Hystercine Rankin

**Hystercine Rankin** (Septemba 11, 1929 - Febụwarị 10, 2010)   bụ onye Africa-American quilter si Mississippi. A na-enwe ọtụtụ ihe mkpuchi ya na mkpokọta na-adịgide adịgide nke American Folk Art Museum,  Mississippi Museum of Art, Mississippi Department of Archives and History,  na San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. 

## Ndụ mbido
Hystercine Grey mụrụ n'ugbo dị na Jefferson County, Mississippi ; ọ bụ nwa nke atọ nke ndị mụrụ ya.   Nne ya, Laula, kuziri ihe n'ụlọ akwụkwọ nwere otu ọnụ ụlọ ọnwa anọ ruo ise kwa afọ, ebe nna ya, Denver Gray, bụ onye na-eketa ihe na-azụrụ ezinụlọ ya owu, ọka na obere ihe ọkụkụ.  Ha abụọ lụrụ na Ụbọchị Krismas, 1925; Lala dị afọ 19 n'oge ahụ.  N’afọ 1939, otu onye ọcha gbagburu nna Hystercine n’okporo ụzọ awara awara n’ihi ihe ndị a na-amaghị. Mgbe olili ozu ya, Laula, Hystercine, na ụmụnne ya (isi mmalite dị iche na ma o nwere asaa ma ọ bụ iri) na nne Laula, Alice Whelman batara.  

Hystercine Gray lụrụ di ya, bụ́ Ezikiel Rankin, na 1945, mgbe ọ dị afọ 16.  Ezikiel si n’agha lọta n’oge na-adịbeghị anya n’oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ .  N'oge a, nne ya anwụwokwa, ọ chọpụtakwara na ọ bụ ya na-azụrụ ụmụnne ya ndị ọ tọrọ.   Rankin na di ya gakwara n'ihu mụọ ụmụ asaa nke ha. Di na nwunye ahụ na-akọ ugbo, Rankin na-akụkwa ihe ọkụkụ ndị ha kpụrụ. 

## Ọrụ nka
Mgbe Rankin gbara afọ 12, nne nne ya, Alice Whelman, malitere ịkụziri ya otú e si agba oyi.   Rankin na-arụ ọrụ n'ụzọ bụ isi na mkpuchi akwa, ihe bara uru na-atụle nha ezinụlọ ya.   Ọ mụtara ụdị dị ka ubi ifuru, patch itoolu, ihe mkpuchi kpakpando, na eriri eriri. Ọ gara n'ihu na-akwa akwa mgbe ọ lụrụ di ma malite ịmụ ụmụ nke ya, ma nwee omenala inye ụmụ ya nke ọ bụla akwa mkpuchi mgbe ha hapụrụ ụlọ ka ha malite ezinụlọ nke ha.  N'ime oge a niile, Rankin echeghị onwe ya dị ka onye na-ese ihe.

Rankin gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na MCC, na 1988 e mere nna ha ukwu quilter.   O nyere aka chọta ma na-akụzi ihe maka Crossroads Quilters, mkpokọta ụmụ nwanyị na-agba ọsọ bụ ndị gosipụtara ọrụ ha site na MCC.  Crossroad Quilters malitere ịhazi asọmpi na ihe ngosi kwa afọ, nke a na-akpọ "Iberibe na eriri"; n'ime afọ iri mbụ nke ihe ngosi ahụ, Rankin nwetara onyinye 13 nke mbụ n'ụdị dị iche iche.  E gosipụtara ọtụtụ ọrụ Rankin na Mississippi Museum of Art, ka ha kwetara igosi ntinye mmeri nke afọ ọ bụla. 

Na 1992, MCC kwadoro ihe ngosi nke ọrụ ya, nke isiokwu ya bụ "Ọhụụ na Nrọ: Ihe ngosi Otu Nwanyị". 

Na 1996, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye ngosi na Ememme Folklife America na Washington DC 

## Na-arụ ọrụ
Ọrụ mbụ nke Rankin bụ ihe bara uru, na-eji mpempe akwụkwọ ochie nke a na-akpụ akpụ n'ime ibe wee jikọta ọnụ iji kwado nha akwa ọ bụla chọrọ akwa mkpuchi.  N'ọnọdụ ụfọdụ, ọ na-eji ákwà fọdụrụ n'imere ezinụlọ ya ma ọ bụ na-akwa ákwà.  

Rankin mekwara "ihe nchekwa nchekwa", ihe mkpuchi nke na-egosi ihe nkiri sitere na ndụ Rankin na ezinụlọ ya.   Ọ na-ejikwa applique na embroidery eme ihe ndị a.  O were Rankin izu atọ ma ọ bụ anọ iji mee oghere maka ihe mkpuchi ndị a, na izu abụọ iji chịkọta ogige ndị ahụ ọnụ. 

E wezụga akụkọ ihe mere eme, Rankin dọtarakwa mmụọ nsọ site na nrọ, site na nke o si kee ya ihe atụ nke egwurugwu, na ọdịdị, nke kpaliri Sunburst quilts ya.  Rankin jikwa ọrụ ya chọpụta ndụ ndị ojii na ndịda; N'ime otu akwa akwa, akpọrọ Parchman Prison, o jiri mgbanwe nke ụkpụrụ Sunburst gosipụta atụmatụ ụlọ mkpọrọ na-enweghị atụ. 

## Nkwenye
Na 1991, Rankin nwetara Susan B. Herron Fellowship, ihe nrite nka kacha elu Mississippi. 

Na 1993, Rankin meriri South Arts Federation / NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship. 

Na 1997, Rankin nwetara Mmekọrịta Ihe Nketa Mba site na National Endowment for Arts . 

Na 2007, Rankin so na ihe omume nke PBS's *Craft in America* . 

## Ntụaka

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