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| Nationality - American |
Profession - Illustrator |
| Date of birth - 08 Oct 1930
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Date of death - Still with us |
| Place of birth
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Faith Ringgold is an African-American artist and author who was born October 8 1930 in Harlem, New York City, and who is best known for her large, painted story quilts.
As a child, she was taught to sew fabrics creatively by her mother, a professional fashion designer; and to make quilts by her great-great-grandmother.
She has written and illustrated eleven children's books. She has received more than 75 awards, fellowships, citations and honors, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Fellowship for painting, two National Endowment for the Arts Awards and seventeen honorary doctorates, one of which is from her alma mater The City College of New York.
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Faith has exhibited at major museums in the USA, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Ringgold's great-great-great grandmother had been a slave in her younger years, and made quilts for her white masters.
There has been a strong African-American quilt-making tradition, influenced by the weaving done by the men in Africa, and brought to America with the slaves, where women continued the tradition.
Quilts in the African-American slave community served various purposes: warmth, preserving memories and events, storytelling, and even as "message boards" for the Underground Railroad to guide slaves on their way north to freedom. Some techniques common to African-American quilts included patchwork, applique and 'crazy' quilt; some characteristics included asymmetrical designs, bright colors and bold geometric shapes, which were spiritual symbols. |
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