Faith Ringgold

What she did

Created story quilts combining painting, fabric and written narrative, including Tar Beach, which she also made into a children's book.

Impact and significance

Her work brought Black life, race and gender into forms that crossed gallery art and children's publishing, using the quilt as a place for visual storytelling.

This is Matria’s interpretation, not a quotation or personalised advice.

Works recorded in the archive

• American People Series, including Die (1967)
• Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima? (1983)
• Tar Beach (story quilt, 1988; picture book, 1991)
• We Flew Over the Bridge (memoir, 1995)

Sources and access

• Faith Ringgold, National Museum of Women in the Arts
• Ringgold, Faith. We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold. Little, Brown, 1995.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.
• Museum of Modern Art, New York.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.

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