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