Faith Ringgold

(Born 1930)

American People #1: Between Friends (1963), Oil on Canvas, 40 x 24 inches.  All rights reserved.

• In the 1960’s Faith began doing paintings that were about things she saw going on in the United States at that time.

• What do you think is happening in this picture?

U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of Black Power, 1967, from “The American People” series; Oil on canvas. 72 x 96 inches.

Street Story Quilt, 1985Faith Ringgold (American, born 1930)

Oil, felt-tip pen, dyed fabric, and sequins on canvas, sewn to quilted fabric; 90 x 144 in. (228.6 x 365.8 cm)

Street Story Quilt, detail, 1985Faith Ringgold (American, born 1930)Oil, felt-tip pen, dyed fabric, and sequins on canvas, sewn to quilted fabric; 90 x 144 in. (228.6 x 365.8 cm)

In "The Accident," a character named Grace narrates the story of ten-year-old A.J. and his grandmother, Ma Teedy, who have just witnessed a car accident.

Street Story Quilt, detail, 1985Faith Ringgold (American, born 1930)Oil, felt-tip pen, dyed fabric, and sequins on canvas, sewn to quilted fabric; 90 x 144 in. (228.6 x 365.8 cm)

• "The Fire," depicts the devastating effects of a fire.

• What story is the artist telling about the fire?

• What do you see that makes you think that?

Street Story Quilt, detail, 1985Faith Ringgold (American, born 1930)Oil, felt-tip pen, dyed fabric, and sequins on canvas, sewn to quilted fabric; 90 x 144 in. (228.6 x 365.8 cm)

• In "The Homecoming," A.J. returns to the scene to pick up his grandmother and take her back to California with him.

• Do you see anything that tells you that A.J. is now successful?

Groovin High, 1986, Acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border56 x 92 inches. Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta.

Tar Beach, 1988, from “Women on a Bridge”

series; acrylic on canvas; tie dyed and pieced fagbric.

74 x 69 inches.

Church Picnic, 1988, Acrylic on canvas, fabric

border.74 x 69 inches.

The High Museum of Art, Atlanta

Dancing at the Louvre, 1991,

from “The French Collection; Part I” series; acrylic on canvas; pieced

fabric border. 73 1/2 x 80 inches.

Matisse's Chapel, 1991, acrylic on

canvas; tie-dyed, pieced fabric

border. 74 x 79.5 inches. From the

Series: The French Collection

Part I; #6

Coming to Jones Road: Under A Blood Red Sky, 2000Silkscreen on canvas with pieced border, 41 x 47 inches.

Letter from Birmingham City Jail Limited Edition Artist Book, 2008.Illustrated by eight serigraph prints by Faith Ringgold

“For more than two centuries our foreparents labored in this country without wages”

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“Children…need the help

of our ancestors, they would have the

children and all of us

laughing in no time. They had love and hope. All we have is

hatred violence and

war.”