, has been nominating students for over a decade. She spoke about the program and its impact: The youth of our city are so fortunate to attend the O’Keeffe Art and Leadership Program—it’s a local treasure. We select students who cannot live without the arts, first and foremost, and who may not have the opportunity to attend arts classes and experiences outside of school. This program changes lives, and I have seen this each year. Many participants have gone on to be leaders in high school and college. The program plants seeds for a wide variety of careers in the arts and beyond. The experience builds an internal confidence to trust in oneself, and to uncover the creative and expressive aspects of one’s personality and abilities. The leadership piece, which so honors Georgia O’Keeffe, is central to this vision and philosophy. The brilliance of the Leadership program is that sixth-graders are invited back for two more summer stints, and many go on to work in the program as counselors in high school and college. Skills in the visual arts are built along with relationship and community, and many
ABOVE: Girls’ Program, clockwise from upper left: 2007, 2006, 2016. BELOW: Making O’Keeffe-inspired art, 2018. OPPOSITE: Boys program, clockwise from upper left: 2007, 2006, 2002. Images © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
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“I don’t think that I would be who I am if I hadn’t gone to the program. . . . [It] made it easier for me to become who I am. It was almost like a catalyst or like a bit of a shortcut.” — PROGRAM PARTICIPANT
“I realized my middle school wasn’t a good fit for me. This expanded my knowledge of learning techniques, and I realized I’m a little bit more hands-on, and on the expressive, arty side. It also gave me confidence and the leadership to be able to tell my parents that I needed to switch schools.” — PROGRAM PARTICIPANT
SITE COORDINATORS The Art and Leadership Program for Girls and Program for Boys annually hires college graduates to supervise the interns who lead the programs. In addition to overseeing all the summer programs, they facilitate activities, organize the field trips that are part of every session, and work with visiting artists.
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OPPOSITE: Hiking at Ghost Ranch. ABOVE: Show and tell. Images © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
new friendships are formed. Parents and students come back to me year after year with gratitude for the O’Keeffe experience. I coach the young artists before their first summer, “You will find like-minded peers . . . stay open”— and they do. Each day of the Art and Leadership Program begins with Opening Circle, in which students and staff can reintroduce themselves in a new way. Introductions, prompted by a question, range from fun and silly to serious and introspective. Everyone begins the day thinking about themselves in a new way, and having learned something new about their peers. After Opening Circle, interns lead movement activities, such as theater games or yoga, as a means to energize and expose youth to enjoyable forms of exercise. Daily art activities, visits to the Museum, and team challenges help build trust and strong relationships. After lunch, visiting artists talk with participants about their careers in the arts, and facilitate hands-on projects. Afternoons consist of discussions of such issues as setting boundaries, peer pressure, and confidence. Each day ends with a Closing Circle that recaps the day and mirrors the Opening Circle. Each session ends with a field trip to Ghost Ranch, and O’Keeffe’s Abiquiú Home and Studio—and in 2018, many of the students also visited Plaza Blanca (White Place). The summer culminates in an exhibition in which students share their own artwork with their families and the community.
Kassandra, the Site Coordinator for the Art and Leadership Program for Girls, served as a college intern in 2016. She graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor’s of Fine Art before returning to the program as the Site Coordinator in 2018. “This program is unique in its ability to quickly evoke positive growth and learning in the participants’ lives, while simultaneously changing the lives of the interns and staff working alongside them,” she said.
Diego Medina Diego graduated in 2015 from New Mexico State University with a BA in Art History. As Site Coordinator for the Program for Boys, he felt for the first time that he was on the “right path.” This was Diego’s third year with the program. “I have so much fun in this program that I often forget it’s work,” Diego said. “This program is such a rewarding experience for everyone involved and I truly feel blessed to be here. It is especially critical now to make sure that our youth are taught to be good, thoughtful leaders, and these kids in particular give me a lot of hope for the future.”
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INTERNS
CURATORIAL INTERNS John Bragg, a software systems design major at New Mexico Highlands University, engaged in digital visualization for the Museum’s collection, and did research and development on a virtual-reality app. He loved developing exciting interactive projects with his team of other interns. When he finishes his degree, he’ll explore opportunities in museum technology.
