Oral history interview with Austin Real Rider

Title

Oral history interview with Austin Real Rider

Narrator

Real Rider, Austin

Date

Description

Austin Real Rider, a professional artist, talks about his childhood and how he was always drawn to art. He explains his late start in pursuing art as a career and how he became interested in pottery and ceramic sculpture. He describes his creative process and the different types of ceramics he makes, like masks and horses. He discusses some of the challenges of being a professional artist and comments on his sources of inspiration and future goals.

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Keyword

Oklahoma Native Artists; Pawnee heritage; Creative process; Red Earth Festival

Subject

Indians of North America; Artists; Interviews; Ceramic sculpture; Mask making; Painting

Spatial

Santa Fe, New Mexico; Pawnee, Oklahoma

Citation of material

Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University

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