I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me.

Ringgold is represented by ACA Gallery. She has influenced numerous modern artists including Linda Freeman and known some of the greatest African American artists personally including Romare Bearden Jacob Lawrence and Betye Saar. Black Entertainment Television (BET) had aired several episodes of the television series Roc in which a Ringgold poster was shown on nine different occasions for a total of 26.

She is professor emeritus in the University of California San Diego visual art department.