Arthur Dial
Arthur Dial (amụrụ n'afọ 1930) bụ ónyé America na-ese ihe na ónyé na-ese ọkpụkpụ bi ma na-arụ ọrụ na Bessemer, Alabama. Ọ bụ akụkụ nke ezinụlọ Dial nke ndị na-ese ihe, nke gụnyere nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye, Thornton Dial, na ụmụ nwanne ya, Thorntón Dial Jr., Richard Dial, Na Ronald Lockett.

Ndụ 
A mụrụ Arthur Dial na nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye Thornton "Buck" Dial na Emelle, Alabama na Sumter County, Alabama. Ọ bụ nné nné ha zụlitere ha ruo mgbè Arthur gbara afọ asaá. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, nwanne nnè ha, Lillian Bell, zụlitere ha na Bessemer, Alabama, ebe Dial ka bi taa.

Dial ruru klas nke atọ tupu ọ hapụ ụlọ akwụkwọ iji sonye n'ọrụ. Ọrụ mbụ ya bụ n'ebe a na-awa osisi, ọtụtụ ọrụ na Water Works, Jefferson County, na ụlọ ọrụ Pullman Standard boxcar sochiri ya tupu ọ banye n'ọrụ na US Pipe. Dial nọgidere na US Pipe (nke a maara dị ka "Pipe Shop") ruo afọ iri atọ na asaá rụo mgbè a manyere ya ịla ezumike nká mgbè ọ dị afọ iri isii na abụọ n'ihi nsogbụ akpa ume metụtara ọrụ.

Ọrụ 
Ọ bụ ezie na Arthur Dial sere ihe mgbè ọ bụ nwatakịrị, ọ malitere itinye ego nke ukwuu n'ime ihe osise mgbè ọ toro. Ọ choro ụzọ isi wepụ ikuku na decompress Mgbè ọtụtụ ụbọchị na-arụ ọrụ na gburugburu ebe dị elu nke U.S. Pipe foundry wee chọta ebe mgbaba n'ịkọ ubi, ịkụ azụ, na ime nka. Ọ malitere iji ihe ndị a tụfuru site na foundry dị ka ọkpọkọ mkpofu. ígwè, na ihe ndị ọzọ iji mepụta ndị mmadụ, anụmanụ, na ihe oyiyi okpukpe. Ụlọ ọrụ ya bụ ụlọ nkwakọba ihe dị n'akụkụ ụlọ ya, nke ọ kpọrọ, "ụlọ ya dị ányá site n'ụlọ": "N'ime ụlọ mposi, echiche m na-aghọ ihe. Ụlọ nkwakọba ihe ahụ bụ ụlọ m dịpụrụ adịpụ n'ụlọ. Enwetara m spinners na tackle box m maka igbu azụ, ngwá ọrụ m niile màkà ịkọ ubi, nri ọkụkọ m niile, ọgwụ maka ọkụkọ, na bọọdụ m, ágbá na ihe ndị maka ime nka. Enwetara m ọtụtụ ihe n'ebe ahụ. Ebe m na-anọ bụ mpako na ọṅụ m. "Dial mepụtara ihe osise na ihe osise ndị dị mkpirikpi n'otu oge n'ime akụkọ sara mbárá ọ chọrọ ịkọ. Ọ na-eji ógè ndị a, dị ka Iv na-eru màkà mkpụrụ osisi a machibidoro iwu ma ọ bụ "George Wallace na-egbochi ọnụ ụzọ nke Mahadum Alabama na Montgomery," iji mee ka oge akụkọ ihe mere eme ma ọ bụ akụkọ ọdịnala nke oke esemokwu pụta ìhè. Ihe Dial lekwasịrị ányá n'ihe nkiri nke esemokwu na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ihe a kpọrọ mmadụ n'ezie ma ọ bụ nke e chepụtara echepụta sitere na nyocha ya nke ndụ ndịda na narị afọ nke 20. Ọ kọwara akụkọ ya dị ka "ihe ndekọ nke ihe gafere"

Ihe ngosi na nchịkọta na-adịgide adịgide 
E dekọrọ ọrụ Dial na ihe ngosi ndị a:

 Living Traditions: Southern Black Folk Art. 17 Aug- 27 Oct. 1991, The Museum of York County, Rock Hill, North Carolina.
 Ịgba mgba na akụkọ ihe mere eme: Ememe nke ndị na-ese ihe n'onwe ha n'Afrịka si na nchịkọta Ronald na June Shelp. 1996, Baruch College, New York City.
 Ihe akaebe: Vernacular Art of the African American South: The Ronald and June Shelp Collection. 15 Sep., 2000- Jan. 2004, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoon, MI.
 Southern Spirit: the Hill Collection 21 Febụwarị 31 Machị 2000, Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL.
 Akụkọ nke Obodo: Self-Taught Art from the Hill Collection. 12 Ọgọst- 30 Ọktoba 2004. Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon. GA
 Southern Folk Art si na Permanent Collection. 28 Apr. - 22 Jul, 2012, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA.
 Okwukwe Anyị kwupụtara- Ọrụ sitere na nchịkọta nke Gordon W. Bailey. 10 Sep.- 2014- 8 Aug. 2015, University of Mississippi Museum of Art, Oxford, MS.
 Akụkọ ihe mere eme jụrụ ịnwụ. 2015 Alabama Contemporary Art Center. Mobile, AL.
 Akụkọ ihe mere eme jụrụ ịnwụ: Ihe ndị dị mkpa sitere na Onyinye Souls Grown Deep Foundation. 22 Mee- 23 Septemba 2018, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ọrụ Dial dị ugbu a na nchịkọta na-adịgide adịgide nke ebe ngosi ihe mgbè ochie ndị a:

 Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie dị elu
 Ụlọ Ọrụ Nkà nke Minneapolis
 Ebe Ngosi Ihe Ochie Rockford
 Gadsden Arts Center

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