Doing a bit more research O'Keeffe received much of her artistic  
training at the Art Inst. of Chicago and the Art Students League in  
NY. She stopped painting between 1908 and 12 when she attended a  
summer course for art teachers at UVA. No mention of where she was,  
presumably, teaching art during this period. It is only later that  
she falls in love with and devotes her paintings to the SW. But with  
all the other things one could spend time teaching why pick Georgia  
O'Keeffe as one of only a handful of American artists? Is it the the  
tenuous link to Virginia (she attended high school at Chatham) and  
was "inspired" by a summer course at UVa?

There are times when the logic employed by those who write the SOLs  
escapes those of us who have to teach them.

James Brothers, RPA
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On May 21, 2007, at 20:38, Martha Katz-Hyman wrote:

> Georgia O'Keefe's family moved to Williamsburg in 1902; she joined  
> them in
> 1903, but went to boarding school (Chatham Episcopal Institute)  
> rather than
> go to school in Williamsburg.
>
> See http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/background/chronology.html.
>
> Martha Katz-Hyman
>
> On 5/21/07, James Brothers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Was discussing SOLs with a fellow history teacher the other day. I've
>> seen a lot of O'Keeffe's work, even like some of it. What we couldn't
>> figure out is why of all of the artists of the 20th century she was
>> included in the Virginia History SOLs. Any ideas?
>>
>> James Brothers, RPA
>> [log in to unmask]
>>