The Learning Curve: Roxana Robinson on Georgia O’Keeffe, Mother of American Modernist Painting

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🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In celebration of Women’s History Month, this week’s episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts U-Ark Prof. Albert Cheng and MassPotential’s Mary Tamer speak with Roxana Robinson to honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Georgia O’Keeffe, the pioneering artist often called the “Mother of American Modernism.” Drawing from Robinson’s 1989 biography Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life, […]

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0:00.0	Well, welcome back, everybody.
0:22.7	Hope you're doing well.
0:23.7	This is Albert Chang coming at you with another brand new episode of Learning Curve podcast.
0:29.0	This week, I'm joined by Mary Tamer.
0:32.4	Mary, how's it going?
0:34.1	Hi, Albert.
0:35.2	It's going pretty well.
0:36.3	It's still cold here in Boston, still a lot of snow,
0:38.8	but we're surviving. Okay. All right. Yeah. There's the updated weather report for all of you who
0:44.0	aren't in the northeast. Maybe enjoying some, dare I say, spring weather like I am. But by the way,
0:50.8	Mary, the listeners who don't know you, why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself for just a little bit here.
0:55.2	Sure.
0:55.8	I am based here in Boston and I run a statewide nonprofit called Mass Potential and we
1:01.4	are focused on catalyzing educational improvement across the K to 12 spectrum.
1:07.9	Great.
1:08.4	Well, you know, I'm looking forward to our show today. I mean, we don't
1:11.5	haven't had policy episode. We're going to have Roxanna Robinson join us in a little bit to talk
1:17.1	about Georgia O'Keefe, a modern American artist. And so I'm looking forward to this one.
1:23.2	I mean, again, I love the Learning Curve podcast for its ability to bring in folks who are familiar with
1:29.5	folks that have shaped our country and our culture today.
1:32.9	So anyway, I don't know how you, if you know much about Georgia O'Keefe, Mary, but I certainly
1:37.5	don't know that much beyond just some of her work.
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