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Academic Resources Disabilities Services Library Services Campus Galleries Technology Continuing Studies and Special Programs Off-Campus Study Opportunities Summer School Programs Study Abroad  ACADEMIC RESOURCES
Academic Resource Center This important resource on the second floor of the student center serves all Ringling College students, assisting with writing, reading and study, time management and disability issues. The ARC's learning support services are available to all students. Sometimes faculty refer students for assistance in their academic course work, but students may contact us any time with any questions regarding how or what to write, best strategies for reading texts and preparing for tests, or how to stay organized and meet deadlines. Our professional and student consultants are well prepared for offering advice and lending an educted "ear" to your texts in progress. The ARC Director handles accommodation requests for students with disabilities. For more information, visit the Center's website at www.arc.ringling.edu
Ringling College Design Center Internship
The Ringling College Design Center, a professional studio internship program, provides advanced-level instruction plus work experience for a limited number of upper-class students from multiple disciplines. The Ringling College Design Center performs creative design services for Ringling College and not-for-profit agencies. Ringling College Design Center interns work on actual design projects in a studio environment using the newest technology and materials. Students meet with clients and learn about business systems, budgets, contracting for services, and design production. Through the internship, fourth-year students gain professional experience before completing college and acquire the employment advantage of print and electronic portfolio work. Students are selected based on a portfolio review, written statement of purpose, and recommendations from faculty.
DISABILITIES SERVICES
Students who feel they may need accommodations for classroom, coursework or extra-curricular activities must submit appropriate documentation and then meet with Virginia DeMers, Director of the Academic Resource Center. She will discuss what services are appropriate based on the documentation submitted. Guidelines for documentation of disabilities may be downloaded from the Academic Resource Center website, www.arc.ringling.edu, or obtained from Ms. DeMers. You may telephone her at (941) 359-7627 or email vdemers@ringling.edu. Students who expect to need alternative text formats, sign interpreters or CART, or other accommodations that require long-term planning should submit documentation as soon as students know they will be attending the Ringling College of Art and Design.
LIBRARY SERVICES
CAMPUS GALLERIES
The William G. and Marie Selby Gallery
Selby Gallery serves as both professional exhibition space and a center for learning and extracurricular activity. Noted as "Sarasota's premier gallery for contemporary art," its shows include the works of nationally and internationally recognized artists, designers, photographers, and illustrators from diverse backgrounds. Annual faculty and juried student exhibitions give you the opportunity to share the vision of those who share your classrooms, labs, and studios.
Crossley Gallery
This professional exhibition space is operated by students for students. Visiting artists, designers, and lecturers round out the season of exhibits at Crossley. You can learn the aspects of gallery management while planning, hanging, and promoting your own show. Its 3,000 square feet become your personal canvas.
Additional Exhibition Spaces
Ringling College offers additional exhibition space on campus in the Ann and Alfred Goldstein Center, Hammond Commons, and Keating Center. A variety of student, staff, faculty, and community exhibitions take place throughout the year.
TECHNOLOGY
Emerging Possibilities
Artists and designers are exploring the balance of aesthetic, conceptual, and technical possibilities. For instance, computer animation has emerged in recent years as a highly visible, multifaceted profession, enabling artists to work within numerous specializations, including character animation, special effects, lighting, and modeling. In addition to using computers for print-based media, graphic designers now incorporate animated images, digital video clips, and sound tracks into electronic publications, Web pages, DVDs, and other electronic media. Illustrators use specialized software to formulate images or enhance those rendered in traditional media. As a result, new career opportunities for illustrators within the newspaper, film, broadcast, and multimedia industries have emerged. Computers enable photographers to integrate the expanding role of digital imaging into their work. Interior designers now model, render, and animate in 3D space, creating virtual examples of designs for their clients. Fine artists in the time-honored disciplines of painting, printmaking, and sculpture can disseminate their crafts through cyberspace to a global audience on an unprecedented scale.
Computing Infrastructure
The computing infrastructure at Ringling College consists of switch-based, high-bandwidth networks, state-of-the-art multiplatform workstations and servers configured in a distributed environment. This distributed environment readily accommodates the creation and transmission of high-resolution images, digital video, sound, and other multimedia applications.
Wired for Success
Ringling College's commitment to technology complements its well-equipped facilities. This unique combination of traditional equipment and studios with modern hardware and software is essential for contemporary art and design instruction at the college level, and adds to the quality of campus life. With a student to computer ratio of better than 2-to-1, a wide array of discipline-specific and general purpose software packages, a state-of-the-art networking infrastructure, and various other instructional technology equipment, Ringling College is one of the best-equipped colleges of art and design in the United States.
