Oral history interview with Gary and Elizabeth Farris

Title

Oral history interview with Gary and Elizabeth Farris

Narrator

Farris, Gary; Farris, Elizabeth

Description

Gary and Elizabeth Farris, longtime Native art collectors, describe their childhoods and their respective Native heritages. They talk about how they met and their shared love of art. They explain what it means to be an art collector and how the process of buying art should go. They mention a few of the people who have helped them with their collection and some of the artists they have gotten to know. They also their thoughts on the future of Native art and artists.

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Keyword

Oklahoma Native Artists; Oklahoma Indian Art Gallery; Standing Buffalo Indian Art Gallery; Littrell, Doris

Subject

Indians of North America; Art--Collectors and collecting; Art museums; Interviews

Spatial

Tahlequah, Oklahoma; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Norman, Oklahoma; North Dakota

Citation of material

Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University

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