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Written by: Beth Elzinga [Beth is an art educator from CVCS/NCCA in Ferrisburgh, VT] 
Grade: K-6 Activity Summary:Students will make large scale paintings and drawings of flowers in the style of Georgia O'KeeffeObjectives:Identification:
What You Need:
What You Do:
About Georgia O'Keeffe:Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)American abstract painter born in Wisconsin. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Student's League in New York, and Colombia Teacher's College in New York. She was an art teacher before she became a full time artist. She was a leader in the development of the American Modernism Movement. O'Keeffe painted still lifes, massive flowers, the New York at Night series, southwestern landscapes and stark bones found in the desert. In 1939, she was selected as one of the twelve most outstanding women of the past fifty years by the New York World's Fair Committee. Her painting, Sunset-Long Island, was chosen to represent New York in an exhibition of the art of the United States at the World's Fair. In 1985, O'Keeffe was granted the Medal of Arts by President Ronald Reagan. Recommended Resources:The Georgia O'Keeffe Museumwww.okeeffemuseum.org
The Flower Image Library Recommended Books: Georgia O'Keeffe : One Hundred Flowers by Georgia O'Keeffe, Nicolas Callaway, Nicholas Callaway A collection of 100 famous and extravagantly beautiful flowers is available in an unprecedented miniature trade paperback edition.
Georgia O'Keeffe (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artist)
Georgia O'Keeffe (Portraits of Women Artists for Children)
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