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ARTIST AND AUTHOR FAITH RINGGOLD TO SPEAK AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
Her lecture, titled "Story Quilts and Children's Books," will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Science Hall 200A on campus. Tickets are $15 general admission; $10 for William Paterson University faculty, staff and alumni, and $5 for William Paterson students. A book signing will follow the lecture; a selection of Ringgold titles will be available for purchase that evening. The program is sponsored by the William Paterson University Friends of the Library. Ringgold began her artistic career more than 35 years ago as a painter. Today, she is best known for her painted story quilts art that combines painting, quilted fabric and storytelling. She has exhibited in major museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, the Middle East and Africa. Her art is included in many private and public collections including the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Her first book, "Tar Beach," published in 1991, interweaves fiction, autobiography and African American history and literature in its story of eight-year-old Cassie, whose dream of being free comes true. The book was a Caldecott Honor Book and the winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration, among numerous other honors. Her other books include "Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky," "My Dream of Martin Luther King," "The Invisible Princess," "Dinner at Aunt Connie's House," "If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Ms. Rosa Parks," "Talking to Faith Ringgold," and "We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold." Ringgold has received more than 75 awards, fellowships, citations and honors, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Fellowship for painting, two awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, and fifteen honorary doctorates, including one from her alma mater, the City College of New York. She is currently a professor at the University of California at San Diego. Seating for the event is limited. To reserve tickets, call the William Paterson University Library at 973-720-2113 or check the Web site at www.wpunj.edu/friends.
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Faith Ringgold,
the award-winning painter, mixed media sculptor, performance
artist and author of numerous books, including "Tar Beach,"
will speak at William Paterson University in Wayne on Friday,
March 23, 2001.