Which Texas college employed Georgia O'Keeffe as head of its art department in 1916?

West Texas State Normal College employed Georgia O'Keeffe as head of its art department in 1916.

The institution was located in Canyon, Texas, and O'Keeffe taught there from 1916 to 1918. Her appointment came during an important transitional period, when she was moving away from strict academic imitation and toward a more experimental approach.

While in Texas, O'Keeffe developed ideas about teaching art through direct perception and personal expression. Her later reputation rests mainly on her paintings, but her work as an educator was an important part of her early professional life.

West Texas State Normal College later became West Texas State University and is now known as West Texas A&M University. Those later names can cause confusion when identifying the institution under its 1916 name.