Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold is an African American artist, best known for her painted story quilts. She is professor emeritus in the University of California, San Diego visual art department. Faith Ringgold was born  on October 8, 1930 and raised in Harlem and educated at the City College of New York, where she studied with Robert Gathmey and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. She received an M.A.from the … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread- Famous African-American Painters