Georgia O’Keeffe Week 2024
Workshops, Lectures and Tours During O’Keeffe Week 2024
July 15th-19th, 2024
Join us as we celebrate Georgia’s time as a young artist here at Wiawaka. We are a unique and honored location here on Lake George that can provide proof of her early days on Lake George.
Before Yaddo was founded in Saratoga Springs, Katrina and Spencer Trask built their first artists’ retreat at Amitola – an Adirondack lodge known as Wakonda where students from the Art Students League of New York held their first retreat. Georgia O’Keeffe (pictured at Wiawaka) was a registered guest-artist in 1908. In honor of her stay we have put together a week filled with programs all about Georgia. Register early this week is very popular.
Stop by the Front Desk if you are interested in seeing Wakonda where Georgia stayed with the NY City League of Art Students, the historical marker, signage and the sitting room dedicated to Georgia’s stay here at Wiawaka.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council.
Georgia O'Keeffe Movie Night
July 15th, 2024
7:00pm-8:30pm
Free to attend, sign up by calling the front desk at 518-668-9690
Dinner can also be purchased by contacting the front desk
Georgia O'Keeffe is a 2009 American television biographical drama film, produced by City Entertainment in association with Sony Television, about noted American painter Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.The turbulent, 20-year love affair between artist Georgia O'Keeffe and photographer Alfred Steiglitz fuels some of the most important art of the 20th century.
Trees and Leaves - Inspired by Georgia!
July 16th, 2024
9:30am-11:30am
Instructor: Pam Golden and Deb Ogdon
Cost of the workshop is $30
Join us in this workshop that celebrates Georgia O’Keefe’s paintings of leaves and trees! We will gather some leaves from the beautiful grounds of Wiawaka, and look closely at them. Then, we will draw and paint the leaves on paper…as well as paint on the actual leaves - to print with them! Together, we will create our own beautiful paintings - inspired by Georgia! All are welcome!
Pam is a professional artist/educator. She works with clay and mixed media. Her sculptures have been exhibeted nationally including First Night/Boston, Artsplosure/Raleigh, the Burchfield-Penney Art Gallery, the Fuller Museum of Art and South Shore Art Center.
Deborah Odgen is a graduate of The Art Institute of Boston, Fine Arts Program. She is an accomplished visual artist with 35 plus years in the field of Arts and Antiques, Marine Repair and Restoration, and her Custom Decorative Design Painting Business.
Painting with Patrice
"Yellow Hickory Leaves with Daisy"
July 16th, 2024
2:00pm-4:00pm
Instructor: Patrice Jarvis-Weber
Cost of the workshop is $40, this includes material fees.
$50 for the workshop and a day pass.
Enjoy this relaxing workshop in acrylic painting. Patrice will guide and help you explore painting techniques in a positive and encouraging environment. Beginners and artists of all levels will enjoy this class. Everyone takes home a finished piece on a small, stretched canvas, no framing necessary. All supplies and materials will be provided.
Patrice has been part of the Adirondack art community for over 25 years. She studied art and art history and has worked as a photographer, calligrapher, sign painter, and a teaching artist. She was part of the staff at Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, later organized community art events, and was a board member of the Lake George Arts Project. Throughout her career she has taught art to all ages. Presently Patrice is the teaching artist at the World Awareness Children’s Museum. Many of her 2-hour classes are inspired by art of the masters.
Georgia O'Keeffe: Her Art and Her Home
July 16th, 2024
7:00pm-8:30pm
Lecture by: Kate Dudding
Just the lecture is $20, get dinner and the lecture for just $35.
Come listen to award winning storyteller Kate Dudding share three stories about Georgia O'Keeffe:
Did you ever wonder why Georgia O’Keeffe painted those huge flowers and the bones in the desert? Kate shows 25 photographs of Georgia’s paintings while sharing Georgia’s own words about them – a virtual tour by the artist herself.
