Arts Alive: Poetry at the Museum

Thursday, July 16
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM MT
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum | 217 Johnson Street, Santa Fe, MM 87501

Enjoy an evening of poetry in the Museum Courtyard!

Join us in the Museum Courtyard for a free night of poetry! Spend the evening with two poets who will share a selection from their work and invite you into their creative processes, inspirations, and lived experiences. As a special keepsake, audience members will receive a printed poem—a piece of the night to take home.

Poets:

Nora Naranjo Morse (1953) was born, raised and makes her home in Northern New Mexico. Naranjo Morse is a contemporary artist who energizes Pueblo ancestral sensibilities using earth-based materials to create large installations. More recently, she has been combining earthen and repurposed materials to address environmental concerns. One of Nora’s public art pieces can be seen at the National Museum of the American Indian–Smithsonian in Washington DC.

Naranjo Morse is the recipient of an honorary degree from Skidmore College. Additionally, she was awarded a Spirit Aligned fellowship from 2017 to 2020. Nora recently participated in the 2025 SITE Santa Fe’s International Biennial.

Naranjo Morse lives on Kha’p’o tribal land, where she helped build her home out of mud.

Luci Tapahonso is a professor emerita of English Literature (UNM) and the inaugural Diné Nation Poet Laureate. She authored six award-winning books, including A Radiant Curve, Blue Horses Rush In, and three children’s books. She taught at the University of Kansas and the University of Arizona.

Recent recognitions include a StoryKnife Residency, a Helene Wurlitzer Residency, the Distinguished Literary Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association, the Ostana Italy International Literary Prize, keynote addresses at the Taos Writers Conference and Navajo Technical University, and a Bosque Redondo Artist Fellowship.

She has presented at Princeton and Harvard, as well as the Tbilisi International Literature Festival and the University of New Zealand.

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With support from the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum is pleased to present a four-part reading series that will bring poetry and dialogue into a welcoming, accessible space. The Arts Alive: Poetry at the Museum series will consist of four events, each of which will feature two women poets who live and work in New Mexico. At each event, the poets will read selected pieces and will talk with one another about their process, their work, and their experience. We invite anyone who has a curiosity about poetry to join us for any or all of these free events. As a special memento, audience members will receive a special letterpress print of poetry written by the event’s headliners (while supplies last). These have been created in collaboration with the poets and Etc. Letterpress.

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