Faith Ringgold Projects

 

 

Faith Ringgold
African American

 

 

Faith Ringgold Art Projects

 

Faith Ringgold
African-American (1930-)

 

Faith Ringgold created a beautiful combination of quilting and painting in striking works of art.  Her African-American heritage inspires visual story telling in her colorful masterpieces.  Student artists use cut-paper quilt designs combined with oil pastel pictures of a favorite memory to imitate her style.

 

Art Concepts Taught: Patterns

 

Design & Balance

 

All Levels:  Quilt designs inspire a geometrical look at symmetry and balance using color and shape.

 

Ringgold’s Quilt Designs

 

Oil Pastel with Cut Paper Shapes

 

All Levels:  Visual story telling combined with cut-paper quilt design, and patterning

 

 

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