(225) Faith Ringgold American, born 1930 Church Picnic Story Quilt, 1988 Tie-dyed and printed fabrics; acrylic on cotton canvas Gift of Don and Jill Childress through the 20th Century Art Acquisition Found, 1988.28 This quilt was commissioned by the High Museum of Art. The setting is Atlanta's Piedmont Park in 1909. Mama, the narrator of the story, sits in the upper right hand corner. She tells the bittersweet love story of Reverend Stillwood and Molly Mason, who embrace in the center of the quilt, to her daughter Aleathia, who is also in love with the Reverend. |