Faith Ringgold

Tar Beach (Part I from the Woman on a Bridge series), 1988. Acrylic on canvas bordered with printed, painted, quilted, and pieced cloth, 74 5/8 x 68 1/2 inches.

Grade 6 students will be looking at the work of African American artist Faith Ringgold in term 3. We will be making Quilts based on the design cycle , the learner profile and the learner profile attitudes. Students can find information on this artist and view her work on the sites below;

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/ringgold_faith.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Ringgold

http://www.ndoylefineart.com/ringgold.html

http://www.faithringgold.com/

Find out more about the quilting history of America at this website;

http://www.womenfolk.com/historyofquilts/

HOMEWORK

Think of more ideas about how you could decorate your story quilt. Write them down in your workbook.

Bring in things to decorate your quilt with, for example;

Bits of fabric

Coloured paper and card

decorative items and so on

Andy Goldsworthy

Here are some examples of art work inspired by our study of artist Andy Goldsworthy.

For more information about this artist check out this site;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy