‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’: Faith Ringgold’s Gift to Prisoners
In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...
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The Fate of Faith Ringgold’s Rikers Mural Is More Complicated Than You Think
The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...