![]() ![]() Ringgold maintains that despite her upbringing in Great Depression-era Harlem, 'this did not mean was poor and oppressed' – she was 'protected from oppression and surrounded by a loving family. She also learned how to sew and work creatively with fabric from her mother. ![]() Because of her chronic asthma, Ringgold explored visual art as a major pastime through the support of her mother, often experimenting with crayons as a young girl. ![]() Her childhood friend, Sonny Rollins, who would grow up to be a prominent jazz musician, often visited her family and practiced saxophone at their parties. After the Harlem Renaissance, Ringgold's childhood home in Harlem became surrounded by a thriving arts scene – where figures such as Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes lived just around the corner. Ringgold's mother, a fashion designer, and her father, as well working a range of jobs was an avid storyteller, raised her in an environment that they encouraged her creativity. ![]() Her parents, Andrew Louis Jones and Willi Posey Jones, were descendants of working-class families displaced by the Great Migration. Faith Ringgold (born Octoin Harlem, New York City) is an American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist, best known for her narrative quilts.įaith Ringgold was born the youngest of three children on October 8,1930, in Harlem Hospital, New York City. ![]()
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