What inspired ringgolds’s work

She was inspired by the writings of James Baldwin and Amiri Baraka, African art, Impressionism, and Cubism to create the works she made in the 1960s.

Explanation:

your word would be isle.

isle is an island or peninsula especially a small one.

if you add the letter "a" you get aisle, which is a passage between 2 rows of something like chairs, shelves, or something else.