Oral history interview with Joan Brown

Title

Oral history interview with Joan Brown

Narrator

Brown, Joan

Description

Joan Brown has been a professional artist for many years while parallel her other roles as mother and social worker. She describes her childhood and growing up around Creek influences. Brown explains how she decided to become an artist and how she continued to paint while working other jobs. She mentions some of the people she has worked with over the years and their place in the community. Brown comments on her creative process and the challenges of being an artist and a mother. She acknowledges the value of older artists mentoring younger artists early in their careers.

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Keyword

Oklahoma Native Artists; Indian Children's Home; Indian university; Daughters of the Earth

Subject

Indians of North America; Indian artists; Motherhood; Interviews

Spatial

Choska, Oklahoma; Muskogee, Oklahoma

Citation of material

Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University

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