All programs are free and are held at the Museum 217 Johnson Street. Reservations suggested: 505.946.1007

Saturday, September 11, 9:30-11:30 am Remembrance: Healing Art September 11, 2001 left it's mark on all our hearts. Join us in making a collective shrine of remembrance to exhibit at the Museum's education annex, 123 Grant Avenue. Bring a memento or offering to add to our group artwork and create and object with personal symbols for healing and renewal to take home.

Saturday, October 9 9:30 -11:30 am Long Live Still Life Paintings! Using Marsden Hartley's and other Modernists' work in the exhibition as inspiration, participants will create their own still life arrangements and paint them. Bring your own flower, fruit, vase or interesting object to be in the still life.

Saturday, November 20, 9:30-11:30 am Abstraction from Nature The early American Modernists including Georgia O'Keeffe and members of the Stieglitz Circle experimented with painting identifiable objects that left out details, simplified or rearranged visual elements to create abstractions. Families can discover these techniques after seeing the examples of this process in the works of O'Keeffe, Marin, Hartley, Dove, Stieglitz and Strand.

Professional Development for Educators

Friday, October 8 , 8:30 am-3 pm Teaching American Modernism II

Held in conjunction with the exhibition, In the American Grain, this teachers' workshop includes interdisciplinary hands-on lessons emphasizing creative process skills, literacy through the arts, arts integration techniques, and practical applications for higher-order thinking within the classroom curriculum.

Free. Education Annex, 123 Grant Avenue. Preregistration required by Monday, October 4: 505.946.1007

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The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, which opened July 17, 1997, is dedicated to perpetuating the artistic legacy of Georgia O'Keeffe and to the study and interpretation of American Modernism (1890-present). The 13,000 square-foot Museum houses a permanent collection of more than 130 works by O'Keeffe. For visitors hours and exhibition information, call 505.946.1000 or visit our website, www.okeeffemuseum.org

Media Contact: Linda Milanesi +1 (505) 946 1050 lindam@okeeffemuseum.org