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The Ringling Presents The Fabric Of India. Join The Ringling to explore various aspects of the Museum and its collection. Avalon Fotheringham, Curator in the Asia Department at Victoria and Albert Museum, takes you on a tour of The Fabric of India. Participants should meet at the Fabric of India entrance. Tickets are limited. Click HERE for information and/or tickets. When: July 12th @ 10:30am Price: Free for Members / Included with Museum Admission Where: Museum of Art
The Ringling Presents Joseph’s Coat. Joseph’s Coat Skyspace is a triumph of technology, engineering, and aesthetics. The Skyspace, created by internationally-renowned artist James Turrell, is a gathering place for contemplation, and sustained experience. At sunset, a sophisticated system of LED lights is employed to change the color of the space. In doing so, the artist changes the context in which you view the sky and can radically change your perception of the color of the sky and its spatial relation to you. As you gaze up at the sky through the 24 foot square aperture in the ceiling, you are […]
The Ringling Presents The Fabric Of India. Join The Ringling to explore various aspects of the Museum and its collection. Avalon Fotheringham, Curator in the Asia Department at Victoria and Albert Museum, takes you on a tour of The Fabric of India. Participants should meet at the Fabric of India entrance. Tickets are limited. Click HERE for information and/or tickets. When: July 10th @ 1:30pm Price: Free for Members / Included with Museum Admission Where: Museum of Art
The Ringling Presents Käthe Kollwitz: Images of a Life. Join The Ringling for a summer film series highlighting three of the artists featured in Interpolations: Artworks from The Ringling and Monda Collections. Ringling staff will introduce the film and lead a brief discussion about the featured artist. Attendees are encouraged to take advantage of free Mondays at the Museum of Art to visit the exhibition before or after the film. $5 / Free for Member Contact: 941-358-3180 Where: Museum of Art, Chao Lecture Hall Click HERE for information and/or tickets July 8: Käthe Kollwitz: Images of a Life July 22: […]
Join The Ringling For A Screening Of Ai Weiwei’s Film Human Flow. Join The Ringling for a film screening of Ai Weiwei’s Human Flow followed by an informal topical discussion. Click HERE for more information and/or tickets. Last year, The Ringling hosted Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s 12 monumental bronze sculptures, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads. Please join them this World Refugee Day to see one of Ai’s latest projects: a film documenting the plight of refugees world-wide. The film, Human Flow, is an epic journey that gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the […]
Ungala Returns. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art announced the return of a much-loved signature event, UnGala 2019; The Evolution. The Evolution will be held in the Museum of Art Courtyard Oct. 19, 2019. Evolution was chosen as the theme for UnGala 2019 to celebrate the return of this iconic affair’s 35th anniversary of the original UnGala. Invitations will be mailed in early August and online ticket sales will begin shortly thereafter. For more information or to place your reservation for tickets click HERE.
