Maria Cunningham nyiam ua haujlwm tshawb nrhiav.
Tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv tsev qiv ntawv thiab tus kws kos duab hauv Milwaukee tau tsim tsa Lub Tsev khaws puav pheej Whatnot, ib qho kev sau ntawm keeb kwm thiab kab lis kev cai uas suav nrog cov qauv kho mob, kos duab, khoom ua si, kev tshaj tawm thiab lwm yam khoom.
"Kuv nyiam tsom mus rau tej yam me me uas tib neeg tsis tas yuav xav txog tab sis tseem ceeb rau peb kab lis kev cai thiab yog cov pov thawj zoo hauv peb kab lis kev cai," Cunningham hais.
Qee cov khoom siv plaub hau dub thiab khoom siv zoo nkauj keeb kwm tau muab tso tawm hauv kev nthuav qhia ntawm Milwaukee Public Library Atkinson Branch, 1960 W. Atkinson Ave., thaum Lub Ob Hlis.
"Tsuas muaj ib pawg me me ntawm tej yam uas kuv hu ua 'whatnot' vim tias nws tsis haum rau lwm yam," Cunningham hais txog lub tsev khaws puav pheej lub npe.
Kev taug kev ntawm tus neeg sau khoom
Txij li thaum loj hlob nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm Milwaukee ua tus menyuam yau tshaj plaws ntawm xya tus menyuam hauv nws tsev neeg, Cunningham nyiam sau cov khoom thiab tsim cov duab kos duab.
Nws tau mus kawm ntawv Nicolet High School hauv Glendale thiab coj nws txoj kev hlub kos duab mus rau hauv tsev kawm qib siab ntawm University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Nyob ntawd, Cunningham tau txais daim bachelor's degree hauv fine arts, tshwj xeeb hauv ceramics, thiab daim master's degree hauv tsev qiv ntawv thiab kev tshawb fawb txog cov ntaub ntawv. Nws kuj tau txais daim ntawv pov thawj hauv kev kawm txog tsev khaws puav pheej thiab ua haujlwm ntawm Milwaukee Public Library ua ntej tsiv mus rau Portland, Oregon.
Ob xyoos dhau los, nws rov qab mus rau Milwaukee's Sherman Park/Uptown cheeb tsam kom nyob ze rau tsev neeg. Cunningham ua haujlwm puv sijhawm ua tus neeg saib xyuas tsev qiv ntawv.
Cunningham npau suav txog kev pib ua ib lub tsev khaws puav pheej thaum nws sau cov khoom uas nws pom tias muaj keeb kwm nthuav lossis uas pom tseeb rau nws. cov duab kos uas ua los ntawm cov khoom ua siNws tsis xav tias nws yuav tshwm sim ua ntej nws so haujlwm kom txog thaum ib tug phooj ywg uas muaj cov khoom kos duab tau thawb nws.
"Nws zoo li, 'Ua cas koj tsis ua li ntawd xwb?'" Cunningham hais. "'Zoo li, vim li cas nws thiaj yuav tsum yog ib yam dab tsi uas koj tso tseg? Koj muaj tag nrho cov khoom no.'"
Nws tus muam laus, Kim Cunningham, hais tias Maria tau txhob txwm ua nws cov khoom sau rau tsib lossis rau xyoo dhau los.
"Nws siv zog ua haujlwm ntau heev rau kev tshawb nrhiav thiab nrhiav cov khoom thiab nrhiav cov khoom uas muaj tseeb raws li keeb kwm," Kim Cunningham hais.
Nws hais tias tsev neeg Cunningham nyiam thuam nws txog cov khoom uas raug dab, tab sis lawv muab lus qhia rau nws txog qhov xwm txheej, kev paub lossis cov ntsiab lus ntawm cov khoom uas nws tab tom ntxiv rau hauv cov khoom sau.
Tsim nws cov khoom sau
Cov khoom sau ntawm Tsev khaws puav pheej Whatnot suav nrog cov qauv kho mob thiab cov khoom lag luam, cov khoom ua si thiab kev ua si, thiab cov duab kos, cov duab puab thiab cov ntaub.
Nws kuj suav nrog cov khoom uas khi rau keeb kwm thiab kab lis kev cai ntawm Dub, kev quaj ntsuag thiab kev pam tuag, thiab cov pob txha thiab cov qauv taxidermy.
Kuj tseem muaj cov ntawv luam tawm thiab cov khoom siv tsis tseem ceeb, uas npog cov ntaub ntawv uas tau ua tab sis tsis yog yuav tsum tau khaws cia, xws li daim pib caij tsheb npav thiab cov ntawv lo rau khoom.
Cov khoom sau suav nrog txhua yam los ntawm cov ntawv lo tshuaj lom los ntawm cov kws muag tshuaj hauv Milwaukee mus rau qhov muag iav, cov cim kev hlub kos duab thiab cov khoom ua si hauv khw dime.
Cunningham kuj tseem sau cov plaub hau Victorian-era, uas yog cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub lossis cov khoom me me ua los ntawm cov plaub hau tib neeg los nco txog tus neeg hlub lossis ua lub cim ntawm kev phooj ywg lossis kev sib raug zoo.
