Growing Up with O’Keeffe: Preserving the Historic Ghost Ranch Home 

  • Wednesday, August 3
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MT
  • Virtual

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch home served as a site of inspiration for many of her paintings of New Mexico. Sitting at the foot of grand yellow and orange cliffs, and looking over the valley towards Cerro Pedernal, O’Keeffe first purchased the property in 1940. Join Agapita Lopez, Project Director of Historic Properties at Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch, to dive deep into the fascinating history of Georgia O’Keeffe’s home in Ghost Ranch. 

Agapita “Pita” Lopez began working with Georgia O’Keeffe in late 1974, and became her personal secretary in 1978 until her death on March 6, 1986. A third-generation employee, her grandfather and mother also worked for O’Keeffe. Pita grew up in O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch house, making her tea and helping her own family when needed. She continued working with the O’Keeffe Estate in 1986, and then in 1989 with The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation as its Secretary, later serving as the Foundation’s Executive Director from 1999 to 2006. From 2006 to 2017 she served as Director of Abiquiu Historic Properties and Rights & Reproduction Manager for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and is currently the Projects Director of Historic Properties at Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch. In 2015, along with her brother, Belarmino Lopez, Pita received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division. 

Upcoming Events

Exterior of the Museum's adobe structure with a thin, long placard stating 'Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.' To the right of the frame and out of focus is a flower. The edge of the photograph is framed with tree branches and a blue sky.

Event First Fridays

First Friday

217 Johnson Street. Santa Fe, NM 87501

Friday, July 4

5:00pm

Landscape sketch overall of hills on paper.

Event Classes

Online Class: Drawing Atmospheric Landscapes

Online

Wednesday, July 9

11:00am

Photograph of a child making a bracelet with colorful beads on a white table. To the right of the frame are a pair of adult hands.

Event Community Events

Create with O’Keeffe at the Abiquiú Library

El Pueblo de Abiquiú Library and Cultural Center | 29 Co. Rd. 187, Abiquiu, NM 87510

Wednesday, July 9

11:00am