Oral history interview with Juanita Pahdopony

Title

Oral history interview with Juanita Pahdopony

Narrator

Pahdopony, Juanita

Date

Description

Juanita Pahdopony, a professional artist, talks about her childhood and the early influences of the Comanche tribe on her. She describes her career, her own art education, and her work as an art educator. She explains why she likes mixed-media art and the different types of art she creates, from painting to sculpture to poetry. She discusses a few specific projects and shows. She comments on how she wants her art to have many layers and on her future goals of sharing the Comanche culture through her art.

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Keyword

Oklahoma Native Artists; Comanche heritage; Creative process

Subject

Indians of North America; Artists; Interviews; Mixed media (Art); Painting; Art--Study and teaching

Spatial

Lawton, Oklahoma

Citation of material

Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University

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