Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly

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."Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 2023-09-28.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Matattun 2012
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1937