Exhibition Calendar
RINGLING COLLEGE GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS
The Galleries program of Ringling College of Art and Design includes exhibitions and activities that celebrate the work and production of students, faculty and alumni. Our six on-campus galleries also host one person, group and thematic exhibitions that include locally, nationally and internationally known individuals. You will always find an exciting new exhibition, artist talk, lecture, or event to attend. Whether you’re an aspiring artist or someone who is curious about new forms of creative expression, we welcome you to expand your perspective. Discover awe-inspiring work and thought-provoking insights from the art world.
Ringling College Galleries are free and open to the public. The Galleries on the campus of Ringling College of Art & Design provide a calendar of activities that supports the academic mission and curriculum of Ringling College.
For questions about an exhibition, gallery, or event contact us at: 941.359.7563 or galleries@ringling.edu.
Ringling College Gallery Exhibitions are paid in part by:
Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues & WUSF 89.7FM
Department of Galleries and Exhibitions
941.359.7563
galleries@ringling.edu
Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery: Tuesday 10am-7pm, Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4pm
Willis Smith Gallery: Tuesday 10am-7pm, Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4pm
Patricia Thompson Gallery: Monday–Friday10am-4pm
Lois and David Stulberg Gallery: Tuesday 10am-7pm, Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4pm
Crossley Gallery: Monday - Friday 12 - 3pm
William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery: Monday - Wednesday 10am-4pm, Thursday/Friday 10am-3pm, Saturday 10am-4pm
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
2018 ANNUAL BEST OF RINGLING JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION
April 7 - 21, 2018
ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES
Gallery Receptions: Friday, April 6, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
The annual Best of Ringling juried exhibitions showcase the top art and design projects created by Ringling College students in every major. Opening Friday, April 6 with an evening awards ceremony followed by multiple gallery receptions, Best of Ringling serves as a campus-wide immersion into the year’s outstanding work selected by a jury of visiting artists and faculty members.
The exhibitions are free and open to the public, allowing members of the community to view a diverse range of work created by students in all departments.
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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2018 SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITIONS
April 30 - May 3, 2018
ALL ON-CAMPUS GALLERIES
Ringling College seniors are pleased to present their final projects in the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions.
One night only events:
- Game Art Event, Friday April 27 at 7pm, Goldstein Library Room 113
- Photo & Imaging, Friday April 27, 5-8pm, Bayou Studio I
- Computer Animation Screening, Saturday, April 28 at 7pm, Riverview High School - a ticketed event
- Motion Design, Tuesday May 1, 5 to 8pm, Goldstein Library
- Film Screenings, Tuesday May 1, 5 to 8pm, Morganroth Auditorium, in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
Opening Receptions for Campus Galleries: Tuesday May 1, 5 to 8pm
Campus Galleries Exhibitions: 10 to 4pm Monday, April 30 through Wednesday May 2, Thursday May 3 10am to 2pm
- Business of Art & Design, Graphic Design & Advertising Design, Richard & Barbara Basch Gallery, in the Larry R. Academic Center
- Fine Arts, Crossley Gallery
- Photography & Imaging, Bayou Studio 1 behind Crossley
- Interior Design, Patricia Thompson Gallery, in Keating Center
- Visual Studies, 3rd Floor Basch Visual Art Center
- Illustration, (3 locations) Willis Smith Gallery, Selby Foundation Gallery, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery
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FILM Screenings April 25 through May 4
Art Review: Students flaunt talents in 'Best of Ringling' exhibit by Marty Fugate
OCTAVIO PEREZ – ILLUSTRATIONS
May 18 - September 14, 2018
PATRICIA THOMPSON GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, May 18, 2018, 5–7 pm
Summer Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9–4
The insightful and absorbing Illustrations of Octavio Perez will be the focus of this exhibition. Perez has worked at Hallmark Cards and currently works on concept design and execution of editorial illustrations and news graphics for the St. Petersburg Times. His numerous national clients include Hallmark Cards Inc., GEAR Inc., Cabela's, and Humanities Magazine.
The Patricia Thompson Gallery is located inside the Keating Center building on the Ringling College campus.
Links:
VIDEO: Octavio Perez, Cute Rhino
SUNCOAST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
May 18 - June 21, 2018
RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH AND WILLIS SMITH GALLERIES
Opening Reception: Friday, May 18, 2018, 4-6pm
Summer Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 11–3
As one of our annual community art exhibitions, Willis Smith and Richard and Barbara Basch Galleries will feature work by members of the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society.
The Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society (FSWS) was formed in 1983 with 17 charter members and 24 associate members. Today, FSWS has more than 250 members, many of whom have achieved Signature or Master status as well as statewide and national status. The FSWS Board strives to serve all members who live on the Gulf Coast of Florida by rotating the locations of its exhibitions and holding workshops in a variety of venues.
Willis Smith and Basch Galleries are located on the ground floor of the Academic Center building on the Ringling College campus at 2363 Old Bradenton Rd.
TRUSTEE SCHOLARS (2017 - 2018)
June 1 - August 10, 2018
LOIS AND DAVID STULBERG GALLERY
Summer Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 11–3
The Ringling College of Art and Design Board of Trustees annually awards its highest honor —the Trustee Scholarship—to an extraordinary group of rising seniors in each major and on behalf of the Office of Student Life. This year’s exhibition at the Lois and David Stulberg Gallery features the video proposals submitted by the honorees from each department.
The Lois and David Stulberg Gallery is located in the new Basch Visual Arts Center on the Ringling College campus at 1188 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Way.
Image: Matthew Holler, 2017-18 Trustee Scholars
PETTICOAT PAINTERS
JUNE 29 - AUGUST 2, 2018
RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH AND WILLIS SMITH GALLERIES
Opening Reception: Friday, June 29, 2018, 4–6 pm
Summer Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 11–3
The Petticoat Painters is one of the oldest continuously exhibiting women's art groups in the U.S. This group was formed in 1953 to showcase the talents of female artists at a time when women had difficulty in finding venues to show their work.
Willis Smith and Basch Galleries are located on the ground floor of the Academic Center building on the Ringling College campus at 2363 Old Bradenton Rd.
Image: Meg Pierce, Lotus, 36”x36”, thread, pastel, graphite, acrylic on canvas
Links:
ARTICLE: 60 Years of Sisterhood, by Carrie Seidman, Herald Tribune
BIO: Petticoat Painters
SHERYL ORING
October 12 through December 7, 2018
LOIS AND DAVID STULBERG GALLERY in the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Art Center
Sheryl Oring examines critical social issues through projects that incorporate old and new media to tell stories, examine public opinion and foster open exchange. Using tools typically employed by journalists (the camera, the typewriter, the pen, the interview and the archive) she builds on experience in her former profession to create installations, performances, artist books and internet-based works. The exhibition will showcase a selection of her past projects. It will include a new book by Oring printed at the Ringling College Letterpress & Book Arts Center. This exhibition is curated by Mark Ormond.
The artist will give a lecture and be in residence during a portion of the exhibition period.