"Muaj ntau yam zoo nkauj nyob rau hauv cov khoom no uas nyob tom qab peb mus lawm," Cunningham hais.
Tus kab laug sab plaub hau no txaus ntshai heev, nws tus muam hais.
Kim Cunningham hais tias nws tso dag nrog nws tus muam txog cov khoom plaub hau tib neeg uas nws tau sau.
"'Puas yog nws los ntawm xyoo 1900 thiab yog ib feem ntawm kev sib kis tus kab mob khaub thuas Spanish? Puas yog nws tso tawm cov kab mob qub qub rau hauv zej zog?'" Kim Cunningham nug.
Lwm cov ntaub ntawv tshawb nrhiav cov kev xav yav dhau los ntawm kev sib deev thiab kev sib deev, zoo li cov ntawv tart - cov ntawv tshaj tawm rau cov neeg ua haujlwm sib deev uas feem ntau pom hauv cov thawv xov tooj hauv tebchaws Askiv xyoo 1980-2000s.
"Koj yuav tsis pom cov ntawd hauv tsev khaws puav pheej vim tias tib neeg yuav tsis xav tias nws yog tsev neeg zoo, tab sis nws qhia ntau yam txog ib pawg me me lossis ib feem ntawm peb lub zej zog," Cunningham hais.
Cov hauv paus ntawm kev saib xyuas cov plaub hau dub
Cunningham tau hais tias nws tau hais txog nws txoj kev tshawb fawb txog cov khoom siv zoo nkauj qub ntawm cov neeg Dub rau tus thawj coj ntawm Milwaukee Public Library's Atkinson Branch, uas xav tias nws yuav yog lub tswv yim zoo rau qhov kev pab cuam Black History Month.
Cov khoom nthuav qhia, "Crowning Glory: Cov Hauv Paus ntawm Kev Lag Luam Plaub Hau Dub," tau nthuav tawm cov khoom ntim khoom ntawm cov khoom saib xyuas plaub hau Dub uas ua los ntawm xyoo 1920 thiab 1960, qee qhov tseem muaj cov khoom nyob hauv, nrog rau cov duab tshaj tawm thiab cov ntaub ntawv ntawm cov thawj coj hauv kev lag luam.
"Kuv xav kom tib neeg pom tias muaj keeb kwm ntawm kev tsim khoom dub hauv kev lag luam plaub hau uas peb tsis paub txog," Cunningham hais.
Nws nrhiav cov khoom keeb kwm uas piav qhia txog cov neeg Dub kom meej, xws li cov brooch quaj ntsuag lossis daim npav pauv lag luam los ntawm kev ua si football ntawm Howard University.
kauj ruam tom ntej
Cunningham tau ua haujlwm pab dawb ntawm Asmeskas Lub Tsev Khaws Puav Pheej Dub Holocaust, uas tau tshoov siab rau nws pib tsim Lub Tsev Khaws Puav Pheej Whatnot hauv online.
Nws vam tias yuav nthuav cov kev nthuav qhia hauv online xyoo no thiab qhia nws cov kev tshawb fawb los ntawm ntau cov kev pab cuam rau pej xeem thiab kev kawm.
"Kuv xav tias lub hom phiaj yog kom nws tshaj tawm nws lub npe, tshaj tawm lub npe tsev khaws puav pheej kom tib neeg paub tias cov khoom sau muaj, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau kev tshawb fawb," nws tus muam hais.
Cunningham nyuam qhuav nrhiav tau ib qho chaw rau lub tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm 2455 S. Howell Ave., Suite 3, uas yuav qhib sai sai no los ntawm kev teem caij. Qhov chaw no yuav pab nws ua tiav nws lub hom phiaj ntawm kev muaj chaw ua haujlwm los ua cov khoom loj dua thiab tsim ib qho chaw saib rau pej xeem.
"Kuv xav kom nws zoo li qhov chaw uas so kom txaus thiab (koj tuaj yeem) tshawb pom tej yam thiab muaj kev paub txog cov khoom thiab tej yam khoom es tsis txhob hais tias, 'oh, muaj qhov no nyob tom qab iav,'" nws hais.
Meredith Melland yog tus neeg sau xov xwm hauv zej zog rau Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service thiab ib tus tswv cuab ntawm Tshaj rau Meskas, ib txoj haujlwm pabcuam hauv tebchaws uas tso cov neeg sau xov xwm hauv chav xov xwm hauv zos los tshaj tawm txog cov teeb meem tsis txaus ntseeg thiab cov zej zog. Daim ntawv tshaj tawm rau Asmeskas tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm hauv kev txiav txim siab kho mob hauv NNS chav xov xwm.
Jonathan Aguilar yog tus neeg sau xov xwm pom ntawm Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service uas tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm kev sib koom tes ntawm CatchLight Local thiab Tshaj rau Meskas.
Rov luam tawm peb cov ntawv dawb, hauv online lossis luam tawm, raws li daim ntawv tso cai Creative Commons.
