Faith Ringgold: The Power of Silence by Kailee Elizabeth Cross
-
Filed under Artist
-
February 6, 2014
_________________FAITH
_____________________RINGGOLD
By Kailee Elizabeth Cross
Edited by Dale Shields
Faith Ringgold was born on October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York City. She is an African American artist who was less concerned with museum exposure growing up and more determined to express her protest of social order through her artwork. Two main themes she expresses in her artwork are racism and gender inequality (Patton 197). She strived for the art of African Americans and women to have more museum exposure. Through her various ways of going against what was socially accepted in her artwork, her art became a voice of protest for the advancement of African Americans and women.
“I just feel like I’m the luckiest person in the world being able to do what I love and be able to do it all day every day if I like, you know, I mean it’s great, I love it.“
Pages:
iforcolor
ARCHIVIST, EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, and ARTiST
Dale Shields is a professor of theatre, director, and actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional).
Research Accomplishments:
The 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, 2017 and 2015 Tony® award nominee for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award, and the winner of the 2017 AUDELCO/"VIV" Special Achievement Award. In 2020 He was also awarded The Actors Fund / Encore Award
On the web, he is the archivist and historian of Iforcolor.org and Black Theatre/African American Voices [Facebook] (theatre, music, and art). He has taught classes and workshops at SUNY Potsdam, Susquehanna University, Denison University, Randolph-Macon College, Macalester College, The College of Wooster, Ohio University, Wayne State University, and the Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival).
Education
B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from Ohio University.
