Image courtesy of the artist

Ian Dean: Nostalgicons

PATRICIA THOMPSON ALUMNI + SKYLIGHT GALLERY in the Keating Center

August 28 – October 2, 2020

2020 SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITIONS

On view through July 31: 2020 Ringling College of Art and Design Senior Thesis Exhibitions @ www.ringlingthesis.com

ABOUT: The annual Senior Thesis exhibitions at the Ringling College of Art and Design 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 Arts, Photography & Digital Imaging, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Advertising Design, Motion Design, Film, Visual Studies, Illustration, Computer Animation, 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.

PRESS:

Ringling College Senior Thesis Shows Go On, Virtually by Kay Kipling, Sarasota Magazine

Ringling College Launches Senior Show Online, Annette Gutierrez, SNN News 6

2020 BEST OF RINGLING ANNUAL STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION

On view through July 31: 2020 Ringling College of Art and Design Best of Ringling Annual Student Juried Exhibition @ http://bestofringling.kinsta.cloud/ 

The Best of Ringling comprises work from all thirteen disciplines at Ringling College, ranging from Computer Animation to Fine Arts, Creative Writing to Graphic Design. Over a dozen jurors, well-known and respected professionals in their fields, participate in the vetting, selection, and awards process. These jurors also provide the criteria for selection and offer comment and critique for the students.

Image: Bill Mayer, White Rabbit, gouache on paper

BILL MAYER: MEMENTO MORI; LOVE, ART AND FLOWERS THAT BITE...

January 13 - April 3, 2020

PATRICIA THOMPSON ALUMNI GALLERY in the Keating Center

Fusing charming portraits of wildlife with the severe trappings of historical costume, Bill Mayer (class of 72') creates dark dream characters in his detailed gouache paintings.  The well-known artist lives in Decatur, Georgia and has had a long career as a commercial artist.  

Admission to this exhibition is FREE and open to the public. 

Bill Mayer Statement

PUBLIC EVENTS:

• Opening Reception, January 24 (Art Walk), 5-8pm

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm

Sponsored by Ringling College Library Association, and Sponsored by NPR Radio Stations WUSF 89.7 and WGCU

Image: From the Ikebana series, Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941), 1993, 2009. Photo by Nancy Nassiff

GENERATIONS OF GENIUS IN GLASS

January 13 - March 30 2020

RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY  in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

Now in its 11^th year, the Ringling College glass sculpture exhibition from the Richard and Barbara Basch Collection presents Generations of Genius in Glass. This exhibition features some of the most exceptional examples of art glass and brilliant one-of-a-kind commissions by the greatest masters of the medium from around the world. It highlights the Basch Collection of more than 300 works of art glass by iconic artists, including: Oben Abright, Peter Bremers, Lucio Bubacco, Dale Chihuly, Monica Guggisberg and Philip Baldwin, Seth Randal, Richard Royal, Davide Salvadore, Archimede Seguso, Livio Seguso, Lino Tagliapietra, and Bertil Vallien.

Docent tours are conducted Wednesdays at 10:30 am by Mrs. Barbara Basch. No reservations required. 

Admission to this exhibition is FREE and open to the public.

Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm, closed on Sundays

Sponsored by Sarasota Herald Tribune, and Sponsored by NPR Radio Stations WUSF 89.7 and WGCU

LIGATURE X: A TYPOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

February 28 - March 14, 2020

LOIS & DAVID STULBERG GALLERY in the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Arts Center

Celebrating its 10^th year, the Type Club presents Ligature Show X, a juried student exhibition of typographic work from all majors in categories such as Drop Cap, Type in Motion, Hand Lettering, and Editorial. This exhibition showcases the typographic excellence at Ringling College of Art + Design and was organized by 2019 Trustee Scholar, Martin Pohlmann and Noah Coleman.

PUBLIC EVENTS:

• An Evening Conversation with Ken Barber, 7pm, Morganroth Auditorium in the Larry R. Thomposon Academic Center (bio)
• Art Walk/ Opening Reception, February 28, 5-8pm, remarks at 6:45pm

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm

Sponsored by Community Foundation of Sarasota County, SRQ Media, Home Resource, and Sponsored by NPR Radio Stations WUSF 89.7 and WGCU

2nd ANNUAL BEST OF RINGLING COLLEGE CONTINUING STUDIES JURIED EXHIBITION 

February 28 - March 27, 2020

WILLIS SMITH CONSTRUCTION INC. GALLERIES in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

The Ringling College of Art and Design's Continuing Studies Annual Juried Exhibition provides its students the opportunity to exhibit their art work in a month long, juried, all-inclusive exhibition in Willis Smith Gallery located on-campus at Ringling College of Art and Design.  The Galleries of Ringling College and Continuing Studies proudly sponsor this exhibition to foster and encourage our students as working artists and we celebrate their accomplishments! This exhibition will highlight a beautiful collection of artworks influenced by studies in multiple art and design classes selected, by an expert panel of judges with an evening reception, preview, and award presentation.  

Reception: 2/28 from 5-8pm, remarks at 6:30pm

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm

Sponsored by NPR Radio Stations WUSF 89.7 and WGCU

FEBRUARY 28 ARTWALK

Opening Receptions: Friday, February 28, 5-8pm

ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES

Ringling College of Art and Design’s Art Walks celebrate the work of exhibiting artists, College faculty, and students. Join us for an event-filled evening of art, food, and music. This event is family friendly, free, and open to the public. 

