Perhaps because of gendered, racial, and class-based expectations about a woman’s “place” in the world, many women artists examine the subjects of homelands and migration.
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Faith Ringgold, whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.
Artists May Stevens and Faith Ringgold highlight other prominent women artists through paintings currently on display in the museum’s third-floor galleries. Stevens and Ringgold chose their subjects for their impact...
As an artist, Faith Ringgold has always worked to tell her story. She created bold, provocative paintings during the 1960s, directly responding to the Civil Rights and feminist movements.
Audrey Niffenegger and Faith Ringgold (Part 1 of 2): Sending Messages
Posted: September 4, 2013
Category: Faith Ringgold
At first glance, the two exhibitions on view this summer at NMWA, Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger and American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings...
Faith Ringgold, forthright about demanding viewers’ attention, made this statement in regard to her controversial “American People” series, which often depicted violent and uneasy interactions, but it applies to her...
Exploring Faith Ringgold’s “American People” on July Fourth
Posted: July 3, 2013
Category: Faith Ringgold
On this Fourth of July, explore America through Faith Ringgold's paintings, now on view in the NMWA exhibition American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold's Paintings of the 1960s.
