#national quilting day
In honor of National Quilting Day, we’re highlighting Faith Ringgold’s “Tar Beach 2” quilt. Ringgold’s combination of image and imagination, text and texture puts a unique, contemporary spin on the traditions of both quilting and storytelling. This work communicates the dreams and hopes of a young girl, Cassie Louise Lightfoot. Flying among the stars on a hot summer night, Cassie becomes a heroic explorer overcoming obstacles.
“‘Tar Beach 2’ Quilt,” 1990, by Faith Ringgold © Faith Ringgold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York - Courtesy ACA Galleries, New York
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National Quilting Day
Family Quilting by Dorothea Tomlinson Marquis.
This painting was created for the Treasury Department’s Public Works of Art Project (PWAP).
See some of the quilts in our collection on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/search/quilt
