Brito, Maria
(b. 1947)
Oral history interview with María Brito, 1997 Oct. 25
Sculptor, Installation artistMiami, Fla.
An interview of María Brito conducted by Juan A. Martínez 1997 Oct. 25 in Brito's home/studio, Miami, Florida, for the Archives of American Art.
Brito speaks of her birthplace, Havana, Cuba, and her early art education at the Edison School; her travels to Miami as part of the Peter Pan Project in 1961; her art studies at the Miami-Dade Community College and the University of Miami. She also comments on the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA) in New York, The Decade Show, her first exhibition in Miami at Gallery 24 in 1980, and other exhibitions.