The Georgia O�Keeffe Museum is pleased to announce a new partnership with Kappa Delta Sorority, which is the sorority that counted Georgia O�Keeffe as a member. Georgia O�Keeffe was an active member while she was a student in Virginia, and contributed to the design of their initiation ceremony. This recent partnership includes an important gift from the Kappa Delta Foundation to support the Art and Leadership Program for Girls with funding stipends for two Kappa Delta interns as well as general program support.

Kappa Delta has at least one common mission with the Girls Program: leadership. Both contribute to the development of skills which are important qualities in our world. As the affiliation grows, plans include O�Keeffe Art and Leadership seminars for college women on the campuses of participating interns. As part of this new and developing partnership, the O�Keeffe Museum is offering a special Kappa Delta membership to students and alumnae of Kappa Delta.

Currently there are two interns working for the Education Department who are members of Kappa Delta Sorority. Sarah Tartt is from the University of Southern Mississippi. She feels that her leadership experiences as well as interpersonal relationships in the sorority help her in her internship in the Art & Leadership Program for Girls: �My life has been blessed because of those experiences and sharing them with the girls in the Art and Leadership Program is a way to contribute and share with others�, stated Sarah.

Leah Dedmon is from Wake Forest University, North Carolina. Leah feels that she has gained great skills that she can apply to her internship here at the O�Keeffe Art and Leadership Program. �Kappa Delta has given me many opportunities I would otherwise not have had,� stated Leah. �The primary one is this internship with the Girls Program, which has allowed me to meet amazing new people, expand my perspective on life and improve my leadership skills�.

The Georgia O�Keeffe Museum looks forward to the evolving relationship with Kappa Delta and is grateful for their gift. The overlapping values of the two organizations will serve to strengthen both.

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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 182 works, 132 are by O'Keeffe. From July through October, the Museum is open seven days per week. November through June, it is closed on Wednesday. Museum hours are 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., except for Friday, when hours are 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, free for children 17 and under and students with i.d. Fridays, free 5-8 p.m. $4 for New Mexico residents with i.d. $7 for senior citizens 60 and over. For visitor information, call 505.946.1017.

PRESS CONTACT: Linda Milanesi 505.946.1050 lindam@okeeffemuseum.org www.okeeffemuseum.org