Grade 6

Quilt inspired by Faith Ringgold

This quilt is all about us, grade 6. Each square represents a student. Basketball and baseball are sports that help to shape our lives and fill our free time. Some of the squares represent feelings that we have such as confusion, excitement and happiness. Others signify our love of the beach and shopping. We are concerned about the environment, breast cancer and our connection with nature. We also love design and shapes and how they work together to create beauty. We have put a part of each of us into the quilt and hope that our hard work will now benefit someone who needs help. This quilt is being raffled off and the proceeds are being donated in grade six’s name to a charity of their choice.   

“Faith Ringgold, began her artistic career more than 35 years ago as a painter. Today, she is best known for her painted story quilts -- art that combines painting, quilted fabric and storytelling. She has exhibited in major museums in the USA, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. She is in the permanent collection of many museums including the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art. Her first book, Tar Beach was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, among numerous other honors. She has written and illustrated eleven children's books. She has received more than 75 awards, fellowships, citations and honors, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Fellowship for painting, two National Endowment for the Arts Awards and seventeen honorary doctorates, one of which is from her alma mater The City College of New York. “

http://www.faithringgold.com/ringgold/bio.htm