Create with O’Keeffe: Wings & Paws

  • Thursday, August 28
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM MT
  • MAIN LIBRARY | 145 WASHINGTON AVE, SANTA FE, NM, 87501

Create your very own artistic mascot!

Join teaching artist Christina Kortz in using recycled cardboard materials and paint to create your very own mascot—whether it be a bird, a puppy, or a lion—these pets can accompany you anywhere! 

Christina Kortz has been with the O’Keeffe Museum since 2000. She began as an Education Coordinator and Family Programs Manager, and now works as a Museum Educator and Gallery Guide. Christina is an experienced arts educator, illustrator, fashion stylist, and dancer.  

Create with O’Keeffe is a free monthly drop-in program offered in partnership with the  Santa Fe Public Libraries, occurring on the second, third, and fourth Thursday of every month at libraries around Santa Fe. Create with O’Keeffe aims to bring fun art activities to kids and families while helping them learn how to express themselves through visual art! The program is free to attend and does not require advance registration. 

For more information, or for any inquiries, please contact learning@okeeffemuseum.org.  

Upcoming Events

Painting of the church from the rear, a vantage point that allowed O'Keeffe to explore the blocky, geometric qualities of its adobe walls. Enlarging and exaggerating these forms, she portrayed the church as if it were an organic growth emerging from the earth.

Past Event Classes

Online Class: Exploring the Historic “Ranchos Church” in Soft Pastels (Part 1)

Online

Tuesday, December 9

5:00pm

5. Closeup Photograph of a child painting wooden snowflake ornaments. The child is blurred and the camera is focused on their handiwork.

Event Community Events

Create with O'Keeffe: Glass Magnets

LA FARGE LIBRARY | 1730 LLANO ST, SANTA FE, NM 87505

Thursday, December 11

3:30pm

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.

Event Classes

In-Person Class: Watercolor Greeting Cards & Bookmarks

O'KEEFFE MUSEUM CREATIVITY STUDIO | CORNER OF W MARCY ST AND SHERIDAN ST, SANTA FE, NM

Friday, December 12

12:00pm