Category: Student

Ringling College plays host to multiple events for Sarasota Film Festival

Film faculty and students at Sarasota Film Festival screening.

April 5-14, the 26th annual Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) brought dozens of filmmakers to the area, with film screenings, panel discussions, and more happening at downtown Sarasota’s Regal Hollywood Theater and other locations in and around the Ringling College of Art and Design campus. Led in part by SFF managing director Paul Ratner, also a […]

Booker High Law Academy and Visual Arts students visit forensic sculpture exhibition

Booker High students explore the forensic sculptures inside the Special Collections reading room.

On Wednesday, April 10, a group of almost 70 students from neighboring Booker High School visited the Ringling College of Art and Design campus to view a collection of busts made over spring break at the Forensic Sculpture Workshop. The visiting students were part of Booker’s Law Academy program and Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) […]

Best of Ringling 2024 celebrates outstanding student work

Best of Ringling 2025 host Will Mauricette.

Ringling College of Art and Design’s annual juried exhibition, Best of Ringling opened Wednesday night, April 17, with an awards ceremony in Scott Plaza, preceded by the exhibition opening in the Diane Roskamp Exhibition Hall and the David and Lois Stulberg Gallery. The exhibition and reception are part of a 90-year tradition at the College, […]

Four local teens from Sarasota Art Museum internship advance toward art degrees

SAM TAC students pose with Hank Willis Thomas sculpture.

Four members of the Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design’s 2023-24 Teen Arts Council (SAM TAC) are set to take the next steps in their arts education. Marley Bean and Simon Orduno will attend Ringling College this fall, while Addy Hurt and Berkeley Maecker will participate in Ringling’s PreCollege program this […]

Incoming students celebrate on campus for Accepted Student Day

An accepted student and their family explore the Film facilities at Ringling College.

Over 150 students attended Ringling College of Art and Design’s annual Accepted Student Day, which celebrates the prospective students who have been accepted to the College. The group of almost 400 represented seven countries and 27 states. Students had the opportunity to meet faculty and their future classmates. Representatives from student clubs welcomed the incoming […]

Students gain industry insights and job connections at 2024 Game Developers Conference

A group of students stand in front of a colorful Ringling College booth at the Game Developers Conference

Ringling College of Art and Design students, faculty, and staff recently attended the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC), held in San Francisco March 18-22. The group represented the College at an informational booth in the event’s expo hall while also experiencing essential seminars and workshops. This year’s featured speakers at GDC included Nintendo Executive Officer […]

The Ringling Cube gets a face lift

Workers install the new Ringling Cube design at Ringling College.

Ringling College of Art and Design’s ubiquitous cube sculpture that marks the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way and North Tamiami Trail was transformed this week. The student-led re-design combines works from a diverse group of students, who brought their expansive range of mediums, cultures, genders, and nationalities to the project—creating a monument […]

Students, faculty, and alumni make their mark for student scholarships

Students working on their bottles at the INDEX hosted workshop for the Make Your Mark project.

Students, faculty, staff, and alumni from Ringling College of Art and Design collaborated with Maker’s Mark Distillery to produce a series of uniquely designed bottles of bourbon called, Make Your Mark. The project is part of the College’s Industry Experience (INDEX) program, which creates opportunities for students to gain real work experience while still in college. […]