Church Picnic Story Quilt
Faith Ringgold
American, born 1930

Details
Title
Church Picnic Story Quilt
Artist/Maker
Faith Ringgold (American, born 1930)
Date
1988
Medium
Tie-dyed, printed fabrics and acrylic on cotton canvas
Dimensions
74 1/2 x 75 1/2 inches
Credit
Gift of Don and Jill Childress through the 20th-Century Art Acquisition Fund
Accession #
1988.28
On View
Currently not on view
Faith Ringgold tells the often bittersweet history of daily life in Black America from a personal and feminist perspective, combining traditions of storytelling and quilt making in her painted “story quilts.” In Church Picnic Story Quilt, quilting represents an intergenerational activity shared by Ringgold’s mother and grandmother, reflecting their strong familial bonds. This piece was commissioned for the High Museum of Art, with its story set in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park in 1909, a year of unprecedented growth in the city and, in the artist’s mind, a time of optimism and renewed community for African Americans in the South.
Image Copyright
© 1988 Faith Ringgold. Photo by James Schoomaker.
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