​“My Time with Georgia O’Keeffe”
A conversation with her weekend companion

Thursday, October 24, 2024, at 7 pm
1702 E Glendale Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85020 (Phoenix Quaker Meeting)
Free admission — All are welcome

​ Anna Koster will share what she learned about the famous artist through the summer and fall of 1976 and into winter 1977, when she worked as Georgia O’Keeffe's weekend companion in her two New Mexico homes. With that personal experience, study of the artist, and Anna’s 35-year career in art museums, she gained a unique perspective on O’Keeffe’s life and her art practice. The program will include slides illustrating the key tenets that guided O'Keeffe's work, and there will be ample opportunity for questions from the audience. 

About Anna
​Anna had the opportunity to serve as Georgia O’Keeffe’s weekend companion in 1976. She went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1983, and she taught art through the 1980s. At the same time, her career as an artist progressed with group and solo shows. Then she began working in art museums, culminating in her position at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center, where she retired as Head of Communications in 2016. After a rewarding 35-year museum career, she is now focusing on her own projects as well as teaching and writing. Since 2014 Anna has led hands-on workshops at O'Keeffe's beloved Ghost Ranch, now an education center. Anna has also taught at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, San Jose Museum Art School, Nevada Museum of Art, through Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program, and at other venues. 
Anna is a California Quaker visiting Phoenix after her annual workshop "Practically Painting with O'Keeffe" at Ghost Ranch, NM, October 13-18. Learn more about Anna at annakoster.com. See her resume at annakoster.com/resume. 

​Have questions? Email Anna from this page: annakoster.com/contact.

​Above: Anna Koster speaking at Ghost Ranch, 2019, photo by Amy Hulse