Black Mountain, North Carolina (October 8, 1930 – April 13, 2024) age 93 yrs

Faith Ringgold (born Faith Willi Jones), was an American painter, author, and mixed media sculptor. She was also a performance artist. Additionally, she was an intersectional activist. She is best known for her narrative quilts. Ringgold earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the City College of New York. She was an art teacher in the New York City public school system. As a multimedia artist, her works explored themes of family, race, class, and gender. Her series of story quilts captured the experiences of Black Americans became her signature art form. She promoted the work of Black artists and rallied against their marginalization by the art museums. She wrote and illustrated over a dozen children’s books. Ringgold’s art has been exhibited throughout the world. Her work is in the permanent collections of The Guggenheim. It is also in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Additionally; her work is in the Museum of Arts and Design. It is also in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.