Exhibition Opening: A Weekend with Maia Chavez Larkin

Fresh of being chosen for the cover for Western Art Collector’s May issue, Manitou Galleries in Santa Fe is set to host a weekend with Maia Chavez-larkin. Maia grew up in a family of artists. Her father, Edward Chavez, started his career creating murals in public spaces across the West through the WPA initiative. After moving East following World War II, he became an integral part of the Woodstock Artists’ Colony, a member of the National Academy of Design, and a professor at the New York Students League. His works exist in the collections of the Whitney, MoMa, The Hirshorn and the Library of Congress. Maia’s mother is Eva van Rijn, an award-winning conservation artist who was for many years the president of the Board of Directors at the Woodstock School of Art. Her wildlife and landscape paintings are in the collections of six art museums.

Maia has student architectural illustration at the New York School of Interior Design as well as painting and drawing with II Chiostro in Vagliagli, Italy and the Woodstock School of Art in Woodstock, NY. She has also worked for nearly two decades as a professional illustrator.