A Book Fair will be held on December 1, 2018 and will include a book signing of her latest publication.
Available in the Special Collections of the RCAD library for viewing now are the following publications by Sheryl Oring:
Berlin Wall 1961-1989, 2015
Writing Home: Conversations with our Ancestors, 2005
Rush, Dear Mr. President, 2004
Links:
VIDEO: Sheryl Oring, Person of the Week
VIDEO: "I Wish To Say"
NOELLE McCLEAF – RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS
October 13 through December 14, 2018
RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
Photographer Noelle McCleaf explores themes of memory, relationship, and identity in the southern landscape. This exhibition will survey work from various series including: Convergence (2006-2008), A Bee in Her Bonnet (2010-2014), Totems (2013-2016), and Evie Lou and Laura Jane (2012-2016.) The prints are made from color film scans in dimensions of 32 x 40 or 24 x 24 inches. This exhibition is curated by Mark Ormond.
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MICROPLASTICS
November 13 through December 14, 2018
WILLIS SMITH GALLERY in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
Modern society is immersed in plastic. From our household appliances to handheld gadgets. From our clothes to our food to our beds, lined with synthetic fiber, to our work tables laminated in plastic tops, it is all around us. Microplastics are small pieces of plastic 5mm or less, either manufactured that size or degraded from larger objects. Ingested by fish and other marine life, they infiltrate our tap water systems, and absorb chemicals in the water that surrounds them.
The MICROPLASTICS exhibition will serve as a bridge between objective research on Microplastics and the subjective response to it, awakening a sense of social responsibility and ecological awareness in the viewer. Multiple viewpoints will be presented and gallery visitors will be encouraged to share their thoughts through surveys before and after the exhibition.
More About the Exhibition:
Mark Ormond, Curator will be working with Tess Lockey a Junior Illustration major who was born in Hong Kong and raised in the Philippines and has lived near the sea all her life. She first learned about Microplastics in the fall of 2017, when her instructor Anamari Boyes invited Dr. Abbey Tyrna, Water Resources Agent of UF/ IFAS Sarasota Extension, to speak in her Ecology of Water class. The exhibition will promote awareness of the issue by representing diverse voices (through written/verbal statements, info-videos/infographics created by students, and physical samples of microplastics) and the artistic community (through created works of paintings, sculpture, stickers, posters.) Statements will be collected from Dr. Tyrna and Ms. Boyes. Artwork will be created by Ringling College students, with some works selected from final projects created for the Ecology of Water class. A visual survey at the entrance and exit of the exhibition will engage the audience and measure their awareness of Microplastics issues.
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DECIMO ANNIVERSARO DEL VETRO: A DECADE OF GLASS from the Richard and Barbara Basch Collection
January 8 through March 23, 2019
RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
A DECADE OF GLASS will feature extraordinary examples of previously exhibited work from the Basch Collection as well as new acquisitions and a few surprises. For the past ten years, Ringling CollegeCurator Mark Ormond has worked with Dr. and Mrs. Basch to organize a variety of exhibitions focusing on subject matter, country of origin, technique, or the work of renowned glass masters. The Basch Collection of nearly 300 items includes work by iconic masters of the medium including: Martin Blank, Lucio Bubacco, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Laura Donofer, Richard Jolley, Jon Kuhn, William Morris, Charles Minor, Stephen Rolfe Powell, Seth Randal, Richard Royal, Ginny Ruffner, Davide Salvadore, Livio Seguso, Pino Signoretto, Lino Tagliapietra, Claudio Tiozzo, Luciano Vistosi, Leah Wingfield and Toots Zynsky.
FILM-BASED FICTION AND FASHION
January 15 through March 23, 2019
LOIS AND DAVID STULBERG GALLERY in the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Art Center
A Look at Current Trends in Photography and Video
This exhibition about the state of contemporary “fashion” imagery will examine the work of a variety of visual artists such as: Bon Duke, Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader, Sloan Laurits, Annie Powers, Hao Zeng and Mert and Marcus who have emerged on the leading edge of experimentation in the film based business of promoting fashion and celebrity. Their film-based work reflects our current obsession with recognizable individuals from the diverse worlds of art and culture. Materials in the exhibition will include film and video as well as still images. A February panel discussion with several artists discussing their work and current “trends” and issues in “fashioning fiction” is planned.
ANNUAL BEST OF RINGLING JURIED EXHIBITIONS
April 6 through April 20, 2019
ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES
At the opening receptions on the evening of April 5th, 2019 the public will be able to witness the creativity and spirit of the artists of tomorrow. The Best of Ringling juried exhibitions draw people from all over the world to the campus to discover new talent and take the pulse of innovation in Fine Art, Photography, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Advertising Design, Creative Writing, Motion Design, Film, Illustration, Computer Animation, Game Art, and the Business of Art & Design. Over a dozen jurors well-known in their respective fields participate in the vetting, selection and awards process. Each juror provides their criteria for selection and comments about the winners. The latest hardware and software applications will be used by the artists to convey and promote their ideas and present them to visitors. More than a thousand artists participate in the competition annually and the winners are considered the best of the best.
SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITIONS
May 6 through May 9, 2019
ALL CAMPUS GALLEREIS
The annual Senior Thesis exhibitions give viewers the opportunity to experience new and innovative approaches to art created by each graduating class. Artists working in thirteen disciplines showcase their talents in exhibitions, screenings and presentations in the areas of Fine Art, Photography, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Advertising Design, Motion Design, Film, Visual Studies, Illustration, Computer Animation, and Game Art and the Business of Art & Design. Visitors flock to the campus each year to view stunning final projects created by Ringling College students embarking on careers in the arts.
VESSEL MANUALS: New work by Hayley Denham, Danny Jeffers, Jordan Daher
March 26 - March 30, 2018
CROSSLEY GALLERY
Closing Reception: Friday, March 30, 6-8pm
Ringling College of Art & Design and the Fine Arts Department are proud to present Vessel Manuals, a senior thesis exhibition featuring artworks from Danny Jeffers, Hayley Denham and Jordan Daher.
On a scale shifting between macro and micro, these three artists approach the many facets of the human condition: Jeffers, through his abstraction of everyday observations and politics, Denham, through her more or less evolved versions of humanity and Daher, through her alternative methods of working which remind us of our mark on the environment.
Vessel Manuals will be exhibited at the Crossley Gallery from March 26th to the 30th.
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 12–3pm
Links:
Ringling Fine Arts studnent show senior thesis exhibits in Crossley Gallery, by Elizabeth Djinis
VIDEO: SNN Art Gallery Guide, by Nancy O'Neil
SELECTIONS FROM THE RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH COLLECTION
FEATURING THE WORK OF PETER BREMERS
January 9 – March 24, 2018
RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY
This year’s exhibition from the collection of Richard and Barbara Basch features visually stunning creations by over two dozen masters of glass art including Peter Bremers, Václav Cigler, Irene Frolic, Richard Royal, Seth Randal, Sally Rogers and Leah Wingfield. Representing numerous examples, styles and methods of glass casting and etching, the exhibition provides visitors of all ages with an enlightening and inspiring experience. A series of artist talks and demonstrations will take place on the Ringling College campus. Barbara Basch will offer docent tours of the exhibition on Wednesdays at 10:30 AM.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday 10-7, Wednesday–Saturday 10–4, closed Sunday and Monday
The Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery is located on the ground floor of the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center at 2363 Old Bradenton Rd. on the Ringling College campus.
