Free Admission - Donations Welcomed - Limited Seating

Celebrating San Antonio’s Contemporary Art Month

O’Keeffe- Portrait of an Artist

"Originally aired as a special to celebrate O’Keeffe’s 90th birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe is the only film portrait of the pioneering artist that she allowed to be made.  Shot mainly on-location in New Mexico, the 88-year old painter was filmed in her studio, climbing in the surrounding Ghost Ranch hills and in her home in Abiqui near Sante Fe. Here she talks candidly of her work, her life and her marriage to the legendary photographer and pioneering champion of modern art in America, Alfred Steiglitz.  Her recollections are peppered with shrewd observations...This sensitive film portrait looks behind the Georgia O’Keeffe legend, to reveal a woman full of warmth, humor and practical wisdom. Her paintings figure prominently in the documentary demonstrating her wide range in style and how nature, especially the mountains and desert of New Mexico, continued to inspire her. In unprecedented  sequences, O’Keeffe on-camera describes the origin of many of her famous paintings while the film draws parallels between the canvas and her actual motifs."    (Filmaker Perry Miller Adato received the Directors Guild of America Award for this film. The first awarded to a female director.)  www.perrymilleradato.com/films/

Monday Parking Options: Along Broadway St in the Incarnate Word Chapel lot (spaces not marked RESERVED) and University of Incarnate Word lots with a Visitor’s Pass (obtained at the UIW Circle Kiosk).