Faith celebrated her 80th birthday on October 8, 2010. The celebration goes on as Faith's gallery, ACA is hosting a dinner at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, November 2nd, and Ellen Baxter at Broadway Housing Communities is hosting an event Wednesday, November 3rd at the Great Hall of Shephard's Hall at City College. Then, on Saturday, November 6th, Faith's birthday will again be recognized at the Neuberger Museum's annual gala in Purchase, New York where her 1960's retrospective in on exhibit, AMERICAN PEOPLE, BLACK LIGHT: FAITH RINGGOLD'S PAINTINGS OF THE 1960's.
All of that is to say that I want to wish my mother a very happy 80th year and many more happy and fulfilling ones. She is my inspiration in all things.
From your loving daughter, Barbara.