EVENTS:
Every Wednesday, January 10 through March 21 at 10:30am in the Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery- Barbara Basch conducts tours of the Glass: Cold, Cut and Cast exhibition.
Image: Irene Frolic, The Tempest, 2013, Cast glass, 17" x 12" x 6"
Links:
INFO: Glass Weekend Information
VIDEO: Mrs. Richard Basch introduces the GLASS Exhibition
REVIEW: The Mercurial Medium of Glass Art Shines Across Our Region by Marthy Fugate
BIO: Peter Bremers
Sponsors:
AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKES- 10 YEARS OF IMPRACTICAL LABOR
January 12– March 24, 2018
LOIS AND DAVID STULBERG GALLERY
About the Exhibition
This exhibition celebrates the ten-year anniversary of Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA), a socially engaged art project founded in 2008 to investigate labor, time, and what we value. Currently taking form as a Union and Research Institute, the project creates opportunities for ILSSA members to nurture alternative, authentic value systems for their labor and their time. The exhibition will feature a selection of publications and ephemera from the first ten years of the project, as well as the interactive creation of a collaborative, community-based publication, produced on-site and facilitated by ILSSA co-founder Emily Larned, who will be in-residence in the gallery for the first two weeks.
EVENTS:
Wednesday, January 10, 11:30am, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery- Emily Larned will discuss the process of installing the exhibition, As Many Hours As It Takes.
Thursday, January 11, 11:30am, Larry R. Thompson Academic Center Auditorium-Music for Media: Analysis of a scene with composer Christopher Ruggiero.
Friday, January 12, 5-7pm, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery- Opening Reception
Wednesday, January 17, 11:30am in the Lois and David Stulberg Gallery-Emily Larned will speak about the exhibition As Many Hours As It Takes.
All events are free and open to the public
Press:
Ringling Features Impractical Labor, Sarasota Herald Tribune
Media sponsor:
January 19– March 23, 2018
PATRICIA THOMPSON GALLERY
Vibrant landscapes in oil and gouache by Ringling alumna Katie Cundiff, an internationally known wildlife illustrator and painter. A multi-talented artist with an acute eye for texture and light, Cundiff has won top prizes in the American Impressionist National exhibitions, Oil Painters of America, and the Forgotten Coast. She is a signature member of Plein Air Painters of the South East and recently studied at the Flemish Classical Atelier in Bruges, Belgium. Her work has been featured in Plein Air Magazine, American Art Collector and Artist’s Magazine.
EVENTS:
Friday, January 19, 4:30-7pm, Patricia Thompson Gallery in the Keating Center- Opening Reception
Monday, February 5, 11:30am-12:15pm- Katie Cundiff talks about her artwork in the Patricia Thompson Gallery located in the Keating Center.
image: Manatee Springs, 30" 40", oil on canvas
Additional Information:
Press:
Katie Cundiff's Work at Ringling College, Sarasota Herald Tribune
January 12– March 17, 2018
WILLIS SMITH GALLERY
Compelling artwork and ephemera from the living archive of the Peace Paper Project, located at the Robert B. Haas Family Library at Yale University. The Peace Paper Project is an international community-arts initiative that utilizes traditional paper making as a form of trauma therapy, social engagement, and community activism. Since 2011, the group has conducted over two hundred workshops worldwide in conjunction with community leaders, mental health professionals, and art therapists, and helped launch thirty-five papermaking programs that use paper making as a form of healing and community engagement. Because of the project's innovations in portability and interest in resolving current social issues, paper is no longer just a chapter in a history textbook, but a beacon for socially engaged art. Co-founders Drew Matott and Margaret Mahan will present talks and workshops in conjunction with the exhibition.
EVENTS:
Friday, January 12, 5-7pm, Willis Smith Gallery-Opening Reception
Tuesday, February 13, 11:30am-12:15pm, Larry R. Thompson Academic Center Auditorium - Drew Matott, co-founder of the Peace Paper Project will participate in a Skype conversation from Thailand about the organization's history, mission and ongoing projects.
Monday, February 19, 11:30am-12:15pm, Larry R. Thompson Academic Center Auditorium- Jae Jennifer Rossman, Associate Director for Special Collections & Public Programs, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, will discuss the Archive at Yale and the Peace Paper Project.
Wednesday, March 14, 11:30–12:15, Academic Center Auditorium in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center Artist Talk, Margaret Sheppard, Co-founder of Peace Paper Project
Wednesday, March 14,4:00–7:00, Papermaking Workshop, Outside Willis Smith Gallery, Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Drew Matott story of the Peace Paper Project
Jae Jennifer Rossman Presentation Information and Bio
Artist Talk and Papermaking Workshop
Media sponsor:
SKETCHBOOK SHOW
March 16 - March 24, 2018
SELBY FOUNDATION GALLERY
Opening Reception: Friday, March 16, 6-8pm
Gallery Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10–4
In this annual exhibition organized by the Illustration Department, gallery visitors will get an inside look into a variety of explorative approaches taken in visual journals created by Ringling College students.
The William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery is located in the Christ-Janer building on the Ringling College Campus.
JOSHO: Drawin's by Joe Thiel
February 16 - March 3, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, February 16, 6–8pm
WILLIAM G. AND MARIE SELBY FOUNDATION GALLERY
The Selby Foundation Gallery's latest exhibition features the work of Illustration faculty member Joe Thiel and showcases his figurative illustrations created in a weekly faculty figure drawing session.
Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery is located in the Arland Christ-Janer Building on the Ringling College Campus
KNIFE FIGHT: New Work by Jordan Holm, Rowan Johnson, and Emily Rives
February 19-23, 2018
CROSSLEY GALLERY
Artist Statements and Checklist
WILL COTTON: PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
January 30 – February 14, 2018
CROSSLEY GALLERY
The Ringling College’s Fine Art and Illustration departments are pleased to present Will Cotton: Paintings, Prints and Drawing in the College’s Crossley Gallery.
Will Cotton is a painter’s painter. Working primarily with only five colors he creates lush paintings full of vibrancy and life. Originally inspired by the board game Candyland, Will paints utopian landscapes and portraits, composed of sugary desserts and candies, often inhabited by female figures. His work explores our relationship with gluttony, beauty, desire and indulgence. Widely recognized work of his includes the 2010 Katy Perry music video for “California Gurls,” for which he served as the artistic director.