DIRECTOR’S OFFICE Alexis DiBartolomeo worked in the Director’s Office to learn about different aspects of being a museum director, while working on several cross-departmental projects for the Museum. She is currently working toward an MA in history and museum studies, with a focus on administration. Alexis enjoyed the collaborative culture at the Museum. (BF)
COMMUNICATIONS Katherine McCarthy is a master’s-degree student of art history at the University of Texas at Austin. She drafted wall labels for exhibitions in the Museum, and curated her own cases in the Research Center Library. When she finishes her MA in the spring, she plans to complete her Ph.D. in art history, with an eye to a curatorial career. (MF)
Erin Cao, a native of Beijing, China, is a first-year graduate student of visual arts administration at New York University. While working in the Communications department, she developed a mediamonitoring archive project, and worked on promoting Education programs and events. (MF)
EDUCATION INTERN Leah Balkoski was part of the Collections team that catalogued Georgia O’Keeffe’s personal property at the Ghost Ranch Home and Studio. A recent graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, with a BA in comparative literature and religious studies, Leah plans a bit of adventure before seeking career opportunities. (BF)
Camille Constanti is a 2018 graduate of St. John’s College. This summer, she worked in the Education and Interpretation department leading family programs, working with Santa Fe Public Schools, and on the Museum’s audio tour. She will begin a Ph.D. program in environmental architecture in the fall.
Rana Chan, who holds a BA in interdisciplinary liberal arts and applied mathematics from the University of New Mexico, worked on a virtual-reality app that featured landscapes that inspired O’Keeffe. She loved the innovative, education-focused, welcoming environment she encountered with her peers and Museum staff. (BF) Katherine Maxwell, center, with Curator Ariel Plotek and Preparatory Jason Malone, curates a case in the library.
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2O18 INTERNS AT THE GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM As part of its educational mission, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum hosts student interns each summer to work in all areas of the Museum, including Communications, Curatorial, Education, the Abiquiú garden, and the Art and Leadership Program for Girls and Program for Boys. In 2018, the Museum hosted a record number of interns—31 in all. Student interns ranged in age from high school through graduate school, and worked on various projects supporting Museum staff and the Museum’s mission. In return, interns gained real-world museum experience, educational opportunities in their fields of study, and multiple chances to develop networking skills. The BF Foundation, the Tom and Charlene Marsh Family Foundation, and Kappa Delta Foundation make possible many of the internship opportunities at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. We are grateful for these organizations’ support. The BF Foundation has played an integral part in the development of the Museum’s internship program by underwriting 12-week internships for interns working across the Museum. Thanks to the Foundation’s generous support, the O’Keeffe internship program has offered invaluable, handson experience to college students that cultivates and enriches their specific areas of interest. (These interns are identified with the initials BF.) The Tom and Charlene Marsh Family Foundation has supported internships at the Museum since 2016. The Museum partners with three universities identified by the Marsh Family Foundation—New York University, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Texas– Austin—to select graduate students for placement in 12-week internships. (These interns are identified with the initials MF.) In 1903, Georgia O’Keeffe joined Kappa Delta Sorority at Chatham Episcopal Institute,
in Chatham, Virginia. Kappa Delta now has 166 collegiate chapters, more than 200 alumnae chapters, and a membership of more than 250,000 women across the United States. To honor one of their most notable alumnae, each year since 2003 the Kappa Delta Foundation has funded two internships with the O’Keeffe Art and Leadership Program for Girls in support of its mission of “building confidence, inspiring action” by supporting college interns to serve as role models for the middle-school girls in our program. (These interns are identified with the initials KD.) We also acknowledge the many donors who have made significant and recent gifts in support of specific educational programs that include internships. The Abiquiú Garden Project is supported by the Barbare Goede Foundation, PNM Resources Foundation, and the Susan Vaughan Foundation. The Art and Leadership Program is supported by Diane Buchanan and Richard Andrew/Andrew Family Foundation, The Burnett Foundation, Century Bank, Don and Cathey Humphreys/Humphreys Family Foundation, Christine and Martin Schuepbach, and Thornburg Investment Management.
“NO MORE ZOMBIES ON THE LAWN!!” An exuberant group of middle-school boys playing zombie tag on the Research Center lawn were called out by an intern supervisor for being a bit too rambunctious. We love the youthful energy that the Art and Leadership Program brings to the Museum! Over the course of the summer, more than 175 middle-school students each come for a week to explore art and self in a safe, welcoming, creative environment. Meet the student interns who led summer sessions for girls and for boys:
ABOVE: Morning Circle on the lawn of the Research Center. OPPOSITE, BOTTOM: Self-expression in clay.
