HM 41 — "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM DAY"

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 41DECLARING 56THJANUARY LEGISLATURE-31, STATE2024 OF"GEORGIA NEWMEXICOO'KEEFFE -MUSEUM SECONDDAY" SESSION,IN 2024THE INTRODUCEDHOUSE BYOF SusanREPRESENTATIVES. K.

Herrera5 6WHEREAS, 8the 10Georgia AO'Keeffe MEMORIALmuseum DECLARINGis JANUARYdedicated 31,to 2024perpetuating "GEORGIAthe O'KEEFFEartistic MUSEUMlegacy DAY"of INGeorgia THEO'Keeffe HOUSEand OFto REPRESENTATIVES.the study of interpretation of American modernism;

14and WHEREAS, thethrough Georgiaits O'Keeffecollections, museumexhibitions, ispublications, dedicatedresearch tocenter perpetuatingand theeducational artisticprograms, legacythe ofmuseum Georgiacontributes O'Keeffe and to thescholarly studydiscourse ofand interpretationserves ofdiverse Americanaudiences; modernism;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, throughthe itsGeorgia collections,O'Keeffe exhibitions,museum wis lthe nonly dmuseum 18in publications, research center and educational programs, the =United =States 19dedicated to a lsingle museumfemale contributesartist towith scholarlyinternational discoursestatus and serveswhose diversework iis aclosely eassociated rwith 20New audiences;Mexico;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, the Georgia O'Keeffe museum is the only museum in dNew rMexico eto 22be theinvited United States dedicated to ajoin singlethe femaleone-hundred-six-year- artistold withassociation cof eart smuseum kdirectors; 23 international status and whose work is closely associated with e a n b 24 New Mexico;

and u [ WHEREAS, the Georgia O'Keeffe museum is the only museum in .227599.1 New Mexico to be invited to join the one-hundred-six-year-old association of art museum directors;

and WHEREAS, the museum held a kickoff event in October 2023 to celebrate the launch of its seventy-five-million-dollar HM 41 ($75,000,000) expansion;

and Page 1 WHEREAS, local architect Devendra Contractor is designing the new building, and nearly an acre of green space is set to replace the museum's education annex in downtown Santa Fe;

and WHEREAS, the Georgia O'Keeffe museum collection includes e t 17 one hundred forty oil paintings, one hundred twenty watercolors w l n d 18 and thousands of photographs relating to O'Keeffe's life;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, the project will triple the museum's gallery i a e r 20 space to allow for the museum to profoundly tell the story of a t m m 21 Georgia O'Keeffe's art, life and legacy;

d r e 22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF c e s k 23 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that January 31, e a n b 24 2024 be declared "Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Day" in the house of u [ representatives;

and .227599.1 - 2 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the board of directors of the Georgia O'Keeffe museum.

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