Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly

Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Crenshaw (en) , 11 Satumba 1937
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mazauni	Chicago
Mutuwa	21 Oktoba 2012
Karatu
Makaranta	Roosevelt University (en) 1961) Bachelor of Arts (mul) Jamiar Gwamnatin Jaha 1974) M.A. (mul)
Sana'a
Sana'a	mai sassakawa da ceramicist (en)

Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly (1937–2012) ƙwararriyar mai zane ce a fannin yumbu. An san ta da fenti, rubutu, da yumbu mai suna 'Stories Pots' wanda ke ba da labarin yadda ta girma a ƙauyen jihar Mississippi ta Amurka, da kuma wasu jigogi masu ban sha'awa. An kuma san ta da 'Abokan Zamantakewa' da kuma fuskokinta na laka a cikin sassaka na yumbu. Ta kafa taron raba albarkatun mata na mutanen Mud People's Black Women's Resource Workshop wanda, a shekarar 1987, ya rikide, tare da goyon bayan Felicia Grant Preston, ya zama Sapphire and Crystals Collective.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Pitchford-Jolly a Crenshaw, Mississippi, a ranar 11 ga Satumba, 1937, ga Mattie Louise Williams, mai gyaran gashi, da Floyd Pitchford. Tagwaye ne kuma ɗaya daga cikin yara takwas. Iyayenta suna zaune a gonarsu kuma tun tana ƙarama, ta fara ƙera abubuwa daga laka bayan ruwan sama, don haka ta fara ƙwarewa a aikin yumbu na hannu tsawon rai. Bayan mahaifiyarta ta mutu a 1948, mahaifinta ya ƙaura zuwa arewa tare da yaran don neman aiki kuma a 1951 dangin suka tafi Chicago, inda Pitchford-Jolly ta zauna har tsawon rayuwarta.

Ilimi da aiki

Pitchford-Jolly ta sami digirin BA a fannin Nazarin Birane a shekarar 1961 daga Jami'ar Roosevelt . [1] Ta kuma sami digirin MS a fannin Nazarin Kabilanci da Kimiyyar Siyasa a shekarar 1974 daga Jami'ar Jihar Gwamna . [2] Ta yi aiki a fannin tsara lafiya da ayyukan zamantakewa na tsawon wasu shekaru. [3] Ta halarci ajin farko na zane-zane a shekarar 1968 a Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. [4] An sallame ta a shekarar 1981 bayan an rage mata kuɗaɗen gwamnati [5] kuma ta yanke shawarar yin aikin fasaha. Bayan wasan kwaikwayo na farko da ta yi, an ba ta aikin koyarwa na zane-zane a Jami'ar Jihar Chicago inda, saboda rashin ƙwarewarta ta fasaha, ta fara koyo tare da ɗaliban. [5] [6] Daga baya ta zama Farfesa a fannin Fasaha a can. [7]

In 1986, Pitchford-Jolly was recognised as one of the Top Ten Emerging Black Chicago Artists. She featured in Today's Chicago Woman Magazine. She was artist-in-residence for the Lakeside Group in 1988. Later, her work was highlighted in the 2005 Chicago Woman’s Caucus for Art. In 2008, Pitchford-Jolly's pots were showcased in the 'Kindred Spirits' Exhibit at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. She did a six-week residency, sponsored by the City of Chicago Artists Abroad program to work with potters in Zambia. She was Artist-in-Residence at New York University.