Print Services
Print Services produces reasonably-priced, high-quality prints on campus for Ringling Students, Faculty, and Staff. You can find us on the first floor of the Ann and Alfred Goldstein Center. Turnaround time on our wide format Canon and Epson ink-jet printers is usually less than 24 hours. We offer a range of matte and glossy papers from Red River, Lexjet, Illuminata, and Epson. Simply place your order online and you will receive an email when your materials are printed and ready for pickup. If you need any help preparing your files for submission or have questions, please stop by. For more information visit us online at http://www.it.ringling.edu/printservices.
Relevant Equipment
The commitment to providing a contemporary learning environment demands the acquisition of new hardware and software. Computers and peripherals are upgraded every two years. Software is updated annually at least. This on-going renewal is possible with the support of several corporate allies, including Adobe Systems Inc., SONY, Pixar Animation Studios, Apple Computer Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, and Alias/Wavefront Inc.
Computer Laboratories
Institutional Technology supports the following computer laboratories: three high-end visual 3D workstation laboratories, twelve high-end Macintosh workstation laboratories, three Intel Xeon based workstation laboratories, three audio and video editing laboratories, and one digital photography laboratory. These laboratories are equipped with high-end workstations, peripherals [such as scanners, DVD writers, laser printers], a variety of software packages, and graphics generation equipment. All personal computers, workstations, and printers are connected to the campus network.
Software
The public computer laboratories offer numerous general-purpose software packages and tools including desktop publishing, editors, file transfer tools, spreadsheets, web tools, imaging tools, and utility applications. A rich collection of discipline-specific software packages is also available in the public laboratories.
Data Network
The Ringling College Data Network provides both local and global network connectivity for Ringling College students, faculty, and staff. The network operates over a fault-tolerant fast MultiGigabit back-bone with an aggregated bandwidth of 512 Gbps and joins hundreds of local Ethernet segments into a large distributed data network.
In recognition of the many benefits and advantages of Data Network Technology, Ringling College has installed data network ports in all on-campus student housing. These data network ports allow students to directly access on-campus computing resources and the Internet with a blazing DS3 speed from the comfort and convenience of their own rooms.
Storage Array Network and Rendering Farm
The Ringling College Storage Array Network provides more than 10 terabytes of storage space for students, faculty, and staff. The Storage Array Network operates over switched Fibre Channel links, which joins Sun Enterprise Servers and Sun Storage Arrays into a high bandwidth network storage system. This gives users fast access to data anytime and from anywhere via network devices, including a Java technology browser. Furthermore, users can share data seamlessly between Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows systems.
Solid Support
Campus computing services are consolidated in Institutional Technology, which houses computing, networking, the Internet services, and support personnel. Institutional Technology offers hands-on information and technology related workshops throughout the academic year. Although the tools and media constantly change, a Ringling College education remains grounded in a solid foundation of traditional art and design principles. The dynamic integration of these fundamentals with emerging technology is one of the many factors that set us apart. Ringling College of Art and Design is an environment where faculty and students are pushing boundaries of expression and shaping artistic applications of the future.
For more information on Ringling College's technology resources visit www.it.ringling.edu
CONTINUING STUDIES AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
In addition to its Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program, Ringling College of Art and Design offers art and design programs to the general public. Noncredit art, design, and digital classes and workshops for young people and adults are scheduled year round. Special programs, including international travel and offsite workshops, are scheduled throughout the year.
PreCollege Perspective June 22 - July 19, 2008
Each summer, high school juniors and seniors from throughout the United States and the world live on the Ringling College campus for four weeks. They take classes taught by the college faculty that mirror an incoming student’s first year at a college of art and may earn three elective college credits. These courses teach and refine skills that form the framework of the visual arts: figure drawing, 2-D and 3-D design studios, color, and digital processes.
Students learn how to discuss their own artwork and that of others through open-ended forums with faculty, guest artists and peers. A multimedia art history class, “The Artist and Society,” further enriches the program. Students also choose two specialized workshops as electives. Past workshops have included computer animation, painting, photography, video, illustration, graphic design, sculpture and printmaking.
At the conclusion of PreCollege Perspective, students are more focused about their college and professional career goals. They have realized personal growth, and have expanded their portfolios for college admission, scholarships and other professional career goals. Although geared for students considering a career in the visual arts or design, PreCollege Perspective also is an excellent program for students eager to experience a college environment with challenging course content.
For a PreCollege Perspective catalog and application, call Continuing Studies and Special Programs at 941.955.8866 or CLICK HERE for information and an online application.
Art Workshops at WILDACRES Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
July and October 2008
Surround yourself with the inspiring and beautiful atmosphere of a mountaintop retreat while taking weeklong art workshops with Ringling College faculty. Located about an hour from Asheville, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Wildacres Retreat provides comfortable lodging and delicious meals. Previous classes have included a variety of the following: watercolor, oil and acrylic painting, plein air painting, printmaking, ceramics, pastels, basic drawing, figure drawing, photo image transfer and photography. An artist lecture series enriches the evening schedule while field trips to nearby galleries and studios complement daily classes.