The exhibition will include more than a dozen works ranging from oil paintings on linen and paper as well as sketches and prints. Along with finished works, the exhibition will emphasize his process and show how he goes about creating his work. Additionally, his monograph book Will Cotton: Paintings and Works on Paper will be available for signing and purchase.
Events:
- February 7th, 6:30 - 8:30pm, Lecture, Panel Discussion/Q&A with book signing in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center Auditorium . Free and open to the public
- Feb. 8th, 6 - 8pm, Gallery Reception, Crossley Gallery, cash bar and refreshments. Free and open to the public.
For more information on receptions, talks and events, please call or email Joe Fig
941.309.4009
Crossley Gallery is located at 2400 Old Bradenton Road on the Ringling College campus in Sarasota, Florida. Vallet parking will be available for all events.
This exhibition is sponsored by Ringling College Advancement, Fine Arts and Illustration Departments of Ringling College of Art and Design.
Image: Will Cotton Katy Cupcake Dress, 2010 oil on paper 55 x 48 inches Courtesy of Mary Boone Gallery
MONDO COMBO featuring Joe Fig and Scott Gordley
January 30 – February 10, 2018
SELBY FOUNDATIONS GALLERY
JEFFERY A. CORNWELL- PAINTINGS
PATRICIA THOMPSON GALLERY
Fine Arts alumnus Jeffery Cornwell draws inspiration from the natural environment and the relationship of sky to land.
Image credit, Jeffery Cornwell, Cows 1, 2, 3, 4, acrylic on museum board, 2015, 8 x 10 inches
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Hours
Monday through Friday
9am to 4pm
Interview with Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald Trubune
Jeffery Cornwell Essay and Bio
Jeffery Cornwell studied at Ringling College of Art. He then apprenticed with Toro Yamamoto and honed his skills as a freelance painter.
His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in galleries and alternative spaces. His work has been represented by galleries in Florida, Georgia, Texas, and on the west coast of the United States. His work is in private collections throughout the United States and Europe. He is an active member of the SARTQ artists collective.
Cornwell is an Adjunct Art Instructor VPA program at Booker High School in Sarasota, Florida. As an educator, he teaches in the Teen Studios at Ringling College and is the coordinator of the College’s Summer Teen Studio program.
GALLERIES AT RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
CONTEMPORARY ART: CREATIVITY, COMMUNICATION & ENGAGEMENT
Beginning in October 2017 and running through May 2018, the Ringling College Galleries will offer a diverse array of exhibitions and related programs. The focus of these exhibitions will be to provide the visitors with numerous opportunities to engage with artists’ creativity.
October 17 – December 8, 2017*
LOIS & DAVID STULBERG GALLERY
This exhibition curated by the General Motors Design Archive & Special Collections features a firsthand look at the evolutionary creative
process of automotive design.
*Gallery closed for special events December 8-9
Images: General Motors Design Archive & Special Collections, and Karen Arango
Under the Hood by Phil Lederer, SRQ Magazine
Design in Mothion by Niki Kottmann, Observer Group
Visionary Art Exhibits Mark the Close of 2017 by Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald Tribune
Ringling College Opens 3 Exhibits by Jimmy Geurts
Media sponsor:
Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
October 20- December 2, 2017
Freedom of the Presses is a collaborative exhibition co-curated by Marshall Weber of Booklyn, Inc. and members of the Ringling College of Art and Design community. The project focuses on the creative and democratic processes of 21st Century independent artist's publishing and offers models of empowering and educational art publishing practices. The exhibition will include a selection of artists' publications from Booklyn, Inc. and the Brizdle Schoenberg Special Collections Center at Ringling College of Art and Design. Highlights include the Streetopia artist’s book, alternative art fair, and text book project; performances and publications by Sheryl Oring; and community publishing projects from the multi-generational collective, Mobile Print Power. Artists’ books, zines, prints, and items of ephemera will be exhibited, along with a curators panel, book fair, and other events.
Calendar of Programs and Events related to the exhibition
Suncoast FYI with Nancy O'Neil
Media sponsor:
Changing Art and Design Education through Collaboration
October 20– Dec 2, 2017
Everything we do at Ringling College of Art and Design is for our students. So that they may be successful in their creative careers, we must prepare them in every way possible. One of the many innovative approaches setting us apart from our peer institutions is The Collaboratory Commitment. Inspired by President Larry R. Thompson’s visionary promise that each and every student has the opportunity to work with a real-world client on a real-world project by the time they graduate, various departments come together to provide formative and inspiring experiences for our students throughout their academic journey.
*The Collaboratory is a partnership between Ringling College of Art and Design and The Patterson Foundation.
WILLIS SMITH GALLERY, in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
2363 Old Bradenton Road
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COLLABORATORY
Media sponsor:
June 30 – October 6, 2017
RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY
Drawn from a course in the Photography and Imaging major, this exhibition features fashion work by Ringling College’s emerging photographers.
Art and fashion-lovers join forces at Ringling College reception by Niki Kottman
Image credit: Frances Bukovsky, model Whitney Howell
Interview on ABC's Suncoast View with PH_ashion 121 organizer, Tom Winchester. Watch HERE.
Image: Nathan Skiles, Interlude
Aug 25 – Oct 4, 2017
LOIS & DAVID STULBERG GALLERY
Be inspired by the work of our talented Ringling College faculty in the exciting new Lois and David Stulberg Gallery in the Basch Visual Arts Center.
Media sponsor:
Image: Michael White, 32x40 pastel of Machiasport Maine
August 14 – October 4, 2017
WILLIS SMITH GALLERY
View exciting new work by Ringling College staff members and instructors from Ringling College School of Continuing Studies and the Englewood Art Center.
Ringling College Staff Exhibition by Jay Handleman
Media sponsor:
CLAUDIA RYAN – DRAWINGS
June 12 – Aug 11, 2017
Opening reception: Friday, June 9 from 5 to 7pm
LOIS & DAVID STULBERG GALLERY
Abstract drawings and prints by Claudia Ryan will be featured in the college’s new gallery at the Basch Visual Arts Center. Ryan’s works on paper are densely layered and threaded with color, creating a map for a journey that becomes the viewer's own.
Image credit: Claudia Ryan, Untitled on paper
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Summer Gallery Hours
Through August 11, 2017
Monday through Friday
10am to 1pm and 1:30 to 4pm
Claudia Ryan Exhibition Checklist
Some thoughts about the work of Claudia Ryan by Mark Ormond
EGYPT – THE ETERNAL SPIRIT OF ITS PEOPLE BY JACK JONATHAN
June 30 – Aug 4, 2017
WILLIS SMITH GALLERY
This exhibition of sixty photographs documents Egypt in the 1950’s as seen by Jack Jonathan.
