Oral history interview with Faith Ringgold
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 8 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 15 digital wav files. Duration is 10 hr., 50 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ringgold, Faith
label: Interviewer
content: Nadelman, Cynthia
label: Names
content: Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988
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content: Lippard, Lucy R.
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content: Lloyd, Tom, 1929-
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content: Morris, Robert, 1931-2018
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content: Tucker, Marcia
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Quiltmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Performance art
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: African American artists
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content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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content: Women performance artists
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content: Women sculptors
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content: African American quiltmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators. Funding for this interview provided by the Lannan Foundation.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Ringgold, Faith
label: Interviewer
content: Nadelman, Cynthia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) was an African American painter, sculptor, quiltmaker, and performance artist from Harlem, New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 370 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 15 Items (sound files (10 hr., 49 min.), digital)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 September 6-October 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ringgo89
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Faith Ringgold conducted 1989 September 6-October 18, by Cynthia Nadelman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ringgold discusses Harlem from the 1930s through the 1980s; her background and education; experiences with racism and discrimination; her teaching career in New York City and UC-San Diego; her art and political activism; the Art Workers Coalition; the 1970 Whitney Biennale and protests; her mural at Rikers Island; Black feminism; the evolution of her work; her paintings, soft sculpture constructions; her written work; her quilts; and her performance pieces. She recalls Robert Gwathmey; Tom Lloyd; Robert Morris; Marcia Tucker; Lucy Lippard; her mother; her brother; her two daughters; her husband; and others.