Maria Manhattan has lived and worked as an artist in Hudson for 16 years.
In her interview, Maria begins by discussing her upbringing in Brooklyn and an impactful trip to Europe in high school, which she won as part of a political debate contest. She shares stories from this trip and other memories from her adolescence, particularly her discovery of a passion for the arts.
This interview may interest those researching or wanting to learn more about LGBTQ life in Hudson during the 2000s, art and theater in San Francisco during the 1970s, early computer graphics in the 1980s, and multimedia art.