Recent Past Wildacres Faculty: Peter Brown, Robin Cody, Cassandra James, Joseph Loccisano, Herbie Rose, Nancee Clark, Pamela Sumner, Lynn Merhige, Michael White, Elena De La Ville and Jean Blackburn. Registration begins March 1st for these memorable workshops. CLICK HERE for more information or call Continuing Studies and Special Programs at 941.955.8866.
Summer Art at Ringling College
During June and July, Teen Studios offer enriching and challenging art and digital studio classes that build a foundation in basic visual art principles. Adult Studios provide opportunities to refresh artistic vision, acquire new skills or try a new medium. For details about Summer Art CLICK HERE.
Community Classes and Workshops
Through Continuing Studies and Special Programs, weekend and evening classes are available for adults and young people year-round. Six certificate programs offer educational tracks in botanical art and illustration, general studies in fine art, general studies in photography, interior concepts, art and healing, and digital graphic art. For details on all our Community Art Programs CLICK HERE.
International Travel Program
Unique travel itineraries open to the adult public include diverse cultural experiences. For more information CLICK HERE or contact Continuing Studies and Special Programs at 941.955.8866 or email cssp@ringling.edu.
OFF-CAMPUS STUDY OPPORTUNITIES
The academic advisors in the Office of Advising, Records and Registration Services must approve all off-campus study opportunities. Study abroad brochures, summer programs information, mobility applications, and curriculum approvals are available through the Office of Advising, Records, and Registration Services. A minimum of 45 semester hours of studio and art history courses, to include the last year of the B.F.A. program, must be taken at Ringling College of Art and Design.
New York Studio Fine Arts Program [NYSP]
Ringling College offers junior and senior Fine Arts students the opportunity to study and live in New York City for one semester. Entrance into the program is granted upon successful completion and review of departmental application materials. Senior Fine Arts students are restricted to participation in the fall semester only. The Fine Arts faculty reviews applicants and four students are selected to participate each year. This program is directed toward mature students who are self-motivated, disciplined, and have begun to develop a cohesive body of work. Tuition for the semester is paid to Ringling College. Grades received through NYSP become part of the student's official record at Ringling College. Information and application materials are available through the Office of Advising, Records and Registration Services.
Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design [AICAD]
Ringling College is a member of AICAD's Mobility Program which provides the opportunity for junior-year, full-time students in good standing, to study for one semester at any one of the following schools:
Mobility is open to students with a minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0. Tuition is paid to Ringling College. Other costs are paid to the hosting institution. Grades received become part of the student's official record at Ringling College.
SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Students wishing to take courses that fulfill their studio elective courses and/or liberal arts courses during the summer at another institution must have a Transient Student Form completed and approved by an advisor in the Office of Advising, Records, and Registration Services. Information on recommended summer programs and local community college summer classes is available in the Office of Advising, Records, and Registration Services. In order to receive transfer credit, it is the responsibility of the student to arrange for official transcripts to be sent to Office of Advising, Records, and Registration Services.
STUDY ABROAD
Students wishing to study abroad during their junior year in a non-affiliated program must discuss their plans with an advisor in the Office of Advising, Records, and Registration Services, and get approval from their department head. Every effort will be made to assist students with placement in accredited programs of study. Students must apply directly to the study abroad program of their choice, and if accepted, withdraw from Ringling College for the time period they are attending the program. Students must go through the readmission process to return to Ringling College, and may be required to show a portfolio in order to receive transfer credit. Students pay tuition directly to the study abroad program. Study Abroad: Programs Affiliated with Ringling College
Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland Ringling College, in cooperation with the AICAD program, provides students a semester of fine arts study immersed in the art and culture of Ireland, Burren region. Enrollment is open to students wishing to study painting, life drawing, sculpture and/or photography. The student’s academic advisor and department head must approve the proposed course of study. Tuition is paid to Ringling College. Grades received become part of the student’s official record at Ringling College.
Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art [PSCA], Pont-Aven, Brittany, France. Ringling College has an affiliation agreement with PSCA to provide Illustration and Fine Arts junior and senior students an opportunity to study and live in the Brittany region of France for one semester. The Illustration faculty reviews the applicants and eight students are selected to participate each year. Course work in Pont-Aven concentrates on painting, drawing, experimental works on paper, sculpture/installations, conceptual art, art history and contemporary issues and French language. Students board with French families. Tuition for the semester is paid to Ringling College. Grades received become part of the student’s official record at Ringling College.
Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art [PSCA], Pont-Aven, Brittany, France. Ringling College has a special agreement of affiliation with PSCA to provide students a summer program immersed in the art, culture, and rich history of Brittany, France. Enrollment is open to junior and senior level students wishing to study painting, sculpture, art history or French language. Students board with French families. Tuition is paid to the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art. Grades received become part of the student’s official record at Ringling College.
Syracuse University, Summer Study Abroad Programs: Barcelona, Spain; Florence, Italy; London, England
Information and application materials for all of these programs is available from the Office of Advising, Records, and Registration Services. |
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