Marwin Begaye 05/06/2018
Description
Marwin Begaye, an associate professor of painting and printmaking at the University of Oklahoma (OU), describes his early exposure to art growing up in a small Diné community outside of Gallup, New Mexico. He explains his art education attending the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Institute of American Indian Art (IAIA) before receiving his BFA in painting and MFA in printmaking at OU. He discusses his experience working as a graphic designer and illustrator at a time when digital graphic tools were becoming more sophisticated and how technology has impacted his work. Begaye talks about his creative process and style as well as his cross-cultural work, including the impact of his health-focused bird imagery on Native communities.
| Date(s) | 5/6/2018 |
| Call Number | ONA_141 |
| Subjects | Oklahoma Native Artists, Diné, Creative process, Graphic designers, Printmaking, Calaveras, Digital art, Cross-cultural art, Activism Indians of North America, Artists, Indian artists, Graphic artists, Graphic arts, Art--Study and teaching, Navajo Indians, Health, Institute of American Indian Arts, Printmakers, Prints--Technique, Culture jamming, Art and technology, Health in art, Interviews |
| Interviewee(s) | Marwin Begaye |
| Interviewer(s) | Julie Pearson-Little Thunder |