Kay Brown (artist)

Kay Brown (1932–2012) ta kasance mai zane-zane 'yar Afirka-Amurka, Mai Bugawa, marubuciyar da aka buga, mai zane-zane da kayan kwalliya. Ta kammala karatunta a Kwalejin Birnin New York a shekarar 1968, tare da digirin farko na Fasaha. Ta kuma kammala karatun digiri a Jami'ar Howard a shekarar 1986 tare da digirin Master of Fine Arts.  Brown ta zama mace ta farko da aka ba ta memba a cikin Weusi Artist Collective, wanda ke da hedikwata a Harlem a shekarun 1960 da 1970. An kafa Weusi Collective, wanda aka sanya wa suna don kalmar Swahili don "baƙi", a shekarar 1965, wanda ya ƙunshi maza gaba ɗaya. Gaskiyar cewa ita kaɗai ce mace a cikin wannan ƙungiyar ta zaburar da ita ta nemi hanyoyin wakiltar mata baƙar fata da aka yi watsi da su. Ana yaba ta sosai a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar mata baƙar fata ta Where We At a birnin New York. Ayyukan Brown an yaba su da wakiltar batutuwan da suka shafi al'ummar baƙar fata ta duniya ta hanyar hotunanta da kwafi na kafofin watsa labarai daban-daban. An nuna ayyukan Brown a cikin nunin "Mun So Juyin Juya Hali" a Gidan Tarihi na Brooklyn.

 Sana'a 
Brown tare da mai zane mai zare, Dindga McCannon, suka kafa <b id="mwGg">"Where We At" Black Women Artists, Inc. (WWA)</b> a lokacin bazara na 1971.  Batutuwan da aka tattauna ta hanyar fasahar zane-zane a cikin wannan ƙungiya sune yanayin zamantakewa na zamani kamar dangantakar mata/maza baƙar fata, al'adun Afirka, da dangin Baƙar fata a matsayin rukuni. Ta kuma rubuta wani labari dangane da shigarta cikin Nunin da kuma yadda ta ba da gudummawa a ciki.  Brown ta kuma rubuta wani labari na matashi, Willy's Summer Dream, wanda aka buga a 1989. Ms. Brown ita ma marubuciya ce da aka buga littattafai biyu. Littafin da aka fi tattaunawa akai shine Mafarkin bazara na Willy, wanda rayuwar ɗanta tilo ta yi wahayi zuwa gare shi. An kuma ambaci ɗanta a matsayin wahayi ga zane-zanen "Baƙar fata Uwa da Yaro Maza". Brown ma'aikaci ne a Kwalejin Medgar Evers kuma mataimakin farfesa ne a Kwalejin Al'umma ta Anne Arundel daga 1989 zuwa 1990. Aikin Brown wani ɓangare ne na Ƙungiyar Fasaha ta Baƙar fata wadda haɗin gwiwar masu fasaha baƙar fata, mawakan zane-zane, da mawaƙa ne. 

Fayilolin tsaye na Kay Brown suna cikin tarin Evans-Tibbs na ɗakin karatu na National Gallery of Art .  An haɗa hotonta a cikin fitaccen faifan 1972 na Wasu Masu Zane-zanen Mata 'Yan Amurka Masu Rai ta Mary Beth Edelson . 

 Ayyuka 
Kay Brown ƙwararriyar mai buga littattafai ce a fannin zamantakewa da siyasa, wadda ta ƙware a fannin bayyana labarin Baƙar fata da ta gani da kanta. Brown ta kuma yi amfani da manyan hotunan bidiyo don taimakawa wajen bayyana manufofinta.