THE PATH OF MOST RESISTANCE

January 24 - February 14, 2020

SELBY GALLERY in the Arland and Sally Christ-Janer Center

The Path of Most Resistance: New Works by Steven Strenk surveys a lifestyle surrounded by water and the journey of exploring remote surf locations. The work focuses on traveling through an old growth forest along the Oregon coastline, passing objects of civilization, surfboards, picnic tables, and campfires; truly putting things into perspective. This work mainly is addressing a partnership between location and object, pattern and mark, material and surface.

WORD PLAY: DAREDEVILS & DEAD FEMINISTS FROM SPRINGTIDE PRESS

January 13 - February 14, 2020

WILLIS SMITH CONSTRUCTION INC. GALLERIES in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

While the techniques, materials and methods may vary, playfully employing word as image is a consistent theme in work created during the past 20 years at Springtide Press. Pushing the boundaries of traditional typographic composition, proprietor Jessica Spring coined the term “daredevil letterpress” while coaxing wood and metal type to dance in circles, curves and angles in her prints and artist books. The tools she invented for this purpose—called Daredevil Furniture—draw upon historic research and have been put to use by printers around the world. “Word Play” also features the Dead Feminists, a series of collaborative broadsides with illustrator Chandler O’Leary that began in 2008. These reproductions of original hand lettered, letterpress printed broadsides include quotes by historic women that highlight political and social justice issues. This cumulation of words and images—given voice at Springtide Press—plays well together.

Admission to this exhibition is FREE and open to the public. 

PUBLIC EVENTS:

• Opening Reception, January 24 (Art Walk), 5-8pm
• Lunchtime Artist Talk + Reception, “Mind Your Ps & Qs” w/ Jessica Spring, February 5 @ 11:30am, Willis Smith Gallery

CLICK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SPRINGTIDE PRESS

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm

Sponsored by Sponsored by NPR Radio Stations WUSF 89.7 and WGCU

JANUARY 24 ARTWALK

Opening Receptions: Friday, January 24, 5-8pm

ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES

Ringling College of Art and Design’s Art Walks celebrate the work of exhibiting artists, College faculty, and students. Join us for an event-filled evening of art, food, and music. This event is family friendly, free, and open to the public. 

Image: Romare Bearden, Jazz II Deluxe, 1980 Ed. 134/200, Serigraph, 31 x 41.5 in.

SPECTRUM: A CELEBRATION OF ARTISTIC DIVERSITY

January 13 - February 6, 2020

LOIS & DAVID STULBERG GALLERY in the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Arts Center

EVENTS:

• Newtown Alive Legacy Reception, January 18, 5:30-8pm
• MLK Day Celebrations, January 20, All Day
• Opening Reception (Art Walk), January 24, 5-8pm
• Art and Soul in Motion + Spoken Word Cafe, January 25, 6-9pm
• Closing recepiton and evening presentation with Marian Carpenter, "Activism Speak, Activism Teaches: The Impact of African American History on Art." February 5, 6-8pm.  Presentation begins at 6:30pm. Free and open to the public, no rsvp required. 

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm

IMAGINING WORLDS: THE ART OF VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

SELBY GALLERY in the Arland and Sally Christ-Janer Center

on view through January 10, 2020

This exhibition is a collection of some of the best visual development work created by Ringling College students over the past few years. The featured work centers around themes that are well-suited for the entertainment industry, specifically film, video game, animation, and graphic novel production. In these highly competitive fields, it is important for the work to stand out both in terms of the quality of the rendering, and in the quality of the underlying ideas and concepts. Students who work in this arena are less concerned with showcasing their work publicly than they are with communicating ideas and concepts to production teams. The ultimate goal of their work is to inform the visual aspects of larger-scale projects. This exhibition is a look at some of the fantastic work that often happens behind-the-scenes. 

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Imagining Worlds: The Art of Visual Development will be on view from Monday, December 2 through Friday, January 10, 2020.

VIRGINIA HOFFMAN: VANISHING OLD FLORIDA

Opening Reception: Friday, October 18, 5-8pm

October 18 -December 17, 2019

PATRICIA THOMPSON ALUMNI GALLERY in the Keating Center

Florida has an industrial legacy of abandoned phosphate mines and company towns, which have become mythical ghost towns.  Finding these gems or “time capsules” as photographer, Virginia Hoffman refers to them, can be by careful research or simply freewheeling from several years spent traveling the Florida back roads.

In the upcoming exhibition, Vanishing Old Florida, on view in the Patricia Thompson Alumni Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design, Virginia Hoffman (class of 1978), features more than 2 dozen images of the bucolic geography and the mesmerizing clouds of the disappearing Old Florida vernacular Cracker houses and barns.

Hoffman’s approach to photography consists of a unique blend of traditional compositions captured through the new world of digital media.  The featured works are a collection of archival digital prints, hand crafted platinum palladium and cyanotype prints. The later are classical archival photo processes developed by the inventors of early 19th century photo printing.

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PRESS RELEASE

FEATURE: Vanishing Old Florida to Open at Ringling College Gallery by Robert Plunket, Sarasota Magazine

Image:  Virginia Hoffman, Abandoned Main Street, Central Hill, FL (Demolished)

JACK DAVIS: DRAWING AMERICAN POP CULTURE

October 18 -December 6, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, October 18, 5-8pm

Evening Panel Discussion: Thursday, November 14, 6-8pm

LOIS & DAVID STULBERG GALLERY in the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Arts Center

Famed in particular for his speed and a tendency to create images overflowing with colorful characters, Jack Davis was one of the founding members of Mad Magazine's "Usual Gang of Idiots."  He supplied covers for TIME and TV Guide, designed numerous album covers and movie posters, and, over his 60-year career, became one of the most in-demand caricaturists and cartoonists in the world. 

