Oral history interview with Linda Lomahaftewa

Title

Oral history interview with Linda Lomahaftewa

Narrator

Lomahaftewa, Linda, 1947-

Description

Linda Lomahaftewa grew up with her Hopi and Choctaw heritage in the Southwest region of the United States. She received her artistic training from the San Francisco Art Institute where she focused on painting, but has since moved into symbolic printmaking with sacred Native American meaning. Lomahaftewa discusses her many happy years as an artist sharing her culture and as a teacher mentoring her students at the Institute of Indian American Art.

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Keyword

Oklahoma Native Artists; Art education; Creative process; Monoprint; Hopi heritage; Choctaw heritage

Subject

Indians of North America; Artists; Interviews; Institute of American Indian Arts; Arts--Competitions; Women artists

Spatial

San Francisco, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Santa Fe, New Mexico

Citation of material

Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University

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