Saturday, June 2, 2007
2–4 p.m.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd floor
Faith Ringgold's inspiring and often humorous stories illustrate her personal journey and beliefs as an artist, activist, author, teacher, and parent. Her talk focuses on art and activism from the 1960s and 1970s to the present, and how she came to use painting, fabrics, quilt-making, and storytelling to create an extensive body of work containing paintings, soft sculpture, masks, and performances. Be inspired by Faith Ringgold's talk and create your own quilt square in the Museum's Beaux-Arts Court.
About Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold, painter, writer, speaker, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist lives and works in Englewood, New Jersey. Ringgold is professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, where she taught art from 1987 until 2002.
Professor Ringgold is the recipient of more than 75 awards, including eighteen Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degrees. She has received fellowships and grants that include the National Endowment For the Arts Award for sculpture (1978) and for painting (1989), the La Napoule Foundation Award for painting in France (1990), and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for painting (1987), among others. Her art is included in many private and public art collections, and has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the U.S., Europe, Asia, South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
Ringgold has written and illustrated a total of fourteen children's books, including her first published book, the award-winning Tar Beach, "a book for children of all ages." Tar Beach was published by Random House in 1991 and has won more than 30 awards, including a Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King award for the best illustrated children's book of 1991. Ringgold has a history of juring and curating exhibitions, and supports the talent, effort, dedication, and creativity of emerging artists.
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