Ringling College faculty support local literary festival
Ringling College of Art and Design’s Creative Writing program partners with The Hermitage to support Sarasota County Libraries and Historical Resources in launching Off the Page: A Literary Celebration. The events commence on November 1, with a novel writing workshop at Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library. The NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) workshop, led […]
Staff designers take home awards at University design competition
Two of Ringling College of Art and Design’s staff designers took second place for their design projects at the Association of University Interior Designers Design Competition 2023. Facilities Commercial Designer and Project Manager and Ringling alum Monique Chicvak ’17, Interior Design, and Assistant Director of Capital Construction Becky Owens won for their design of the […]
Tackling AI: Ringling’s Task Force explores its uses and ethics
As interests and concerns about Artificial Intelligence flared world-wide this year, Ringling College of Art and Design rose to the challenge—creating an AI Task Force to research the scope of possibilities and potential challenges of using, working with, and learning from the artificial intelligence machines and software with a particular focus on artists, designers, and […]
Art Walk and upcoming Galleries programming
Tonight, Friday, October 13, marks the opening of a number of exhibitions across campus. A gathering of food trucks plus live music will take place for the first Ringling College Galleries’ Art Walk event of the 2023-2024 academic year. The galleries will be open from 5-8 pm, with food from Killiks Kitchen, serving Hawaiian food, […]
Ringling College Figure Model program highlighted in Sarasota Magazine
Sarasota Magazine contributor Caleb Guedes-Reed joined one of Ringling College of Art and Design’s figure drawing classes, taught by faculty member Matt Myers, for a lesson on the nuances of capturing the human form, and the invisible labor of modeling and organizing models. Read the whole article on Sarasota Magazine’s webpage.
Fine Arts Head Joe Fig featured on guest panel at the Dalí Museum
On Thursday, September 21, 2023 Ringling College of Art and Design’s Fine Arts and Visual Studies Department Head Joe Fig will join Professor in the School of Art and Art History and Director of the Institute for Research in Art at the University of South Florida Margaret Miller and The Dalí Museum Curator of Education […]
INDEX project highlights Sarasota’s African American legacy
On September 13, Ringling College of Art and Design’s INDEX (Industry Experience) Center hosted a group of 37 for a historical bus tour of local landmarks from the history of African American settlements and struggles in Sarasota that ended in the College’s Newtown neighborhood. The guided tour was led by community scholar Walter Gilbert, President […]
Ringling College welcomes new Dean of Students for Diversity and Inclusion
In August, Ringling College of Art and Design readily received Dr. Elcin Haskollar, Ph.D. as the new Dean of Students for Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Haskollar is an award-winning higher education leader, whose past experiences include providing strategic direction to student affairs offices, programs, and services on the foundations of cross-cultural understanding, and strategizing and […]
Classes begin, 2023-24 academic year officially kicks off
Monday, August 21, 2023 marks the first official day of the 2023-24 academic year at Ringling College of Art and Design. The previous week was filled with New Student Orientation events—move-ins, social gatherings, information sessions, and community volunteer projects. On the first day of classes, the campus will see over 1,200 returning upperclassmen and over […]
Students return to campus for Orientation and Fall semester
New and returning students are arriving in droves this week, as the Ringling College of Art and Design campus transitions into the Fall 2024 semester. Ringling College has a decidedly high residential ratio, with over 73% of students living on campus—and many well beyond their first year. This year, 446 new students will be moving […]