I am very honored to be a Collections Intern at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum this summer. The internship is fulfilling to me because I am interested in material culture and collections care. I enjoy the responsibility of handling and caring for all objects in O’Keeffe’s collection. It is a priority to ensure that every single Read more….
One of the most rewarding parts of my job as Product Development and Merchandising Coordinator is getting to connect with artists, working in all types of mediums, who are incredibly passionate and dedicated to their craft. It is even sweeter when these artists are close to home and I can collaborate with them in face-to-face meetings, touch the materials Read more….
“Miss O’Keeffe’s Bones,” or What Became of Them [1] When I read these magazines, reviews, and mentions, I did feel like I was sitting in a submarine. At first on the surface, looking down into dark cloudy water, I can see the shape of things; vague clouds of sand kicked up from an animal’s commotion, and an Read more….
“Miss O’Keeffe’s Bones,” or What Became of Them[1] I started my expedition by searching through the museum’s archive of critical writing and literature about O’Keeffe—a collection meticulously accumulated and organized by former Georgia O’Keeffe Museum curator, Barbara Buhler Lynes. The files now live in the institution’s fantastic Research Center, where I spend my days enthralled Read more….
“Miss O’Keeffe’s Bones,” or What Became of Them [1] I landed in Santa Fe in early June, sight unseen, making my way from Austin to spend the summer interning for Cody Hartley in the curatorial department. I had just finished my Master’s Degree in art history at UT, and was enthusiastic to jump into a creative and Read more….
Since I settled into my new job and office over 12 months ago, I’ve had a beautiful photograph of Georgia O’Keeffe pinned to my vision board. She poses, staring directly at the camera, white hair pulled back, the lines of time etched across her face with a Mona Lisa-like smile, a crisp white blouse and a Read more….
When I began my internship at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum I spent a lot of time looking around the galleries and thinking about what spoke to me personally. I related most to O’Keeffe’s collection of postcards and from her explorations around India, Southeast Asia, and Japan in the 1950’s. My collection of travel mementos help Read more….
The “lower pavilion” at the Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu is a place we never intended to enter. The label “pavilion” is a bit misleading, as I usually picture a big red and white tent when I hear the word; the kind that might hold a travelling circus or evangelical gathering. This pavilion, however, was more Read more….
On July 6th the Tate Modern premiered a major retrospective of the career of Georgia O’Keeffe, the gallery’s first major exhibition since its reopening this year. The show will encompass some of the earliest moments of O’Keeffe’s creative development, beginning with abstractions from the time of her 1916 debut, before progressing chronologically through later segments Read more….
These past few weeks that I have been living and exploring in Santa Fe have been some of the most beautiful, breath-taking weeks of my life, full of wow moments for the city, the artwork, the mountains, plants, colors, and views, but most importantly for the people. My hometown is 1,500 miles away, flat, green, Read more….