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

Small horizontal watercolor of windmills, two of which are situated on the right. The darker one in the foreground has a water tower beneath it. The second windmill on the right is much lighter and smaller in the background. On the left is the silhouette of another windmill in the distance with the suggestion of buildings behind it. All on a yellow ground with large cumulus cloud in the middle left.

Past Event Classes

In-Person Class: Studio Still-Life Composition in Ink

217 Johnson St, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Saturday, April 27

11:00am

Spiraling grey-white tones flowing outward from the center, as if looking into a rose from an aerial view. Subject not readily identifiable as a rose as the "petals" are distinguished by tonal variations of dark black/grey blending into light grey/white.

Event Classes

Online Class: Botanical Mandala Close-ups in Watercolor Pencils

Online

Monday, April 29

2:00pm

A watercolor painting of seaweed by Georgia O'Keeffe. A bundle of different types of seaweed in greens and pinks emerges from a group of roots at the bottom of the artwork. The seaweed is stylized and has a fantastical appearance.

Event Classes

Online Class: Botanical Watercolors

Online

Tuesday, April 30

3:00pm