THE NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME, FORTH WORTH, TX, IS PRESENTING A NEVER BEFORE SEEN GEORGIA O'KEEFFE AND THE FARAWAY: NATURE AND IMAGE EXHIBITION, WHICH WILL BE DISPLAYED THROUGH TO 6.SEPTEMBER.2010. THE EXHIBITION, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME AND THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM IN SANTA FE, EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP THAT ARTIST AND COWGIRL HALL OF FAME HONOREE O'KEEFFE HAD WITH NATURE THROUGH HER CAMPING EXPERIENCES AND ARTIFACTS. THE TWO MUSEUMS SPENT MORE THAN TWO YEARS CREATING THE EXHIBITION IN WHICH VISITORS WILL FIND O'KEEFFE'S PERSONAL EFFECTS, INCLUDING CLOTHING, LETTERS, DRAWINGS AND CAMPING EQUIPMENT, DISPLAYED ALONGSIDE HER ARTWORK. THIS UNION OF ARTISTRY AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AS AN ENDEAVOR THAT HARBORS THE ART, GEOGRAPHY, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARTIFACTS IN AN EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND HOW O'KEEFFE EXPLORED THE AMERICAN WEST THROUGH CAMPING AND HIKING IN A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTS.
THE EXHIBITION BEGINS WITH THE ARTIST'S EARLY CAMPING YEARS AS A YOUNG TEACHER IN VIRGINIA. THE VISITOR THEN PROGRESSES TO AN AREA RESERVED FOR HER WORK IN NEW MEXICO AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY ANSEL ADAMS, WHO SPENT SEVERAL TRIPS CAMPING WITH O'KEEFFE. AFTER VIEWING SOME OF THE ARTWORKS ON LOAN FROM THE AMON CARTER MUSEUM AND THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM, GUESTS CAN EXPLORE A SIGNIFICANT LOCATION IN O'KEEFFE'S CAMPING EXPERIENCE KNOWN AS THE 'BLACK PLACE'. THIS SPECIFIC AREA WILL GIVE VISITORS THE CHANCE TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE SITE THROUGH CAMPING DISPLAYS, A LARGE SCENIC PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AREA, AND A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY. THE EXHIBITION THE TRANSITIONS TO THE 'WHITE PLACE', A REMOTE LOCATION NEAR ABIQUIU, NEW MEXICO, AND INCLUDES A SKETCHBOOK COMPLETED BY O'KEEFFE OF THE AREA. THE NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM EXHIBITION IN UNIQUE IN THAT IT OFFERS A PERSPECTIVE IN WHICH VISITORS CAN VIEW O'KEEFFE ALONGSIDE THE OTHER EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN WHO CAME AND LIVED IN THE WEST, AND MADE A DIFFERENCE.
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