Exhibition generously sponsored by Flora Major and The Family of Carlo A. Marchetti
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Summer Gallery Hours
Through August 11, 2017
Monday through Friday
10am to 1pm and 1:30 to 4pm
Images left to right, top to bottom: An Eternal presence, Sheikh's daughter, Sheikh Muhammad, For a long life
Review by Elisabet Kirsch Jack's Journey
Egypt, The Eternal Spirit of Its People exhibition description
A tribute by Sheelagh Hope, Jack of all Trades
Stories of an Exhibition- Video: Interview with Jack Jonathan 17m 21sec
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN
May 30 – June 22, 2017
Opening reception: Friday, May 26 from 5 to 7pm
RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH and WILLIS SMITH GALLERY
Located on the ground floor of the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
For our annual community exhibition, Willis Smith Gallery will feature work by the Sarasota chapter of the National League of American PEN Women, the oldest multi-discipline arts organization for women in United States.
Image credit: Jana Millstone, Everything happens for a reason
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Summer Gallery Hours
May 30 through August 11, 2017
Monday through Friday
10am to 1pm and 1:30 to 4pm
NLAPW details and Artist Biographies
SRQ MAGAZINE feature by Phil Lederer
Putting Pen to Paper: The Sarasota Pen Womne Celebrate 60th Anniversay by Niki Kottmann
Pen Women exhibit offers 23 flavors of art at Ringling College by Marty Fugate
May 1 – 11, 2017
ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES
Reception: Tuesday, May 9, 5–8 pm
Ringling College seniors are pleased to present their final projects in the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions. View work in all media by graduating artists and designers in the campus galleries from Monday, May 1 through Thursday, May 11.
Exhibitions are free and open to the public. Catered receptions with live Reggae music will take place in the campus galleries on Tuesday, May 9 from 5–8 pm.
EXHIBITION LOCATIONS BY DEPARTMENT:
Advertising and Graphic Design
Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
Business of Art and Design
Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
Illustration
Lois and David Stulberg Gallery in the Basch Visual Art Center
Willis Smith Gallery in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery in the Arland and Sally Christ-Janer Center
Patricia Thompson Gallery in the Keating Center
Fine Arts
Crossley Gallery
Photography and Imaging
Judy Hughes Studio next to Crossley Gallery
Motion Design Screening
Goldstein Library, First Floor Tuesday, May 9, 5-8pm
ONE NIGHT SCREENINGS:
Game Art
Larry R. Thompson Auditorium and Lobby. Friday, April 28, Time to be announced
Computer Animation: Saturday, April 29 off campus. **Tickets by Invitation Only
Business of Art and Design: Goldstein Library, 2nd Floor Terrace, May 5, 5-7pm
Motion Design Screening: Goldstein Library, Third Floor Terrace, Friday, May 5
Film Screenings
Larry R. Thompson Academic Center Auditorium, Tuesday, May 9, 5–7 pm
Gallery Hours:
Smith, Basch, and Stulberg Galleries: Monday–Saturday 10-4, Tuesdays 10-7pm
Thompson Gallery: Monday-Friday 10-4pm
Crossley Gallery: Monday-Friday 12-3pm
Judy Hughes Studio: Monday-Friday 12-3pm
Selby Gallery: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat. 10-4pm, Tues. 10-1pm
Closed Sundays
April 7–22, 2017
ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES
Award Ceremony: Friday, April 7, 5:00 pm in the Diane Roskamp Exhibition Hall
Gallery Openings: Friday, April 7, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
The annual Best of Ringling juried exhibitions showcase the top art and design projects created by Ringling College students in every major. Opening Friday, April 7 with an evening awards ceremony followed by multiple gallery receptions,Best of Ringling serves as a campus-wide immersion into the year’s outstanding work selected by a jury of visiting artists and faculty members.
The exhibitions are free and open to the public, allowing members of the community to view a diverse range of work created by students in the following departments:
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Advertising Design, Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery
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Business of Art and Design, Willis Smith Gallery
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Computer Animation, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery
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Film, Larry R. Thompson Academic Center Auditorium
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Fine Arts, Crossley Gallery
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Game Art, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery
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Graphic Design, Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery
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Illustration, Willis Smith Gallery & William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery
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Interior Design, Willis Smith Gallery
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Motion Design, Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery
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Photography & Imaging, Patricia Thompson Gallery
Location:
Ringling College of Art and Design
2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34234
For more Information:
GLASS MASTERS OF VENICE
Featuring LA FAMIGLIA SALVADORE
January 9 – March 25, 2017
RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY
Since 2010, Ringling College Curator Mark Ormond has worked with Sarasota arts patrons Richard and Barbara Basch to organize exhibitions from their extensive collection of glass art. Dr. and Mrs. Basch began collecting in 1993 by purchasing work from American artists. They soon expanded the scope of their collection to include artists from around the world. This year’s exhibition at Basch Gallery will feature work by Davide Salvadore, a master glass artist from Murano, Italy, and his sons Marco and Mattia. Selected works by Lino Tagliapietra will be included in the exhibition.
A series of artist talks and demonstrations will take place on the Ringling College campus throughout the exhibition.
Barbara Basch will offer docent tours of the exhibition on Wednesdays at 10:30 AM.
Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday 10–4, Tuesdays 10–7
(Closed Monday, January 16 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Image: Davide Salvadore, Tiraboson, Amber murine, blown glass, 59.5 x 15.75 x 19.754 inches, courtesy of the Basch Collection
Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues; Sponsored in part by WSMR 89.1.Sponsored by:
Image: Portrait in Studio, Davide Slavadore
DOCENT TOUR AND ARTIST TALK SCHEDULE
February 3 – March 27, 2017
Opening Reception, Tuesday, February 7, 4:30 - 6:30pm
PATRICIA THOMPSON GALLERY
Hours: Monday–Friday 9-4
Matthew Holler’s fascination with photography and the fashion industry led him to earn his BFA from the Ringling College Department of Photography & Imaging and pursue a career as a fashion and portrait photographer in Sarasota and New York after graduation. Heavily influenced by early to mid-twentieth century photography, Holler draws inspiration from Richard Avedon, Robert Mapplethorpe and Helmut Newton. The selection of works in the exhibition by this dynamic fashion and portrait photographer represents a wide range of his photographic approaches from 2011-2016.
Image: Matthew Holler: Untitled (Dancer), 2016
INTERVIEW WITH CURATOR, MARK ORMOND
MATTHEW HOLLER TELLS STORIES IN PHOTOS by Jay Handleman FEATURE IN SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE
Portrait of Matthew Holler provided by the artist.
February 20 – March 18, 2017
WILLIS SMITH GALLERY
Hours: Monday–Saturday 10-4, Tuesday 10-7
Programming:
Feb. 21: Opening Reception, 4:30–7:00 pm
Feb. 21: Andy Warhol Documentary Film, 7:00 pm, Larry R. Thompson Academic Center Auditorium
Feb. 23: Warhol Film Talk: The Films of Andy Warhol: "I Like Boring Things" presented by Ringling College Film faculty member Dr. Susan Doll, 6:30pm, Alfred R. Goldstein Library Auditorium
This thought-provoking traveling exhibition features silkscreen prints and original recordings, ranging from spoken word to music and sound, created by artists, writers and performers who were associated with or inspired by Andy Warhol. Included are Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Ivan Karp, Billy Name, Ultra Violet, Lawrence Weiner, Carter Ratcliff, John Giorno, Vincent Freemont, Alexander Heinrici, Brigid Berlin, Christopher Makos, Yura Adams, Nat Finkelstein, Connie Beckley, Susan Breen, Path Soong, and Jeff Gordon.
