Philip Simmons

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Philip Simmons
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịNjikota Obodo Amerika Dezie
aha enyerePhilip Dezie
aha ezinụlọ yaSimmons Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya9 Jụn 1912 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụDaniel Island Dezie
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya22 Jụn 2009 Dezie
Ebe ọ nwụrụCharleston Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụartisan, blacksmith Dezie
Archive naAvery Research Center for African American History and Culture Dezie

Philip Simmons (ubochí itoolu n'ọnwa Juun, 1912 rụo ụbọchị irí abụọ na abụọ n'ọnwa Juun, 2009) bụ ónyé America na-arụ ọrụ áká na onye na-akpụ ihe na-ahụ màkà ọrụ ígwè. Simmons nọrọ afọ iri asaá na asatọ dị ka ónyé na-akpụ ihe, na-elekwasị anya n'ọrụ ígwè ịchọ mma.[1] Mgbè ọ malitere ọrụ ya, ndị na-akpụ ihe na Charleston mere ihe ndị dị mfe, ihe ndị dị n'ụlọ kwa ụbọchị, dị ka akpụkpọ ịnyịnya.[1] Ka ọ na-erule ógè ọ lara ezumike nká afọ iri asaa na asaa ka e mesịrị, a na-ewere ọrụ ahụ dị ka ụdị nka kama ịbụ ọrụ bara uru.[1]

Otu n'ime ọrụ Simmons kacha see foto bụ Egret Gate na 2 St. Michael's Alley na Charleston, South Carolina.

Enwere ike ịhụ ihe atụ nke ọrụ Simmons, gụnyere ọnụ ụzọ ámá ígwè, n'ọbọdọ Charleston, South Carolina, yana mpaghara ndị ọzọ nke South Carolina Lowcountry.[1] A na-egosipụta ihe osise ya na Smithsonian Museum, South Carolina State Museum, Paris, France, na China.[1]

Akụkọ ndụ

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A mụrụ Philip Simmons n'ubochí itoolu n'ọnwa Juun, 1912, na Daniel Island, South Carolina.[2] Ọ bụ nné na nnà ya zụlitere ya, tupu e zigara ya Charleston na 1920 ka ya na nné ya biri mgbè ọ dị afọ asatọ.[1][2] Simmons biri na Vernon Street ma banye n'ụlọ akwụkwọ na Buist Elementary School, nke a maara ugbu a dị ka Buist Academy.[2] Ka ógè na-aga na ndụ ya, Simmons ga-emepụta ma mepụta ogidi ígwè nke guzo ugbu a n'elu ọnụ ụzọ mbata ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ.[1]

Simmons malitere inwe mmasị na ndị ọrụ aka bi n'ógbè ya, n'oge na-adịghịkwa ányá ọ malitere ileta ụlọ ọrụ dị ichè ichè dị nso n'ụlọ ya. Karịsịa, Simmons malitere inwe mmasị na ónyé na-arụ ọrụ na Charlotte Street nke Peter Simmons na-achị, onye na-enweghị njikọ Philip.[1] Philip Simmons hapụrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ n'oge na-adịghị ányá wee malite mmụta na Peter Simmons, ónyé bụbu ohu, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na àtó.[1] Ọ ghọrọ onye na-akpụ ihe zuru oke mgbè ọ dị afọ iri na asatọ, mgbè ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ afọ ise.[1]

E mepụtara ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ ya na ụlọ ọrụ ya n'ụlọ ya na Blake Street.

Nkwado

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John Michael Vlach, ónyé édémédé na prọfesọ nke ọmụmụ America na Mahadum George Washington, dèrè akụkọ ndụ Simmons na ọrụ ya n'akwụkwọ 1981 akpọrọ Charleston Blacksmith: The Work of Philips Simmons .[3] E wepụtara akwụkwọ ahụ ọzọ dị ka mbipụta nke abụọ, nke emelitere afọ iri na otu ka e mesịrị.[1] N'otu édémédé dị íchè a kpọrọ, "The Buildings of Charleston," Vlach mechara dee banyere ọrụ Simmons, "Na mbido ọrụ ya ọ natara iwu; ugbu a ọ na-enye ha...N'etiti azụmahịa oge ya na ọbụna mgbe ọ na-echekwa ọdịdị akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Charleston, ọ ka bụ nwoke nke ya. Ọ chọtara ngosipụta onwé ya na óménàlà ọbọdọ. "[1]

National Endowment for the Arts nyere Simmons National Heritage Fellowship na 1982. N'oge okwu nnabata ya n'ememe ahụ, nke Simmons nyere mgbè otu ndị na-eme ihe nkiri gasịrị, Simmons kwuru, "Ngwá ọrụ m bụ anvil. Echere m na ụfọdụ n'ime unu anụla m ka m na-akpọ ... otu egwu na anvil, egwu ochie nke ónyé na-akpụ ihe. ... Enwere m obi ụtọ màkà ihe mgbochi ahụ, obi dị m ezigbo ụtọ. ... Anvil ahụ nyere m nri mgbè agụụ na-agụ m, anvil ahụ na-eyi m uwe mgbè m gba ọtọ. Akpụkpọ ụkwụ ahụ na-etinye akpụkpọ ụkwụ n'ụkwụ m".[1]

Ndụ o mesịrị

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Simmons si n'ụlọ ya kwaga Bishop Gadsden Retirement Community na Charleston n'oge opupu ihe ubi nke afọ 2008.[2] Ọ nwụrụ n'ebe ahụ na June 22, 2009, n'elekere itoolu nke ehihie mgbe ọ dị afọ iri itoolu na asaá.[2]

Ònyínyé na nsọpụrụ

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Simmons bụ ónyé natara National Heritage Fellowship nkè 1982 nkè National Endowment for the Arts nyèrè, nke bụ nsọpụrụ kachasị elu nke gọọmentị United States na nka ọdịnala na ọdịnala.[4] Mmekọrịta nke afọ ahụ bụ nke mbụ NEA nyere. N'ubochí irí àtó nà otu n'ọnwa Jenụwarị, 1994, a nabatara ya na South Carolina Hall of Fame.[2]

Gọvanọ South Carolina David Beasley nyèrè Order of the Palmetto, nsọpụrụ kachasị elu nke steeti ahụ, na Simmons na 1998.[2] E mechara nye ya ònyínyé Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Award maka "Lifetime Achievement in the Arts" na Mee afọ 2001.[2] Ndị omeiwu South Carolina kwanyeere ya ugwu màkà ọrụ ya.[2]

Ndepụta nke ònyínyé

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  • 1982, National Endowment for the Arts, National Heritage Fellowship
  • 1982, Lifetime Achievement Award, South Carolina General Assembly maka "ihe omume ndụ" na ọrụ maka ihe ọkpụkpụ ọha na eze site na South Carolina State Museum na obodo Charleston
  • 1994, South Carolina Hall of Fame, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • 1998, Order of the Palmetto, ihe nrite kachasị elu nke ndị nkịtị nyere na South Carolina, site n'aka Gọvanọ David Beasley
  • 2001, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Gọvanọ Award maka "Lifetime Achievement in the Arts"

Edensibia

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  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Behre. "Artist in iron dies", The Post and Courier, June 23, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Charleston blacksmith Philip Simmons dies at age 97", WCBD, June 23, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-07-13.
  3. Vlach (1981). Charleston Blacksmith: The Work of Philips Simmons. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820305332. OCLC 6379133. 
  4. NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1982. www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved on November 22, 2020.

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