Mini Post: Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold is nothing short of golden. She is an immaculate creator and utilizes various mediums like painting, sculpture, performance art, writing and speaking. She is an accomplished artist and has over 75 awards and an honorary doctorate. Faith Ringgold grew up in Harlem, New York during the Great Depression.


 


Ringgold's early art and activism served to confront racial prejudice and often made strong political statements. Ringgold used the art of quilt making which is inextricably linked to American slavery to illuminate the stories of the black community. She played a major role in beginning an organization called Where We At, to support female  African American artist. Her later work has an absence of confrontational imagery to fight prejudice, instead she portrays young African American women as strong, successful and powerful.

Faith Ringgold b.1930, New York. Tar Beach, 1988  (Part 1 from the Woman on a Bridge series)

Sources:
http://www.faithringgold.com/
https://www.theartstory.org/artist-ringgold-faith.htm