Faith ringgold

We Came to America, Faith Ringgold, 1997, Acrylic on canvas; painted and pieced border, 74.5 x 79.5 inches

Dancing on the George Washington Bridge, Faith Ringgold, 1988, Acrylic on canvas with pieced fabric border, 68 x 68 inches

Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York City) is an American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist, best known for her narrative quilts set in the context of African American culture and history. Her “story quilts,” politically charged paintings, and more hang in the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the

Somebody Stole My Broken Heart, by Faith Ringgold. With an emphasis on clear, direct storytelling, Faith Ringgold's art explores issues of feminism and race …

The artist's New Museum retrospective offers a study in how major artists can go long overlooked.

Fifth Graders studied the African American artist Faith Ringgold and her story quilt "Tar Beach." We also read her book named "Tar Beach" ...

Faith Ringgold, Jo Baker’s Birthday, from the portfolio 10 x 10: Ten Women/Ten Prints, 1995. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, MSU purchase, funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies.

The artist's New Museum retrospective offers a study in how major artists can go long overlooked.

With a major new retrospective, Faith Ringgold is finally getting her due in the art world. But as the artist, now 91, recalls, acceptance was never the point.

In the POP curriculum for 1st and 2nd grade, we always read and used Faith Ringgold's books as an inspiration and springboard for our POP projects. She will be at ACA gallery on September 16 from 6-8pm for the opening of her show- Faith Ringgold: Coming to Jones Road, Part II & Other Story Quilts. Her layered work combining painting, quilted fabric and storytelling is a must see!