New film documentary featuring community leaders of color opens Dec. 2

Community members are invited to attend a screening of the new documentary film, Warriors of Sarasota: The Interconnections of Diasporic Roots, Identity, Sisterhood and Service Dec. 2 from 5:30-7:30 pm. The screening will be accompanied by a photo exhibition and panel discussion Dec. 2, from 5:30-7:30 pm, at the Mara Art Studio and Gallery located […]
Ringling College recognized as a ‘Most Engaged Campus’ in national college student voting effort

Ringling College of Art and Design has again been recognized for its efforts to increase student voting. The College has been named an ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting. Ringling is one of only four colleges in Florida to receive the recognition. The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting […]
Film program moves into Top 20 in new rankings of Top 50 Film Schools for 2022

Ringling College of Art and Design’s Film program is being lauded as one of the best in the US by TheWrap. In their seventh annual list of film school rankings, Ringling took the No. 20 spot this year, up from No. 21 in 2021. The list of the Top 50 Best Film Schools 2022 was […]
15 seniors awarded College’s highest honor for talent, contributions, and leadership

Fifteen of Ringling College’s most outstanding students are being recognized this week for their exceptional creative talent, community involvement, and leadership. This year’s winners will be recognized on Nov. 4 during the College’s annual Trustee Scholar Awards celebration. The event will begin with a reception, followed by a formal ceremony during which each Scholar will […]
Community Foundation of Sarasota County awards grant to Ringling College

Ringling College of Art and Design today announced the receipt of a strategic partnership grant totaling $36,000 from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County sponsoring 2022-23 season arts programming. This comprehensive grant will support Ringling College’s Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, the Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery and Campus Art Walks; Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College’s (SAM) Sara Berman’s Closet exhibition and its […]
Computer Animation, Motion Design, Game Art programs remain best in world ranking #1, #2, #3 in global Rookies competition

The Computer Animation program at Ringling College of Art and Design is widely respected as the best in the world, and the newly published “Rookies World School Rankings” confirms that, yet again. The program maintained its ranking of #1 in the world for “Best 3D Animation Schools and Colleges in the World 2022,” by The […]
Finalists Announced by EDC for Ringling College Innovation by Creative Design Award

Selected finalists are S-One Holdings Corporation, EcoRover Chairs, and Cruise Car Award winner will be announced at the EDC’s 2022 Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 7 Today, Sept. 22, the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County, in collaboration with the Ringling College of Art and Design, announced the three finalists for their […]
Computer Animation alumni slated as 2023 Oscar hopeful

The animated short film, Black Slide by Ringling College of Art and Design alumni Uri Lotan ’12, Computer Animation (CA), has been touted by Cartoon Brew as one that could take home a 2023 Oscar next year. According to the article, “Uri Lotan is a Tel Aviv-based animator whose graduation film, The Ballad of Poisonberry […]
Ringling College grads selected as finalists for 2022 Student Academy Awards; the only student work selected from the United States

Congratulations to Ringling College of Art and Design’s Computer Animation department and to recent graduates, Anushka Nair ’22 and Lauryn Anthony ’22, for being selected as finalists for the 2022 Student Academy Awards. This year, for the first time, international and domestic entries were combined making the selection pool even more competitive. Nair and Anthony’s […]
Illustration is back on top – ranks #1 in Florida and the South

Mr. Badger’s Afternoon Coffee Break (2021). This digital illustration is by Ringling College Illustration student Ale Ortega Romero ’23, and was selected as the Most Outstanding Junior Award for Best of Ringling 2022. The 2022 Illustration School rankings have been released by Animation Career Review – and guess who’s at the very top, yet again! […]