This exhibition attempts to show Davis' range by bringing together a selection of his original work that demonstrates his breadth of subjects and his skills as an artist. This body of work focuses on American popular culture, diving deeper into his career than the sports and caricature work for which he is best known. 

REVIEW: Jack Davis and his mad, mad art by Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald Tribune

FEATURE: Ringling College Introduces Us to the Pop Culture Art of Jack Davis | Suncoast View

HUGH DAVIES: RECENT LARGE PAINTINGS

October 18 -December 6, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, October 18, 5-8pm

RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY  in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

Hugh Davies was raised in Nigeria and England. He was educated in Somerset, studied fine art at Brighton College of Art, and earned his master’s degree in fine art from Chelsea College of Art, London.

As a student in the sixties, Davies moved from figuration to abstraction, returned to figuration in the eighties, and then painted images which depicted invented abstract spaces and structures, often located in landscapes after moving to Florida from London. In his own words, the works in this exhibition are an attempt to reconcile invention, abstraction, and representation.

Davies has served on the faculties of distinguished institutions including Chelsea College of Art, Oxford University, University of the Arts, London, and, most recently, Ringling College of Art and Design, where he worked for 12 years, retiring in 2019. Davies’ work has been exhibited in more than 60 group and solo exhibitions in significant galleries and museums internationally. READ MORE

Image:  Untitiled 120" x 90", oil on canvas

ARTISTS MINDING THEIR BUSINESS

BUSINESS @ RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN

October 18 - November 20, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, October 18, 6-8pm

Willis Smith Construction Inc. Gallery in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

How do you go from creative spark to creative business? An interactive multimedia exhibition and event series, Artists Minding Their Business takes us on the evolution from making art to making a living. Ringling’s Business of Art & Design Department and founder of Culture Hustlers, Lucas Spivey (BFA/MBA) have curated the Willis Smith Gallery into a visual showcase of the entrepreneurial journey. Inside interactive installations, visiting founders and creative entrepreneurs swap inspiring stories and provide visitors with practical advice.

OCTOBER 18 ARTWALK

Opening Receptions: Friday, October 18, 5-8pm

ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES

Ringling College of Art and Design’s Art Walks celebrate the work of exhibiting artists, College faculty, and students. Join us for an event-filled evening of art, food, and music.

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2019 NEW ILLUSTRATION FACULTY EXHIBITION

October 11 - October 25, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, October 11, 6-8pm 

WILLIAM G. and MARIE SELBY FOUNDATION GALLERY in the Christ-Janer Center

The Illustration Department is pleased to present the New Faculty Exhibition. This show will feature a stunning and diverse body of work from the new illustration faculty that were hired this year. Some of these featured faculty are new-hires, while some, though not new to Ringling College, are new to the Illustration Department or have assumed different faculty roles within the Department. 

Come join us in welcoming the Illustration Department's newest faculty members. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

For additional information, please direct inquiries to Matteo Caloiaro: mcaloiar@c.ringling.edu.

Image credit top to bottom, left to right: Katie Cundiff - Tarpon Reflections, Matt Myers - Kismet, Michael Marsicano - Camille Paglia, Dominic Avant - Repose

THE KITCHEN IS NOW OPEN

August 12- October 18, 2019

BRIZDLE-SCHOENBERG SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CENTER, 2nd Floor, Alfred R. Goldstein Library 

The possibilities surrounding food preparation and the dining table have long been a subject of interest to artists from Alison Knowles's Fluxus proposition "Make a salad" (1962) and its subsequent performances and Michael Rakowitz's socially-engaged Enemy Kitchen (2003-ongoing) that teaches Americans how to make Iraqi food to Judy Chicago's feminist-intervention-installation The Dinner Party (1979) and Joseph Grigely's Untitled Conversation at the Potato Cafe (1996), a tableau of remnants from a meal shared between dining companions.

The Kitchen Is Now Open takes a small shift from this trajectory to specifically look at the legacy of the cookbook as an expressive genre and the forms it has taken in the hands of modern and contemporary artists. The exhibition contains a selection of artists cookbooks, recipes, and food scores from 1945-2019. Readers will find recipe ideas ”practical, delicious, humorous, pointed” for every course. 

Some projects approach cooking and art making as an act of radical hospitality, others draw attention to the hidden creativity of domestic labor, others share their embodied joy of eating. Themes include: At the Genetically Modified Table; Chewing on Globalization; The Memory of Dinners Past; The Art of Food Illustration; A Recipe of Romance & Heartache; Second Wave Feminism and the Terrain of the Kitchen; The Artwork Is and Is Not Really About the Food; Artists and Writers, Combine and Stir.

Image: Dorothy Iannone, A Cookbook, completed in 1969, published in 2018.

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For more information, contact Janelle Rebel, Digital Curation and Special Collections Librarian (jrebel@c.ringling.edu / 941.359.7583)

LEARNING INNOVATIONS BY DESIGN

October 8 - 12, 2019

Opening Reception: Thursday October 10, 5-7:30pm

RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY  in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

In partnership with the School District of Sarasota County interior design students at Ringling College of Art and Design worked with teachers and students to re-design six classrooms. The goal of the project was to improve student literacy through a new innovative classroom design. Using evidence based design principles, creativity, and interior design knowledge, junior students produced unique solutions for three of Sarasota’s high schools; Booker High School, Riverview High School, and Venice High School. The exhibit is a culmination of this initiative, currently in the implementation stage by the district through support of the Barancik Foundation.

