This is an important new book published to coincide with a major exhibition of Faith Ringgold's new work and studio collection.

While the book explores Faith's work in her studio and her personal artistic journey, it is also an encounter between one artist and another, between Faith and her collaborator Curlee Holton.

The mix provides unique insights into the struggles and triumphs of a woman who is at once an activist and an artist and whose achievements are admired throughout the world.

A View From the Studio also contains a unique section of Faith's poetry which accompanies her new Jazz Series.

Faith Ringgold is a renowned artist and children's book author.

Curlee Holton is Associate Professor of Art and founding director of Lafayette University's Experimental Printmaking Institute in Easton, PA.