Family Fun Day: Flower Power!

  • Sunday, February 12
  • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM MT
  • Santa Fe, NM

This event is free to the public. Free Museum Admission for all who attend. In honor of Valentine's Day, join us to celebrate the importance of flowers!

Did you know flowers have their own language? The language of flowers has been recognized for centuries in many countries throughout Europe and Asia. They even play a large role in William Shakespeare’s works. Mythologies, folklore, sonnets, and plays of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and Chinese are peppered with flower and plant symbolism. For example, yellow roses can symbolize friendship and loyalty, while red chrysanthemums can say, “I love you.”

Georgia O’Keeffe understood the immense power a flower can hold – that’s why she loved to paint them so much. In honor of Valentine’s Day, join us to celebrate the importance of flowers through a variety of hands-on artmaking, interactive in-gallery activities, and story-time. Families can also enjoy free admission to our special exhibition, ‘Georgia O’Keeffe: Making A Life.’

This event is free to the public. Free Museum Admission for all who attend!

Family Fun Day will be held across the entire Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Campus. Please visit us first in the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Education Annex (located at 123 Grant Ave) when you arrive to receive your day pass, campus map, and schedule of activities for the day.

The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum is proud to introduce Family Fun Day: occurring on the second Sunday of every month, this event aims to bring the community together through hands-on artmaking and storytelling, as well as encouraging kids and families to take a new approach in looking at and interacting with art. Family Fun Day is offered in partnership with the Santa Fe Children’s Museum and Santa Fe Public Libraries.

For more information on our partner institutions, including hours of operation, visit each participating organization’s website below:

Santa Fe Children’s Museum
1050 Old Pecos Trail
santafechildrensmuseum.org
505-989-8359
Santa Fe Public Library
library@santafenm.gov
santafelibrary.org

Upcoming Events

Close-up photograph of a child's hands as they mold clay on a table. On the table are also some paint brushes.

Past Event Community Events

Create with O'Keeffe: Paint Your Own Seashell

LA FARGE LIBRARY | 1730 LLANO ST, SANTA FE, NM 87505

Thursday, June 12

3:30pm

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Event Community Events

Make a Mini Zine with Art to G.O. in Cimmaron!

356 9th St B, Cimarron, NM, 87714

Friday, June 13

11:00am

Photograph of hands shaping grey clay above a table where tools and clay are in place to make a ceramic bowl.

Event Classes

In-Person Class: Ceramic Curio Shelf Workshop

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

Saturday, June 14

9:30am