Students examine the serigraph, "Wynton's Tune," by artist Faith Ringgold. They discuss the painting, listen to jazz music, create a drawing that tells a story inspired by their favorite music, and write sentences describing their artwork.

Author Faith Ringgold uses quilts to illustrate her books Tar Beach and Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad. For this integrated trio of activities, young scholars read stories, identify and create patterns, and design quilt squares of...

Students read the book, "Tar Beach," and examine the artist's use of fabric as an art medium. They each create a building and a picture of themselves flying, and a section of the fabric border to develop a class quilt.

Faith Ringgold's author site is great for students to gain further insight into her books. Includes a biography, art work and new books she is working on.

Resource about the story quilt Sunflower Quilting Bee by Faith Ringgold. Includes an image of the artwork, a suggested art activity in text and audio, links for more information about the artist as well as a link to "Do More", a place to...