Yvonne Pickering Carter

**Yvonne Pickering Carter** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1939) 'Yar Amurka ce mai zane, mai zane-zane, kuma mai koyarwa. Ta yi aiki a fannin kafofin watsa labarai, ciki har da zane-zanen ruwa da kuma zane-zanen collage. 

An haife ta a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 1939, a Washington, DC, Carter ta zauna tare da iyalinta a Charleston, South Carolina na ɗan lokaci. Mahaifinta likitan haƙori ne a can, amma kuma ya san yadda ake gina gidaje da kayan daki, ƙwarewar da ya koya wa Carter tun tana yarinya.  Carter ta sami digirinta na farko da digiri na biyu na Fasaha a Jami'ar Howard inda ta yi karatu a ƙarƙashin Lila Asher . 

Ta haifi 'ya mace a kusan shekarar 1968. 

A shekarar 1976, Carter da mijinta suka sayi wani gini da babu kowa a ciki wanda aka yi wa Murray & Son Funeral Home a lamba ta 10th da O Streets NW a Washington DC. Ginin ya kasance babu kowa a ciki, an tona shi kuma ya lalace tsawon shekaru biyar. Ta amfani da ilimin ginin da take da shi daga mahaifinta, Carter ta kula da gyaran ginin zuwa babban wurin zama da ɗakin studio. Aikin ya ɗauki watanni shida kuma Carter ya ba da rahoton cewa sun kashe kusan dala $55,000. 

Carter ta yi aiki a matsayin mai zane mai ban mamaki tsawon shekaru da yawa, kodayake aikinta ya haɓaka har ya haɗa da ruwan ruwa, zane-zanen bango, da zane-zanen wasan kwaikwayo. A wani lokaci, Carter ta yi aiki da manyan zane-zane, tana gabatar da aiki ɗaya a ɗakin karatu na Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library a cikin sararin ƙafa 15 x 40. Bukatarta ta babban zane ya sa ta sayi kayayyaki daga mai samar da jiragen ruwa a Baltimore. Matsayinta na zane-zane ya zo ne bayan lokacin gwaji tare da zane-zanen ta - ta lulluɓe su a bango, ta dinka su da kuma shafa su, ko kuma ta yanke su da tsiri. Carter ta bayyana a zahiri ta cire zane daga bango ta naɗe kanta a ciki. Wasanta na farko ya kasance a shekarar 1981, ba ta taɓa ganin wani zane na wasan kwaikwayo ba kafin kanta. Aikinta na wasan kwaikwayo ya haɗa da waƙa, sauti, da motsi. Wani wasan kwaikwayo, a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1984, a Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Baltimore, Carter ta yi amfani da kiɗan da Lawrence Moss ya rubuta, wanda shine darektan tsara waƙoƙi a Jami'ar Maryland.

Ayyukanta sun bayyana a cikin nune-nunen rukuni a faɗin Amurka, ciki har da a wani baje kolin "Celebrate African-American Art: Yesterday and Today", wanda ya bayyana a cikin zane-zane a gidan tarihi na 100 Pearl Street da ke Hartford, Connecticut, a 1989.  Daga cikin cibiyoyin da suka nuna wasanninta na multimedia akwai Gidan Tarihi na Mata a Fasahohi na Ƙasa, Gidan Tarihi na Walters Art, da Jami'ar Maryland, Baltimore, da sauransu. Ayyukanta suna cikin tarin Gidan Tarihi na Gibbes na Fasahohi, Gidan Tarihi na North Carolina na Fasahohi, Jami'ar Gundumar Columbia,  da Kwalejin Fasaha ta Pennsylvania .  Carter ta koyar a Jami'ar Gundumar Columbia tsawon shekaru da yawa, tana aiki a matsayin Shugabar Kafafen Yaɗa Labarai, Kayayyaki da Ayyukan Kwaikwayo, kafin ta yi ritaya zuwa Charleston, South Carolina,  inda ta buɗe Gallery Cornelia don nuna zane-zanen Baƙar fata. 

## Ayyuka masu shahara

* *Jerin Bambancin Layi: Ba a yi wa lakabi ba*, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina
* *Jerin Layi Mai Ninki Mai Naɗewa #4*, 1978, Gidan Tarihi na Gibbes, Charleston, South Carolina
* *LSDF #50*, 1979, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina
* *Jerin Ruwa #30*, 1985, Kwalejin Fasaha ta Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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