Join The Ringling As They Present Art After 5. Enjoy discounted admission on Thrusday from 5-8 PM. Explore the Museum of Art, including the special exhibition galleries, and the Circus Museum. Art After 5 Admission includes select events and programs. Click HERE for information and/or tickets. Thursday, 5-8pm, The Ringling, $15 Adult, $5 Child 6-17, $0 Child 5 and under and Members. Summer Hours: Throughout June, July, and August, Art After 5 will include access to the Museum of Art and the Kotler-Coville Glass Pavillion. The Circus Museum, Tibbals Learning Center and Ca’ d’Zan will not be available for viewing. […]
The Ringling Hosts Bayfront Gardens Guided Tour. Join The Ringling for a walking tour of the Bayfront Gardens introducing you to interesting botanical specimens on the estate while providing a historic overview of the estate’s development. The tour is 90 minutes in length and covers approximately 1 mile. Visitors are encouraged to wear appropriate footwear, preferably closed-toe, clothing, sunblock, and hats. Tours are subject to weather conditions. Garden Tours are offered through the end of April, 2019 every Saturday at 10:30 AM and must be purchased at least 24 hours advance online or by calling 941-358-3180. $15 / Members $10 […]
Ringling Underground Returns. New location: The lawn behind David! Get ready for the live music and art you love plus added space that lets us bring in our favorite local food trucks, messier art activities, and interactive performance. Music: Charlo Rossi, Jay Thomas, and MeteorEYES Art: Oddities Performance: Moving Ethos Click HERE for more information or to buy tickets (Tickets available at the door) When: November 1, 2018, 8:00pm Where: Museum of Art Price: $15 / Free for Members & College Students w/ ID, Free with Art after 5 Admission Drink: Cash bar provided by Modern Events Catering. Food Trucks: […]
Antonio Sánchez Performs. As a part of the special installation, VOLUMES, by the artist Ezra Masch each week, a special guest will play in a performance series curated by Masch, including renowned drummers Brian Blade, Antonio Sánchez, Greg Fox, and Taylor “Pocket Queen” Gordon. Learn more by clicking HERE. ► Thursday, Sept. 6th @ 7:30 & 8:30 PM, Antonio Sánchez Antonio Sánchez is a Mexican drummer, composer, and bandleader best known for creating the score to Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Academy Award-winning film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Sánchez is a five time Grammy Award winner who divides his […]
Greg Fox Performs. As a part of the special installation, VOLUMES, by the artist Ezra Masch each week, a special guest will play in a performance series curated by Masch, including renowned drummers Brian Blade, Antonio Sánchez, Greg Fox, and Taylor “Pocket Queen” Gordon. Learn more by clicking HERE. ► Thursday, Aug. 30th @ 7:30 & 8:30 PM, Greg Fox Greg Fox is a multi-instrumentalist, interdisciplinary artist, and teacher born and based in New York City. A versatile and prolific creative, Fox studied percussion with Guy Licata, Thurman Barker, and Marvin “Bugalu” Smith. He has a B.A. in Integrated Arts […]
Brian Blade Performs. As a part of the special installation, VOLUMES, by the artist Ezra Masch each week, a special guest will play in a performance series curated by Masch, including renowned drummers Brian Blade, Antonio Sánchez, Greg Fox, and Taylor “Pocket Queen” Gordon. Learn more by clicking HERE. ► Thursday, Aug. 23rd @ 7:30 & 8:30 PM, Brian Blade Brian Blade is a composer/bandleader and drum virtuoso originally from Shreveport, Louisiana. He has toured and performed with some of the world’s greatest living jazz artists, including Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, and Pat Metheny, as well as with his own […]
Taylor Gordon AKA The Pocket Queen Performs. As a part of the special installation, VOLUMES, by the artist Ezra Masch each week, a special guest will play in a performance series curated by Masch, including renowned drummers Brian Blade, Antonio Sánchez, Greg Fox, and Taylor “Pocket Queen” Gordon. Learn more by clicking HERE. ► Thursday, Aug. 16th @ 7:30 & 8:30 PM, Taylor Gordon AKA The Pocket Queen Taylor Gordon is an LA-based drummer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who hails from New Orleans, Louisiana. Ms. Gordon attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating with a dual degree in Music […]
Join The Ringling On Monday July 30th For A Special Art-Making Program. The event is tied to objects you can find in the galleries as well as free admission to the Museum of Art. You can also pick up one of our Museum of Art Family Guides for fun ways to enjoy the art museum as a family! This program is held in the Education Building Classrooms. Families must pick up their free tickets in the Visitors Pavilion the day of the program. No reservations are available. We will release 100 tickets each hour from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, […]
Tibbals Learning Center Celebrates The First Modern Circus. Throughout the 250-year history of the modern circus, the traveling entertainment has maintained an important relationship with the visual art of printing. In fact, the growth of the circus parallels the evolution of commercial printing, with each business benefiting from innovations in the other. As the print industry advanced from movable type into lithography and eventually offset printing, circuses adopted new visual strategies to announce the wonders to come. Even after shows folded and performers retired, circus posters and prints remained as unique windows on history. Once posted on buildings and fences […]
Thursday, July 11, 2019
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