Helen LaFrance

Helen LaFrance (November 2, 1919 - Nọvemba 20, 2020) bụ onye omenkà America jikọtara onwe ya na Graves County, Kentucky, nke abụọ n'ime ụmụ anọ James Franklin Orr na Lillie May Ligon Orr.  A na-achọkarị Helen dị ka onye na-ese ihe n'ụdị n'ihi akara na-ahụ adị ya n'iche omenala na dị ka onye na-ese ihe nkenke, nke a kacha mara amara maka njide ya nke ndụ na  - ike n'anya nke ime obodo South.  Ịke njem ya na ndị na-ese ihe na-bụ Horace Pippin (1888-1946) na nne nne Moses (1860-1961), a na-akpọ LaFrance dị ka "Nne nne ochie Moses."  Ọ na-esekwa ndị ikwu nke akwụkwọ nsọ siri ike na nke ike siri ike, n'ụdị iche na ihe ndị ọrụ ya..

## Akụkọ ndụ
LaFrance tolitere n'ibu na-na-okpuru n'okpuru iwu Jim Crow, nke n'etiti 1876 na 1965 nyere iwu nkewa na steeti nsogbu na eze, ọnọdụ na-ahụ na ngwaọrụ nsogbu maka ndị America America na United States.  Nna ya nwere ma na-akọkwa ala ya, na-akụ ụtaba, ọka, peas anya ojii, agwa, ahụekere na sorghum, n'oge ịhịa aka n'ahụ bụ omenala.  Ọ gara naanị ihe dị ka afọ atọ n'akwụkwọ , mana o hapụrụ ọrụ n'ugbo.  [1] Kama, nne na nna ya akwụkwọ akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ iji eserese ya ihe n'iche, mgbe ọ rụchara ọrụ ya, ọ na-ese ihe ma na-ese ihe n'oge ezumike ya.  Ihe osise mbụ nke na-egosi nnukwu oke bekee isi awọ bụ n'azụ akwụkwọ ahụaja furu efu site na iji agba mmiri nke nwanne nna ya nyere ya.  [1] A na-agba ya ume site n'oge ọ bụ nwata, a gbakwara ya ume ịse ihe ọ malitere.  [2] Mgbe nne ya nwụrụ, ọ na ụlọ gaa ọrụ dị iche iche n'ahụ ọgwụ, ilekọta nri, isi nri, ọrụ n'ọba ụtaba na ụlọ ọrụ seramiiki ebe ọ na-achọ karama whiskey a na-akpọ  aha.  N'ime afọ 40 ya, ọ ama ego zuru ezu iji mkpa ihe nka n'ahụ ihe nri na 1986 ọ pụtara ịse oge niile..

### Mgbasa ozi
Ọbụghị ikike na mgbasa ozi nwere akara abụọ, LaFrance bụ onye na-ahụ akwa akara iche na onye na-ese osisi nke ihe anụ anụmanụ na nwa bebi ike nke nwere uwe akwa ejiri aka mee.  Mana ọ bụ ihe osise ebe nchekwa ya na-egosi mmetụta.  "N'ikwu ya n'ụzọ dị mfe, ike ebe nchekwa bụ ndị ihe mere eme nke ihe ọmụmụ na-ahụ maka site na otu ntụaka usoro."  [1] Echiche nke oge na ebe ya na- ike ike uche na onye nke onye na-ekiri ya, na-nwa ha.  Na fim na kwaaji, LaFrance na-eke rịta ọdịnala nke isiokwu na ụka na iwu ndị o jiri tolite, na achọta nke ndidi nta coon, ibido azụ,pò na ị turu owu na ụtaba, na-eto eto ma na-eji petals ha eme ihe.  maka agba, akara akara akara n'ozuzu, ịgba egwu n'ọba, ihe nkiri sịkọs, fries azụ̀, nrịn'obi, na ihe nkiri ụlọ ụka ebe ndị obodo gbanyere ọnụ.  Ọ ịrịba id mbà n'obi, mkpọka akara akara 1929, agha na Vietnam, na ngafe nke Iwu Civil Rights nke 1964 na Iwu ikike ikike nke 1965 .  Ngwakọta LaFrance nke ndị onwe ya na nka nka na ndu ya hapụrụla egbochi uche na ndị na-ekiri ya.
thumb| LaFrance, Helen "picnic Church"
LaFrance mekwara ihe osise okpukperechi iri abụọ na asatọ, nke sitere n'amaokwu ndị ọ gụrụ n'ụdị ọhụụ dị egwu yana iche na ọrụ ya nke ama ama n'ihi agba mgbawa, isiokwu na nha ha. Nhọrọ nke eserese ndị a gụnyere na "Helen LaFrance: Nwanyị Kentucky," ihe ngosi malitere site na Ọgọst 26, 2022, ruo Eprel 30, 2023 na nnukwu ụlọ ngosi nka Speed. Otú ọ dị, ihe ngosi mmeghe nke ihe osise atụ atụ ndị a ("Helen LaFrance: Visions Bible") mere na Mahadum Vanderbilt na ọdịda nke 2012. Ndị Divinity School's Religion in the Arts & Contemporary Culture na-akwado, egosibeghị ọhaneze onyonyo ndị a.
N'ime katalọgụ ihe ngosi ahụ, onye ntụzi mmemme na-arụkọ ọrụ bụ Dave Perkins dere, sị: “Ọrụ ndị a nwere ike ndụ, nke mmetụta ya bụ na ha abụghị naanị nsụgharị nke ihe omume ma ọ bụ ihe ncheta ma ọ bụ ọhụụ nke onwe ma ọ bụ mkpughe, kama ọ bụ ihe dị ndụ. Ọrụ ndị ahụ bụ ọhụụ. A na-ahụta ha na nkọwa nkọwa nke Akwụkwọ Nsọ. Ha na-egosi onye na-ese ihe na-arụ ọrụ okike na ederede na echiche. Nnwere onwe nke iche echiche ya n'iji anya nke uche hụ ihe odide dị nsọ bụ àgwà nke na-eme ka echiche, omume na mmụta okpukpe nke oge a na-eme ka ọ dịkwuo mma. " Otu n'ime ọrụ ọha mbụ LaFrance mere bụ ihe osise 1940 na-egosi Jizọs na-ekpe ekpere n'ogige Getsemane, nke e sere n'elu mgbidi kọmpụta nke ụlọ ukwe nke St. James AME Church na Mayfield, Kentucky. Ọ bụ otu n’ime chọọchị ndị ọ na-aga. Ndị ohu a tọhapụrụ n'otu n'otu tọrọ ntọala na 1868, ọ bụ otu n'ime ọgbakọ ojii kacha ochie na Mayfield na mpaghara Graves gbara ya gburugburu. Ihe onyonyo a n'ụzọ ọrụ ebube lanarịrị ọdịda nke elu ụlọ ụka n'oké ifufe nke Disemba 10, 2021 nke gbagoro ọtụtụ ụlọ 1923 na ọtụtụ Mayfield.
thumb| LaFrance, Helen "Chariot nke Ọkụ"
Na Jenụwarị 2023, National Trust for Historic Preservation nyere ụlọ ụka akụkọ ihe mere eme $100,000 iji wughachi na gbasaa yana ichekwa mgbidi ahụ.  Eserese ndị a na-ebikarị na mkpokọta nzuzo.