Student participants:

• Nikki Alese
• Franki Colett
• Amber Johnson
• Morgan Hunter
• Jasmine Jang
• Katrina Solomon
• Fiorella Portal-Venturi

2019 ANNUAL FACULTY EXHIBITION

September 6 - October 4, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, September 6, 6-8pm

LOIS & DAVID STULBERG GALLERY in the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Arts Center

This exhibition features recent work by more than 30 talented faculty currently teaching at Ringling College. Featuring a dizzying array of media and artistic styles that reflect the breadth of art practices, this exhibition provides an important opportunity for art faculty members to share their work with students, colleagues, and the community.

Image credit: Joe Fig, 3 Portraits: Freud, Freud, Peyton, 9" x 12", oil on linen

ARTICLE: Art on the Horizon by Roger Skidmore

2019 ANNUAL RINGLING COLLEGE STAFF AND CONTINUING STUDIES INSTRUCTORS EXHIBITION

September 6 - October 4, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, September 6, 6-8pm

RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY & WILLIS SMITH CONSTRUCTION INC. GALLERY  in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

In addition to contributing to the day-to-day operations, Ringling College has a dedicated staff of studio artists. Collectively, their work represents a wide range of concept and material approaches. Join us as we celebrate exciting new works by Ringling College staff members and instructors from Ringling College Continuing Studies and the Englewood Art Center.

Image credit: Jeffery Cornwell, Expanse, 48" x 60", acrylic on canvas

ARTICLE: Art on the Horizon by Roger Skidmore

FLAMINGO INN: Morgan Janssen and Shawn Pettersen

September 6 - October 4, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, September 6, 6-8pm

PATRICIA THOMPSON ALUMNI GALLERY in the Keating Center

As you enter Flamingo Inn, you will discover that the root of inspiration arrives from the displacement and dissembling of space. Only after you remove yourself from the references, such as the physical location, story, or myth, will you be able to examine the concept of the artists’ subject(s) and determine its relationship (and bridge) to you. Whether it’s the concept of paradise (as referenced in Morgan Janssen’s work), or the concept of space/nature and travel (as referenced in Shawn Pettersen's work), these artists propose multiple questions to the reality and perception of the world we inhabit.

Shawn Pettersen, Fine Art Class of 2003 and Morgan Janssen, Fine Art Class of 2013

Shawn Pettersen: Artist Statement and Bio

Morgan Janssen: Artist Statment and Bio

Image, left to right:  Morgan Janssen, Backstage Sunset, sculpture, 2013

Shawn Pettersen, The Drowning Astronaut, digital print on polar metallic paper, 44" x 61", 2017

KEN SPIRDUSO: STUDIES AND SKETCHES

August 30 - September 27, 2019

Opening Reception: Friday, August 30, 6-8pm

WILLIAM G. AND MARIE SELBY FOUNDATION GALLERY in the Arland Christ-Janer Building

This exhibition features plein air and reference photo paintings of horses, head studies, and Italian landscapes by Ken Spirduso. Spirduso has numerous credits for feature animated films and video games.  He has created concept art and murals for theme parks around the world, and has painted book covers, illustrations, and fine art.  READ MORE

Image credit: Ken Spriduso

ARTICLE: Art on the Horizon by Roger Skidmore

SECOND ANNUAL FINE ART ALUMNI EXHIBITION

August 26 - September 13, 2019

Opening Reception, Thursday, August 29th, 4:30-8pm

CROSSLEY GALLERY in the Bayou Studios Complex

The Fine Arts Department of Ringling College of Art + Design is pleased to present the Second Annual Alumni Exhibition featuring the work of Omar Chacon, Matt Coombs, Chie Fueki, Muriel Holloway, Sooky Kim, Natalie Lerner, Tom Stephens, Kelly Sturhahn

The exhibition will include paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and works on paper by our prestigious alumni.

Image credit: Omar Chacon, Untitled no. 19, 2002, 37" x 37", acrylic on canvas

The Beauty of Small

May 31-June 20

Opening Reception, Friday, May 31 5-7pm, Willis Smith Construction Inc. Gallery and Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design

The Beauty of Small exhibition will be presented by The Florida Artists Group (FLAG) at the Ringling College of Art + Design.  The public is invited to attend the opening reception Friday, May 31st, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, in the Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery and the Willis Smith Construction Gallery at the college.  The exhibition, showcasing art in a range of mediums, none exceeding 26” in width and height, will run from May 31 to June 20 as part of the group’s 69th Symposium and Exhibition.  Lisa L. Cyr will be the juror.

Galleries are located at 2363 Old Bradenton Road on the ground floor of the Academic Center building on the Ringling College of Art + Design campus. Docent Tours are Wednesdays, June 5 at 11:00 am, June 12 at 1:00 pm, and June 19 at 11:00 am. To arrange a tour, email Susan Turconi: susanturconi@gmail.com, or Lolly Owens: lolly@lollyowens.com . Hours: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday.  The galleries are closed Sunday and Monday.

About: The Florida Artists Group (FLAG) was incorporated as a non-profit organization of professional artists in 1949. Made up of artists whose work has attained national or state-wide recognition, the purpose of the group is to stimulate attainment of the highest standards of creative art within the State of Florida. 

Members' Annual Exhibition:  The annual exhibition is juried for awards (currently nine) that are presented at the Awards Banquet held as part of the Symposium. FLAG hosts an eminent artist, educator, curator or Museum professional to act as juror and Keynote Speaker at the Symposium.

