Marie Cochran

**Marie T. Cochran** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1962) ƙwararriyar mai zane ce a fannin shigarwa, malanta, mai tsara shirye-shirye, marubuciyar fasaha, kuma mai kula da fasaha.  A tsakanin 2020 zuwa 2022, ta kasance Farfesa Lehman Brady, a Jami'ar Duke . 

## Rayuwar farko
An haife ta kuma ta girma a Toccoa, Georgia, wani wuri da Cochran ke kira "wuri na musamman."  Aikinta ya mayar da hankali kan batutuwan launin fata da jinsi daga mahangar Baƙar fata, kuma ya bincika yanayin Affrilachia, yana mai nuni da tarihi da al'adun Baƙar fata da sauran mutanen launin fata daga yankin Appalachian na Amurka.   A cikin wata hira da Candice Dyer, Cochran ya ce, game da Appalachia, "Mutane suna danganta Baƙar fata da Atlanta, Detroit, DC, amma muna da shi a nan a cikin tsaunuka. Wataƙila mu ƙanana ne, amma muna da manyan tasiri."

## Ilimi
An haifi Marie Cochran a Toccoa, Georgia a shekarar 1962. Ta sami digirin farko a fannin zane da zane daga Jami'ar Georgia a shekarar 1985, kuma a shekarar 1987, ta sami matsayin mai zane mai ziyara a Jami'ar Georgia Southern . Daga baya aka ba ta tallafin karatu daga Gidauniyar Ford kuma ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin zane da zane/zane daga Makarantar Fasaha ta Chicago a shekarar 1992, inda ta sami tallafin karatu na gaba da digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin kayan tarihi na NEA.   

## Sana'a
Daga 1992 zuwa 1996, ta kasance mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin fasaha a Jami'ar Georgia Southern . Daga 1996 zuwa 2000, ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin fasaha a Jami'ar Georgia .   Cochran ta kasance farfesa mai ziyara a jami'o'i da dama, ciki har da Jami'ar Georgia, Kwalejin Al'umma ta Prince George, da Jami'ar Western Carolina.  Ta kasance Farfesa Lehman Brady a Cibiyar Nazarin Takardu a Jami'ar Duke tun daga zangon karatu na kaka na 2020 har zuwa zangon karatu na bazara na 2022. A lokacin bazara na 2022, ta koyar da kwas na farko da na digiri a matsayin Farfesa Lehman Brady mai taken Black Spaces Matter: Race, Place, and Resilience. 

Cochran ta kuma haɗu da shirya baje kolin kayan tarihi na farko na Aikin Fasaha na Affrilachian, a Cibiyar Al'adu ta August Wilson da ke Pittsburgh, wata ƙungiya da ke haɓaka ra'ayin Affrilachia, kuma tana aiki tare da masu fasaha masu launi a Appalachia . Ta ce burinta da wannan aikin "shine ƙirƙirar hanyar haɗin gwiwa mai ɗorewa tsakanin masu fasaha na yankin da masu shirya al'umma." Aikin Fasaha na Affrilachian "ya ƙunshi dukkan nau'ikan bayyana ra'ayi, gami da kiɗa da adabi."

## Zane-zane
Ta kuma kasance mai zane a jami'o'i da dama: ko dai za ta yi tafiya zuwa wurare da dama da zane-zane, ko kuma za ta ba wa masu fasaha lokaci su yi tunani da aiki a wajen wuraren jin daɗinsu. Yawancin wannan aikin ya faru ne a Asheville, North Carolina . An nuna ayyukanta a Gidan Tarihi na Studio da ke Harlem, Kwalejin Spelman, Babban Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha, da Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Georgia. 

An haɗa Cochran da zane-zane a cikin baje kolin 2020 a Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Asheville, Appalachia Now! Binciken fannoni daban-daban na Fasaha na Zamani a Kudancin Appalachia. Baje kolin masu fasaha 50 ya binciki "haɗakar al'adu da ra'ayoyin zamani da ke cikin wakilcin fasaha na zamani na rayuwa a wannan yanki." 

Cochran "tana amfani da fasahar gani don haɗa haɗin gwiwa da ke haifar da haɗin gwiwa."  Wasu daga cikin ayyukanta sun haɗa da, Kindred Vow , wani kayan shigarwa na multimedia, da Testify, Beyond Place, wanda Cochran ya ƙirƙira kuma ya ba da umarni kuma ya ƙirƙiri duk ayyukan bidiyo/sauti don. 

## Kyaututtuka
Cochran ta lashe kyaututtuka da yawa a fafutukarta ta kare haƙƙin fasaha. Ta lashe kyautar Nadin Al'adu ta Yankin Olympiad daga Kwamitin Wasannin Al'adu na Atlanta don girmama Gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1996.  Ta kuma lashe kyautar zane-zane na Majalisar Georgia ta Arts; kyautar "Artist as a Catalyst" ta Majalisar Arts ta Tsakiyar Atlantika; kyautar NEA/Southern Arts Federation Sculpture Fellowship da Fast Track Challenge Grant da kuma "We Shall Overcome Fund" ta Cibiyar Bincike da Ilimi ta Higherlander a New Market, Tennessee . 

## Manazarta