I'm so excited! New show at the Guggenheim on Faith Ringgold's artwork!

[Hekate]

11. Yes. I loved her work -- the story-quilts are fabulous

In 1993 when I still worked at UCSB for a Math professor, the only office they could find for me was in the Art building next to a small museum. I spent a lot of my lunch hours visiting that museum. I got to watch a visiting group of Tibetan monks create a sand mandala, which was awesome. I also got to see a travelling exhibit of Faith Ringgold’s quilts. Not long afterward she did a book-signing, so I have two of her beautiful children’s books signed to me.

I did not know that she had died — I am so sorry to hear that. Her art will live on, and through her books, will reach wider audiences. I hope there will always be people who cherish her genius with fabric art.