Image credits: (Left to Right, Top to Bottom) Jospeh Melancon, Mystery Tree, Susan von Gries, Choosing the Right Path, Bettina Sego, Loosely in the Sky with Diamonds, John Hintz, Emerging

Links:

About the Juror, Lisa L. Cyr

Participating Artists

Press Release

Press: FLAG Brings Annual Statewide Exhibition to Ringling College, SRQ Magazine by Phil Lederer

2019 SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITIONS

May 6 - 9, 2019 
All Campus Galleries

May 7: On-campus reception, 5-8pm, open to the public

The annual Senior Thesis exhibitions at the Ringling College of Art and Design 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 Arts, Photography & Digital Imaging, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Advertising Design, Motion Design, Film, Visual Studies, Illustration, Computer Animation, 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.
 

Special Screenings and Events:

• April 27: FILM Screening, 7-10pm, in the Morganroth Auditorium in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center, open to the public
• May 3: GAME ART Event, 7-10pm, in the Alfred R. Goldstein Library, open to the public
• May 4: COMPUTER ANIMATION Screening, 7-10pm, Riverview High School, open to the public
• May 6: Interior Design, Senior Internship Presentations, 12 noon, Kimbrough 202
• May 7: Motion Design Screening, 5-8pm in the Diane Roskamp Exhibition Hall
• May 7: On-campus reception, 5-8pm, open to the public
   

Locations of Exhibition by Major:

• 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
• COMPUTER ANIMATION: Screening, May 4, 7-10pm, Riverview High School, open to the public
• CREATIVE WRITING: Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
• FILM: Screenings, April 27, 7-10pm & May 7, 5-8pm in the Morganroth Auditorium in the Larry R. Academic Center, open to the public
• FINE ARTS: Crossley Gallery in the Bayou Studios
• GAME ART Event, May 3, 7-10pm, in the Alfred R. Goldstein Library, open to the public
• ILLUSTRATION: Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, Willis Smith Gallery in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center and William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery in the Arland and Sally Christ-Janer Center
• INTERIOR DESIGN: Patricia Thompson Gallery and Skylight Gallery in the Keating Center
• MOTION DESIGN: Diane Roskamp Exhibition Hall
• PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING: Judy Hughes Studio in the Bayou Studios
• VISUAL STUDIES: Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Arts Center, 3rd Floor

Gallery Hours:
May 6: 10am - 4pm
May 7: 10am - 4 pm
May 8: 10am - 4pm
May 9: 10am - 2pm
 

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2019 BEST OF RINGLING ANNUAL STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION

April 6 - 20, 2019

ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES

Schedule of Events:

• April 6-20, 2019: All Galleries open to the public.
• April 12: Best of Ringling Awards Ceremony - private event.
• April 12: Campus-wide opening receptions in all Galleries - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm *

2019 Best of Ringling Gallery Hours:

• Patricia Thompson Gallery: 10am - 4pm Monday-Saturday
• Willis A. Smith Construction Gallery: 10am - 4pm Monday-Saturday
• Lois and David Stulberg Gallery: 10am - 4pm Monday-Saturday
• Selby Foundation Gallery: 10am - 4pm Monday-Saturday
• Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery: 10am - 4pm Monday-Saturday
• Crossley Gallery: 10am - 3pm Tuesday-Saturday

The Best of Ringling juried exhibitions draw people from all over the world  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, Virtual Reality, 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 are used to convey and promote the artists' ideas and present them to visitors. More than a thousand student participate in this annual competition and the winners are considered the best of the best.  

Waku Waku

April 2 & 3, 11am-7:30pm

Stulberg Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design

WAKU WAKU project is a design built project of Japanese culture that is held in Sarasota, Florida.

The goal of the project is to translate the experience of Japanese culture into the American context, we want the visitors to step into an unfamiliar world and to participate in its culture. Not only will you come to know Japanese culture, but also deepen your understanding of the history by physically experiencing this event. Entering the world of “Wa” will give you a special experience.  This event consists of 4 exhibits and guests can explore freely, join us!

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/300981550572384/
 

10th ANNIVERSARY- GLASS  Then and Now from the Richard and Barbara Basch Collection

January 8 - March 30, 2019

RICHARD AND BARBARA BASCH GALLERY in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

10th Anniversary - GLASS - THEN AND NOW from the Richard and Barbara Basch Collection features stunning examples of previously exhibited work as well as new acquisitions. For the past decade Ringling Curator Mark Ormond has worked with Dr. and Mrs. Richard Basch to organize a rich variety of exhibitions focusing on subject matter, country of origin, technique and the work of acknowledged glass masters. The exhibition presents highlights from the Basch Collection and includes work by iconic artists such as:  Oben Abright, Martin Blank, Lucio Bubacco, Dale Chihuly, Leslie Ann Genninger, Richard Jolley, Richard Marquis, Dante Marioni, Benjamin Moore, William Morris, Seth Randal, Richard Royal, Davide Salvadore, Alessandro de Santillana, Preston Singletary, Lino Tagliapietra, Bertil Vallien and Toots Zynsky.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10–4pm

Closed Sunday and Monday

Location: 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. Link to campus gallery map

Docent Tours: Barbara Basch will give a free docent tour each Wednesday at 10:30 AM. No reservation is required, but please plan to arrive early since space is limited. 

