Black History Month Quilting Queen Faith Ringgold
“Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American artist and author who became famous for innovative quilted narrations that communicate her political beliefs.“
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Faith-Ringgold
“Ringgold’s vehicle is the story quilt—a traditional American craft associated with women’s communal work that also has roots in African culture. She originally collaborated on the quilt motif with her mother, a dressmaker and fashion designer in Harlem. That Ringgold’s great-great-great-grandmother was a Southern slave who made quilts for plantation owners suggests a further, perhaps deeper, connection between her art and her family history. One of Ringgold’s early efforts, dating from 1982, tells the tale of the stereotyped Aunt Jemima through painted images, sewn fabric, and handwritten texts. The naive, folk-art quality of the quilts is part of Ringgold’s scheme to emphasize narrative over style, to convey information rather than to dazzle with elaborate technique.” - https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/3719
