Museum Rolls Out the O’Keeffe Viewshed Project
New web tool takes a look at the land
that inspired Georgia O’Keeffe.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—March 19, 2019 (Santa Fe, NM)— The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and partners from the Trust for Public Land have launched a trial version of the Museum’s new online feature, the O’Keeffe Viewshed Project. Thanks a $30,000 federal and Preservation and Technology Grant from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), creation of this custom database provides information about New Mexico locations represented in Georgia O’Keeffe’s works. It allows users to examine O’Keeffe’s art in relation to the lands that inspired those works, places termed “viewsheds.” A number of these locations are currently vulnerable to development and environmental degradation.
The project comprises two web-based tools. One, the 3D Landscape Viewer, pairs site photography with O’Keeffe’s art from the Ghost Ranch region, along with a three-dimensional view of the terrain. The other is the Decision Support Tool, a specialized land database, designed to be used in land conservation, that documents forest roads, recreation trails, wildfire potential, and other details.
The Viewshed Project is still in development—online visitors can expect to see changes in the coming months. For a first look, go to: okeeffemuseum.org/okeeffe-experiments.
A wing of the National Park Service, NCPTT awards grants for historic preservation projects that demonstrate innovative use of science and technology.
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ABOUT THE GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM: Since 1997, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has
shared the art, life, and story of Georgia O’Keeffe with visitors from around the world. Located in
New Mexico, where Georgia O’Keeffe lived the final decades of her life, the O’Keeffe has sites
and experiences in two historic destinations, Santa Fe and Abiquiú. For more information, please visit okeeffemuseum.org.
