OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaFaith Ringgold was a brilliant artist who told stories using colorful quilts! She showed everyone that you can use cloth and thread to share your dreams with the world. We remember Faith for her wonderful imagination and her beautiful, cozy art!
Faith decided to sew painted pictures onto large pieces of cloth to make story quilts that showed her family and friends. Her special quilts were so big and colorful that people hung them in art museums! One of her most famous story quilts is about a little girl who imagines she can fly high above the city. Faith even turned her magical quilt into a famous picture book called Tar Beach so kids everywhere could read her story!
- Faith Ringgold made over 100 story quilts during her career as an artist!
- Her book “Tar Beach” won a special award called the Caldecott Honor.
- Faith was also a teacher who taught art to college students for many years.