The exhibition was organized and curated by Jeff Gordon and Path Soong.
Exhibition Tour Management by Landau Traveling Exhibitions. Los Angeles, CA.
For more information on receptions, talks and events:
941.359.7563 galleries@ringling.edu
Image: Christopher Makos, Andy and John, Photograph of Warhol kissing John Lennon, 1978
Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Tax Revenues
Sponsored in part by Sarasota Herald Tribune Media Group and WUSF 89.7
FEATURE by SARASOTA HEARLD TRIBUNE
WARHOL EXHIBITION-CONTEXTUAL RESOURCES
2016-17 TRUSTEE SCHOLARS EXHIBITION
January 4 – February 11, 2017
WILLIS SMITH GALLERY
Hours: Monday–Saturday 10-4, Tuesday 10-7
The Ringling College of Art and Design Board of Trustees annually awards its highest honor —the Trustee Scholarship—to an extraordinary group of rising seniors in each major and on behalf of the Office of Student Life. This year’s exhibition at Willis Smith Gallery features the video proposals submitted by the honorees from each department.
Image: Matthew Holler, 2016-2017 Trustee Scholars, 2016
JENNY MEDVED - INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
October 28, 2016 – January 27, 2017
Opening Reception October 28, 5–7 pm
PATRICIA THOMPSON GALLERY
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 9am - 4pm
Ringling Illustration alumna Jenny Medved studied traditional portraiture in Italy before earning her MFA in Figurative Painting. In 2015, she was featured as one of ten artists to watch by Watercolor Artist Magazine.
Image: Jenny Medved, Kahalepouli Kawaimapuna, 2016, Watercolor on paper, 30” x 20” Courtesy of the Artist
INTERVIEW WITH CURATOR, MARK ORMOND
Portrait of Jenny Medved provided by the artist.
BUSINESS OF ART AND DESIGN CLASS PROJECT-REFLEKTOR
November 30 - December 2
RICHARD & BARBARA BASCH GALLERY
Work created by Ringling College's very own Peter Herbert Barnaba encourages a responsive gallery in which viewers become the artists. The student organized exhibition explores millennials and their reflections of contemporary art. Viewer generated work will be archived in the constantly expanding exhibition by showcasing visceral creative reactions to color, shape and text.
OBSERVATION/REFERENCE/GESTURE CONTEMPORARY PAINTING
October 14 – December 2, 2016
Opening Reception October 28, 5–7 pm
Willis Smith Gallery
Hours: Monday–Saturday 10-4, Tuesday 10-7
This exhibition organized by Mark Ormond features 15 large and small-scale works by an international roster of artists that includes Lucy Barber, Zhong Biao, Ester Curini, Lynn Davison, Michelle Doll, Kenny Harris, Mary Henderson, Ling Jian, Dustin Juengel, Bruce Marsh, Michael McNamara, John Moore, Hideo Ohya, Grace Graupe-Pillard and Jeffrey Ripple.
Focusing on the role of observation, reference, gesture and mark-making in contemporary painting, the exhibition presents a selection of figurative portraits, landscapes, interiors, wildlife and urban views that transcend realism to explore the intricate relationship between artist and subject.
Image: Ling Jian, The Sun, 2015 Oil on canvas, 78 3/4” x 70 7/8” Courtesy Klein Sun Gallery, NYC
PRESS: HERALD TRIBUNE LONGBOAT OBSERVER
KATHRYN HUNTER
November 3–19, 2016
RICHARD & BARBARA BASCH GALLERY
Opening Reception, Thursday, November 3, 5:00 pm
Artist Talk: November 3. 6:00 pm. Academic Center Auditorium
In collaboration with Ringling’s Letterpress and Book Arts Center, Basch Gallery will feature an original wall installation and printed materials by Kathryn Hunter, a printmaker and fine artist who runs Blackbird Letterpress in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Image: Kathryn Hunter, Reflection, 2015, Laser cut steel, wool, sewing, 29" x 35" Courtesy of the Artist
PEDRO PEREZ
June 10 – Oct 21, 2016
Patricia Thompson Gallery
Hours: Monday – Friday 10–4
Patricia Thompson Gallery is pleased to host the work of alumnus Pedro Pérez, Class of 1996. Pérez is a founding partner of Nuevo Advertising Group and an adjunct professor of Global Brand Strategies at Ringling College. His multi-media exhibition on the Ringling College campus will include design work from various advertising campaigns and give examples of projects completed along the road to becoming a successful design professional. This exploration of the creative process will both offer final results and give insights into the decision-making and experimentation that goes on behind the scenes.
Pérez founded his first company, Merging Point Design, Inc., with fellow students while they were attending Ringling College. In 2004, Nuevo Advertising Group was formed, expanding the agency’s work to emphasize marketing to the Hispanic consumer both domestically and internationally.
The Patricia Thompson Gallery is located on the ground floor of the Keating Center on the Ringling College campus at 2700 N. Tamiami Trail.
For further information please visit: www.ringling.edu/galleries
Email: galleries@ringling.edu
Phone: 941-359-7563
2016 ANNUAL RINGLING COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION
September 16 – October 5, 2016
Opening Reception: September 16, 5–7pm
WILLIS SMITH GALLERY and RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY
Hours: Monday – Saturday 10–4, Tuesday 10–7
Be inspired by the work of Ringling College faculty teaching in Advertising Design, Business of Art and Design, Computer Animation, Film, Game Art, Fine Arts, Illustration, Graphic Design, Motion Design, Photography & Imaging, and the Liberal Arts Program.
Sheryl Haler's work in the Faculty exhibition won the 'Show Your World 2016' International Art Competition! Learn more here: http://www.reartiste.com/international-art-competition-show-your-world-2016/.
Image: Steven Strenk, Dunes, 2015 Plexiglass, found object and wood, 7" x 4" x 2" Courtesy of the Artist
Judy Saltzman, Morning Run
FLORIDA SUNCOAST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY ANNUAL EXHIBITION
May 20 – June 10, 2016
Willis Smith Construction, Inc. Galleries
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 10-4
Opening Reception:
Friday, May 20, 2016, 5 -7 pm
For our annual community art exhibition, Willis Smith Gallery is featuring work by members of the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society.
This year’s juror is Rose M. Edin, an artist holding signature memberships in the American Watercolor Society and National Watercolor Society, as well as “Master” status in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. The recipient of numerous awards, Edin has had her work featured on the cover of Splash, and was the subject of major articles in the French publication The Art of Watercolor in 2013 and 2014.
The Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society (FSWS) was formed in 1983 with 17 charter members and 24 associate members. Today, FSWS has more than 250 members, many of whom have achieved Signature or Master status as well as statewide and national status. The FSWS Board strives to serve all members who live on the Gulf Coast of Florida by rotating the locations of its exhibitions and holding workshops in a variety of venues.
Willis Smith Gallery is located on the ground floor of the Academic Center building on the Ringling College campus at 2363 Old Bradenton Rd.
For further information please visit: www.ringling.edu/galleries
Email: galleries@ringling.edu
Phone: 941-359-7563
2016 Annual Ringling College Senior Thesis Exhibitions
May 2 - May 13, 2016
All Campus Galleries
Celebrations - Tuesday, May 10, 5:00–8:00 pm*
*Galleries also open on Wednesday, May 11 until 9:00 pm
Advertising and Graphic Design - Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery and 4th floor corridor in the Academic Center
Business of Art & Design - Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery and 2nd floor corridor in the Academic Center
Film - Academic Center Auditorium. Screenings on Tuesday, May 10 from 6-8 pm and Friday, May 13 from 1-4 pm
Fine Arts - Crossley Gallery
Illustration - Christ-Janer Gallery and Willis Smith Gallery
Interior Design - Patricia Thompson Gallery
Motion Design - 3rd floor corridor in the Academic Center
Photography & Imaging - Trustee Studio 101 (Bayou 1)
Sunday, May 1 and Thursday, May 12
Computer Animation and Game Art - By invitation only.
GALLERY HOURS:
Willis Smith, Christ-Janer, and Richard & Barbara Basch Galleries:
Monday–Saturday, 10–4, Tuesdays, 10-7
Patricia Thompson Gallery: Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30, Saturday 10-4
Crossley Gallery: Monday–Saturday, 10–4, Tuesdays, 10-7
2016 Best of Ringling Annual Ringling College Juried Student Exhibitions
April 8 - 23, 2016
Campus Galleries
Best of Ringling juried exhibitions showcase the top work of Ringling College students in every major. A campus and community favorite, the Best of Ringling show serves as a campus-wide immersion into the very best student work Ringling College has to offer as selected by a jury of visiting professionals and faculty members.
Best of Ringling Awards Ceremony*
April 8, 2016
Roskamp Exhibition Hall, 5:00 pm
Join us for this red carpet event as we announce the best student work of the year for each major.
*Awards ceremony will be followed by opening receptions in campus galleries until 8:00 pm.
Best of Ringling Exhibitions
April 9 – 23, 2016*
*Campus galleries will also be open from 6-8 pm. for opening receptions after awards ceremony on April 8th.
Richard and Basch Gallery: Business of Art and Design, Advertising Design, Motion Design, and Graphic Design
Hours: Saturdays 10-4, Monday through Friday 10-4 and Tuesdays 10-7 from April 9-23.
Willis Smith Gallery: Computer Animation and Game Art
Hours: Saturdays 10-4, Monday through Friday 10-4 and Tuesdays 10-7 from April 9-23.
**Closed on Thursday, April 21 for private event
Keating Center Galleries (Patricia Thompson and Lobby Skylight Space): Photography and Imaging; Interior Design
Hours: Saturdays 10-4, Monday through Friday 8:30-4:30, from April 9-23.
Christ-Janer Gallery: Illustration
Hours: Saturdays 10-4, Monday through Friday 10-4 and Tuesdays 10-7 from April 9-23.
Crossley Gallery: Fine Arts
Hours: Monday through Friday 10-3, April 11-22
Academic Center Auditorium: Film
Hours of Film Trailer Screenings: Friday, April 8, 6-8pm, Saturday, April 9, 5-8 pm
Mike and Doug Starn
BB10-19-09-90642, 2009-12
K3 inkjet print on gelatin hand-coated Zerkal paper
42 x 42 inches
Courtesy of Mike and Doug Starn, Beacon, NY
PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM CONSTRUCTS
March 4 – April 2, 2016
Willis Smith Construction, Inc. Galleries
Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday 10-4, Tuesday 10-7
This exhibition will introduce the work of sixteen artists whose ideas and concepts are manifest in film based media. The individual works for the exhibition were each chosen to focus on the singular contributions of each respective artist. Each artist approaches creating a single image or composite film or video in a different way. The artist may construct a fiction involving a person or individuals, objects in a setting, a location and/or a narrative. The artist may realize a concept through an invention or reinvention of a person, place or narrative. In each example the artist has been challenged to address purely formal issues as well, creating an invented image not seen before.
Curator Talk: March 30, 11:30 am
Ringling College Galleries Chief Curator Mark Ormond will talk about the works in the Photography & Film Constructs exhibition. Ormond will give insights into the artist’s subject choices and composition development and discuss the selection process behind this innovative exhibition featuring internationally acclaimed artists working in photo and film-based media.
Artist Talk: April 1, 11:30 am
Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.) is the collaborative efforts of artists Tony Campbell and Mark Vis. Works featured in the Photography & Film Constructs exhibition include: A Study After the Innocent I & II, and The Sacrifice of Isaac. The New Orleans-based duo uses photography, performance and video to examine recurring themes of human drama and comment visually on contemporary society. They connect history to current events using Classical, Romantic and Baroque elements often in contemporary settings. Enjoy this rare opportunity to meet the artists on the Ringling College campus and hear them speak about their work.
Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues; Sponsored in part by WSMR 89.1
In the Media:
SRQ Magazine
Untitled, 2015, digital photograph
FERENC BELEZNAY - PHOTOGRAPHS
January 22 – April 1, 2016
Patricia Thompson Gallery
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm
Opening Reception: January 22, 4:30-7pm, Patricia Thompson Gallery
Alumnus Ferenc Beleznay, who graduated in 2015, possesses a unique eye for composition, lighting and staging. The photographs in this exhibition demonstrate his gift of anticipation in knowing the exact moment to open and close the shutter.
Portrait of Ferenc provided by the artist.
(Image: Dale Chihuly. Reduced Wisteria Violet Persian Set with Red Lip Wrap, 1995)
Nature in Glass - Selections from the Basch Collection
January 9 - March 19, 2016
Basch Gallery
Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday 10am-4pm, Tuesday 10am-7pm
Docent Tours with Mrs. Barbara Basch every Wednesday at 10:30am.
From the collection of Richard and Barbara Basch comes an exhibition of over two dozen works of glass art inspired by nature. Artists include: Martin Blank, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Laura Donefer, Davide Salvadore, and Toots Zynsky, among others.
About the Basch Collection
Ticket Magazine: The Studio Art Glass Collection of Richard and Barbara Basch
The Observer: House of Glass - The Basch's Glass Collection
Sponsored by BMO Harris Bank
South of the Border West of the Sun, 2015
Oil on panel, 4 ¾ x 4 inches
Courtesy George Adams Gallery, NY
AMER KOBASLIJA: A 10-YEAR SURVEY
January 15 – February 20, 2016
Willis Smith Construction, Inc. Galleries
Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday 10am-4pm, Tuesday 10am-7pm
This selection of paintings highlights the various subjects that have occupied artist Amer Kobaslija over the last decade, including views of Kesennuma, Japan where the tsunami came ashore in 2011, his personal studio, Bathus' studio, and landscapes of Switzerland and Florida.