From Clifton Park, NY, Kate Dudding specializes in true stories about people who made a difference. She has told stories at many venues in the Northeastern US. Many of her five CDS have received national storytelling awards. In 2010, she won the story slam (competition) at the National Storytelling Conference in Los Angeles. Visit her web site www.KateDudding.com to watch her tell some of her stories.
Georgia O’Keeffe Tour of Wiawaka!
July 17th 2024
11:00am-12:00pm
The tour is free. Lunch can be purchased additionally by calling the front desk ahead of time.
Come see where O’Keefe stayed at Wiawaka, the living room in Wakonda we have dedicated to her, and so much more.
To sign up for this tour please call the front desk at 518-668-9690.
Artistry of the Soul: SOMA Breathwork and Painting Workshop- Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe's 'Lake George Reflection’
July 17th 2024
1:00pm-5:00pm
Embark on a soul-nourishing exploration inspired by the timeless wisdom of Georgia O'Keeffe's "Lake George Reflection" painting. In this workshop, we invite you to immerse yourself in the harmonious blend of SOMA breathwork and painting, as we unravel the metaphorical layers of reflection and illumination in our lives.
Painting with Patrice
"Pink Moon Over Water"
July 18th, 2024
2:00pm-4:00pm
Instructor: Patrice Jarvis-Weber
Cost of the workshop is $40, this includes material fees.
$50 for the workshop and a day pass.
Enjoy this relaxing workshop in acrylic painting. Patrice will guide and help you explore painting techniques in a positive and encouraging environment. Beginners and artists of all levels will enjoy this class. Everyone takes home a finished piece on a small, stretched canvas, no framing necessary. All supplies and materials will be provided.
Patrice has been part of the Adirondack art community for over 25 years. She studied art and art history and has worked as a photographer, calligrapher, sign painter, and a teaching artist. She was part of the staff at Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, later organized community art events, and was a board member of the Lake George Arts Project. Throughout her career she has taught art to all ages. Presently Patrice is the teaching artist at the World Awareness Children’s Museum. Many of her 2-hour classes are inspired by art of the masters.
Georgia O'Keeffe Portrayed by Claire Nolan
July 18th, 2024
7:00pm-8:30pm
Just the lecture is $20, get dinner and the lecture for just $35.
Claire Nolan is an educator and a storyteller. She has combined those two passions in her portrayals of important historical figures from US and world history. What are First Person Portrayals of Historic Characters? What can you expect during a performance? During a “first person” performance, the actor takes on the role of the historical figure. She dresses in period costume and may portray herself as a person who has no idea how things have changed since her historical period.
During her presentation Claire also hopes to provide a springboard for discussion of the historical character and her time and place. Claire’s repertoire includes Mary Harris (Mother) Jones, Rachel Carson, Georgia O’Keeffe and Marie Curie. She welcomes suggestions for other important women from history to add to her repertoire. Claire’s portrayals are especially appropriate for Middle School, High School and Adult audiences.
Lake George through the senses and Georgia O’Keeffe’s art
July 19th, 2024
10:00am-12:00pm
Instructor: Johannah Spero
Class is $30
In this fun, interactive workshop, we will focus on imagery as a literary device, taking inspiration from majestic Lake George—in person and as seen in Georgia O’Keeffe’s artwork. From journaling to guided meditation to exploration of the outdoors, participants will transpose their interaction with nature into sensory descriptions—which will become lines of poetry. The workshop will culminate in an individual and group poem to memorialize Lake George, as O’Keeffe has done in the canon of American art.
With a BA in English literature from UMass Amherst and a Masters in Teaching from Simmons College, Johannah Davies Spero teaches composition and creative writing at SUNY Adirondack. The award-winning author of 8 novels under the name JD Spero, she has done author visits in school classrooms across the Northeast and has taught writing workshops locally for BOCES enrichment, and also at yoga retreats, Wiawaka, the Hyde Collection, Chingachgook Women’s Retreat and, most notably, following the footsteps of Stephen King at Exeter High in New Hampshire. After living in the Boston area for over twenty years, she returned to her hometown of Lake George to raise her three boys—although her family will always root for Boston sports teams.
