Ashley Nora

**Ashley Nora** 'yar Amurka ce mai zane-zane da dama, an haife ta a Laurel, Mississippi . An fi saninta da zane-zanen bango da ke kewaye da yankin Indianapolis, ciki har da zane-zanen Black Lives Matter da kuma zane-zanen "Keepers of Culture", waɗanda duka suna kan titin Indiana mai tarihi. Nora ita ce Shugabar Kamfaninta da ke Indiana, *Ashely Nora Art LLC*, kuma ita ce mataimakiyar shugabar Eighteen Art Collective. Nora art ta mayar da hankali kan farin ciki na Baƙar fata da kuma bin mafarkin mutum. 

## Sana'a
Nora ta kammala karatunta daga Jami'ar Anderson a shekarar 2012 kuma ta fara aikinta a matsayin masanin kimiyyar sinadarai. A shekarar 2019 ta bar fagen don neman zama mai zane.   Wannan jigon "bin mafarki" za a iya gani a duk tsawon aikin fasaha na Nora, farawa da zane mai ban mamaki wanda ya zama babban hutun mai zane, "Masu kiyaye al'adu". A shekarar 2021, Alan Bacon da Malina Jeffers, waɗanda suka kafa GANGANG, sun kawo Nora don ƙirƙirar zane mai ban mamaki don BUTTER, bikin baje kolin fasaha na shekara-shekara. An zana hoton bangon a cikin tubalan 200 na titin 11 a bangon ginin Stutz, suna girmama mutane takwas 'yan asalin Black Indiana a cikin zane mai salo na 3D.  A cikin wata hira da FOX59 News, Nora ta ambaci cewa an yi nufin "Masu kiyaye al'adu" don gode wa gumakan Black Indiana guda takwas da aka nuna saboda rashin yin watsi da mafarkinsu. 

An kuma nuna yadda Nora ta mayar da hankali kan bin diddigin mafarkai a cikin zanenta na watan Fabrairun 2023 mai suna "I Know I Can". Nora ce ta ƙirƙiri wannan zanen kai tsaye a lokacin wasan ƙwallon kwando na Pacers don ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan watan Tarihin Baƙar fata na ƙungiyar. A cewar Nora, zanen ya nuna "yara waɗanda ke da mafarki amma ba su da albarkatu," ciki har da yara uku waɗanda ke mafarkin aikinsu na gaba kuma suna aiki da kayan aikinsu kaɗan. An yi gwanjon wannan zanen kuma duk kuɗin da aka samu ya tafi ga Gidauniyar Pacers. 

Mafarkai sun kuma zaburar da wasu daga cikin ayyukanta. Lokacin da Nora ta shiga cikin aikin zane mai suna Jiffy Lube, ta ƙirƙiri wani rubutu mai taken "Into Existence". Wannan aikin ya samo asali ne daga ɗaya daga cikin mafarkan Nora inda ta hango launin baki da salon da ba shi da kyau da ta yi amfani da shi wajen zane. 

'Ya'yan Nora biyu sun kasance batun zane-zane da yawa daga mai zane, ciki har da "Yunkurin Sauri". An nuna wannan zane a Indianapolis's Monument Circle lokacin da birnin ya karbi bakuncin Maris Madness a 2021. Nora ta bayyana wannan zane a matsayin wakiltar tunanin 'ya'yanta yayin da suke "ƙirƙirar gaskiyarsu" duk da cewa suna wasa.  Hakanan ana iya samun hotunan 'ya'yan mai zane a kan hoton Indiana Avenue Black Lives Matter . An sanya Nora don zana harafin "R" don wannan zane-zanen titi a watan Agusta 2020. A cikin iyakokin wasiƙarta ta zana 'ya'yanta mata biyu a cikin dunkule, gami da ayyukan mafarkin da aka rubuta a ƙarƙashin hotunansu.  Masu zane-zane goma sha takwas waɗanda suka shiga wannan zane-zane daga baya za a san su da Takwas Collective.

Nora ta ci gaba da yin aiki tare da Ƙungiyar a kan ayyuka da yawa, ciki har da wani baje koli mai taken "Mu. Al'adu", wanda aka nuna a Gidan Tarihi na Indianapolis na Fasaha a Newfields . Ga Ƙungiyar, an yi nufin wannan ɗakin hotuna don wakiltar canje-canje ga sassan fasaha na Indianapolis yayin da suke ƙara maraba da ƙwararrun Baƙar fata waɗanda ba a wakilta su a baya ba.  Kayan da Nora ta zaɓa ta haɗa a cikin ɗakin hotuna, "Nobuhle", shine zane na farko da mai zane ya ƙirƙira bayan tafiyarta zuwa Masarautar Eswatini . "Nobuhle," wanda ke fassara zuwa "uwar kyau," zane ne mai mai wanda ke nuna mace baƙar fata a matsayin babban abin da ake magana a kai. Nora tana son yin "Nobuhle" don wakiltar haƙƙin mutum na ɗaukar sarari. 

## Tasiri
Zane-zane da zane-zane galibi mafaka ne ga Nora yayin da take girma a Mississippi. Ta yi amfani da fasaharta a matsayin mafaka daga yanayin "mai raɗaɗi", har ma ta bayyana cewa ya "ceci rayuwarta."  Nora za ta sami duwatsu don ƙirƙirar ƙananan sassaka tare da sukudireba, duk don ƙirƙirar wani sabon abu tare da ƙarancin albarkatun da aka ba ta.  Mai zane ta ce babban abin da ya ba ta kwarin gwiwa a fannin fasaha shine farin ciki na Baƙar fata, musamman farin cikin da yara suka samu saboda ɓarna da tsarkinsa.  Nora ta yi amfani da fasaha a tarihinta, tun daga lokacin yarinta, don haɗawa da farin ciki a lokutan da ba su da daɗi. 

Nora ta yi zane-zane da yawa a tsawon aikinta. Abin da ya ba ta kwarin gwiwa a kan yawan zuwa wannan nau'in fasaha shi ma yana nan tun lokacin yarintarta. A wata hira da Newfields, Nora ta ambaci cewa, tun tana yarinya, tana zaune ne kawai da mintuna biyar daga Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Lauren Rogers, amma ba ta da kuɗin shiga ciki. Madadin haka, zane-zanen da take da su su ne zane-zanen da ke kewaye da garinsu.

Daga baya a cikin aikinta, an ɗauki Nora aiki don ƙirƙirar wani zane mai bango don gidan marayu a Eswatini.  A nan ta sami damar zama Baƙi a cikin wurare Baƙi inda ba ta daɗe da jin kamar tsiraru ba. Wannan abin ya bayyana a cikin jerin zane-zanen da Nora ta ƙirƙira don nuna Baƙaƙe a cikin sarari fari.  Mutanen da ta zana don wannan jerin duk suna da fatar da aka fentin da launuka shuɗi, wanda shine launin da Nora ta ji yana haskakawa daga mutanen da ta haɗu da su a Eswatini. 

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