Preview & Artist Presentation with Amer Kobaslija: Thursday, Jan. 14, 6:30-8:00 pm (7:00 pm - presentation begins), Smith Gallery, Free and open to the public
Pizza & Gallery Talk with Amer Kobaslija: Friday, Jan. 15, 11:15 am-12:15 pm, Smith Gallery, Free and open to the public
Opening reception: January 15, 4:30–7 pm
Curator Tour: January 25, 11:30 am
WALTER MATTHEWS - NEW PAINTINGS
November 20, 2015 -January 15, 2016.
Patricia Thompson Gallery
This selection of paintings recognizes a significant shift in Walter Matthews’ work since he attended Ringling College. Matthews acknowledges a “new immediacy” in these “fast” paintings. His paintings on wood panel with oil and other media manifest a “lightness.” They are no longer dependent on the “big stroke” of his previous work. This new work that is essentially abstract and may have some suggestion of reference investigates “how you address ‘real’ space in painting.” What is evident in this new work is “a level of restraint” with paint as his use of it is “economical” and serves his new aesthetic.
His palette can be muted or bold as he may be using high keyed Sharpies as well as neon yellow, orange, pink and blue paint. The intense colors are “modulated” as he does not use them straight out of the tube. Matthews is also using an airbrush that is giving him an extraordinary opportunity to create a mysterious sense of space where additional layers of media push and pull for attention. He is using the wood surface not only as a ground for the paintings but sometimes as an important part of the composition. By cutting into the wood or revealing its clean unmarked surface it becomes part of the construct of the work of art.
Mark Ormond, Curator of the exhibition, who has been following Matthews’ work since he enrolled at Ringling, sees “a dramatic and exciting advancement in the painting. Walter is constantly pushing himself to explore options, ask questions about the definition of painting and the process of painting. He is not adverse to risk taking. His detours from his previous marked accomplishments always lead him in a new direction that is exciting for the viewer.”
(All quotes are from studio visits and conversation with the artist in October 2015. An on-going series of collages that are not part of the exhibition were important in inspiring this new series of paintings.)
Walter Matthews is currently a Masters of Fine Arts degree candidate at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2013.
CUBAN ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF JORGE REYNARDUS
November 6–December 9, 2015
Selby Gallery
In November of 2015, the Selby Gallery will present Cuban Art from the Collection of Jorge Reynardus, comprised of over 30 paintings and sculptures by renowned artists investigating their personal experiences with and relationships to their homeland, Cuba. Assembled in New York, this selection includes the works of Jose Bédia, Augustin Fernández, Wifredo Lam and Glexis Novoa.
Amassed over several decades and purchased directly through the artists themselves, this collection was built through the personal relationships Reynardus maintained with many of Cuba’s working artists and highlights the distinct experiences of being an artist in Cuba under the rule of Fidel Castro. Exploring the concepts of expression and freedom, these works create a first-person narrative about life, liberty, culture, and national pride.
Jorge Reynardus is a Sarasota resident and art collector.
Sponsored for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues.
A SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS
November 6-30
Madeby Gallery
A very special tribute event, A Salute to Our Veterans is a show of Ringling College of Art and Design Student and Alumni Veteran's artwork.
Hours: Monday - Friday from 10-4.
The Role of the Curator in Contemporary Art
Basch Gallery
Student curated exhibitions and projects from the Business of Art and Design class BU 455
Three students, Irene Garibay, Madison Young, and Sogn Zamrzla, have developed proposals and will have completed installations or performance plans that will be inaugurated between 6 and 9 pm in the Basch Gallery and on the grounds of the Ringling College campus, from 8:00-8:30 pm outside of the Academic Center.
Annual Ringling College Faculty Exhibition
October 2 - 31, 2015
Selby Gallery and Basch Gallery
We are proud to present the work of our talented faculty currently teaching in the areas of Advertising Design, Business of Art and Design, Computer Animation, Digital Filmmaking, Fine Arts, Illustration, Graphic Design, Motion Design, Photography & Imaging and the Liberal Arts Program.
Annual Ringling College Staff & Continuing Studies Program Exhibition
October 2 - 31, 2015
Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. Galleries
Join us as we present the work of our staff and continuing education instructors from the Continuing Studies and Special Programs, Englewood Art Center, and Longboat Key Center for the Arts.
JAVIER RODRIGUEZ: PAINTINGS 2005-2014
August 28 – November 6, 2015
Patricia Thompson Gallery
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm
The Patricia Thompson Gallery is pleased to present the work of Javier “Javo” Rodriguez, Class of 2009. A native of Puerto Rico, Javier moved to Sarasota to expand upon his remarkable talent for drawing and explore other disciplines at Ringling College. This exhibition is comprised of four paintings and 26 drawings, demonstrating his extraordinary facility with pencil and pigment.
PH_ASHION PHOTOGRAPHY 2014
Extended to September, 2015
Willis C. Smith Construction Galleries
Fashion photography by Ringling College’s Photography & Imaging students from the annual student-produced fashion show.
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10am-4pm
RESONANCE ARRAY
Crossley Gallery
Artist's Reception, August 21, 5-9 pm
An exhibition featuring artwork by Faculty and Staff from the Fine Arts Department at the Ringling College of Art and Design. The exhibition includes work by Jeff Schwartz, Vicky Randall, Claudia Cumbie-Jones, & Lance Ford Jones, Shawn Petterson, Nathan Skiles, Patrick Lindhardt, Michael Wyshock, Hugh Davies, and Mark Anderson
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm
STEREOTYPE: New Directions in Typography
A Lecture by Designer Brian Banton
August 14-September 16
This groundbreaking exhibition presents the works of 14 established and up-and-coming international designers and artists from the UK, Japan, France, the United States, among others. Exploring the opportunities at the intersection of technology and design, this new breed of artists is expanding the boundaries of traditional typography and integrating elements from the fields of animation, craft, performance, nano-science, and graffiti into their work. This exhibition was organized for the Boston Society of Architects/the Space by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c2 – curatorsquared.
CHARRED REMAINS: THE WORKS OF AARON BOARD
Christ-Janer Gallery
August 21 – September 11
Aaron Board, full time faculty member in the Illustration Department at Ringling College presents a collection of his works.
This collection of paintings is a series done over a period of nine years where the frames were an integral part of the design. Inspired by the elaborate altarpieces of Jan Van Eyck et al, Aaron has chosen to create a contemporary adaptation of such works of art.
4 Artists/4 Walls
August 21–September 22
Richard & Barbara Basch Gallery
Four artists, Dustin Juengel, Patrick Lindhardt, Nathan Skiles and Steven Strenk each use a gallery wall as ground for drawing with surprising results.
Press: This Week in Sarasota - 4 Artists/4Walls Video
The Observer - Out of Frame. Artists Illustrate on Basch Gallery Walls