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06/30/2021
profile-icon Liz Ehrnst

 "O’Keeffe was at once global and insistently, radically local. She embraced what she termed the 'wideness and wonder of the world' and was entirely comfortable making her own place within it, however remote."
— Cody Hartley, Director of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

In this newly published catalogue, Georgia O’Keeffe, a survey of O’Keeffe’s career and life is presented complete with large color plates of works paired with descriptions and quotes from the artist. The book features key texts by Marta Ruiz del Árbol, Ariel Plotek, Didier Ottinger and Catherine Millet, and also contains a technical studies section with contributions by Dale Kronkright, Marta Palao, Andrés Sánchez Ledesma, and Susana Pérez. Photographs and images of archival material visually tell the story of O’Keeffe’s life and details of O’Keeffe’s paintings provide insight into her artistic process. A well-illustrated biography and useful bibliography round out the book.

Georgia O’Keeffe was published to accompany the first Georgia O’Keeffe retrospective in Spain on view at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza from April 20 to August 8, 2021. The exhibition is organized by the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, the Centre Pompidou, and the Fondation Beyeler, in partnership with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. After Madrid, the exhibition will travel to Paris and Basel. 

Learn more about the exhibition and O’Keeffe at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza online, which includes a virtual tour of the exhibition, a related interactive magazine, O'Keeffe inspired music playlists, and videos about O'Keeffe's artistic practice.

06/25/2021
profile-icon Tori Duggan

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is celebrated annually during the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan.

“The uprising at the Stonewall Inn in June, 1969, sparked a liberation movement — a call to action that continues to inspire us to live up to our Nation’s promise of equality, liberty, and justice for all. Pride is a time to recall the trials the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) community has endured and to rejoice in the triumphs of trailblazing individuals who have bravely fought — and continue to fight — for full equality.”

Read more from the Proclamation on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month issued by President Biden issued this year to recognize June as Pride Month and promising to fight for equality for the LGBTQ community.

LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated annually across the world by millions of people at events including parades, picnic, parties, public speakers, concerts, and workshops. It is a time to recognize and celebrate the impact that LGBTQ individuals have had on history as well as remember those who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS.

 

Want to Learn More?

Explore Library of Congress resources and collections, which “tell the rich and diverse story of LGBTQ+ life in America and around the world”. Includes documentary video, audio, and images, and is organized by subject, format, and time period.

Reading recommendations, free online events and resources for all ages from the New York Public Library.

 

See the New Mexico LGBTQ resources and organizations below to learn more and support the LGBTQ community.

Aims "to be a trusted partner, and to uplift the voices and leadership of our community in creating a reality of equity, full access, and sustainable wellness for LGBTQ New Mexicans".

"This document developed from many conversations with people in New Mexico who were looking for a good resource for Sexual and Gender Minority/Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (SMG/LGBTQ) vocabulary in Spanish. This included community members as well as professionals who wanted resources for translators and interpreters who provide services to Spanish-speaking individuals and communities."

Provides "advocacy, education, and direct services in support of transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and gender variant people and their families".

"We are committed to serving our UNM community by providing education, advocacy, and support through our events, trainings, and student groups. The LGBTQ Resource Center was founded in 2010 by students, staff, faculty, and community members to create a space where our LGBTQQIA community can not only survive, but thrive."

 

06/21/2021
profile-icon Liz Ehrnst
 

 

The Engl Library at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum joins in the celebration of Rainbow Book Month™ this June! Rainbow Book Month™ is a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, genderqueer, queer, intersex, agender, and asexual community.

During June, we will share a series of news post this month that educate and celebrate the LGTBQIA+ experience.

Originally established in the early 1990s by The Publishing Triangle as National Lesbian and Gay Book Month, this occasion is an opportunity for book lovers and libraries with the very best in LGBTQIA+ literature. Celebrated by the American Library Association (ALA) since 2015, GLBT Book Month™ was renamed Rainbow Book Month™ in 2020, in coordination with the ALA Rainbow Round Table's name change in 2019.

Rainbow Book Month™ is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA), and is coordinated through its Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services and the Rainbow Round Table

For more information on Rainbow Book Month™ stay tuned and check out these resources:

 

Book Awards

Lamda Literary's Mission: "nurtures and advocates for LGBTQ writers, elevating the impact of their words to create community, preserve our legacies, and affirm the value of our stories and our lives."

The Stonewall Book Awards is sponsored by the America Library Association's Rainbow Round Table and honors books that have "exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience."

 

Reading Lists

2021 Pride month reading recommendations from Akwaeke Emezi, author of Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir. This list is great for people who want to explore a little deeper into queer literature and learn about titles and authors they might not know. 

This 2020 reading list compiled by Lamda Legal is "an anti-racist reading list by, about, and for Black LGBTQ people." This list pulls together texts that highlight the intersections of race, gender and sexuality within a framework of rebellion and resistance.

ALA Rainbow Roundtable's 2021 book list. This list consists of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction titles that offer "commendable literary quality and significant authentic LGBTQIA+ content."

This book recommendation list from the San Francisco Public Library is a list of queer fiction written by queer writers of color. Use WorldCat to find these books in a library near you.

ALA Rainbow Roundtable's 2021 book list with titles for readers from birth to age 18. This year's list includes 129 titles consisting of board books, picture books, fiction and non-fiction. 

Reading list of rural queer fiction compiled by Carl Sickels, author of The Prettiest Star

New York Public Library's annotated list of books for learning more about trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming (GNS) folks. This annotated list includes titles for all age groups, and includes fiction and nonfiction. This extensive list also includes resources to awards and additional reading lists. 

06/16/2021
profile-icon Liz Ehrnst

What is Juneteenth?

Juneteenth (short for June nineteenth) is a celebration of the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. It has also been known as Emancipation Day, Jubilee Day, or Freedom Day, and commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to inform enslaved people that they were free and that the Civil War had ended. The announcement was made more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

How to Celebrate?

Juneteenth was first celebrated by African Americans in the late 1800s and has been celebrated ever since across the U.S. in many ways. During the month of June, leading up to and on the 19th, people often come together to reflect on the past and the continued struggle for justice and equity. Some communities commemorate the moment with public gatherings, parades, music, guest speakers, picnics and barbeques. Some support and shop at Black-owned businesses, while others take a day of rest and contemplation.  

Juneteenth.com tracks, shares, and has suggestions for celebrations and ways to commemorate the holiday, and is a good source to learn more about the history of Juneteenth.

Learn More:

Article by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about the history of Juneteenth, originally published by The Root.

A short video from The Root about the start of Juneteenth.

Short video by Dr. Tamika Nunley, Associate Professor of American History at Oberlin College, discussing five things you might not know about Juneteenth.

Brief blog post from the National Museum of African American History and Culture about the historical legacy of Juneteenth.

Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Founding Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, discusses the legacy of Juneteenth with Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart. They discuss race, protests against police brutality, and his role as the first-ever African American Secretary of the Smithsonian. 

Recommended reading for ages 5 to 18 from Colours of Us.

Recommended reading for all ages from Black & Bookish.

“Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s On Juneteenth provides a historian’s view of the country’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond.” Also check out The History Of Juneteenth, author Annette Gordon-Reed in conversation with Terry Gross, NPR.   

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