SchoolArts - March 2007

Folk Art Traditions and Beyond

The best folk art from around the world, Georgia O’Keeffe’s museum and home, and blue corn bread—what else could anyone ask for in art teacher utopia?

Join SchoolArts editor Nancy Walkup in Santa Fe, New

Mexico, July 10– 16,

2007, for Folk Art Traditions and Beyond. This summer seminar will focus on the folk art festival at the Museum of

International Folk Art in Santa Fe, with an addition a l emphasis on Georgia O’Keeffe and her life and art in New Mexico.

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sights and sounds of world cultures represented in folk art, music, dance, song, fashion, and cuisine.

Spend time in the heart of Georgia O’Keeffe country: visit her home, enjoy the landscapes she painted in the place she explored and lived in for more than fifty years.

Activities include museum visits, field trips, invited speakers, hands-on experiences, and attendance at the international folk art festival at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe.

The $750 fee includes six nights of accommodations at Ghost Ranch in Santa Fe, all meals, field trips, transportation for field trips, admission fees, and seminar materials. Participants are responsible for transportation to and from Santa Fe. For participants who don’t need hotel accommodations the fee is $435.

The seminar will be led by two folk art collectors and educators: Nancy Walkup, art teacher and editor of SchoolArts; and Myra Walker, art professor at the University of North Texas. For more information, call Sue Rundstrom at (800) 821-5145, ext. 23, or Nancy Walkup at (940) 382-8274, or e-mail Nancy: nwalkup@netzero.net.