## Atụmatụ ama ama
A na-anya ọrụ LaFrance n'ọtụtụ nchịkọta mgbasa ozi na eze ama na mba a na Europe, phoprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Bryant Gumbel, Beth Rudin DeWoody, na onye na-ese ihe n'oge a bụ Red Grooms .  [1] E ọrụ ya na ngosi obodo, na Mayfield, Kentucky bank na akwụkwọ ọbá akwụkwọ, Murray State University, Kentucky Museum (Bowling Green), National Black Fine Arts Show (New York City), na Agba, ihe ngosi nka akwụkwọ  .  saịtị Oprah Winfrey na Chicago.  Ngosipụta ya nke ndị ọrụ na- ụtaba gbuturu akpọ na mkpokọta nka ụtaba Van Nelle na Amsterdam, Netherlands, Isi na-akpa n'ọba ụtaba Kentucky ebe ọ na-arụ ọrụ.  Ndị dike ihe ngosi nka nke Owensboro nke Fine Art na-ejide ihe atụ nke ọrụ ya na nchịkọta ya ma ya na ihe ngosi katalọgụ na 1991 nke a na-akpọ "Kentuky Spirit, Tradition Naive."  Ndị dike ihe ngosi nke Saint Louis na The Speed ​​Art Museum ọrụ ya na mkpokọta ha na-adịgide adịgide.  Ebe Kentucky Folk Art Center dị na Morehead ọrụ ya ma tinye ya na ihe ngosi ya.  ndepụta nke mmemme ihe omume Kentucky Educational Television (KET) na akwụkwọ ozi ndị ọzọ, ọ bụ ihe nrite Folk Heritage Award maka 2011, otu n'ime nri Gọvanọ na Arts nke Kentucky Arts Council.  E ịrịba ya n'abụ nke Kathy Moses dere: Helen LaFrance: Folk Art Memories na akwụkwọ ntụaka Outsider Art nke South .  [2] Edere ndụ ya na ọrụ ya na ihe ngosi nri nke Marilyn Jaye Lewis, Gwa Ọkpụkpụ M: Akụkọ Helen LaFrance na akwụkwọ 2019 na-emeri "Helen LaFrance: Memories."

N'afọ ndị sochirinụ, LaFrance bi n'ụlọ ndị nọọsụ Kentucky wee kwuo banyere ụbọchị ya, "Mgbe m na-adịghị eri nri ma ọ bụ na-ehi ụra, m na-ese ihe."  : 1 Ọ mere mmemme ụbọchị ọmụmụ 100th ya na 2019 n'etiti ezinụlọ na ndị enyi, ọtụtụ ndị si na Memphis na Nashville, Tennessee gaa ụlọ ụka, lelee akwụkwọ akụkọ mmeri nke 2019 na ndụ ya na nka ya, wee soro ya gaa. LaFrance nwụrụ n'ụra ya mgbe ọ dị afọ 101 na Nọvemba 2020 na Mayfield, Kentucky.  

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