Back to the Bookroom

  • Wednesday, September 7
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MT
  • Virtual

Join Elizabeth Ehrnst, Head of Research Collections and Services, and Tori Duggan, Cataloger and Library Services Specialist, to learn more about the Museum’s efforts to preserve and care for Georgia O’Keeffe’s personal libraries. They will share insights and activities related to the recent grants supporting preservation needs assessment and assistance for the special collections, and highlight unique items from O’Keeffe’s libraries. 

Elizabeth Ehrnst is the Head of Research Collections and Services at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum where she strategically leads and oversees the Research Collections and Services department, including developing and maintaining archival and library collections, research and reference, access services, outreach, and exhibitions. She holds a Master of Library Science degree from Indiana University specializing in art librarianship and digital libraries, and has been working within the field of archives and librarianship for over seventeen years.

Tori Duggan joined the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in 2013 and is the Cataloger and Library Services Specialist. She is responsible for cataloging Georgia O’Keeffe’s personal libraries, supporting library patrons through reference and access services, and generating research guides. She received a BA in Women’s Studies and a BA in Art History from Humboldt State University and earned her Master in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington.

Upcoming Events

Vertical painting with a large black cross spanning the surface of the picture plane with a massive cross beam running across the upper quadrant and the base stem running the vertical length of the painting. The cross is slightly off center to the viewers left. Looming behind the cross is a rolling mountain range of deep blues hues. Soft white light illuminates the edge of mountain tops and rises into a glorious gradation of of turquoise and blue sky, dotted with white circular stars.

Past Event Community Events

“Georgia O’Keeffe: the Brightness of Light” Screening

Welcome Center | 21120 US-84, Abiquiú, NM 87510

Saturday, May 3

3:00pm

Oil on canvas. A close-up, abstracted view of a tulip's petals. A soft pink form arches from the center right to the top left of the composition. The bottom of this form fades from pink to white to yellow, echoing the color and shape of the center of a tulip. In the background of the image are rippling lines of bright yellow, white, and green along with strips of light green and white that extend diagonally from the bottom to the top left of the canvas.

Event Classes

Online Class: "Pink Tulip" Abstraction -The Essence

Online

Tuesday, May 6

5:00pm

Photograph of a person wearing special eyeglasses and gloves working with specialized tools on a painting set on a table under bright lights.

Event Talks

Exploring 'Pink Tulip, 1925'

Online

Wednesday, May 7

9:00am