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Aiverson Carmona is a senior studying mechanical engineering at The Master’s Program, a high school hosted at the Santa Fe Community College. He was previously a participant in the Boys’ Program, and is a talented artist in several media.
Caroline Marchi is completing a double major in biology and secondary education at Illinois Wesleyan University. She enjoyed meeting everyone, and being in Santa Fe for the summer. When she finishes her degree in 2020, she plans to become a high school science teacher. (KD)
Alexandria (Alex) McLendon worked with the Program for Girls. She returns to Troy University this fall as a senior, studying for her BFA in 2D Studio Art. She loved “learning about the great Georgia O’Keeffe! . . . and I believe all the girls are truly better for being in the Program.” After Alex graduates next spring, she plans to get her master’s degree in fine arts and then teach in a college. (KD)
Cody Moore is studying for his BFA in painting at the Institute of American Indian Arts, where he is a senior. Working with young creative minds and mentoring young artists in the Program for Boys was the highlight of his summer. After he graduates from IAIA, Cody would like to attend an art school on the East Coast, preferably in New York City.
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Faith Rogers graduated in May from Meredith College, in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a BA in art education and a minor in studio art. Working this summer with the Program for Girls, her biggest takeaway was the realization that everyone can be a leader in her own way, and that art and leadership truly go hand in hand. The skills she worked on with the girls will serve her well when she teaches middle-school visual arts in her home state of North Carolina.
Saul Ramirez is studying for his BFA in studio art and BA in art history at New Mexico State University, where he is a senior this fall. He particularly enjoyed teaching middle-school boys about art and about themselves. He is a talented photographer, and took several of the pictures published in this magazine. This year he’ll be working on his BFA show and his grad-school packets.
Diego Romero is studying international relations, political science, and Arabic at the University of New Mexico. This summer marked his second year as a college intern; he was previously a participant in the Boys’ Program. He loved working with both the boys in the program and his fellow interns. Next spring, he plans to continue his studies in Oman and South Korea.
Karissa Baca graduated from St. Michael’s High School, in Santa Fe, in May, and this summer worked as an intern for the first time, after being a participant in last year’s Program for Girls. She loved seeing the girls grow throughout the summer, and being able to give back to a program that had changed her own life. She attends John Paul the Great Catholic University, in Escondido, California, where she plans to get a BA in digital animation.
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Martin (Tino) Gonzales-Sherwood attends Mandela International Magnet School, in Santa Fe, where he is a senior this fall. As a recent middle-schooler himself, and a former participant in the Boys’ Program, he particularly enjoyed working with his age group of boys. He’d like to study physical therapy. Tino is a nationally recognized competitive break dancer.
Trinity Lara graduated in May from the New Mexico School for the Arts, after studying illustration. Working with the Program for Girls, she enjoyed teaching young girls about art and life lessons, and creating a safe space for girls to be creative in. She wants to major in illustration, with an eye to fashion.
CLOCKWISE, FROM ABOVE: Artist Michael Namingha with the Boys’ Program. Working with clay. Journaling at the White Place.
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FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Kristen Garcia, Santiago Sandoval, Delilah Salazar, Christopher Garcia, Rique Fernandez-Lymon, Denise Rascon. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Stephanie Luck, Garden Intern Supervisor, Donavin Fernandez-Lymon, David Halder, Seth Nunn, Marcos Lopez, Misty Suazo
GARDEN PROJECT INTERNS To honor Georgia O’Keeffe’s love of and dedication to her garden, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has collaborated with local high schools on an internship program to restore her historic garden in Abiquiú. The Garden Project, now in its fourth year, encourages students from area high schools to experience how natural surroundings are instrumental in developing healthy lifestyles, while also learning about the historic and artistic legacy of the communities in which they live. Interns were recruited from area high schools: Española Valley High School, Mesa Vista High School in Ojo Caliente, and Pojoaque Valley High School. Interns plant in the spring, and tend the garden throughout the summer—in September, the growing season culminates in a Harvest Meal for interns and their families. Each year, the Garden Project harvests some 150 pounds of produce, which it donates to local food banks.
ESPAÑOLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Donavin Fernandez enjoyed working in the garden—his favorite thing this summer was meeting new people and painting. He’ll enjoy football this fall, and after graduation wants to study for a degree in physical therapy. Rique Fernandez worked as a student leader and intern coordinator for the group, and enjoyed meeting new people and getting to paint. He recently graduated, and is now attending UNM Los Alamos, where he studies horticulture and psychology.
