Artist, author, educator, and organizer, Faith Ringgold is one of the most influential cultural figures of her generation, with a career linking the multi-disciplinary practices of the Harlem Renaissance to the political art of young Black artists working today. For sixty years, Ringgold has drawn from both personal autobiography and collective histories both to document her life as an artist and mother and to amplify struggles for social justice and equity. This panel’s title, On Faith: Harlem, points both toward her enduring impact as well as the importance of Harlem, and particular values, in her work. Moderated by exhibition co-curator Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator at the New Museum, panelists will include leading scholars, artists, and directors to consider Faith’s creative practice and vision in relation with Harlem. Panelists include: writer and historian Sharifa Rhodes Pitts, Rob Fields, Director, Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Storytelling, artist Nari Ward, and Sandra Jackson Dumont, Director and CEO, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
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