Tar Beach Resources

Websites

Faith Ringgold's Website

Read more about the author on her personal blog, which has info about all her most recent projects.

Fancy Art Stuff Part I

Learn more about the quilt on which Tar Beach is based on the Guggenheim Museum's website.

Fancy Art Stuff Part II

The author had an important exhibit at the Tate Museum, in London, in 2017. Read about it here.

Articles and Interviews

A Museum's Profile

Here's some info and pics from her long life.

Fancy Profile

Here's an article about the author in ArtNews.

Video

The Author Talks About Quilts

Ringgold talks about quilts and their connection to women's art.

The Author Reads Tar Beach

Hey, it's Faith Ringgold reading the book for NPR.

The Author Shows Us the Quilt

Here's the author talking about the Tar Beach quilt.

Audio

NPR Interview

Here's Faith Ringgold on the radio.

Images

Meet the Author

Here's what Faith Ringgold looked like in 2016.

Check Out the Cover

Stop us if you've seen this one before. It's the Tar Beach book cover.