Faith Ringgold
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Faith Ringgold was an American painter, author, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, and intersectional activist, perhaps best known for her narrative quilts.
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Photos 3
For the Women's House (1971) at the Brooklyn Museum in 2023
Tar Beach 2 (1990), by Ringgold. This painted story quilt tells the story of Cassie Louise Lightfoot, an 8-year-old girl who dreams of flying over her family's Harlem apartment building and throughout the rest of New York City. Photo taken at the Delaware Art Museum in 2017.Awards 9
Connected to Faith 6
Jada Pinkett SmithAlso won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Children
Joan DidionAlso won American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals
Pearl BaileyAlso won Coretta Scott King Award
Marisol EscobarAlso won Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Katherine DunhamAlso won Candace Award
Vito AcconciAlso won New York Foundation for the ArtsAbout this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2024 · aged 93
Written about in
23 languages
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