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Faith Ringgold’s Jazz Stories quilt series spotlights women musicians and in Come On and Dance with Me, the high-spirited singer embodies the lyrics with passion and joy. Across her imagery Ringgold centers the importance of African diasporic…

This serigraph references famed artist and founder of African-American artist collective Spiral, Romare Bearden (referenced here as “Romie.”) Picturing Bearden with one of his many beloved cats, Ringgold depicts a sweet and intimate vision of the man…

Here, artist Faith Ringgold depicts American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), as part of a larger series in which the artist pays tribute to the lives and impact of prominent African American musicians, writers, and artists of the twentieth…

Brilliant blue, seductive red, and radiant yellow surround a singer and her jazz band in a vibrant space full of energy and motion. Inspired by a childhood immersed in the social and cultural life of the Harlem Renaissance, Ringgold has always been…

In Jo Baker’s Birthday, Faith Ringgold depicts Josephine Baker, a 20th century multidisciplinary artist and activist whose life and experiences Ringgold deeply identifies with. Baker poses semi-nude, gazing back at the viewer self-confidently, secure…