Gwendolyn Ann Magee

Gwendolyn (Gwen) Ann Magee (31 ga Agusta, 1943 - 27 ga Afrilu, 2011) ta kasance Mai zane-zane na Afirka-Amurka. Koyon yin sutura a tsakiyar rayuwarta, Magee da sauri ta zama sananniya a duniyar fasahar fiber saboda abubuwan da ta yi da ba a fahimta ba da kuma labarun da ke nuna kwarewar Afirka ta Amirka. Ana iya samun aikinta a cikin tarin dindindin na Gidan Tarihi na Mississippi, Gidan Tarihin Mississippi, Gidauniyar Jami'ar Jihar Michigan, da Renwick Gallery na Gidan Gidan Tarih na Smithsonian, kuma an nuna shi a duniya.

 Tarihin rayuwa 
An haifi Magee Gwendolyn (Gwen) Ann Jones a 1943 a High Point, North Carolina . Yayinda take yarinya, mahaifiyarta mai suna Annie Lee Jones ta fallasa ta ga fasaha, sana'a, da gidajen tarihi. Iyayenta sun yi rajista a cikin jerin littattafai 24 na The Metropolitan Seminars in Art na John Canaday da kuma littattafai 90 na Art Treasures of the World, wanda Harry N. Abrams ya buga, kuma an jawo Magee zuwa kundin da ke nuna Van Gogh da Gauguin saboda amfani da launi na masu zane-zane. Ta kammala karatu a 1959 daga Makarantar Sakandare ta William Penn da ke High Point, ta shiga Kwalejin Mata ta Jami'ar North Carolina (yanzu Jami'ar Arewacin Carolina a Greensboro) a kusa da Greensboro . UNC ta kasance a cikin shekara ta huɗu ta kawar da wariyar launin fata, kuma Magee na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Afirka biyar a cikin aji. A lokacin da take kwaleji, Greensboro cibiyar ayyukan kare hakkin bil'adama ce, kuma Magee ta zama mai aiki a cikin zanga-zangar gida game da wariyar launin fata a cikin al'umma. Wannan gogewa daga baya za ta rinjayi aikinta na fasaha.

 Ayyukan fasaha 
Da yake so ya yi quilts ga 'ya'yanta mata su kai kwaleji, Magee ta shiga cikin aji na quilting a shekarar 1989. Bayan kammala karatun a Joy's Craft Shop a Jackson da Anne's Quilt Shop a Clinton, Magee ta koyi game da Jackson Quilters da Mississippi Quilt Association, inda ita kadai ce 'yar Afirka ta Afirka ta kasance memba na kungiyoyin a wannan lokacin. Da yake kallon baya a wannan lokacin, Magee ya ba da labarin: "Bayan da na zama mai sha'awar yin sutura, na fara neman bayanai game da wasu 'yan Afirka na Amurka, kuma da farko, kawai nassoshi da na iya samu sun nuna mu daga 'ƙwarewar gargajiya' ko 'mai zane-zane na waje', kuma sun gabatar da duk nau'ikan ra'ayoyin da suka daina kawai ba su da ikon yin amfani da maki da kuma hadawa da kayan ado na Afirka da 'da kyau'. Magee kuma ta sami tasiri daga yarinta a cikin gida mai ban sha'awa, ilimi a cikin kimiyyar zamantakewa, shiga cikin ƙungiyar kare hakkin bil'adama, aikin zamantakewa da ayyukan kasuwanci, da abubuwan da ta samu a matsayin matarsa, uwa, da kakarta.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2011
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1943