Home Artists Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold Artist Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930, in Harlem, New York City) is an African-American artist, best known for her painted story quilts. Personal facts Birth dateOctober 08, 1930 Birth placeHarlem facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Artist Field of workTextile artsPainting InfluencedJacob LawrenceRomare BeardenBetye Saar Influenced byYasuo KuniyoshiRobert Gwathmey training atCity College of New York Topical connections Adam YauchMusical artist Abbie HoffmanWriter Aretha FranklinMusical artist Éva TardosScientist Adam Shaw Artist Aaron DouglasArtist Alice Adams Artist Faith Ringgold on Wikipedia Faith Ringgold External resources http://barbarafaithcompany.blogspot.com http://faithringgold.blogspot.com http://www.aliceneel.com/gallery/?mode=display&decade=7&painting=72 http://www.faithringgoldsociety.org http://www.landsvideo.com/Faith_Ringgold.html http://www.visionaryproject.org/ringgoldfaith