In this series images of escaped slaves are moving through distant and colorful landscapes to a new found freedom and home. The theme of freedom and resilience are the common thread that runs through the Coming to Jones Road Series part 1(1999-2000). Many of these works were included in a traveling exhibition curated by The New Museum of Contemporary Art titled, Faith Ringgold : Dancing at the Louvre and Other Story Quilts (catalog). This series is an extension of Ringgold's French Collection which she began in Paris and the South of France in 1990. Ringgold's recent painting series includes The American Collection (1997) a series of painted story quilts in which Ringgold undertakes to rewrite African American art history. Ringgold is represented by ACA Gallery in New York City. Guggenheim Museum, The Boston Museum of Fine Art, The Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, The Baltimore Museum, Williams College Museum of Art, The High Museum of Fine Art, The Newark Museum, The Phillip Morris Collection, The St. Her art is included in many private and public art collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Solomon R. Ringgold ’s art has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the USA, Europe, Asia, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. She has received fellowships and grants that include the National Endowment For the Arts Award for sculpture (1978) and for painting(1989) The La Napoule Foundation Award for painting in France (1990) The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for painting (1987) The New York Foundation For the Arts Award for painting (1988) The American Association of University Women for travel to Africa (1976) The Creative Artists Public Service Award for painting (1971). Professor Ringgold is the recipient of more than 75 awards including 23 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degrees. Ms Ringgold is professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego where she taught art from 1984 until 2002. Faith Ringgold, painter, writer, speaker, mixed media sculptor and performance artist lives and works in Englewood, New Jersey.

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