Cristiana Prado: Oklahoma's Immigrant Women Artists

Cristiana Prado talks about her exposure to art at an early age from her parents and her experience growing up in Brazil. She describes initially following her father's footsteps by pursuing a degree in architecture before getting a certification to teach English after a brief stay in the United States with her husband. Her and her husband would eventually return to the United States and settle in Tulsa, and she outlines her early career and education in art at the University of Tulsa, initially starting with her MA in printmaking before moving into her main discipline of ceramics for her MFA. She discusses how she uses her art as a form of therapy and shares some of the teaching opportunities she's had at universities, museums, and studios in Tulsa. She reflects on the ways her Brazilian background influences her work and describes some of the exhibitions and awards she's received as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her teaching and work.

This interview was conducted as part of the Oklahoma's Immigrant Women Artists oral history project at the OSU Library. For more information on this interview or to view the transcript, visit https://cdm17279.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/iwa/id/8/rec/4. To learn more about the collection or the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program, visit http://library.okstate.edu/history/ © Oklahoma State University

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