Mirella Martinez 04/30/2021
Description
Mirella Martinez discusses her early experiences with art as a young child noticing the details carved into her family portraits in Mexico. After moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma with her parents as a child, she describes the international community she found while living in Oklahoma State University's family housing. She talks about discovering visual art and photography in high school and how she decided to enroll at Ringling College of Art and Design to study photography and digital imaging. Martinez describes spending the first few years after college traveling between Oklahoma and the West Coast and finding inspiration for what would eventually become her photography series, 'AmericanWest.' After settling back in Oklahoma, she discusses getting involved with Art Group Oklahoma City and highlights some of her projects including her current series centered around still life and the 'moment after the perfect moment.' She reflects on the influences of her Mexican American background and community on her work and her sense of community with Mexican Americans in Middle America.
| Date(s) | 4/30/2021 |
| Call Number | WIA_009 |
| Subjects | Photography series, Mexican-Latinx culture, Still life photography, Creative process, Immigrant women artists Artists, Interviews, Mexican American artists, Mexican American women, Mixed media works, Photograph collections, Photography, Artistic, Portraits, Women photographers |
| Interviewee(s) | Mirella Martinez |
| Interviewer(s) | Julie Pearson-Little Thunder |