art walk
February 24, 2023, 5-8pm
all campus galleries
On these special open-campus, family-friendly evenings, come enjoy 8 compelling exhibitions and grab a bite from our food trucks, while discovering special arts interactions.
#RCADArtWalk
THANK YOU:
This Art Walk is made possible, in part, with support from Community Foundation of Sarasota County, The Exchange, Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues, and WUSF 89 .7.
Debra M. Cooley Photography Center
LUMINOUS ENERGY
On view through March 31
New work from PHOT275: Studio Lighting opens on Friday, February 24th on the second floor of the Cooley Photography Center during the Ringling College Art Walk from 5-8 p.m. Luminous Energy showcases creative and highly technical portrait and product photography made with strobe lighting in the studio. Exhibiting artists include Julien Crespo, Morgan Scott, Anthony Brownstead, Renee Klemm, Grace Mannion, Mel Perez, Maha Yousaf, Aarica Jones, Nosipho Vilakazi, and Zi Lou.
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Patricia Thompson Alumni Gallery
LEE MAYER: LOST SUMMER
On view through March 17
Lost Summer; a collection of landscape paintings created by Ringling College Alumna, Lee Mayer (Commercial Art 72’). For thousands of years, the human race has been hooked by landscape art whatever the medium, although it only became a recognized genre of art in the late 15th century. In this collection of small and mid-scale paintings, Mayer explores the light, nature, harmony, and color of the natural beauty of Canadian summers.
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MadeBy Gallery
STUDENT EXHIBITION
On view through March 10
Featuring a wide variety of media, styles, and approaches from current Ringling College student practicing a diverse range of art using mediums including painting, digital design, drawings, prints, and mixed media.
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Lois and David Stulberg Gallery
LIGATURE XIII: EXPANSION
On view through March 24
Celebrating its 13th year, Ringling Type Club presents Ligature XIII: Expansion - a juried exhibition showcasing the typographic excellence of the Ringling College student body. This exhibition features works from every major in various categories such as Drop Cap, Type in Motion, Hand Lettering, and Books & Publication.
Ligature XIII: Expansion is the transition from architectural themes into new avenues of execution and style. We express this through a collection of posters for the show created by students from various majors at Ringling College. Through this theme, our goal is to show that typography is an essential part of every path of Art & Design, and should be considered as such.
This year’s exhibition was directed by Art Morris and produced by members of Ringling Type Club including Diego Villarreal, Katelyn Matikonis, Foster Hirsch, Avery Frost, & Dave Scheele.
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Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center in the Alfred Goldstein Library
THE MANGROVES OF MASTERS BAYOU: TOWARD A PHILOSOPHY OF A NATURAL SPOT
On view through April 21
Mangrove forests are magically material. Here, existing by definition in liminal spaces where sea water meets fresh water, fertility abounds. Mangrove leaves drop and decompose, forming a fetid mud beneath their trunks, creating land where there was no land, and providing dwellings for all manner of fish and crustaceans. Their wealth of food sources has been important to human inhabitants. Today, the protection these plants afford against dangerous weather formations is more important than ever.
Motifs of mangroves have inspired many. Poets have found extraordinary raw material for their works here. Caribbean novelists and philosophers throughout the world have explored the rhizomatic connections in the structure of mangals which inform our understanding of common existential issues.
The Mangroves of Masters Bayou, an installation by guest artist Jay Youngdahl, explores myriad meanings in mangrove forests. It is inspired by Masters Bayou, a part of Tampa Bay which abuts the Weedon Island Nature Preserve, and a locale where a vibrant Native American culture flourished for at least a 1,000 years. The exhibition touches on the complexity of the material and ideological issues that inhabit this liminal space, taking over the Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center's exhibition cases and reading room.
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William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery
GO FIGURE!
On view through February 24
The Figure Enhancement Workshop, known as FEWs, is a student-run and student-funded life drawing studio at Ringling College. Throughout the school week, FEWs provides opportunities for students to practice their figure drawing skills outside the classroom.
This exhibition will serve as a fundraiser to provide current students the opportunity to explore and learn as a community free of charge. On view is a collection of celebration of the versatility of the human figure through the hands of FEWs students, exploring the breadth of style and emotion that can come from the simplicity of a human being on a page.
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Crossley Gallery
AURA
On view through March 3
Featuring and Curated by Gabrielle Higgs, Adam Jones, and Marley Jabloner
The first Fine Arts Department group thesis show is proud to announce and welcome you to the exhibition Aura. Aura is the energy that surrounds and is generated by a person, place, or object. Although these artists have different views on spirituality they came together to express a topic that is too beautiful and powerful to put into words. As Edward Hopper, a remarkable American painter once said, “If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Within this exhibition Gabrielle Higgs will be displaying her bold atmospheric changing portraits of people of color, Adam Jones showing his reminiscent portraits of old friends and medieval characters that are satisfyingly peaceful, and Marley Jabloner will be showing her alluring abstract pieces. Within the bodies of work shown, they explore the energy that surrounds and is generated by a person, place, or object.
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Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery on the 1st floor of the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center
CIRCLES + SPHERES: featuring selections from the Richard and Barbara Basch Glass Collection
On view through March 24
This season’s not-to-be-missed exhibition features a large variety of glass works with the common theme of cylindrical shapes. On view are some of the most exceptional examples of art glass, including brilliant one-of-a-kind commissions by the greatest masters of the medium from around the world.
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Willis Smith Gallery
THERMAN STATOM: CUENTO SOBRE EL APRENDIZAJE: STORIES ABOUT LEARNING
On view through March 24
Therman Statom, sculptor, glass artist, and painter – is most notably known as a pioneer of the contemporary glass movement for his life-size glass ladders, chairs, tables, constructed box-like paintings, and small-scale houses; all created through the technique of gluing glass plates together. Sandblasted surfaces become a canvas for spontaneous vibrant colors and line work, which take nuances from Abstract Expressionism and concepts of Minimalism, while simultaneously incorporating a twist by using blown-glass elements and found objects.
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Habatat Gallery Located in Soundstage A
PIONEERS: AN EXHIBITION FEATURING 10 HISTORIC ARTISTS THAT IMPACTED THIS HISTORY OF THE GLASS MEDIUM.
These Pioneering artists influenced multiple generations of international artists and were the founders of schools and institutions pushing glass as a medium for self-expression.
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Habatat Gallery Located in Soundstage A
LEGENDS: AN EXHIBITION OVER 30 ARTISTS WHO ARE THE REASON THAT GLASS IS AN ENDURING ART MEDIUM FOR BOTH ARTISTS AND COLLECTORS.
Each is a legend in this field and are creating the finest work of their careers. Due to their efforts, they have made glass a sanctioned and very exciting art material.
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Habatat Gallery Located in Soundstage A
GRAVITY BOUND ART: AN EXHIBITION FEATURING 15 ARTISTS WHO ARE CLOSE TO THE PULSE OF THE ART SCENE TODAY.
The art of tomorrow is rapidly changing and artists today are pushing the medium beyond the already complicated process. It is important that the work that they create has an impact while provoking an enlightening and thoughtful experience.
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Habatat Gallery Located in Soundstage A
BETWEEN WORLDS - A SOLO EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GERMAN GLASS ARTIST WILFRIED GROOTENS.
and laminated sculpture, will also demonstrate how he creates his incredible works of art. You are invited to explore his multi-layered artworks as well as his new and impressive wall mounted creations on display.