Denise Rascon’s best takeaway from this summer was working in the garden with amazing people and finding out that she has a green thumb. She plans to go to college after she graduates, get a master’s degree in English, and become an English teacher. Delilah Salazar graduated this year. A practicing artist, she enjoyed the art activities, and learning more about agriculture and the way Georgia O’Keeffe lived. She plans to attend Santa Fe Community College to further her education in the arts, and eventually return to her community to work as an art therapist.
MESA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL, OJO CALIENTE David Halder particularly enjoyed getting paid to pick weeds. After he graduates, he plans to study diesel mechanics. Aliana Martinez was a junior at Mesa Vista High School, and now attends high school in Albuquerque. She loved being exposed to a different and fun work environment surrounded by nature. She’s active in Future Farmers of America and is looking forward to studying marine biology in college. Seth Nunn enjoyed seeing the garden progress as a result of his own hard work. He plans to pursue a degree in engineering after he graduates.
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Christopher Garcia’s favorite activity this summer was weeding the garden, and the satisfaction that brought. After he graduates in 2020, he plans to attend college.
Marcos Lopez looks forward to his final year of high school, having spent the summer planting and weeding in the peaceful environment of the Abiquiú garden.
Kristen Garcia liked being able to get close to her fellow interns as they weeded, cultivated, and planted. After getting her diploma, she plans to enlist in the U.S. Army, then go to college to study engineering.
Santiago Sandoval also enjoyed being paid to pick weeds. He plans to get a diesel mechanic’s certification, and to start work after he graduates.
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Todd Webb. Georgia O’Keeffe with Camera, 1958. Gelatin silver print. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation. © Todd Webb Archive, Portland, Maine USA. [2006.6.982].
In addition to the installation Contemporary Voices, featuring Jo Whaley (page 4), the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum presents images by a variety of photographers of O’Keeffe in more candid moments. From an early date, O’Keeffe’s reputation as an artist was tied to her image—a public persona that would be crafted principally through photographs, and centrally through her relationship with Alfred Stieglitz. But Stieglitz was not the only photographer who made O’Keeffe a frequent subject, and as she began to spend more time out West, she was joined at home and on her travels by photographer friends, including Ansel Adams and Todd Webb. In contrast to the familiar and clearly posed character of so many images of the artist, these photos show another side of O’Keeffe. Also on view is an excerpt from the 1948 short film Land of Enchantment: Southwest U.S.A., directed by Henwar Rodakiewicz. In this largely unscripted documentary footage, O’Keeffe is seen in nature and in the studio, consciously crafting her image in even the most seemingly spontaneous of scenarios.
NEW MEMBER BENEFIT!
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HOLIDAYS AT THE O’KEEFFE During the winter holidays, the Museum is open every day except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. Join us for the annual drop-in Holiday Family Program on Thursday, December 27, 1–4 PM, and enjoy making holiday-inspired art with your family.
The O’Keeffe Museum has joined the Museum Travel Alliance (MTA), a consortium of museums and institutions whose members are passionate about cultural travel. As a member of the O’Keeffe, you have access to a selection of exclusive travel opportunities led by renowned scholars and curators. Travel with like-minded enthusiasts on international and domestic journeys that awaken new insights into art and culture. Visit UNESCO World Heritage sites, travel on elegant chartered vessels and luxury trains, and go behind the scenes of major cultural institutions as you discover world masterpieces in context and enjoy local culinary delights. Museumtravelalliance.com/travel.
FIRST ABIQUIÚ LAND GRANT–GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED “I want to bring smiles to people’s faces—through their stomachs,” joked Marisa-Ann Lopez at the recent reception in Española for the scholarships awarded by the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Held in the LANL Foundation’s courtyard and lit by the highdesert dusk, the reception honored ambitious nontraditional students from northern New Mexico who are pursuing higher education. A culinary student at Santa Fe Community College, Lopez explained her motivation to an audience of scholarship recipients and their families. She stood out for her humor and bright energy, but Lopez was also unique among the awardees in being the first recipient of the Abiquiú Land Grant–Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Scholarship, administered by the LANL Foundation’s scholarship program. The scholarship is a collaboration between the Abiquiú Land Grant Board, the LANL Foundation, and the O’Keeffe Museum. As part of the LANL Foundation’s existing Regional College/Returning Student Scholarships (RCRS), the Abiquiú Land Grant–Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Scholarship is awarded to a descendant of an Abiquiú Land Grant family returning to a two-year degree or certificate program following a gap in schooling. “Being a chef and how it affects the community go hand in hand, whether it is cooking or being inspired,” said Lopez. “[U]sing my own creativity every day would be icing on the cake. I’m so grateful for this scholarship and for this amazing opportunity. It means all my hard work is paying off, especially for my family, who have been by my side supporting me through everything.” At the reception, Lopez gathered with other RCRS recipients for several rounds of applause and photos. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the LANL Foundation scholarships—the awarding of the inaugural Abiquiú Land Grant–Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Scholarship was a welcome addition. New this fall is the opportunity for descendants of Abiquiú Land Grant families who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees to apply for a separate Abiquiú Land Grant–Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Scholarship through the LANL Foundation’s Four-Year Undergraduate Scholarship. The next round of RCRS awards for nontraditional students will open in October. To find out more, visit lanlfoundation.org/scholarships.
