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The Met: Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Colour

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See the world through Faith Ringgold’s eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces.

Have you ever wondered exactly what your favourite artists were looking at to make them sculpt, sew, or paint the way they did? In this book, created in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, meet inspiring American artist and activist Faith Ringgold. Step into her life and learn what led her to mix different media and craft powerful stories into quilts. Travel with her to the places that influenced her and see the causes she fought for.

In this charming illustrated series, follow the artists’ stories and find intriguing facts about their environments and key masterpieces. Then see what you can see and make your own art. Take a closer look at landscapes with Georgia O’Keeffe, or yourself, with Vincent van Gogh. Try printmaking at home with Hokusai. Every book in this series is one to treasure – perfect for budding young artists to explore exhibitions with, then continue their own artistic journeys.

Our Review Panel says...

A combination of biography and art history, this brilliant non-fiction book is a celebration of Faith Ringold – her storytelling, art and creativity – but does not shy away from the important context of racism, sexism and poverty she experienced in her life that is reflected in her art.

The text has a brilliant balance of biography, the development of Faith’s art (from painting, to mask making and then textiles) and the political and social history of the time, and is a fantastic model to introduce the idea that ‘art reflects life’ and that art and history are intrinsically linked.

This is a fantastic book for art leaders to add to the school library and Faith would make an amazing artist to study in KS2. However, as well as incorporating Faith Ringold into the Art curriculum, this book could equally be used in UKS2 to inspire writing, including biography and storytelling from images; or used as a supporting text alongside Faith’s children’s book, Tar Beach.

We really liked the reflection questions interspersed within the text, encouraging the reader to stop and pause and to think about the link between their own creativity and activism. Sharna Jackson and Andrea Pippins have created a visually stunning and incredibly informative text, distilling and clearly communicating complex themes.

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