Karen Boccalero

Karen Boccalero (Mayu 19, 1933 - zuwa Yuni 24, 1997) yar ba'amurkiya ce, kyakkyawa mai fasaha, kuma wacce ta kafa kuma tsohon darektan Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai wato  &amp; Art . Alissa Walker, "The Muse on Cesar Chavez Avenue," Utne Reader (July-August 2009).

 Kuruciya da ilimi 
An haifi Carmen Rose Boccalero a Globe, Arizona, zuwa Albert Boccalero da Annie Guadagnoli; Iyayenta duka 'yan asalin kasar Italiya ne. Ta koma Los Angeles tare da danginta tun tana yarinya. Michael Fallon, Creating the Future: Art and Los Angeles in the 1970s (Counterpoint 2014). Ta halarci Kwalejin Zuciya ta Immaculate a Los Feliz, California, inda ta yi karatu tare da Sister Corita Kent . Boccalero ta ci gaba da karatun zane-zane a Makarantar Fasaha ta Tyler a waje a Rome, Italiya, kuma ya sami MFA a matsayin mai bugawa a Jami'ar Temple . Hector Tobar, "Sister Karen Boccalero, Latino Art Advocate, Dies," Los Angeles Times (June 26, 1997).

 Sana'a 
Boccalero ta kafa kuma ta sanya suna Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai a Boyle Heights a cikin 1971, tare da gungun masu fasahar Chicano.  Ta sami injin buga littattafai kuma ta fara wani taron bita a cikin gareji da aka yi hayar bisa umarninta, Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity .  Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai duka ɗakin ɗab'i ne da ta hada kungiya zane na Kai ka saboda cigaban al'umma al'umma, tare da Sister Karen a matsayin darekta na daɗe. Marita Hernandez, "East L. A. Center Serves as 'Family' Home to Chicano Artists," Los Angeles Times (December 21, 1985): OC_A4. Ta yi aiki don haskaka abubuwan al'adun Mexica a yawancin abubuwan da aka fitar a ɗakin studio, da kuma a cikin shirye-shiryen ilimantarwa da suka ɗauka. Ta taka rawar gani wajen shirya bikin Dia de los Muertos na farko a Los Angeles. "'Yar'uwa Karen ta kasance mai tsayin daka game da hada da Mesoamerican da Mexican iconography da tarihi a koyar da matasa a Gabashin LA," in ji mai koyarwa Linda Vallejo . Jeremy Rosenberg, "Culture Power: The Importance of Sister Karen Boccalero & Self Help Graphics & Art in Los Angeles History," Los Angeles History Archive.

Boccalero ta kasance mai rarrashin tattara kudade don shirin. Horon ta a matsayin mai ilmi da  fasaha ta sanar da aikinta na tallafawa masu fasaha masu kimiya. Roberto Bedoya, "In Praise of Art and Dedication," Los Angeles Times (July 1, 1997). Ta ɗauki ɗakin studio ɗin aikinta, a matsayinta na uwargida Franciscan, kuma odarta ta gane haka, duk da cewa tana tallafawa Willie Herrón wajen kawo makada na punkero na Gabashin Los Angeles don yin akai-akai a cikin ɗakin studio. Colin Gunckel, Vexing: Female Voices from East L. A. Punk (Claremont Museum of Art 2008). A cikin shekara 1988, Boccalero ta sami lambar yabo ta Vesta Award daga Gine-ginen Mata, saboda aikinta na tallafin al'umma da fasaha."Nine Vesta Award Winners to be Honored," Los Angeles Times (October 7, 1988): AF32.

Boccalero ta rayu don ganin Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai da aka nuna a cikin wani babban nuni a gidan kayan tarihi na Laguna a shekarar 1995.William Wilson, "O. C. Art Review: L. A.'s Energetic 'Chicano Art,'" Los Angeles Times (March 25, 1995).

 Ta sirin da gado 
Boccalero ta sa tufafiwn da ba na yau da kullun ba na yau da kullun, ba dabi'ar addini ba. "Ta sadaukar da kanta a matsayin amaryar Kristi, amma kuma ta kasance mai ci gaba, mai shan taba, mai zagi," in ji abokin aiki Tomas Benitez.Cathy Weiss and Julia Wasson, "Tomas Benitez on his Friend Sister Karen of Self-Help Graphics," Huffington Post (October 24, 2013).

Karen Boccalero ta mutu a shekara ta 1997, tana da shekaru 64 da ciwon zuciya.  An gina bagadi na gargajiya don tunawa da ita, an lulluɓe shi da zane-zane, hotuna, akwatunan taba, da marigolds. Akwai nunin girmamawa ga 'Yar'uwa Karen a ranar cika shekaru goma da rasuwarta, a Taimakon Kai da Art. Agustin Gurza, "Honoring Self-Help's Self Starter," Los Angeles Times (June 23, 2007). Fastocin Boccalero da sauran masu fasaha daga al'ummarta sun kasance wani ɓangare na nunin "Sabor American" a gidan kayan tarihi na Bob Bullock a 2010. "Estilo Musical: East L. A. Punk," American Sabor website. An kuma nuna aikin Sister Karen a cikin "Yanzu Tona Wannan! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960 – 1980," wani nunin balaguro na 2011 – 2013 wanda Gidan Tarihi na Hammer ya shirya a Los Angeles.

Galería Sin Fronteras a Austin, Texas ya fara da bayani daga aikin Karen Boccalero.  Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai & Art yana ci gaba a matsayin cibiyar Karen ta bawar  al'umma ta abubuwan tuna Dan gane da Kun giyar taimako na Kai da Kai na art bi ma'ana zane zanen ta da ta bari agidan tarihi a Gabashin Los Angeles. 
Category:Mutuwan 1997