ARTIST OF THE DAY: FAITH RINGGOLD

ABOUT FAITH RINGGOLD

Faith Ringgold is an American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor and performance artist, best known for her narrative quilts. 

BornOctober 8, 1930 (age 89 years), Harlem, New York, NY

ArtworksTar Beach (Part I from the Woman on a Bridge series), MORE

On viewBaltimore Museum of Art, MORE

PeriodFeminist art movement in the United States

ChildrenMichele Faith Wallace, Michele Wallace, Barbara Faith Wallace

SpouseBurdette Ringgold (m. 1962), Robert Earl Wallace (m. 1950–1956)

AwardsCaldecott Medal

SOURCE: Wikipedia

QUOTE BY FAITH RINGGOLD

You can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it

WHAT I WISH FOR YOU TODAY

WRITE IT. PAINT IT. PLAY IT. SING IT. DANCE IT. MOVE IT. DO IT! BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, DO YOU!