Faith Ringgold, pioneering Black quilt artist and author, dies at 93
Time:2024-05-21 13:40:17 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
NEW YORK (AP) — Faith Ringgold, an award-winning author and artist who broke down barriers for Black female artists and became famous for her richly colored and detailed quilts combining painting, textiles and storytelling, has died. She was 93.
The artist’s assistant, Grace Matthews, told The Associated Press that Ringgold died Friday night at her home in Englewood, New Jersey. Matthews said Ringgold had been in failing health.
Ringgold’s highly personal works of art can be found in private and public collections around the country and beyond, from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Art to New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Atlanta’s High Museum of Fine Art. But her rise to prominence as a Black artist wasn’t easy in an art world dominated by white males and in a political cultural where Black men were the leading voices for civil rights. A founder in 1971 of the Where We At artists collective for Black women, Ringgold became a social activist, frequently protesting the lack of representation of Black and female artists in American museums.
Previous:Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
Next:Biden says Brown v. Board of Education ruling was about more than education
You may also like
- Shooting injures 2 at Missouri high school graduation ceremony
- Chinese Martial Arts Gain Popularity Overseas
- Join the Efforts! Federations, Women, Families Contribute to Food Production, Conservation
- Virtues 'Cultivate' Family Members into Better People
- I was 'brokefished' by my friend for £400
- Veterinarian Provides Quality Services to Rural Residents
- Social Worker Warms Residents Through 'A Spoon of Rice'
- Cultivating a Green Farm
- Yu Darvish extends scoreless innings streak to 25 in Padres' 9