Faith Ringgold is an American artist known for her story quilts that combine painting, fabric, and African American themes. She was heavily influenced by Buddhist Thankgas, which are embroidered silk panel paintings. The document discusses a potential class project where students would each create a digital panel on a chosen theme that would then be combined into a printed story quilt, similar to Ringgold's works.

1. Faith Ringgold
Style Inspired
Digital Quilt Project

2. Faith Ringgold
Artist
Originator
of
African American
Story Quilts

3. Faith Ringgold
Born 1930, Harlem NY
Painter, sculptor, teacher,
author of numerous award
winning children's books.

4. Faith Ringgold.
Echoes of Harlem
1980
Acrylic on
canvas, dyed,
painted and
pieced fabric
96 x 84”

5. The Men:
MaskFace
Quilt
#2 1986
Faith
Ringgold
62" x 70"

6. Ringgold was heavily influenced by
Buddhist Thankgas
Picture-panel paintings made from
embroidered silk

7. Buddhist Thankgas

8. Ideas
Ringgold’s ideas come from reflecting on
her life, the lives of people she has known
and have been in some way inspired her.

9. Project Challenge
Digital Story Quilt
This will be a group project in which
each student creates a digital
panel to be pieced together as a
printed story quilt.

10. Big Ideas
As a class we will choose a Theme to explore
graphically and to use as the basis for our
story quilt.
Something important for you to explore and
understand better….

11. Celebration
Community
Conflict
Possibilities Change
Culture
Diversity
Dreams/Nightm
ares
Family
Fantasy
Heroes/Sheroes
Identity
Inspiration
Materialism
Power
Relationships
Ritual
Social Justice
Spirituality

12. What’s Your Big Idea?