Fairbetter, LaGina 2000-08-14

This interview features LaGina Fairbetter as she discusses her love and work in art. In this interview, Fairbetter explains how she got into art and some of the local Abilene artists that inspired her. She then describes going to New York and studying under New York artists. She closes by stating her future goals and recounting what it’s like to be a women in the art field.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: LaGina Fairbetter

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: August 14, 2000

Location:

Interviewer: Leslie Dutton

Length: 01:30:45

Abstract

Introduction and how she got into art; The first drawings she did; local artists that inspired her; Studying under artist’s in New York; Her life after studying in New York; Moving to Lubbock and researching her subjects; How she teaches her classes at Texas Tech; Where she receives her inspiration; Art as therapy and her future goals; Being a women in the art field

Access Information

Original Recording Format: mini-disc and audio cassette

Recording Format Notes: access copy available in reading room

Transcript: available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/363336>

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