Elizabeth's biography of Dorothy will be published March 5, 2027 by McFarland Books. I had to share this event and amazing news! Dorothy Newkirk Stewart is the subject of a new biography being published in March 2027–and a talk June 4, 2026, at the Historic Santa Fe Foundation. The book and the talk are by Elizabeth Barr Bryant, a relative of Dorothy's, who I have been lucky to get to know as I researched the life of Maria Chabot. If you have read any of my posts, you know ho

Your Life's Archive is a transformative personal growth online course inspired by my years immersed in the archives of Maria Chabot and Georgia O'Keeffe Many of you have asked me if I might teach a class about working with archives and, while I thought that was an interesting idea, it is hard to teach about archives you are not familiar with. BUT...there is one type of archive I am very familiar with: personal archives. Without Maria's personal archive, we wouldn't be here n

Maria Chabot, 1944. Photo by Georgia O'Keeffe. Maria Chabot Archive, 1940-2001, undated. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. What better way to start off a new year than with good news? After nine years of research and writing, I am currently in discussions with a publisher to bring my biography of Maria Chabot to market in 2027!!! We're still working on the fine details so I can't say too much more for now but once I can, I will share the final word here first ! This journey started as

It has been almost nine years, but my book about the life of Maria Chabot is finally complete. This whole journey began as a visit to...