Groovin' High (Le-Seri)

Donated to the State Black Archives Research Center & Museum by Velma A. Walker., Donated to the State Black Archives Research Center & Museum by Velma A. Walker., Artist's bio: Faith Ringgold's artistic career spans more than thirty-five years. She began as a painter but is best known today for her painted story quilts, art that combines painting, quilted fabric, and storytelling. She has exhibited in major museums in the US, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of many museums including the Studio Museum of Harlem, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Ringgold's first book, "Tar Beach" was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration. She has written and illustrated eleven children's books and received more than seventy-five awards, fellowships, honors, and citations including a Guggenheim Fellowship for painting, two National Endowment for the Arts Awards, and seventeen honorary doctorates - one from her alma mater, City College of New York., Digitized by J.F. Drake Memorial LRC; Alabama A&M University.
Subject(s): Adults.
Children.
Dance parties.
Manners & customs.
Date Created: 1996
Title: Groovin' High (Le-Seri).
Name(s): Ringgold, Faith, artist.
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Screen prints
Date Created: 1996
Date Captured: 2014-12-04
Physical Form: screen printing
Extent: 1 print ; 116 cm x 68 cm
Identifier(s): SAM_0101 (local)
Note(s):

Donated to the State Black Archives Research Center & Museum by Velma A. Walker.

Artist's bio: Faith Ringgold's artistic career spans more than thirty-five years. She began as a painter but is best known today for her painted story quilts, art that combines painting, quilted fabric, and storytelling. She has exhibited in major museums in the US, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of many museums including the Studio Museum of Harlem, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Ringgold's first book, "Tar Beach" was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration. She has written and illustrated eleven children's books and received more than seventy-five awards, fellowships, honors, and citations including a Guggenheim Fellowship for painting, two National Endowment for the Arts Awards, and seventeen honorary doctorates - one from her alma mater, City College of New York.

Digitized by J.F. Drake Memorial LRC; Alabama A&M University.
Subject(s): Adults.
Children.
Dance parties.
Manners & customs.
Held by: Alabama A&M University
Restrictions on Access: ©2014, Alabama A&M University. All images in Alabama A&M's Digital Collections are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode). In order to obtain high resolution images or rights to commercial use, please contact the Coordinator for Archives and Special Collections at the J. F. Drake Memorial LRC, Alabama A&M University.
Is Part Of: State Black Archives Research Center & Museum at Alabama A&M University.
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