Karen Boccalero

**Karen Boccalero** (Mayu 19, 1933 - zuwa Yuni 24, 1997) yar ba'amurkiya ce, kyakkyawa mai fasaha, kuma wacce ta kafa kuma tsohon darektan Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai wato  &amp;amp; Art . 

## Kuruciya da ilimi
An haifi Carmen Rose Boccalero a Globe, Arizona, zuwa Albert Boccalero da Annie Guadagnoli; Iyayenta duka 'yan asalin kasar Italiya ne. Ta koma Los Angeles tare da danginta tun tana yarinya.  Ta halarci Kwalejin Zuciya ta Immaculate a Los Feliz, California, inda ta yi karatu tare da Sister Corita Kent . Boccalero ta ci gaba da karatun zane-zane a Makarantar Fasaha ta Tyler a waje a Rome, Italiya, kuma ya sami MFA a matsayin mai bugawa a Jami'ar Temple . 

## Sana'a
Boccalero ta kafa kuma ta sanya suna Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai a Boyle Heights a cikin 1971, tare da gungun masu fasahar Chicano.  Ta sami injin buga littattafai kuma ta fara wani taron bita a cikin gareji da aka yi hayar bisa umarninta, Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity .  Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai duka ɗakin ɗab'i ne da ta hada kungiya zane na Kai ka saboda cigaban al'umma al'umma, tare da Sister Karen a matsayin darekta na daɗe.  Ta yi aiki don haskaka abubuwan al'adun Mexica a yawancin abubuwan da aka fitar a ɗakin studio, da kuma a cikin shirye-shiryen ilimantarwa da suka ɗauka. Ta taka rawar gani wajen shirya bikin Dia de los Muertos na farko a Los Angeles. "'Yar'uwa Karen ta kasance mai tsayin daka game da hada da Mesoamerican da Mexican iconography da tarihi a koyar da matasa a Gabashin LA," in ji mai koyarwa Linda Vallejo . 

Boccalero ta kasance mai rarrashin tattara kudade don shirin. Horon ta a matsayin mai ilmi da  fasaha ta sanar da aikinta na tallafawa masu fasaha masu kimiya.  Ta ɗauki ɗakin studio ɗin aikinta, a matsayinta na uwargida Franciscan, kuma odarta ta gane haka, duk da cewa tana tallafawa Willie Herrón wajen kawo makada na *punkero* na Gabashin Los Angeles don yin akai-akai a cikin ɗakin studio.  A cikin shekara 1988, Boccalero ta sami lambar yabo ta Vesta Award daga Gine-ginen Mata, saboda aikinta na tallafin al'umma da fasaha.

Boccalero ta rayu don ganin Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai da aka nuna a cikin wani babban nuni a gidan kayan tarihi na Laguna a shekarar 1995.

## Ta sirin da gado
Boccalero ta sa tufafiwn da ba na yau da kullun ba na yau da kullun, ba dabi'ar addini ba. "Ta sadaukar da kanta a matsayin amaryar Kristi, amma kuma ta kasance mai ci gaba, mai shan taba, mai zagi," in ji abokin aiki Tomas Benitez.

Karen Boccalero ta mutu a shekara ta 1997, tana da shekaru 64 da ciwon zuciya.  An gina bagadi na gargajiya don tunawa da ita, an lulluɓe shi da zane-zane, hotuna, akwatunan taba, da marigolds. Akwai nunin girmamawa ga 'Yar'uwa Karen a ranar cika shekaru goma da rasuwarta, a Taimakon Kai da Art.  Fastocin Boccalero da sauran masu fasaha daga al'ummarta sun kasance wani ɓangare na nunin "Sabor American" a gidan kayan tarihi na Bob Bullock a 2010.  An kuma nuna aikin Sister Karen a cikin "Yanzu Tona Wannan! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960 &#x2013; 1980," wani nunin balaguro na 2011 &#x2013; 2013 wanda Gidan Tarihi na Hammer ya shirya a Los Angeles.

Galería Sin Fronteras a Austin, Texas ya fara da bayani daga aikin Karen Boccalero.  Zane-zane na Taimakon Kai & Art yana ci gaba a matsayin cibiyar Karen ta bawar  al'umma ta abubuwan tuna Dan gane da Kun giyar taimako na Kai da Kai na art bi ma'ana zane zanen ta da ta bari agidan tarihi a Gabashin Los Angeles.