Faith Ringgold died on April 13 at age 93. The artist and author was best known for her "story quilts," which have been exhibited in museums around the world and told the stories of Black people. Some of her best known works include "Who's Afraid of Aunt Jemima?" and "Tar Beach," which she later adapted into a children's book— she went on to write a dozen more books for kids. Here's a tribute to her from Smithsonian magazine.
#Artist#FaithRinggold, who died this week, had commercial representation, had work shown in and collected by museums, books were written about her, she even published children's books that were in every public school classroom I ever taught in. Yet this week she is being described as un- or under- recognized. "Never got the recognition she deserved."
This is well meaning, but it is a kind of erasure of the success of a #BlackArtist. How much success would it take to be recognized as success?