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Create with O’Keeffe: Slice of Life

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

Learn how to look closely at nature and draw your own tree trunk slice!

How do we know the age of a tree? By counting its rings, of course! Join experienced artist Christina Kortz at Main Branch Library to create your own tree slice! By drawing circles within circles, kids and families can learn about how to count the rings of a tree while also flexing their creative muscles.

Christina Kortz has been with the O’Keeffe Museum since the year 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. 

For more information, please contact learning@okeeffemuseum.org.

Upcoming Events

Twisting white birch branches stretch over the composition. Soft, cloudlike yellow forms denote clusters of leaves. The background is rendered in shades of pale pink and white.

Event Classes

In-Person Class: Autumn Landscapes with Trees in Watercolor

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

Friday, October 9

10:00am

Open sketch book on table with watercolor paints, brushes, and pencils surrounding notebook. Notebook contains drawings

Event Classes

Online Class: Creating Composition

Online

Friday, October 9

11:00am

A still life drawing of a skull and a few bones resting upright against a striped-cloth covered object. Above the skull is a brown water vessel.

Event Community Events

Still-Life Series | Abiquiú

The O'Keeffe: Welcome Center | 21120 US-84, Abiquiú, NM 87510

Friday, October 9

12:30pm