Ringling College of Art and Design has been making a big splash on the PBS station WEDU Arts Plus regular segment. First, with Fine Arts senior and Trustee Scholar, Melvin Gomez, and now featuring both Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design, and Ringling Photography and Imaging junior, Jesse Clark.

In Episode 1, Season 11 you can learn all about the Sarasota Art Museum, Ringling College’s “living laboratory” for contemporary and modern art. 

“The historic Sarasota High School 1926 Elliott Building has recently been renovated and transformed into the new Sarasota Art Museum, which opened in 2019 as a contemporary art space and education center.”

Watch the preview below and click here to watch the full episode, also featuring refugee artist Mohammed Hanif Esmaty, Native American beadwork artist Teresa Melendez, and hop hop dancer James Alexander. 

Visit Sarasota Art Museum in Sarasota, Florida and learn more here: www.sarasotaartmuseum.org 

Coming up and airing on February 10, 2022, you can catch Ringling College junior Jesse Clark. Jesse is a Photography and Imaging major and “uses his art form to examine the Black male identity.” 

Watch a sneak peak of Episode 2, Season 11 here. 

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