 Sojan Baƙar fata, 1969 – Wannan rubutun ya samo asali ne daga ƙaruwar adadin baƙar fata da ake ɗauka a matsayin waɗanda ke aikin sa kai a Yaƙin Vietnam daga Nuwamba 1955 har zuwa Afrilu 1975. Brown ya yi amfani da hotunan Martin Luther King Jr. a matsayin babban abin da ya fi mayar da hankali a kai yayin da hotunan samarin baƙar fata ke kewaye da hotonsa. Ta bayyana cewa dalilin da ke bayan wannan shine don nuna cewa mahalarta ba su san dalilan yaƙin ba kuma ta fahimci cewa sojojin baƙar fata sun mutu ne kawai kuma ba su da wani amfani. Don tallafawa akidarta, ta sanya hoton wani mutum da ke wakiltar Jam'iyyar Baƙar fata a kusurwar dama ta ƙasa don wakiltar rashin kariya ga al'ummar Baƙar fata da kuma buƙatar kare kai daga masu fafutuka.
 Willowbrook, 1972 – (Etching and aquatint on paper)  Brown ya zaɓi a cikin wannan rubutun don nuna wani yanayi mai baƙin ciki da aka samu a giciye yana ƙyanƙyashewa a kan teburin da kuma muhimmancin da ke kan taga wanda ke ƙarfafa kaɗaicin da ake ji lokacin da aka ɗaure shi da kuma ruɗani da yara da manya ke samu lokacin da aka jefa su cikin wuraren rashin lafiyar kwakwalwa da suka lalace. Willowbrook wata cibiyar kula da tabin hankali ce a Tsibirin Staten wacce aka san ta da rashin tausayi, cin zarafin yara, da kuma rashin tausayi ga mazaunanta wanda aka bayyana a shekarun 1970.
 Farkon Kick of Life (Zane-zanen launi da aquatint akan takarda, kimanin 1974) - a cikin tarin Gidan Tarihi na Brooklyn .
 Uwa Baƙi da Yaro Namiji (Etching and aquatint on cream sadden paper, 1974–1975) — Amfani da Brown yayi da yawa na bambancin layi ya sa wannan etching ya zama mai ƙarfi da laushi, yana jaddada rungumar da ke cike da damuwa ta uwa da ke rungumar ɗanta.
 Duk lokacin da na ji Ruhu (Etching, 1979) – an nuna shi a baje kolin Canje-canje: Mata a Fasaha ta 70-80, a New York Coliseum, Maris 5-9, 1981
 Shaidan da Wasansa (takarda da fenti acrylic akan zane, 1970) – an nuna shi a cikin baje kolin Al'ada da Rikici: Hotunan Shekaru Masu Tashin Hankali, 1963–1973, a Gidan Tarihi na Studio da ke Harlem, Janairu 27–30 ga Yuni, 1985.
 'Yar'uwa Kadai a Ɗaki Mai Hayar (Etching on paper, 1974). Brown ya yi amfani da etching don ƙirƙirar wani yanayi da ke nuna matan da ke cikin hoton suna fama da talauci. 
 Bimbini (Zane da kuma zane a kan takarda)  A cikin wannan zanen, an nuna wata mace a ƙasa, wadda ta yi kama da tana cikin baƙin ciki. Ta yi amfani da bayanai da yawa game da rigar mutum da kuma jikin mutum.

Akwai wasu labarai da aka ambaci ta. A cewar Mutual Art, an nuna Kay Brown a cikin labaran AnOther, da ArtDaily (A cewar MutualArt ). Haka kuma, a cewar Mutual Art, a watan Agusta na 2020, labarinta na baya-bayan nan shine Mata Masu Zane-zane Masu Launi a Hasken Hasken Wiki Edit-A-Thon wanda aka rubuta don HAPPENING .

 Nunin Nunin 
Ana iya ganin ayyukanta a cikin nune-nunen da yawa, waɗanda ake iya samu a gidajen tarihi da gidajen tarihi da dama.

 Baƙi a Launi: Bayyanar gani na Ƙungiyar Fasaha ta Baƙaƙe, 1960-Yanzu, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Herbert F. Johnson, Jami'ar Cornell, Agusta-Oktoba, 2000 
 Sauye-sauye: Mata a Fasaha ta 70-80, New York Coliseum, Maris 5-9, 1981
 Mun So Juyin Juya Hali: Mata Baƙaƙe Masu Tsattsauran Ra'ayi, 1965–85, Gidan Tarihi na Brooklyn, 21 ga Afrilu–Satumba, 2017 
 Mun So Juyin Juya Hali: Mata Baƙaƙe Masu Tsattsauran Ra'ayi, 1965–85, Gidan Tarihi na Afirka ta Amurka na California, 13 ga Oktoba, 2017 - 14 ga Janairu, 2018 
 Mun So Juyin Juya Hali: Mata Masu Tsattsauran Ra'ayi Baƙaƙe, 1965–85, Albright-Knox Gallery, 17 ga Fabrairu, 2018 - 27 ga Mayu, 2018 
 Ƙungiyar Fasaha ta Arroyo: Tashar Discovery Arts, Los Angeles, Nuwamba 10, 2018 - Disamba 01, 2018
 Inda muke a: Mawakan Baƙar fata Mata, 1971

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Matattun 2012
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1932