Which college employed Georgia O'Keeffe as an art instructor from 1916 to 1918?

Georgia O'Keeffe taught at West Texas State Normal College from 1916 to 1918.

The college, now known as West Texas A&M University, was located in Canyon, Texas. O'Keeffe became head of the art department there after teaching at Columbia College in South Carolina. Her work in Texas coincided with a major period of artistic experimentation.

While teaching, O'Keeffe developed increasingly abstract drawings based on natural forms. She sent some of these works to the photographer and gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz, whose exhibitions helped introduce her to the New York art world. Her teaching career therefore overlapped with the emergence of the style that made her famous.

The institution's name can cause confusion because it changed over time. The answer refers to its historical name during O'Keeffe's tenure, not the modern name West Texas A&M University.