SAVE THE DATE! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 6 PM Donor Circle members are invited to celebrate fall in the Museum courtyard with New Mexico’s award-winning winemakers, Gruet. $25. Invitation-only event.
BIRTHDAY CAKE! Thursday, November 15, 2018, is Georgia O’Keeffe’s 129th birthday. To celebrate, join us in the Museum Galleries from noon to 4 PM for birthday cake! Members free, no reservations required.
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Creative Activity PHOTOGRAPHY: VIEWFINDER Most cameras have a viewfinder—a small square of glass that you look through to compose or focus the subject of what will be included in the photograph. The viewfinder makes a frame for your photo, and helps you decide where you want your main subject to be—at the center, or the bottom, or elsewhere in the picture. Tony Vaccaro. Georgia O’Keeffe with the Cheese, 1960. Gelatin silver print, 145/8 x 183/8 in. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Museum Purchase. © Tony Vaccaro. [2007.3.27]
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Cut the center circle out of the camera image below, then look through your paper viewfinder to create different compositions in the world around you.
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Image courtesy Lisa Pounders.
Visitor Services Associate Lisa Pounders recently rappelled more than 60 feet from the top of La Fonda hotel—while wearing a cape! As part of a fundraising campaign for Girls Inc. of Santa Fe, in partnership with Over the Edge, La Fonda on the Plaza, and Meow Wolf, on August 4 Lisa joined dozens of volunteers, each of whom had raised at least $1,000 for the privilege of jumping off the roof. The event, titled Conquer Heights, Empower Girls, raised more than $63,000 to directly benefit Girls Inc., which provides life-changing programs that inspire Santa Fe girls to be healthy, educated, and independent. Talk about leading by example! Thank you, Lisa—you raised $1,125 toward the total amount, and you earned your cape. We appreciate your community involvement and are awed by your accomplishment.
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Girls’ superpowers on view at a recent opening. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
Nicole Davis, Digital Media Specialist in the Communications Department, is co-director of the nonprofit organization Unlocked Minds. With her friend Philomena Salem, founder of Unlocked Minds, Nicole works with vulnerable young people in New Mexico communities who are in the justice system or at risk of disconnection from their communities and/ or education. They custom-design accessible creative programs, workshops, publications, and installations focused on low-income neighborhoods, public schools, youth and family shelters, youth detention facilities, and the school-to-prison pipeline, seeking to break the cycle of marginalization experienced by vulnerable youth in New Mexico. Our favorite recent program resulted in graphic novels featuring each child’s superpower. Thank you for your contributions to the community!
Members of the Museum’s Education team have been active participants in Teacher’s Night Out, an annual celebration of school educators in partnership with the Santa Fe Community Educators Network (SFCEN). The Museum is a founding member of this event, which is a free opportunity for teachers—including public, private, and homeschool educators—to meet with local organizations that connect teachers with educational programs, field trips, professional development, and other resources. Some 35 organizations participate annually, and more than 150 teachers are expected at this year’s event on Wednesday, October 3, at SITE Santa Fe, where they can exchange information, and enjoy refreshments and live entertainment. Thanks to Shannon Bay, Katrina Stacy, and Sarah Zurick (pictured on the right) for staffing the event, and for continuing to collaborate with organizations around the city.
