![]() ![]() The most famous being Tar Beach.įaith Ringgold then began her work as writer. Ringgold then began to incorporate text to create several narrative quotes. She drew on the inspiration of Tibetan art and the fabric skills she learned growing up to construct her first quilt, Echoes of Harlem. ![]() After an unsuccessful attempt to have her autobiography published, Faith discovered a new way to tell stories. When Ringgold returned to New York, she began to incorporate these techniques into her work and creating cloth dolls and soft sculptures. In the 1970s, Faith visited the Riksmuseum in Amsterdam and its collection of Tibetan thangka paintings which are paintings done on cotton with acrylic. The series centered around themes from the civil rights movement and influenced by the writing of James Baldwin and Amiri Baraka. ![]() In 1963 she began a series of painting tiled American People which is now regarded as one of her most important works. While Ringgold was teaching art in New York City public schools she continued working on her own art. Later, Ringgold earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in art from the City college of New York. Her mother taught her now to sew and work with fabrics and art became a major pastime for Ringgold. When Ringgold was a young girl, she suffered from asthma and had to spend a lot of time at home with her mother who was a fashion designer. ![]() She was born in Harlem in the 1930s during the Harlem Renaissance. Faith Ringgold is not only an author and illustrator, but also an artist, educator and activist. ![]()
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