Growing Up with O’Keeffe: Preserving the Historic Ghost Ranch Home

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch home served as a site of inspiration for many of her paintings of New Mexico. Sitting at the foot of grand yellow and orange cliffs, and looking over the valley towards Cerro Pedernal, O’Keeffe first purchased the property in 1940. Join Agapita Lopez, Project Director of Historic Properties at Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch, to dive deep into the fascinating history of Georgia O’Keeffe’s home in Ghost Ranch.
Agapita “Pita” Lopez began working with Georgia O’Keeffe in late 1974, and became her personal secretary in 1978 until her death on March 6, 1986. A third-generation employee, her grandfather and mother also worked for O’Keeffe. Pita grew up in O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch house, making her tea and helping her own family when needed. She continued working with the O’Keeffe Estate in 1986, and then in 1989 with The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation as its Secretary, later serving as the Foundation’s Executive Director from 1999 to 2006. From 2006 to 2017 she served as Director of Abiquiu Historic Properties and Rights & Reproduction Manager for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and is currently the Projects Director of Historic Properties at Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch. In 2015, along with her brother, Belarmino Lopez, Pita received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.

[@liegesaboya33]

very good to hear this guy . Made me fell calm .

[@Ms.Laterholmes]

I am so excited I found this channel. Thank you so much for the time energy you put into it Georgia O’Keeffe is my favorite painter of all time and I cannot wait for another year or so for me to move to New Mexico so I can come see the museum and Have the next part or phase of my life in New Mexico with a diversity in the desert, which I am just in love with the word for somebody who loves the desert there’s somebody who loves the ocean and somebody loves the forest not the desert very strange, but I just feel so connected to that land and I appreciate the information in this video. Thank you so much.

[@b.bailey8244]

This was wonderful in every way. Thank you for giving us an insider's view of Ms. O'Keeffe as a person who loved this place and respected the land.

[@scottsimons4369]

This was so enjoyable! Thank you!

[@ayaahn255]

I read about big cloud painting and she had girl feeding her dinner. Now I can picture all that from this presentation.
Visit New Mexico is top of my love to do list and I am content that I was able to experience bit of history!
She was kind to people she worked with, and it shows character that I imagined, graceful, no non sense and had a bit of silliness.

[@lisabarnes6919]

Thank you for sharing your friendship with Mrs OKeeffe🥰

[@stacys447]

Thank you so much for sharing this!

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[@thirdrockjul2224]

Nice story. ❤

[@LINDAOZAG]

I hope to return. My friend Eliot Porter wasn't mentioned, any reason for that? He lived in Santa Fe.

[@mariadupin8461]

Did she write an autobiography? What is the name of the book? Thank you!

[@hdskl2150]

Who is this beautiful person

[@patriciafitch2432]

When did Georgia O'Keefe live at her ghost ranch home and when did she live in Abiquiu?

[@OkeeffemuseumOrg]

Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch home was not suitable for her to live in year-round. Spending summers at Ghost Ranch, O’Keeffe purchased the home in Abiquiú for its well-irrigated garden and the comfort it offered in winter. It became her main residence until 1984.

[@patriciafitch2432]

Thank you for you reply. I've been fascinated w/her artwork style for many years. @@OkeeffemuseumOrg

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Why is he reading this message. It lacks enthusiasm.