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Members at the recent “Meet the Curators” event. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
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“. . . O’Keeffe is . . . very much with me as I create my art quilts. When I finally decided to create a living trust several years ago, it was an easy decision to leave a goodly part of my estate to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. I have to admit that I was very excited when I realized that I could actually do this. O’Keeffe has been a positive influence in my life in many ways and for many, many years. She has been like a fantastic encouraging sister to me, and it makes me very happy that I can contribute to her continuing legacy by way of my estate.” —JUDY DILLIN, PEDERNAL SOCIETY MEMBER, VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
Judy Dillin with Variations on a Theme: O’Keeffe’s Pedernal, May 2018. Original design by Judy Dillin. Composed of cotton fabric and pieced, appliquéd, and quilted by machine by the artist. 253/4 x 35 in. Photo by Thomas Moon.
THE PEDERNAL SOCIETY We invite you to join Judy as a member of the Pedernal Society, comprising donors who have made the special commitment to name the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in their will, trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy, or financial accounts. For more information, or if you’ve already named the O’Keeffe Museum in your estate plans, please contact Jennifer Pedneau, Institutional Giving Manager, at 505.946.1035 or jpedneau@okeeffemuseum.org.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS GEORGIA O’KEEFFE?
FROM LEFT: Georgia O’Keeffe. Jimson Weed, 1932, Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 in., Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Edward C. Robison III. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe. Untitled (University of Virginia), 1912-1914. Watercolor on paper, 117/8 x 9 in. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation [2006.05.614]. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Ida Ten Eyck O’Keeffe. Variation on a Lighthouse Theme II, c. 1932, Private Collection. Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern at the Brooklyn Museum, exhibition installation image, 2017. Photograph by Jonathan Dorado. © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
O’KEEFFE EXHIBITIONS THIS FALL OCTOBER 13, 2018 TO JANUARY 20, 2019 The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art North Carolina Art Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina A significant group of O’Keeffe’s works are shown together with works by emerging artists that evoke and expand on her force as a touchstone for contemporary art. The Beyond introduces audiences to a new generation of American art, providing a fresh look at O’Keeffe through a contemporary lens.
OCTOBER 19, 2018 TO JANUARY 27, 2019 Unexpected O’Keeffe: The Virginia Watercolors and Later Paintings The Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Unexpected O’Keeffe: The Virginia Watercolors and Later Paintings explores Georgia O’Keeffe’s watercolor studies produced during her time at the University of Virginia (UVA) in the summers from 1912 to 1916, and will include several key sketches and paintings demonstrating her developing style. Many of the images in the UVA exhibition were on view at the O’Keeffe Museum in 2017, and will be augmented by additional works on loan from other institutions.
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NOVEMBER 18, 2018 TO FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Ida O’Keeffe: Escaping Georgia’s Shadow Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas Ida Ten Eyck O’Keeffe was recognized as a gifted artist during her life, but her efforts were overshadowed by those of her famous older sister, Georgia. Ida O’Keeffe: Escaping Georgia’s Shadow brings to light rediscovered works by Ida O’Keeffe that reveal that she crafted an artistic identity that was distinct, in style and subject matter, from that of her celebrated sibling. This DMA-organized exhibition, in the first venue of a national tour, will showcase for the first time approximately 50 works that include paintings, watercolors, prints, and drawings
NOVEMBER 21, 2018 TO MARCH 3, 2019 Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern offers a unique look into the fascinating connections between the paintings, personal style, and public persona of one of America’s most iconic artists. Throughout her 70-year career, O’Keeffe defied convention and forged a fiercely independent identity that was integral to her art. Showcasing several of her paintings alongside her garments and photographic portraits of her as a subject, the exhibition reveals O’Keeffe’s determination to be strikingly modern not only in her art but in her life.
Visit the O’Keeffe Welcome Center in Abiquiu, 45 miles northwest of Santa Fe, gateway to the Georgia O’Keeffe Home and Studio Tour and the spectacular Rio Chama valley. Organized by region, proximity and interest, the Cultural Atlas of New Mexico leads you to historic and cultural places throughout the Land of Enchantment.
http://atlas.nmculture.org
Courtesy Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
where do you belong?
“Oh—my garden would surprise you and I think you would like it very much—it has an adobe wall around it.” – GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, 1948 Snapshots from O’Keeffe’s Garden is an exclusive collaboration with renowned Santa Fe photographer Ja Soon Kim that captures the bounty and the beauty of O’Keeffe’s garden throughout the seasons.
Snapshots from O’Keeffe’s Garden – $12 Assorted 11x14 prints $48 Classic Pouch, assorted $30 Mini Pouch, assorted
Ja Soon Kim is a photographer, art director, and painter. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, Ja Soon has lived all over the world, and now calls Santa Fe, New Mexico home.
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