Sapphire and Crystals

Sapphire and Crystals bụ ótù ụmụ nwanyị na-ese íhé nkè ndị Afrịka bi na Chicago, IL ma guzobe ya na 1987 site n'aka ónyé na-ese ite na ónyé nkuzi Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly na ónyé na-eme ihe nkiri Felicia Grant Preston. Ndị otu ahụ ka na-arụsi ọrụ ike emeela ihe ngosi otu n'ọtụtụ gallery na oghere ọbọdọ gafee Chicago na usoro na-agbanwe agbanwe nke ndị otu n'ime akụkọ ihe mere eme ha karịrị afọ 30. Ebumnuche nke otu ahụ bụ ịmepụta netwọk nkwado màkà ụmụ nwanyị ojii na-ese ihe ma nye ha ohere igosi ọrụ ha. N'èzí otu ahụ, ónyé ọ bụla so na Sapphire na Crystals na-eme onwé ya n'ọtụtụ usoro mgbasa ozi.

 Akụkọ ihe mere eme 
Sapphire na Crystals pụtara n'oge ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ na-ahụ màkà ụmụ nwanyị na ndị na-ese ihe na Chicago n'oge 1970s na 1980s. Atụmatụ mbụ màkà Sapphire na Crystals malitere site na mkparịta ụka n'etiti Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly na Felicia Grant Preston na 1986 dị ka nzaghachi màkà mgbasa nke ndị na-ese ihe, Mud People's Black Women's Resource Sharing Workshop. Aha otu ahụ sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ na ịma mma nke nkume sapphire, yana "Sapphire" na-adịghị mmá nke a na-eji megide ụmụ nwanyị ojii siri ike, na kristal nke ime mmụọ na ọgwụgwọ.  

 Ndepụta nke ndị otu 
E nweela ihe karịrị ndị otu irí ànó n'akụkọ ihe méré eme' nkè Sapphire na Crystal, ụfọdụ na-ekere òkè mgbè niile kemgbe mmalite na ndị ọzọ na-egosi naanị na otu màkà otu ngosi. 

 Ihe ngosi 
Ìgwè ahụ nwere ihe ngosi mbụ ya, Ihe ngosi nke Black Female Artists na-arụ ọrụ na Chicago Area, na South Side Community Art Center site na June 28 ruo July 19, 1987. E mere ihe ngosi nke abụọ ha, Sapphire and Crystals Too, na Nicole Gallery na 230 W Huron St., Chicago, IL site na Febụwarị 2 - 29, 1988."The Vessels that Marva Made: An Interview with Members of Sapphire & Crystals". Sixty Inches From Center. 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2019-01-25. 

 Ọ dị m ka ị nọ ebe a: Postcard Show na Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
 Sapphire na Crystals Invitational na Chicago State University President Gallery, Chicago, IL
 Ndị nkuzi, ndị chi nwanyị, na ndị dike ndị ọzọ, Chicago, IL, 2001
 Sapphire na Crystals na Black na White (otu ụtụ maka Spiral) na Mahadum Concordia, River Forest, IL, February 2004
 Sapphire na Crystals Rites of Spring na Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, March 2005
 Sapphire na Crystals: Black White and Blues, Chicago, IL, October 7 - November 10, 2005
 Okporo ụzọ gaa na Roots, Nicole Gallery - 2009
 BEyONd Race and Gender na Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL, Jenụwarị 23 - Machị 12, 2009
 Sapphire na Crystals: Ọhụụ na Elmhurst College Frick Center - 2010
 Ọnọdụ G / agbụrụ: Sapphire na Crystals Na-eme emume afọ 25 na Woman Made Gallery, November 9 - December 23, 2012
 The Divine Marva Pitchford-Jolly: Sapphire and Crystals Cheta, 2013
 Sapphire na Crystals na Prairie State College, 2013
 Ụzọ Mama m si mee, BAGIT Gallery, 1996
 Diaspora Ashe, Vergie Buxton Gallery, Chicago, IL

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