Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold, painter, writer, speaker, mixed media sculptor and performance artist lives and works in Englewood, New Jersey. Ms. 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 Napoule Foundation Award for painting in France (1990); The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for painting (1987); The New York Foundation for the Arts award for painting (1976); The Creative Artists Public Service Award for painting (1971).
Ringgold's art has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the USA, Europe, Asia, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. Her art is included in many private and public art collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Boston Museum of Fine Art, The Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, The Baltimore Museum, Williams College Museum of Art, The High Museum of Fine Art, The Newark Museum, The Phillip Morris Collection, The St. Louis Art Museum and The Spencer Museum. Ms. Ringgold is represented by ACA Gallery in New York City.
Coming to Jones Road #8:
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Breakwater X Spot, Dennis Staffne
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Faith Ringgold: American Quilts
Faith Ringgold: American Quilts
March 2 - June 1, 2012
FREE Opening Reception: Friday, March 2, 2012 6-8pm
Admission: $5/general public
Admission is free for FAC members.
Open for viewing during normal FAC hours.
Internationally recognized African American artist Faith Ringgold began her artistic career more than 35 years ago as a painter. Today, she is best known for her painted story quilts-- art that combines painting, quilted fabric, and storytelling. Faith Ringgold: American Quilts features Ms. Ringgold's work including story quilts, color etchings, acrylic paintings, silkscreen prints, soft sculptures, and tankas. Art created by students relating to the Faith Ringgold November workshop at the FAC will also be displayed during the exhibition.
In today's multicultural society, Ms. Ringgold's work carries an important message: "We don't all have to be alike, and that for people to be different is wonderful and fine."
A collaboration of 13
Funded in part by St. Louis Female Artists
 
Financial Assistance For This
Project Has Been Provided by
Kenneth &
Nancy Kranzberg
A State Agency
 
Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow #6 Tar Beach #2
I'm Leavin' in the Morning
Ameristar Emerging Artist
Dennis Staffne
Ambient Intrusions
April 20 - June 1, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, May 25, 2012 6-8pm
Free & Open to the Public
www.staffnephotography.com
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