Coming soon! Tewa Nangeh/Tewa Country opens November 7 at the Museum Galleries in Santa Fe!

From October 19 to November 7, enjoy reduced admission while Galleries 7, 8, and 9 are closed for installation.

Art & Leadership Annual Art Show 

  • Friday, August 1
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MT
  • Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery | 6401 Richards Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87508

Join us to celebrate this summer's young artists and their fantastic creations!

Art & Leadership is the flagship summer art program for middle school youth at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Every year, Art & Leadership concludes its summer with a professional art exhibition in celebration of the work created by young artists throughout the summer. Join us to celebrate this summer’s young artists and their fantastic creations! This year’s exhibition will include work involving various mediums such as paintings, illustrations, sculpture, ceramics, fused glass, and so much more!

This event is open to the public and free to attend. The exhibition will be up until August 20, 2025, with gallery hours operating from Monday – Friday, 9 AM–5 PM.

Directions: 

The exhibition takes place inside the Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery, 6401 Richards Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87508

To access the gallery, please follow campus directions to the “Fine Arts Center” on 6401 Richards Ave. 

This year’s A&L Art Show is offered in partnership with the SFCC Department of Fine Arts. For any inquiries regarding this year’s A&L Art Show, please contact ALinfo@okeeffemuseum.org. For more information on the Art & Leadership program, click here.

A young student with glasses and long hair stands in front of a gallery wall covered in art.
Two people with long dark hair looking at colorful pieces of art on a white gallery wall.

The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Art & Leadership Program was founded in 1998 to facilitate the development of self-confidence, self-esteem, leadership skills, and self-expression in middle school girls. Today, the Art & Leadership Program is gender inclusive, providing a more diverse, well-rounded, and comprehensive experience to all participants.  

The Art & Leadership Program focuses on the exploration of creativity through art-making, theater, music, creative writing, and self-expression.

Participants learn collectively with a focus on independent thinking, building self-esteem, and strengthening self-respect. Professional Museum staff, program leaders, interns, and teaching artists experienced in art education lead the program and serve as role models, offering children an oasis of positive support and encouragement. Together, they can better learn about moving past preconceived notions and growing into young adults who are comfortable and confident in their self-expression.     

The program’s main initiative is to foster young artists through creativity, leadership skills, self-confidence, self-expression, and identity development.  

Santa Fe Community College
6401 Richards Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87508
sfcc.edu
(505) 428-1000
The Art & Leadership Program is generously supported by  Diane Buchanan and Rick Andrew and the Andrew Family Foundation, Century Bank, Sheila Fortune Foundation, and Don and Cathey Humphreys, the Humphreys Family Foundation.

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Photograph of an artist's hand as they paint a small canvas in shades of green and yellow. Below their canvas are charcoal sketches of cacti and to the right is a watercolor palette.

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Online Class: Selective Sketching with Watercolor

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11:00am

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