A cultural icon, Faith Ringgold’s exceptional artistic career spans more than six decades. Her expansive body of work includes painting, book illustration and authorship, sculpture, performance art, education and advocacy. She is renowned for her unconventional quilts, which narrate events from her life as well as the Black-American experience. This exhibition showcases five of Ringgold’s Jazz Stories quilts alongside various other works on paper about jazz.

 

Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 14th, 2018 (6-11pm)

  • Season Kick-Off: Get Jazzed Festival on Mesa Arts Center campus
  • Musical Entertainment by Blaise Lantana and Dennis Rowland with Jesse McGuire in Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum Courtyard
  • Exhibiting Artists in Attendance
  • Cash Bar

FREE and OPEN to the Public!