In-person Class: Autumnal Nature-Sketching at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Join us for a relaxing session of nature sketching and autumn leaf watercolor studies on the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s patio. 

Through interactive demonstrations on how to create observational studies of autumn leaves, dry twigs, and seedpods found during this seasonal transition, teaching artist Sudeshna Sengupta will guide participants through how to use various nature-sketching tools that will be provided during the class by the Museum.

The intimate setting and smaller class size will allow for plenty of individualized attention, interactions, and feedback from the instructor. Participants are welcome to bring their own leaves or can use the ones available during the class. 

All supplies and drinking water will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring their own snacks. Note: Supplies must be returned at the end of class.

About the Instructor:

Sudeshna Sengupta’s career as a teaching artist spans multiple decades, continents, and cultures that inform her pedagogy for decolonizing studio art. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1985 from Visva-Bharati, an international university founded in India, by the humanist poet Tagore, the first non-European Nobel Laureate (1913). After teaching art and design at the college level in New Delhi, Seattle, and California, she taught at NMSU-Alamogordo, where she established its first intaglio printmaking studio in 1995. Since moving to Santa Fe a few years ago, she has been teaching credit courses in online studio art at the Santa Fe Community College. Her etching prints are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Association Musée d’Art Contemporain, France; Kala Institute, Berkeley; Artists Trust, Seattle, Chandigarh Govt. Art Museum, India, Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital, NM, and more. Her etchings and lithographs from the permanent collection of the NGMA have been featured in a major exhibition on Women Printmakers of India in 2024 at NGMA, New Delhi. She also conducts workshops and short courses and presents lectures and community-based art events for various age groups with civic, cultural, and community organizations in the US and in India, often with a focus on multicultural and intercultural experiences that emphasize human, cultural, and environmental connectedness through creativity. To see her art please visit Instagram or Sengupta’s website.

Registration

All supplies are included: Members $35/Non-members $45.

Registration fee includes a complimentary pass to the Museum which can be used at a later time.

You can redeem your pass at the Museum, but entrance is subject to timed ticket availability. To book an advanced reservation with your comp pass call Visitors Services at 505-946-1000.