LINKS:

CHECKLIST: 10th ANNIVERSARY- GLASS  Then and Now from the Richard and Barbara Basch Collection

ARTICLE: Clearly, Florida is a Showcase for Glass Art, by Peter Sanger, Wall Street Journal

Images: Top to Bottom, Left to Right, 1. Lino Tagliapietra, Florencia, 2018, 2. Installation view Basch Gallery, 3. Leslie Ann Genninger, Vetri Male-Detti III, L'amor no xé fato solo de amor (Love is not made only of love), 2017, Handblown antique Murano glass elements sculpture inscribed with Venetian proverb, Vetri Male-Detti IV,Zucaro in boca, veleno in cuor (Sugar in the mouth, but poison in the heart) 2017 Handblown antique Murano glass elements sculpture inscribed with Venetian proverb, Vetri Male-Detti VI, Chi no risccia no rosega (No risk, No reward), 2017 Handblown antique Murano glass elements sculpture inscribed with Venetian proverb 4. Lucio Bubacco, Donna Scorpioni, 1998, Lamp worked glass, 25" x 8", 5. Seth Randal, Tanga Lei, 2005, Glass, lost wax, pate de verre, 22 x 10 x 13 inches
 

Ligature Show: Typographic Exhibition

March 28, 2019

Stulberg Gallery, 7-9pm

Type Club presents Ligature Show, an exhibition of typographic work from all majors in categories such as Drop Cap, Type in Motion, Hand Lettering, and Editorial. This exhibition showcases the typographic excellence at Ringling College of Art + Design and was organized by Michael Corey and Martin Pohlmann

 
REAL FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY

NOW - March 16, 2019 

LOIS AND DAVID STULBERG GALLERY in the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Art Center

REAL Fashion Photography is an exhibition of images that portray the world of fashion in ways that resemble everyday life. A mixture of photographs that have appeared in periodicals with those that have appeared in galleries, REAL Fashion Photography brings together voices from creators in the industry with those who consume and critique its ideals and iconography. 

These images include the glamorous banalities of Sloan Laurits, Hao Zeng, and Reed + Rader, and the self-referential, appropriated visual tropes of Natalie Krick and Emma Bee Bernstein. The result is an exhibition that presents the genre of fashion photography as being a function of today’s socio-economic norms, diverse communities, banal settings, and wide range of traditional and digital technologies. 

Image: Hao Zeng, Zuoye, Manami, Gao, 2017

LINKS:

PRESS: Ringling College's Fashion Photography Exhibit Challenges the Industry Beauty by Kay Kipling, Sarasota Magazine 

PRESS: Fashion gets "REAL" in Ringling College Photo Exhibit by Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald Tribune

CATALOG: REAL Fashion Photography Publication

RED TIDES and other BLUE Issues: communicating the present state of our water systems through art

through March 1, 2019 

This pop-up exhibition features work made in Liberal Arts Instructor Jennifer Vreeland-Dawson’s Ecology of Water class. Each student has considered the present state of water systems. Pollution of plastics and chemicals are negatively affecting the ecological and physical systems of both our fresh and salt water ecologies. Natural events such as red tides are becoming more frequent and more toxic by human driven activities causing fertilizer runoff and warming waters due to climate change. Students have made the art you see here about various forms of pollution informed by what they have learned in class and by communicating with experts in the scientific community.

LINKS:

Red Tide Checklist

JANUARY 18 ARTWALK
all campus galleries

Ringling College of Art and Design’s Art Walks celebrate the work of exhibiting artists, College faculty, and students. Join us for an event-filled evening of art, food, and music from 4-7pm.

Galleries at a Glance:

1. Cooley Photography Center, Chroma, 2nd floor Cooley Photography Center

2. Patricia Thompson Gallery, RED TIDES and other BLUE Issues: communicating the present state of our water systems through art, in the Keating Center

3. Madeby Gallery, Theodore Morris, in the Madeby Gallery

4. Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, REAL Fashion Photography, in the Richard and Barbara Bash Visual Arts Center

5. Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections, Step and Repeat: Pattern in Artists’ Publications, in the Alfred R. Goldstein Library

6. Selby Foundation Gallery, Stratification: The Collaborative Paintings of Tim Jaeger and Steven Strenk, in the Arland and Sally Christ-Janer Center

7. Crossley Gallery, Double Spacing, in the Bayou Studios Complex

8. Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery, 10th ANNIVERSARY- GLASS Then and Now from the Richard and Barbara Basch Collection, in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

9. Willis Smith Gallery, Microplastics, in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

CLICK HERE FOR A MAP AND CHECKLIST

 MICROPLASTICS

November 16 - December 14, 2018

Join us this Thursday, December 13, in a closing discussion with several of the artists involved in the show. Curators Tess Lockey and Mark Ormond will be leading a Q&A about the motivations behind their art and the ways Microplastics affect their lives. The discussion will run from 11:30am to 12pm in the Willis Smith Gallery at the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center.

Opening reception November 16, 5-7pm

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.

Links:

VIDEOS: Links to videos regarding Microplastics

ARTICLES: Links to articles regarding Microplastics

ARTICLE: Ringling College student starts a conversation with new Microplastics exhibit

ABOUT: Overview and Call to Artists Microplastics Exhbition

REFERENCE: Checklist for Microplastics Exhibition

VIDEO: Tess Lockey and Abbey Tyrna talk about the exhibition, Microplastics

October 12 - 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 two bodies of work including: A Bee in Her Bonnet (2010-2014), and Evie Lou and Laura Jane (2012-2016.) The prints are made from color film scans in dimensions of 32" x 40" or 30" x 40". This exhibition is curated by Mark Ormond.

