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Press Release: 08/10/07 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/OPPORTUNITY FOR COVERAGE TO: All News Directors Press Contacts:
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COMMUNITY FOLK ART CENTER OPENS: The Genius of Faith Ringgold: From the George Washington Bridge to Tar Beach Featured Exhibitions:
August 25-October 20 , 2007 Public Lecture by Faith Ringgold: : Suggested admission to exhibitions is $5.00; admission to public lecture is $15.00; metered parking on adjacent streets, paid parking in nearby lots; convenient to Centro, Connective Corridor and SU campus bus routes "CFAC Hosts Work of Acclaimed Artist Faith Ringgold" Syracuse, NY - The Community Folk Art Center, 805 East Genesee Street in Syracuse, is proud to present "The Genius of Faith Ringgold: From The George Washington Bridge To Tar Beach" from August 25th through October 20th, 2007. Two exhibitions will be featured: A Faith Ringgold Retrospective and Dinner At Aunt Connie's House: Illustrations By Faith Ringgold. Regular Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A Faith Ringgold Retrospective chronicles over forty years of the artist's work. Story quilts, paintings, prints, drawings, tankas (unstretched paintings with fabric borders) and soft sculptures are featured. Dinner At Aunt Connie's House: Illustrations By Faith Ringgold features the original acrylic paintings from the acclaimed 1996 book. The exhibitions were organized by ACA Galleries, New York, NY. Suggested donation for admission to the exhibitions is $5.00 per person. The Community Folk Art Center will present a public lecture by Faith Ringgold on Saturday, September 8th, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. at Watson Theater on the Syracuse University campus. Entitled, “Faith Ringgold Story Quilts and Children's Books,” the event will consist of a slide lecture by Ringgold followed by a question and answer period and a book signing. Tickets for the event cost $15.00 per person and are now available for advance purchase at the Community Folk Art Center. Seating is limited. An icon of American art and activism, Ringgold was born in Harlem, New York. From a young age, she was encouraged in her creative endeavors by her mother, Willi Posey Jones, who was a fashion designer and seamstress. Ringgold received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Art and Education and her Master's degree in Art at City College of New York. From 1955-1973, she taught art in the New York City public schools. In the mid-to late 1960's, Ringgold began portraying political and Civil Rights themes in her paintings. She abandoned traditional painting in the early 1970's, and began creating large unstretched paintings with elaborate fabric borders, similar to Tibetan tankas. She also began making fabric dolls, masks and soft sculptures, some of which were used in performance pieces. In the early 1980's, she began creating large story quilts, featuring painted images along with handwritten text. She adapted her story quilt Tar Beach into a children's book in 1990, and has since written and illustrated several children's books, and has also published her memoirs. From 1984 to 2002, Ringgold was a Professor of Art at University of California San Diego. She has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions since the 1960's. She has received many honors and awards for her achievements, including the National Endowment for the Arts awards in sculpture and painting, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and more than fifteen honorary doctorates. For more information about the exhibition and public lecture, or to purchase tickets, please call the Community Folk Art Center at 442-2230. The Community Folk Art Center is a program of the Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University.
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The Community Folk Art Center is a program of the African American Studies Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University and |
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