Josey’s Art School
Presents
Studying Art with the Masters
By
Robin Norgren, M.A.
This Lesson:
Faith Ringgold Inspired Quilt Project
Discussion
· Faith Ringgold was born in Harlem in 1930. She received a degree in art education from the City College of New York and was an art teacher long before she became a professional artist.
· She is best known for her painted story quilts but also creates sculptures, mosaics, performance art and children’s books.
· Faith Ringgold became famous for her innovative “story quilts.” Each of these artworks, which are pieced together of painted canvas and fabric, tells a story. The quilts feature narrative images and texts handwritten on sections of fabric.
SOURCE: https://kinderart.com/art-lessons/arthistory/faith-ringgolds-story-quilts/
Materials needed
Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)
8” X 8” white cardstock/precut poster board/140lb watercolor paper – something with a bit more stability to it than copy paper in order to withstand the amount of paint and glue your students will be using. You will need enough for each participant to use as the base for his/her artwork (older children option will need two pieces).
Construction paper cut in 2” x 2” squares
Glue
scissors
sharpies
yarn (optional)
Baby wipes
Aprons
Length of Time/Duration of project:
30 minutes
Instructions
You have a few options for how you want to proceed with developing the main thrust of the project. I work with 3-5 year olds in a Montessori setting. This means that you are met with a gamut of skill levels. Some children will have no problem handling more of the details of this project which means less time needed to prep and more of the experience for the way the artistic process works is offered to the child. I have attempted to give you two ends of the spectrum but please feel free to modify as needed.
1. Take your piece of white paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.
2. Cut your squares into triangles. For younger students, help them find a system so they won’t get overwhelmed with all the paper.
3.Begin the gluing process of taking different color triangles and matching them together; glue the triangles on your 8” x 8” piece of paper.
4.Soon the students will see the quilt design coming together.
5.When filled, glue the 8”x8” page to a full-sized piece of construction paper.
6.To give your piece more of a quilted effect, take a sharpie and add accents to the end of each side of the quilt pattern.
2. Another option: add yarn as the accent.
3. Maybe even add both.
Option: Students can draw a picture on a white piece of paper and glue it in the middle of the quilt.
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