Image: The Mother Fish (Bonita), from A Bee in Her Bonnet (2010-2014)  

Events:

• October 24, 2018, Artist Talk with photographer Noelle McCleaf about her works.  11:30am, Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery.  Free and Open to the Public. 
• Panel Discussion, November 17, 10am-1pm, Morganroth Auditorium in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

Links:

WEBSITE: Noelle McCleaf website

ABOUT: Bio

INTERVIEW: Noelle McCleaf talks to Mark Ormond about her upcoming exhibition

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Evie Lou and Laura Jane

A Bee in Her Bonnet

Press:

Ringling College galleries open multiple exhibits, Thomas Bencel, Sarasota Herald Tribune

November 8 - December 7, 2018

WILLIAM G. and MARIE SELBY FOUNDATION GALLERY in the Arland Christ-Janner Center

This exhibition was created as a tribute to the courage of Veterans who have served our country. Ringling College students and faculty created portraits of local Sarasota Veterans to thank them for their service.  Stories told from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and currently enlisted troops will continue to enrich the Ringling community for years to come.

Additional information:

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:

ABOUT: Agitype/Sheryl Oring 

WEBSITE: Sheryl Oring website

VIDEO: Sheryl Oring, Person of the Week

VIDEO: "I Wish To Say"

INTERVIEW: Sheryl Oring discusses upcoming exhibition

INVITE: Agitype exhbition announcement

SPONSOR: Euduz Hair Salon

BROCHURE: Agitype

Press:

Ringling College galleries open multiple exhibits, Thomas Bencel, Sarasota Herald Tribune

Sheryl Oring Exhibition Review by Audrey Warne, The Catalyst

Sheryl Oring shares what has changed in 15 years of typewritten letters from the public in the Washington Post

October 12 -December 8, 2018 

Closing Reception with performances of After the Dinner Party and I Wish to Say, Dec. 7 from 4-7pm, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery

• I Wish To Say  11:30 to 12:30pm
• Gallery talk  4pm
• After the Dinner Party 4:30 -6:30pm

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.

Public Events:

• I Wish to Say: 11:30am - 12:30pm, October 12 and December 7, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery
• Opening reception, 4-7pm, October 12, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery
• Closing Reception with performance of After the Dinner Party, Dec. 7 from 4-7pm, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery
• Gallery Talk, December 7, 4pm Lois and David Stulberg Gallery

KATE GILMORE: IN YOUR WAY

November 6 - 21, 2018

Crossley Gallery, Fine Arts Department

EVENTS:

ARTWALK 

November 9, 4-7PM

ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES

Ringling College of Art and Design's Art Walks celebrate the work of exhibiting artists, College faculty, and students.  Join us for a FREE event-filled evening of art, food, and music from 4-7PM

Links:

Exhibition Listings

November Art Walk Directory

NEW ILLUSTRATION FACULTY EXHIBITION

October 12 - November 3

William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery in the Christ-Janer Center

October 12- October 26, 2018

Reception Tuesday, October 16, 4-6pm

Willis Smith Gallery in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

This exhibition is a summary of a six year international collaborative art project between students and faculty from Ringling College of Art and Design, Sint Lucas College of Art and Design and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and several other prominent European Colleges of Art and Design. The concept of the project was to create a "map" of the two cities of Sarasota and Antwerp through the collective sensibilities of young artists and designers over a period of six years. The students were given a site and a concept each year to start their creative interpretations. The results took the form of still images, paintings, time-based work, sculpture, installations and performance. This exhibition presents an overview of the objects produced and the spirit of students from very different cultural contexts working together to explore both the expressive and descriptive possibilities of collaboration and mutual respect. The result is a very unique tale of two cities.

ARTWALK 

October 12, 4-7PM

ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES

Ringling College of Art and Design's Art Walks celebrate the work of exhibiting artists, College faculty, and students.  Join us for a FREE event-filled evening of art, food, and music from 4-7PM

LINKS:

ARTWALK MAP and EXHIBITION DESCRIPTIONS

REGAN DUNNICK –  WHY YES, MY SKETCHBOOKS ARE FOR WORK AND PLEASURE

September 7 - October 5, 2018      

SELBY FOUNDATIONS GALLERY

Opening Reception: Friday, September 7, 2018, 6–8 pm

Gallery Hours: Monday – 10am to 3pm, Tuesday – 10am to 7pm, Wednesday – 10am to 4pm, Thursday – 10am to 3pm, Friday – 10am to 4pm, CLOSED Saturday

Noted Illustrator, Regan Dunnick, is also an entertainer and astronaut with a world-wide following. He has worked with clients that include Pepsi, Taco Bell, Gallo Wines, and Macy’s. Editorial clientele include The New York Times, Time, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and Atlantic. He has illustrated books with book publishers Random House, Simon and Schuster, Penguin, and Amazon. When this artistic dandy is not busy, he’s relaxing in his spacious ranch house tending his sock puppet and vintage Whopper wrapper collection

Links:

WEBSITE: Regan Dunnick

2018 ANNUAL FACULTY EXHIBITION

August 31 – October 3, 2018

LOIS & DAVID STULBERG GALLERY in the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Arts Center

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.

