Benny Andrews

Benny Andrews (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli November biɛɣ'pinaata dali yuuni 1930 ka daa kpi silimiin goli November biɛɣ'pia dali yuuni 2006) daa nyɛla African-American nucheeni baŋda ni shikuru baŋda.

Bɛ daa dɔɣi o la tiŋ yuli booni Plainview, Georgia, Andrews nyɛla ŋun daa nya BFA in painting shikuru yuli booni School of the Art Institute of Chicago yuuni 1958 di nyaaŋa ka daa labi New York. O nyɛla niriba pam ni mi so ka di nyɛla o pɛnta pɛnta tuma zuɣu. Andrews nyɛla ŋun daa sɔŋ ka bɛ piligi Black Emergency Cultural Coalition ka di nyɛ din zani n-ti African-American nucheeni baŋdiba ban be New York’s bin din gbaai yuuni 1960s zaŋ hali ni  70s. O nyɛla ŋun daa lahi gari tooni ka bɛ daa piligi nucheeni tuma baŋsim bɔimbu sarikanima ni".

Andrews nyɛla ŋun daa wuhi nucheeni tuma baŋsim Queens College fyuma ata, bin din gbaai yuuni  1982 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 1984, o daa nyɛla Darata zaŋ n-ti Visual Arts Program for the National Endowment n-ti nucheeni baŋsim tuma. O nyɛla ŋun deei pina pam, di shɛŋa nyɛ John Hay Whitney Fellowship (1965–66),  New York Council on the Arts fellowships (1971–81) n-ti pahi National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1974–81).

Background
Benny Andrews nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so niŋ daŋ shɛli ban kalinli nyɛ pia ni silimiin goli November biɛɣ'pinaata dali yuuni 1930 tiŋ yuli booni Plainview, Georgia. O lammba, George mini Viola (née Perryman) daa nyɛla "sharecroppers". 

 Daŋ 
Benny Andrews nyɛla ŋun daa kpuɣi Mary Ellen Jones Smith, anfooni yaara yuuni1957. Bɛ nyɛla ban daa dɔɣi bihi ata, Christopher, Thomas n-ti pahi Julia pɔi ka daa luhi ka wurim yuuni 1976. Bɛ luhi ka wurim ŋɔ nyɛla din daa kpɛ gbana ni yuuni 1986.

Andrews nyɛla ŋun daa labi kpuɣi nucheeni baŋda Nene Humphrey yuuni 1986. Bɛ nyɛla ban daa nya taba MacDowell.

Andrews died of cancer on November 10, 2006, at the age of 75.

 Honors and awards 

 John Hay Whitney Fellowship - 1965-66
 New York Council for the Arts Fellowship - 1971-1981
 MacDowell Fellowships - 1972-1973, 1975-1978
 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship - 1974-1981
 O'Hara Museum Prize, Tokyo -1976
 Bellagio Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation - 1990
 Member of the National Academy of Design - 1997
 President’s Award to The Benny Andrews Foundation, United Negro College Fund - 2010

 Selected Collections 

 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

 Kundivihira 

 External links 
 New York Times obituary
 Benny Andrews papers, 1945–1968 from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art

 Benny Andrews at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
 Benny Andrews papers, 1940-2006 from the Stuart A. Rose Library, Emory University
Benny Andrew's Estate website

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