Sending all best wishes to Faith Ringgold on her birthday today. The Neuberger Museum of Art is presenting a comprehensive survey of Ringgold paintings, on view September 11 to December 19, 2010. The exhibit includes the American People (1963 - 1967) and Black Light (1967 - 1971) series. There is an exhibit catalog. And, closing tomorrow at the ACA Art Galleries New York is the exhibit "Faith Ringgold: Coming to Jones Road, Part II & Other Story Quilts." Blessings!
Friday, October 08, 2010
Happy 80th Birthday Faith Ringgold!
Sending all best wishes to Faith Ringgold on her birthday today. The Neuberger Museum of Art is presenting a comprehensive survey of Ringgold paintings, on view September 11 to December 19, 2010. The exhibit includes the American People (1963 - 1967) and Black Light (1967 - 1971) series. There is an exhibit catalog. And, closing tomorrow at the ACA Art Galleries New York is the exhibit "Faith Ringgold: Coming to Jones Road, Part II & Other Story Quilts." Blessings!
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Oh my, just right after I reconciled with not going to hear her and Aminah Robinson in 2 weeks in Columbus, I see this.
"Faith Ringgold is well known as the progenitor of the African American story quilt revival that began in the late 1970s."
Kyra, As a teacher I first "discovered" Ms. Ringgold as an author of children's stories. For a long time I did not realize that many of the illustrations were quilts. And I certainly never knew about her part in AA story quilt revival. Thank you for this.
Happy, happy Birthday, Ms. Ringgold!!!!
What a treat to read about Faith Ringgold! Her quilt, "The Wedding, The Lover's Trilogy #1" was part of a show in New York back in 2001, which also included a couple of my antique quilts. It was one of the first contemporary quilts I'd ever seen, and I was blown away by it. Just wonderful!! Thank you for posting about her.
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