Image: Taylor Robenalt, Contrasting Swans,  H25’’ x W14’’ x L 13",  porcelain under glaze and luster cone oxidation

ENTRY FORM AND INSTRUCTIONS

Press:

Faculty Exhibition Opens at Ringling College of Art and Design by Audrey Warne, Sarasota Magazine August 2018

2018 RINGLING COLLEGE STAFF AND CONTINUING STUDIES INSTRUCTORS EXHIBITION

August 31 – October 3, 2018

WILLIS SMITH GALLERY in the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center

View exciting new work by Ringling College staff members and instructors from Ringling College Continuing Studies  and the Englewood Art Center.

image: Elena De La Ville, Strata 21, Encaustic on Board, 20" x 20"

ENTRY FORM AND INSTRUCTIONS

OCTAVIO PEREZ – ILLUSTRATIONS

May 18 - September 21, 2018      

PATRICIA THOMPSON GALLERY

Opening Reception: Friday, May 18, 2018, 4–6 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 created concept design and execution of editorial illustrations and news graphics for the St. Petersburg Times. His numerous national clients include 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

BIO: Octavio Perez

PRESS: Painting it Forward by Phil Lederer SRQ Magazine, June 2018

The Illustrated Man: Artist and Educator Octavio Perez Sheds Light On His Luminous Artwork by Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald Tribue, July 2018

FINE ARTS ANNUAL ALUMNI EXHIBITION

August 30 – September 13, 2018

CROSSLEY GALLERY 

Be inspired by the work of our talented Ringling College, Fine Arts Alumni. This group exhibition showcases recent paintings, sculpture and prints from graduates spanning the past fifteen years. The exhibition was curated by Student Directors Savannah Bonnette and Meagan Hindel.

Crossley Gallery is a beautiful state of the art gallery and exclusively admisntered by Fine Arts students in collaboration with our faculty. The gallery provides students with real world, first hand experience in working within a professional gallery system. 

ARTWALK

August 31, 4-7PM

ALL CAMPUS GALLERIES

Ringling College of Art and Design's Art Walks celebrate the work of exhibiting artists, College faculty, and students.  Join us for an event-filled evening of art, food, and music from 4-7PM

Links:

MAP

Press:

Faculty Exhibition Opens at Ringling College of Art and Design by Audrey Warne, Sarasota Magazine August 2018

Ringling College Kicks Off ArtWalk Season with Six Shows by Phil Lederer, SRQ Magazine, August 2018

TRUSTEE SCHOLARS (2017 - 2018)

June 8 - 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:

ARTICLES:

60 Years of Sisterhood, by Carrie Seidman, Herald Tribune

They Don't Wear Petticoats Anymore, by Roger Skidmore, Siesta Sand

This Sarasota Group Is One of the Oldest Women’s Arts Collectives in the U.S., by Audrey Warne, Sarasota Magazine

BIO:

Petticoat Painters

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

Glass Checklist

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

About ILSSA

Press:

Ringling Features Impractical Labor, Sarasota Herald Tribune

Crowded Campus, SRQ Magazine

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:

Katie Cundiff Bio

Checklist

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

Margaret E M Sheppard Bio

Margaret E M Sheppard CV

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 

BIO

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

jfig@c.ringling.edu

www.ringling.edu/galleries

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

Artist Website

Exhibition Checklist

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.

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

Bio of Warren Reinecker

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

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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.

ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS/FORM

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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 Continuing Studies  and the Englewood Art Center.

Ringling College Staff Exhibition by Jay Handleman 

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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 Website

Claudia Ryan Exhibition Checklist

Claudia Ryan Resume

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

Exhibition Slideshow 

Gallery Checklist

Exhibition Catalog 

Review by Elisabet Kirsch Jack's Journey

Egypt, The Eternal Spirit of Its People exhibition description

Review by Will Masters

Review by  Bruce Bradley

A tribute by Sheelagh Hope, Jack of all Trades

Stories of an Exhibition- Video: Interview with Jack Jonathan 17m 21sec

The Egypt That Time Forgot

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

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

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

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:

• Advertising Design, Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery

• Business of Art and Design, Willis Smith Gallery

• Computer Animation, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery

• Film, Larry R. Thompson Academic Center Auditorium

• Fine Arts, Crossley Gallery

• Game Art, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery

• Graphic Design, Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery

• Illustration, Willis Smith Gallery & William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery

• Interior Design, Willis Smith Gallery

• Motion Design, Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery

• Photography & Imaging, Patricia Thompson Gallery

Location:

Ringling College of Art and Design

2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34234

For more Information:

941.359.7563

Campus Galleries Map (pdf)

Juror Bios (pdf)

Image: Davide Salvadore, Tiraboson, Amber murine, blown glass, 59.5 x 15.75 x 19.754 inches, courtesy of the Basch Collection

Sponsored by:

Image: Portrait in Studio, Davide Slavadore

DOCENT TOUR AND ARTIST TALK SCHEDULE

SRQ DAILY FEATURE

CHECKLIST OF ARTWORKS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

INVERVIEW WITH BARBARA BASCH

ARTIST TALK BY GLASS ARTIST RICHARD ROYAL

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

FEATURE IN LONGBOAT OBSERVER

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

FEATURE by SRQ Magazine

LIBRARY RESOURCE INFORMATION

OPENING RECEPTION VIDEO

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

SRQ MAGAZINE

UNRAVEL

SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE

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. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE REFLEKTOR TUMBLR PAGE
 

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
 

VIEW SLIDESHOW

IMAGE CATALOG

ARTIST AND CURATOR TALKS

DUSTIN JUENGEL ARTIST TALK

PRESS:  HERALD TRIBUNE  LONGBOAT OBSERVER

LIBRARY RESOURCES

BRUCE MARSH ARTIST TALK

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

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

KIMBROUGH LIBRARY RESOURCES

CHECKLIST

PRESS

ARTIST TALK

ARTIST DEMO

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

Featured in Your Observer

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

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

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.

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.

CUBAN ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF JORGE REYNARDUS

November 6–December 9, 2015
Selby Gallery